Family:Whitney, Abiezer Holbrook (1794-1865)

Abiezer Holbrook Whitney's Locations

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Abiezer Holbrook⁶ Whitney (Nathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Nathan⁵ and Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney, was born 29 Mar 1794, Lisbon (or 21 Mar 1794, Lisbon, as recorded in Bowdoin^[1]), ME, and died 17 Jul 1865, New Orleans, LA (but -- --- 1864, New Orleans, a millwright, as recorded in Bowdoin, ME).^[2]

He married firstly, 15 Nov 1816, Litchfield, ME (also recorded in Bowdoin, ME, without a date),^[3] Elizabeth White, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Owen) White. She was born 21 Oct 1794, Bowdoin, ME,^[4] and "Betsey" died 2 Jul 1841, Augusta, ME, aged 46 years (also recorded in Bowdoin, ME, as -- --- 1840).^[5]

He married secondly, -- --- ----, Bowdoin, ME, Mrs. Susan Yeaton or Eaton "of China" ^[6] of Hallowell and/or China, ME.

He was a millwright. He resided Augusta, ME, and New Orleans, LA.
Children of Abiezer Holbrook⁶ and Elizabeth (White) Whitney:

i.	David White7 Whitney, b. 12 Aug 1817, Litchfield, ME;[7] m.(1) Philena Church; m.(2) Olena E. Church.
ii.	Sarah Whitney, b. 3 Jan 1819, Bowdoin, ME;[8] d. 3 Oct 1891, Bowdoin, ME;[9] bur. Augusta, ME.[10]
iii.	Albert N. Whitney, b. 20 Jun 1821, Bowdoin, ME;[11] d. 18 Dec 1881, Monson, MA,[12] aged 60 years 6 months, of disease of the kidney, stonecutter;[13] m. 14 Mar 1852, Blue Hill, ME, Abby N. Saunders,[14] b. 22 Jun 1835, d. 19 Oct 1902, Acorns Haverford, PA.
iv.	Julia Ann Whitney, b. 27 Jun 1823, Bowdoin, ME;[15] d. Sep 1892; m. 28 Aug 1848, Newburyport, MA, Stover Gringall.[16]
v.	Hannah Whitney, b. 10 Nov 1825, Bowdoin, ME;[17] m. (int. 2 May 1847, Augusta, ME[18]), Samuel Gill, Jr.
vi.	Havilah Whitney, b. 15 Nov 1827, Bowdoin, ME;[19] "of Salem" m. (int. 27 Nov 1848, Lowell, MA[20]) 13 Dec 1848, Salem, MA, James W. Dutton "of Lowell".[21]
vii.	Louisa C. Whitney, b. 22 Oct 1829, Bowdoin, ME; m. ----- -----.
viii.	Edwin Whitney, b. 15 May 1833, Bowdoin, ME;[22] d. 17 Jun 1837, Bowdoin, ME.[23]
ix.	Martha White Whitney, b. 29 Feb 1836, Bowdoin, ME;[24] m. 17 Oct 1854, New Orleans, Thomas Godfrey, b. 17 Sep 1815; son of John and Mercy (Whitney) Godfrey, of Lisbon, ME; m.(1) Marcia Ann Woodward; was a stevedore. He d. 13 Jun 1860, New Orleans, LA; she m.(1) 7 Oct 1869, Dr. S. C. Russell, b. 25 Sep 1819; was a physician; resided New Orleans, LA. Ch.: John Thomas, b. 11 Jan 1856, d. 23 May 1856; Bertha Aphia, b. 15 Jun 1857; d. 2 Jun 1860; Ida, b. 2 Jul 1859; m. 20 Sep 1881, A. H. Brackett; Mattie Chapin, b. 3 Aug 1870; Edward Ernest, b. 30 Jun 1872; d. 3 Feb 1875; Anna Gertrude, b. 15 May 1877. The postoffice address of the living is in New Orleans, excepting Ida Godfrey Brackett, of No. 717 17th St., east, Minneapolis, MN.
x.	Frances Whitney, b. 4 Dec 1837, Bowdoin, ME;[25] m. ----- -----.

Children of Abiezer Holbrook⁶ and Susan (-----)(Yeaton) Whitney:

xi.	Charles Edwin Whitney, b. 1845; d. New Orleans; m. Frances Eleanora Upton, daughter of Rufus Allyn and Sarah Theresa (Winfree) Upton, b. ca. 1846, d. 6 Sep 1876, New Orleans, LA; resided 104 Orange St., New Orleans; left a son, William R. Mills Whitney, b. 1869.

The following are the P. O. addresses of Abiezer H. Whitney's children, or, if deceased, their children: Mrs. L. B. Philbrick, Salem, MA; Mrs. Hannah Gill, Oak Park, IL; Mrs. Havilah Dutton, Morristown, NJ; Mrs. G. C. Fory, Allen's Grove, Scott County, IA; Mrs. S. C. Russell, 104 Orange St., New Orleans, LA; Mrs. John Dane, Jr., Orange, NJ. Children of Abiezer's brothers and sisters: Rev. Wilson Whitney, Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN; Otis Folsom, Belfast, ME.

Census

• 1820, Litchfield, Lincoln Co., ME: Abiezer H. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Bowdoin, Lincoln Co., ME: Abizer Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, 2 females 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Abiezer H Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 2 females 15-19, 2 females 10-14, and 2 females 0-4; 1 engaged in agriculture, 1 in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Ward 1, New Orleans Municipality 2, Orleans Parish, LA:

361 364 A. H. Whitney 56 M - Mechanic Me. Susan A. Whitney 40 F - Mass. Ellen G. Gatton 16 F - Me. Attended school Martha Whitney 14 F - Me. Charles E. Whitney 6 M - Mass. Attended school

• 1850, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

149 155 Isaac P. Sanders 42 M - Stone Cutter [Maine] Abagail " 36 F - [Maine] Harriet " 17 F - [Maine] Attended school Abby " 16 F - [Maine] Attended school Stephen B. Wescott 9 M - [Maine] Attended school Allen Sawyer 25 M - Stone Cutter [Maine] Albert Whitney 29 M - " " [Maine] Joseph Stover 26 M - " " [Maine]

• 1850, daughter Louisa not found.
• 1850, Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., ME:

238 258 David Hamlen 61 M - Carriagemaker $500 Me. Bathsheba " 46 F - " George " 21 M - Machineist " Henry " 18 M - Carriagemaker " Attended school Frances Whitney 13 F - " Attended school Edward Hamlen 14 M - " Attended school

• 1860, New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans Parish, LA:

533 1138 A. H. Whitney 64 M - Machinist $150 Maine Susan Whitney 48 F - Mass. Charles E. Whitney 15 M - Clerk Mass. La Randall 25 F - Ala. Ann Maguire 20 F - Servant Ireland 1139 Mrs. R. A. Robertson 46 F - $300 Scotland Della Robertson 22 " - N. Brunswick John Robertson 18 M - Clerk Mass. N. K. Ellsworth 28 " - Bookkeeper Maine Martha A. Ellsworth 24 F - " Margaret Marion 28 " - Servant Ireland Margaret Cauly 13 F - " N.Y. Anne T. Coregan 35 " - Domestic $500 Ireland Charlotte Brooke 21 " - La.

• 1860, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

223 233 Albert Whitney 38 M - Master Stone Cutter $325 $600 Me. Abby N. " 26 F - " Thomas B. " 6 M - " Attended school Isaac H. " 1 M - "

• 1860, daughters Louisa and Frances not found.
• 1870, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

87 91 Whitney, Albert 49 M W Work on Stone Quarry $1000 $140 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Abby M. 36 F W Keeping house " -----, Fanny B. 16 F W At home " Attended school -----, Herbert 11 M W " Attended school -----, Anna J. 5 F W " -----, Villa D. 3 F W "

• 1870, New Orleans Ward 10, Orleans Par., LA:

331 368 Upton, Rufus 50 M W $7000 $500 Louisiana Male citizen over 21 -----, Harris 23 M W Lawyer do Male citizen over 21 -----, Charles 19 M W do -----, Robert 15 M W do -----, Adolph 8 M W do Whitney, Charles 27 M W Lawyer do Male citizen over 21 -----, Francis 25 F W do

• 1880, son Albert and wife Abby not found.
• 1880, New Orleans, Orleans Par., LA:

Mrs. R.A. UPTON 60 Self F W W ILERRVILLE, LA Keeps House ENG NASSAU George R. UPTON 28 Son M S W ILERRVILLE, LA Es. Clergyman MA LA Chas. D. UPTON 28 Son M S W LA Bookeeper MA LA Robt. P. UPTON 23 Son M S W N.O. Librarian MA LA Rufenia UPTON 19 Dau F S W N.O. At Home MA LA Wm. Read WHITNEY 11 GSon M S W N.O. At School LA N.O.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 227-228.

1.^  "Abizer [Whitney], h. Betsy (White), [born] Mar. 21, 1794, Lisbon, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

2.^  "Abizer [Whitney], h. Betsy (White), [died] ---, --, 1864, New Orleans, LA, a millwright," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

3.^  "Abiezer Whitney and Betsy White, m. 15 Nov 1816," according to Litchfield, Maine, Vital Records. Also, "Abizer [Whitney] of Lisbon and Betsy White of B., [married] [----], his first m.," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

4.^  "Betsy (White) [Whitney], first w. Abizer, [born] Oct. 21, 1794, in B.," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

5.^  "Betsey [Whitney], w. of Abizer, [died] July 2, 1841, a. 46. gy. 6," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. ; also "Betsy (White) [Whitney], w. Abizer, [died] ---, --, 1840, at Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

6.^  "Abizer [Whitney] of Lisbon and Mrs. Susan Eaton of China, his second m., [----]," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

7.^  "David Whitney, s. of Abiner Whitney and Betsy, b. 12 Aug 1817," according to Litchfield, Maine, Vital Records. Also, "David W. [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Aug. 12, 1817, in Litchfield, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

8.^  "Sally Whitney, d. of Abiner Whitney and Betsy, b. 3 Jan 1819," according to Litchfield, Maine, Vital Records. Also, "Sarah [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Jan. 3, 1819," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

9.^  "Sarah [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [died] Oct. 3, 1891, unm.," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

10.^  "Sarah [Whitney], b. Jan. 3, 1819, d. Oct. 3, 1891. gy. 6," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 467-468.

11.^  "Albert [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] June 24, 1821, in Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

12.^  "Albert [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [died] [---], in Monson, MA," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

13.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 328, page 374.

14.^  "Albert Whitney of Bluehill & Abby N. Saunders of same m. 14 Mar 1852 by Arthur F. Drinkwater," according to Alice MacDonald Long, Marriage Returns of Hancock County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 9 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992), p. 135.

15.^  "Julia [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] June 27, 1823, in Bowdoinham, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

16.^  "Julia A[nn, int.] [Whitney], a. 24y., d. Abiatha and Betsy, and Stover Gringall, a. 23y., mechanic, s. John L. and Nancy, [married] Aug. 28, 1848," according to Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911).

17.^  "Hannah [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Nov. 10, 1825, in Bowdoinham, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

18.^  "Hannah [Whitney] and Samuel Gill Jr., [intentions] May 2, 1847," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.

19.^  ":Havilla [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Nov. 15, 1827, in Bowdoinham, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

20.^  "Havilah [Whitney], of Salem, and James W. Dutton, of L., int. Nov. 27, 1848," according to Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1930).

21.^  "Havilah [Whitney], and James W. Dutton [of Lowell, int.], [married] Dec. 13, 1848," according to Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1916-1925).

22.^  "Edwin, [Whitney] s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] May 16, 1833," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

23.^  "Edwin, [Whitney] s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [died] ---, --, 1833," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

24.^  "Martha [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Feb. 29, 1826, in Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

25.^  "Frances, [Whitney] ch. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Dec. 4, 1837, in Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

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