Family:Whitney, Everett W. (1836-1895)

Everett W.¹⁰ Whitney (Daniel⁹, Amos⁸, Amos⁷, Ephraim⁶, Nathaniel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Daniel⁹ and Lovice R. (Brown) Whitney, was born about 13 May 1835, Upton, MA, and died 13 Jul 1895, Upton, MA, aged 59 years 2 months 0 days, mechanic, of softening of the brains.^[1]

He married, 24 Mar 1858, Shirley, MA, Rebecca Jane Balcom, daughter of Thaddeus and Rebecca (Frothingham) Balcom.^[2] She was born 21 Mar 1835, Lancaster, MA, and died after 1874. Apparently there was a divorce, because she married secondly, 17 Dec 1874, Boxborough, MA, Charles H. Sargent, b. ca. 1835, Boxborough, MA, son of Samuel and Hannah (-----) Sargent.^[3]

Children of Everett¹⁰ and Jane (Balcom) Whitney:

i.	William R.11 Whitney, b. 5 Feb 1859, Upton, MA;[4] m. Sophia C. Kittleman.

Census

• 1860, Upton, Worcester Co., MA:

927 1326 Daniel Whitney 46 M - Bootmaker Loice 42 F - $800 $100 Mass. Geo. W. " 24 M - Bootmaker " D. W. " 21 M - " " Angie L. " 19 F - " Attended school Laura " 16 F - " Andrew " 9/12 M - " Henry Simmonds 12 M - " Attended school Willie B. Whitney 1 M - "

The above "Geo. W." was undoubted the same as Everett W. Whitney. Rebecca not found

• 1870, Upton, Worcester Co., MA:

264 354 Whitney, Daniel 55 M W Works for Coat Factory $1000 $200 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Lovice R. 52 F W Keeping house Mass. -----, Everett W. 33 M W Works for Coat Factory Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Andrew R. 10 M W At School Mass. Attended school -----, Willie R. 11 M W At School Mass. Attended school Gould, Anginette 30 F W Works for Straw Factory Mass. -----, Flora G. 10 F W At School Mass. Attended school

• 1870, Rebecca not found.
• 1880, Upton, Worcester Co., MA:

Daniel WHITNEY 61 Self M M W MA Boot Maker MA MA Louisa R. WHITNEY 62 Wife F M W MA Keeps House MA MA Everett W. WHITNEY 44 Son M S W MA Works In St Shop MA MA Anysmith GOULD 38 Dau F M W MA Works In St Shop MA MA Eva G. GOULD 20 GDau F M W MA Works In St Shop MA MA Bertha WHITNEY 2 Oth F S W MA CAN MA Henry Aldrich 23 Oth M S W MA Works In St Shop

Notes

Since Rebecca Jane is not found after the birth of her son, it would seem likely that she died soon thereafter, possibly even before the 1860 Census. Since Everett was listed as single in 1880, surely it occurred before that. Her death hasn't been found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, however.

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), p. 658.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 456, page 712.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 118, page 169.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 263, page 50.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 125, page 237.

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