Family:Whitney, Amos (1787-1874)

Amos⁷ Whitney (Levi⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Levi⁶ and Hepsibeth (Fay) Whitney, was born about 14 Apr 1787, Rindge, NH, and died 27 Feb 1874, Royalston, MA, aged 86 years 10 months 13 days, of paralysis, married.^[1]

Marriage intentions were published 6 Mar 1812, Fitchburg, MA, for him "of Leominster" and Sophia Harris.^[2] Marriage intentions were published 23 Mar 1812, Leominster, MA, for him and Sophia Harris "of Fitchburg".^[3] He married, 2 Apr 1812, Fitchburg, MA, Sophia Harris,^[4] daughter of Thomas and Sophia (-----) Harris. She was born about 13 Mar 1787, Fitchburg, MA, and died 17 Oct 1877, Royalston, MA, aged 90 years 7 months 4 days, of erysipelas in the bowels, widow.^[5]

Amos Whitney was born in Rindge, NH. He moved to Leominster, and married his wife in Fitchburg. In 1812 he moved to Royalston, and purchasing of Abel Downe the John Osborne place lived there ever afterward. He resided Leominster and Royalston, MA.

Children of Amos⁷ and Sophia (Harris) Whitney:

i.	Mary Ann8 Whitney, b. 30 Aug 1812, Royalston, MA;[6] m. (int. 7 Feb 1847, Bolton, MA[7]) 23 FEb 1847, Royalston, MA, Benjamin Wheeler,[8] b. 17 Jan 1810; d. 24 Feb 1884; resided South Royalston. Ch., Levi W.; resided South Royalston; b. 10 Jun 1848; Mary A., d. 20 Oct 1860.
ii.	Sophia Whitney, b. 19 Feb 1815, Royalston, MA;[9] d. 1 Jul 1865, Royalston, MA; m. (int. 18 Sep 1836, Holden, MA[10]) 12 Oct 1836, Royalston, MA, Reuben Browning.[11] He was b. 17 Mar 1814; d. 5 Nov 1845. Ch.: Martha A., b. 2 Aug 1838, Holden; m. 17 May 1866, David W. Hodgkins, M. D., of Jefferson, ME; address, East Brookfield, MA; ch., Robert B., b. Waldoboro, ME, 17 Oct 1867, d. same day; Isabelle Marion, b. 21 Jun 1869, East Brookfield, MA; George Whitney, b. 30 Dec 1870, East Brookfield; d. 9 Jan 1876, aged 5 years 10 days; David Harwood, b. 11 Jun 1873, East Brookfield; and Chester Hussey, b. 9 Jan 1875, East Brookfield; Marion F., b. 8 Nov 1840; m. Dec 1862, Rev. Henry M. Rogers, of Ware; address, Holden, MA; ch., Nellie Marion, born Dec 1863, Selinsgrove, PA; Herbert Allen, b. Apr. 1866, Wellfleet, MA; Rupert Browning, b. Aug 1868, Dalton, MA; and Harry, b. 1870, West Springfield; d. at 4 months. Nellie Marion Rogers m. Sep 1883, Charles A. Dawson, of Holden; address, Holden, MA; ch., Rachel Dawson, b. Jul 1894, Holden. Mary S., b. 28 Aug 1842; m. Mar 1868, Henry W. Cotton, of Monson; ch., Susan Browning, b. 21 Sep 1869, Milford, CT; m. Oct 1890, Henry S. Tufts, of Boston; address, 1859 Oakdale Ave., Lake View, Chicago. Henry W. Cotton, d. Dec 1892, South Framingham; aged 57.
iii.	George Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1817, Royalston, MA;[12] m.(1) Eliza J. Simpson; m.(2) Mary E. Carter.
iv.	Levi Harris Whitney, b. 25 Nov 1821, Royalston, MA;[13] m. Susan S. Whitcomb, b. 1829; resided s. p. Athol, MA.
v.	Abigail Augusta Whitney, b. 20 Sep 1825, Royalston, MA; m. Charles W. Forristoll; resided Winchendon and West Fitchburg, MA.

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. 306.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 267, page 373.

2.^  "Amos [Whitney] of Leominster and Sophia Harris, [marriage intentions] Mar. 6, 1812," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. III, p. 88.

3.^  "Amos [Whitney] and Sophia Harris of Fitchburg, int. Mar. 23, 1812," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (n.d.).

4.^  "Amos [Whitney] to Sophia Harris, [married] Apr. 2, 1812," according to Fitchburg Vital Records, vol. III, p. 88.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 294, page 355.

6.^  "Meriam [Whitney], d. Amos and Sophia, [born] Aug. 30, 1812," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1906).

7.^  "Mary Ann [Whitney] of Royalston and Benjamin Wheeler, int. Feb. 7, 1847," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).

8.^  "Mary Ann [Whitney] (d. Amos and Sophia, a. 34) and Benjamin Wheeler of Bolton, [married] Feb. 23, 1847," according to Royalston Vital Records.

9.^  "Sophia [Whitney], d. Amos and Sophia, [born] Feb. 19, 1815," according to Royalston Vital Records.

10.^  "Sophia [Whitney] of Royalston and Reuben Browning, int. Sept. 18, 1836," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

11.^  "Sophia [Whitney] and Ruben Browning of Holden, [married] Oct. 12, 1836," according to Royalston Vital Records.

12.^  "George [Whitney], s. Amos and S[o]phia, [born] Sept. 21, 1817," according to Royalston Vital Records.

13.^  "Levi [Whitney], s. Amos and Sophia, [born] Nov. 21, 1821," and "Levi Harris [Whitney], d. Amos and Sophia, [born] Nov. 21 1821," according to Royalston Vital Records.

14.^  "Abagail Agusta [Whitney], d. Amos and Sophia, [born] Sept. 20, 1825," according to Royalston Vital Records.

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