Family:Whitney, Isaac L. (1812-a1880)

Isaac L.⁷ Whitney (Peter⁶, Abraham⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Peter⁶ and Lydia (Hinckley) Whitney, was born 4 Sep 1812, Lisbon, ME,^[1] and died 21 Aug 1887. Buried South Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, ME with his wife, Mary.

He married, before 1840, Mary E. Clay, daughter of Stephen and Minerva (Shorey) Clay. She was born 13 Feb 1827, Burlington, ME, and died 18 Feb 1915, Lincoln, ME.

Child of Isaac L.⁷ and Mary E. (Clay) Whitney, possibly incomplete:

i.	(son)7 Whitney, b. bef. 1840, ME.
ii.	Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1848, Springfield, ME; d. 18 Oct 1933, Lincoln, ME; "Lizzie" m. before 1880, Charles Hale, b. ca. 1838, ME. By a first wife, he had a daughter Lydia M. Hale, b. ca. 1862, ME.
iii.	Isaac A. Whitney, b. ca. 1853, ME; d. 18 Mar 1855; buried South Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, ME.

Census

• 1840, Springfield, Penobscot Co., ME: Isaac Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, and 1 female 20-29; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Springfield, Penobscot Co., ME:

62 62 Isaac Whitney 37 M - Farmer $200 Me. Mary E. " 22 F - " Mary E. " 1 F - "

• 1860, Township No. 4, Penobscot Co., ME:

285 290 Isaac Whitney 36 M - Farmer $600 $558 Maine Mary E. " 32 F - " " Mary E. " 11 " - " Attended school Marques Rowlen 19 M - Farmer "

• 1870, Lakeville Plantation, Penobscot Co., ME:

6 6 Whitney, Isaac 57 M W Farmer $600 $200 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary E. 43 F W Keeping House " -----, Mary E. 21 F W Domestic " Holt, Charles 32 M W Laborer " Male citizen over 21 -----, Lydia 8 F W " Attended school

• 1880, Lakeville, Penobscot Co., ME:

Charles HALE 42 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME Lizzie HALE 31 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Lydia M. HALE 17 Dau F S W ME Works Wolen Mill ME ME Isaac WHITNY 67 FatL M M W ME Works On Farm ME ME Mary WHITNY 52 MotL F M W ME House Keeper ME ME

• 1900, Lincoln, Penobscot Co., ME:

42 45 Whitney, Mary E. Head W F Feb 1827 73 wid 1ch 1liv Maine Maine Maine N.G., Owns free house Hale, M. Lizzie Dau W F Sep 1848 51 wid 0ch 0liv Maine Maine Maine Clay, Elmer E. Neph W M Dec 1867 32 sgl Maine Maine Maine Day laborer Ingasol, Mary B. Brdr W F Feb 1848 52 sgl Maine Maine Maine

References

1.^  "Isaac [Whitney] s. Peter and Lydia, b. Sep. 4, 1812," according to Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, ed., Vital Records of Lisbon, Maine Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 19 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).

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