Family:Whitney, William Greenlaw (1812-1875)

William Greenlaw⁷ Whitney (Enoch⁶, Moses⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Enoch⁶ and Hannah (Newcomb) Whitney, was born 4 Aug 1812, Gorham, ME or Harrison, ME, and died 9 Mar 1875, Lee, ME.

Marriage intentions were published in Lee, ME, and in Springfield, ME, 8 Sep 1834, for him and Agnes Smith. He "of Lee" married, 28 Dec 1834, Dresden, ME, Agnes Smith, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Robinson) Smith. She was born 13 Apr 1811, Dresden, ME, and died 19 Apr 1893, Lee, ME.

He resided Lee, ME in the censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870, where he was a farmer.

Children of William Greenlaw⁷ and Agnes (Smith) Whitney, all born Lee, Penobscot Co., ME:

i.	William Alonzo8 Whitney, b. 29 Oct 1835; m. 4 Jul 1858, Emma Toombly; resided Winn, ME.
ii.	Martha A. Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1837; d. 2 May 1865, Lee, ME; m. 3 Oct 1860, Thomas Roberts.
iii.	Joseph Franklin Whitney, b. 3 Dec 1841; m. Delanah H. Spencer.
iv.	Braddock S. Whitney, b. 17 Sep 1847; m. 20 Jun 1871, Almatia Lane, daughter of Lewis and Clara (-----) Lane of Lincoln, ME. In the 1880 Census of Lincoln, Penobscot Co., ME, Almasha and sons Charles and William are living with her parents, Lewis and Clara Lane. Children: a. Charles9 Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1872. Penobscot Co. Probate record: Braddock S. & Almatia Whitney, parents, of Lee, ME, relinguishing son Charles Whitney, age 4 (on 25 Jun) to Lewis and Clara Lane of Lincoln. Child does not lose inheritance rights from biological parents. Dated Nov 1876. b. William Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1875.

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. 408.

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