Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1796-1873)
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Benjamin8 Whitney (John7, Abner6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of John7 and Susanna (Smith) Whitney, was born 17 Sep 1796, Westminster, MA, and died 19 Jan 1873, Fitchburg, MA.
He "of Fitchburg" married, 6 May 1824, Ashby, MA, Mehitable Whitcomb "of Fitchburg".[1]
Children of Benjamin8 and Mehitable (Whitcomb) Whitney:
i. Lusana Carter9 Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1825, Fitchburg, MA; d. 18 Oct 1871, Fitchburg, MA. ii. Lysander S. Whitney, b. 31 Oct 1826, Fitchburg, MA; d. 3 May 1906, Chester, VT; m. 13 Mar 1853, Lydia Ann Burnap. iii. Mary Ann Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1829, Fitchburg, MA; m. 27 May 1856, Shirley, MA, Calvin Harlow Swain. iv. John Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1832, Fitchburg, MA; m. 8 Apr 1854, Fitchburg, MA, Caroline Maguire. v. Alonzo Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1834, Fitchburg, MA; m. 30 Aug 1868, Leominster, MA, Vashti Aurelia Kendall. vi. Sydney Whitney, b. 8 Nov 1840, Fitchburg, MA; m. 4 Jun 1865, Leominster, MA, Abigail D. Tolman.
References
1.^ "Benjamin [Whitney], of Fitchburg, and Mehitable Whitcomb, of Fitchburg, [married] May 6, 1824," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989).
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