Family:Whitney, Eliab Turner (1789-1865)

Eliab T.⁶ Whitney (Josiah⁵, John⁴, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Josiah⁵ and Hannah (Turner) Whitney; born Gaspé, Lower Canada, 17 Dec 1789; married Lydia Butterworth, dau. of William. She died 1826; married 2d, in Cape Breton, N. B., 1827, Lydia Williams, born Salem, Massachusetts, Sept. 10, 1810; died 2 Apr 1866, in Edgecomb, Maine. He was a cooper. He died 2 Apr 1865; resided New Castle and Edgecomb, Maine.

Children of Eliab T.⁶ and Lydia (Williams) Whitney:

i.	Nancy Ann7 Whitney, born 30 May 1828; married Mar., 1859, ----- Morrison; resided Auburn, Maine.
ii.	Sarah Jane Whitney, born 1830; married 18 Jul 1856, ----- Merry; resided Damariscotta, Maine.
iii.	Emeline Whitney, born 9 Mar 1833; married 8 Nov 1852, ----- Merry; resided Sherman Hills, Maine.
iv.	Williams Whitney, born 30 Aug 1835; married Rosalina H. Merry.
v.	Albion Whitney, born -----; married 1863; resided Gloucester, Massachusetts; a son was Benjamin L.
vi.	David J. Whitney, born 23 Nov 1838; unmarried; resided Bath, Maine.
vii.	Alpheus Whitney, born 16 Feb 1840; married Georgia F. Hilton.
viii.	Benjamin F. Whitney, born 12 May 1842; died in hospital, 4 Dec 1864.
ix.	Hannah A. Whitney, born 13 May 1845; married 1863, ----- Soiett; resided Bath, Maine.
x.	Alonzo L. Whitney, born 9 Aug 1847; married 1872; resided Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts; dau. Gertrude.
xi.	Georgiana Whitney, born 1 Jan 1850; married 1877, ----- Young; resided Bath, Maine.
xii.	Lydia Whitney.
xiii.	Eliab Whitney.
xiv.	Betsey Whitney.

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), pp. 229-230.

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