Family:Whitney, James Jefferson (1806-1867)

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James7 Jefferson Whitney (James6, Richard5, Richard4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of James6 and Lucy (Reed) Whitney, was born "Jefferson" 26 Apr 1806, Harvard, MA,[1] and died 5 Mar 1867, Fitchburg, MA, aged 61 years 10 months 21 days,[sic] of typhoid double bronchial pneumonia, resided South Street, Fitchburg, MA, carpenter, born Harvard, son of James and Lucy Whitney.[2]

He married 1 Jan 1827, Winchendon, MA, Emma Bethiah Follett.[3] She was born about 1801, MA, and died after 1870.

Children of James Jefferson7 and Emma Bethiah (Follett) Whitney:

i. James H.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1831, MA; living 1850.
ii. Charles M. Whitney, b. ca. 1836, MA; living 1850.
iii. Emily E. Whitney, b. ca. 1839, MA; living 1850.
iv. Samuel Whitney, b. ca. 1842, MA; living 1850.
v. William H. Whitney, b. 17 Jul 1844, Fitchburg, MA.[4]

Census

  • 1850, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

475 540 James J. Whitney 46 M - Carpenter $1200 Mass. Emma B. " 49 F - " James H. " 19 M - " Charles M. " 14 M - " Emily E. " 11 F - " Samuel " 8 M - " William H. " 6 M - " Marshal White 19 M - Track Repairer Vt.

155 152 J. J. Whitney 55 M - Carpenter $1000 $200 Mass. E. B. Whitney 59 F - Wife Do E. Whitney 21 F - Dressmaker Do S. Whitney 18 F - Do Do N. H. Whitney 15 M - Do Attended school M. Rhodes 21 F - Tailoress $100 Do

  • 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

16 27 Whitney, William H. 26 M W Machinist Mass. m July Male citizen over 21 -------, Lizzie E. 20 F W Keeping House Rhode Island m July -------, Emma B. 69 F W No Occupation Mass.

  • 1880, Milk Street, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

258 324 Whitney, William W M 36 mar Machinist Massachusetts Mass. Mass. -------, Edna W F 30 Wife mar Keeping House Rhode Island Mass. R.I. -------, B. Edna W F 8 Dau sgl At School Attended school Massachusetts Mass. R.I. -------, Emma W F 78 Moth wid Massachusetts Conn. Mass.

References

  • Winchendon VRs.

1.^  "Jefferson [Whitney], s. of James and Lucy, [born] Apr. 26, 1806," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  Source of death.

3.^  "James [Whitney] and Bethiah Follet, [married] Jan. 1, 1827," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

4.^  "William H. [Whitney], s. James J. and Emma B., [born] July 17, 1844," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 97.

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