Family:Whitney, Prentiss (1787-1870)
Prentiss6 Whitney (Stephen5, John4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Stephen5 and Relief (Stearns) Whitney, was born 2 Nov 1787,, Lunenburg, MA,[1] and died 18 Nov 1870, Westfield, NY.
Marriage intentions were published 9 Dec 1815, Lunenburg, MA, for him "of Concord" and Silvia Bicknell "of Lunenburg".[2] He "of Concord" married, 25 Jan 1816, Concord, MA, Sylvia Bicknell "of Lunenburgh".[3]
He resided Boston, MA, Gardiner, ME, and Westfield, NY.
Children of Prentiss6 and Sylvia (Bicknell) Whitney:
i. Sylvia7 Whitney, b. -----; m. ----- Townsend; resided Westfield, NY. ii. Mary Whitney, b. -----. iii. Edward Whitney, b. -----; d., his widow resided in the west.
Census
- 1820, 5th Ward Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Prentiss Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.
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. 152.
1.^ "Prentice [Whitney], s. Stephen and Relief, [born] Nov. 2, 1787," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Early Records of the Town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Including That Part Which is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764 (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1896), volume 1, page 245.
2.^ "Prentis [Whitney]s, of Concord, and Silvia Bicknell of Lunenburg, int. Dec. 9, 1815," according to Lunenburg Vital Records, volume 3, page 95.
3.^ "Prentis [Whitney], of Concord and Sylvia Bicknell of Lunenburgh, by Rev. E. Ripley, [married] 25 Jan 1816," according to Town of Concord, Concord, Massachusetts. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston, MA: Todd, 1895), p. 370.
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