Family:Whitney, Ephraim (1776-a1810)

Ephraim⁷ Whitney (Ephraim⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of Ephraim⁶ and Mary (Reed) Whitney,^[1] was born 6 Jan 1776 (posthumously), Framingham, MA.^[2] Apparently he died between 1810 and 1820, possibly in Boston, MA.

He married, 26 Mar 1798, Boston, MA, Sophia Taintor,^[3] daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Hinds) Taintor. She was born 12 May 1779, Westborough, MA, and died 28 Jul 1847, Jay, Maine.

No record has been found of any children of this couple. The 1810 census suggests a daughter born 1790-1800 and one born 1800-1810. Why they seemingly were living apart is not explained.

Census

• 1800: not found. Boston, MA, census is lost.
• 1810, 6th Ward, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Ephraim Whitney, 2 males 26-44, 3 males 16-25, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 10-15.
• 1810, Jay, Oxford Co., ME: Sophia Whitney, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
• (possibly) 1820, 6th Ward Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Ephraim Whitney, 9 males 26-44, 7 males 18-25, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 16-25; 1 foreign born not naturalized.
• 1820, Jay, Oxford Co., ME: Sophia Whitney, 1 female 26-44 and 2 females 16-25.
• 1830, Jay, Oxford Co., ME: Sophia Whitney, 1 female 50-59.
• 1830: not found. Ephraim not found.
• 1840: not found.

References

1.^  His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^  "Ephraim [Whitney], s. of Ephraim and Mary, [born] Jan. 6, 1776," according to Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), p. 206.

3.^  "Ephraim [Whitney] and Sophia Tanter [int. reads (Joiner)], [married] Mar. 26, 1798," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 171

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