Family:Whitney, Royal B. (1821-a1850)

Royal B.⁷ Whitney (Jacob⁶, Ebenezer⁵, Amos⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jacob⁶ and Abigail (Moses) Whitney, was born 18 Aug 1821, Buxton, ME,^[1] and died after 1850.

He married, 29 Apr 1846, Rebecca Hamblen, daughter of John and Olive (Murch) Hamblen.^[2] She was born 11 Dec 1818, Gorham, ME,^[3] and apparently died before 1850.

He married secondly, 18 Aug 1849,^[4] or 28 May 1850, Lanesborough, MA, Sarah M. Smith, daughter of Russell and Cynthia (Munson) Smith. She was born about 1828, Stockbridge, MA.^[5]

Children of Royal⁷ and Rebecca (Hamblen) Whitney:

i.	Rebecca Olive8 Whitney, b. ca. 1847, North Gorham, ME; d. 1 Apr 1915, Hampton Falls, NH; m. 12 Sep 1871, Haverhill, MA, Alvinza C. Hanson, b. ca. 1847, Manchester, NH, son of Stephen and Nancy G. (Taylor) Hanson, as his second wife.[6]

Children of Royal⁷ and Sarah M. (Smith) Whitney, if any, unknown.

Notes

There could be confusion with Family:Whitney, Royal B. (1817-1905) of Adams, MA. That man was a carpenter, this one an engineer. Their ages are close, and they both married a wife Sarah M.

Although Royal Whitney was enumerated with his parents in 1850, there was also a Royal P. Whitney enumerated just 6 households away. Apparently he was enumerated twice. If so, his first wife Rebecca Hamblen had died before 1850.

Census

• 1850, Buxton, York Co., ME:

200 215 Jacob Whitney 64 M - Farmer $1600 Maine Abagail " 62 F - " Eleasezam " 36 M - Carpenter " Chas. " 35 M - Farmer " George " 33 M - " " Sewil " 30 M - " " Royal " 28 M - " " Sarah " 25 F - " Jacob " 22 M - Farmer " Abby " 20 F - " Hannah " 29 F - " Arzilla " 7 F - " Mary E. " 5 F - " Emily A. " 2 F - "

• 1850, Buxton, York Co., ME:

194 208 Royal P. Whitney 27 M - Engineer Maine Sarah M. " 22 F - " Wm. Brid 18 M - None "

• 1850, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

342 362 Timothy Hamblen 29 M - Farmer $2000 Maine Hannah " 42 F - " William " 38 M - Farmer " Gratia " 35 F - " Emaline " 32 F - " Rebeckah Whitney 4 F - "

• 1860: not found.
• 1860, daughter Rebecca not found.
• 1870: not found.
• 1870, daughter Rebecca not found.
• 1880: not found.

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Royal, child born to Jacob Whitney and Abigail, his wife, b. 18 Aug 1821," according to Buxton, Maine, Vital Records.

2.^  McLellan, Hugh Davis, comp. & ed. by Lewis, Katharine B., The History of Gorham, Maine, (Portland, ME: Smith & Sale, Printers, 1903); reprint (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992), p. 544.

3.^  Ibid.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 37, page 43.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 37, page 43. Also, "Royal B. [Whitney] (2nd mar., 26, laborer, b. Maine), and Sarah M. Smith (21, b. Stockbridge, dau. of Russell and Cynthia Smith), mar. 28 May 1850," according to Lanesborough, Massachusetts, vital records.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 235, page 201.

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