Family:Whitney, Amos (1766-1854)

Amos⁶ Whitney (Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Levi⁵ and Rebecca (Clark) Whitney, was born 11 Feb 1766, and died 2 Oct 1854, Chelmsford, MA.

He married, 16 Aug 1789, Concord, MA, Anna Brown.^[1] She died 30 or 31 Dec 1818, Chelmsford, MA, aged 54 years, of consumption.^[2]

He was in the coopering business at Chelmsford, now Middlesex village, where he lived, and where he acquired a large property in that trade. He resided Chelmsford, MA.

Children of Amos⁶ Whitney:

i.

Amos7 Whitney, b. ca. 6 Jan 1790, MA; d. 19 Oct 1873, Lowell, MA, aged 83 years 9 months 13 days, of lung disease;[3] unmarried. Amos Whitney was never married. He was a man of exemplary character, without being particularly enterprising. In 1854 his father died and left him a large anount of wealth, though his means were ample without his inheritance. He left a will at his decease, giving $20,000 to relatives, $2,500 to the "Old Ladies' Home" at Lowell, and made Tuft's college the residuary legatee. His estate was valued at over $50,000.

ii.

Sewell Whitney, b. ca. 1796; d. 26 Jul 1799, Dracut, MA, aged 3 years; bur. 27 Jul 1799, Chelmsford, MA, aged 2 years.[4]

Census

• 1790, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1820, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, 1 female over 45, and 1 female 26-44; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 40-49, and 1 female 30-39.
• 1840, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male 70-79, 1 male 50-59, and 1 female 40-49.
• 1850: not found.
• 1855, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA:

86 92 Whitney, Amos 66 M - Massachusetts Coburn, Sybil A. 60 F - "

This was his son Amos.

• 1860, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA:

872 939 Amos Whitney 70 M - $1500 $12000 Mass. Sybbel A. Coburn 66 F - House Keeper "

This was his son Amos.

• 1865 State, Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA:

280 301 Amos Whitney 75 M - Mass. S Gentleman - - 1 1 - Sybil A. Coburn 72 F - " " Housekeeper - - - - -

This was his son Amos.

• 1870, Charlestown Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA:

1 1 Whitney, Amos 80 M W No occupation $1200 $40000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 Coburn, Sybil A. 77 F W House Keeper $7000 "

This was his son Amos.

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. 201-202.

1.^  "Amos [Whitney], and Anna Brown, both of Concord, by Ephraim Wood, Esq., [married] 16 Aug 1789," according to Town of Concord, Concord, Massachusetts. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston, MA: Todd, 1895), p. 260.

2.^  "Anna [Whitney], w. Amos, consumption, [died] Dec. 30, 1818, a. 54y. C.R.1 [Dec 31 G.R.6]," according to Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1914). Also, "Anna [Whitney], w. Amos, [died] Dec. 31, 1818, a. 52y. GR-3," according to Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1930).

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 257, page 196.

4.^  "Sewell [Whitney], s. Amos, bur. July 27, 1799, a. 2y. C.R.1," according to Chelmsford Vital Records. Also, "Suel [Whitney], s. Cornet Amos and Anna, [died] July 26, 1799, a. 3 [G.R. 3]," according to Vital Records of Dracut, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907).

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