Family:Whitney, Edward Purcel (1843-1874)

Edward Purcel⁸ Whitney (Asa P.⁷, George W.⁶, Asa⁵, Nathan⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Asa P.⁷ and Eunice C. (Kneeland) Whitney, was born 29 Oct 1843, VT, and died 25 Jan 1874, Harrison, ME.

He married, 24 Dec 1866, Pembroke, NH, or Waltham, MA, Carrie⁸ Whiting,^[1] daughter of Nathan⁷ and Caroline (Allen) Whiting [Oliver⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Oliver³, Samuel², Samuel¹]. She was born 25 Jul 1836, ME, and died 3 Apr 1916, Stow, ME, aged 80 years, of chronic interstitial nephritis.^[2] She was buried in Stow Cemetery, Stow, ME.

He resided Waltham, MA, and Harrison, ME.

Children of Edward Purcel⁸ and Carrie (Whiting) Whitney:

i.	Willie9 Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1867, Waltham, MA.[3]
ii.	Edward Gilman Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1867; m. 29 Oct 1891, Waltham, MA, Esther Jane Mansfield, b. 28 Nov 1869, dau. of Joseph D. and Martha W. (-----) Mansfield;[4] druggist; resided Townsend, MA. Children: a. Edward Tracey10 Whitney, b. 31 Jan 1894, Townsend, MA.[5] b. Charles Cyrus Whitney, b. 19 Dec 1895, Townsend, MA.[6]

Note

The two sons may be just one, named Willie at birth, and renamed Edward later.

Census

• 1870, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA:

374 496 Whitney, E. P. 27 M W Works in Watch Factory $300 Maine Male citizen over 21 " Carrie 26 F W Keeping House " " Ned G. 3 M W Mass. Reed, Aaron 21 M W Farm Laborer " Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA:

William A. ROGERS 52 Self M M W NH Work In Watch Factory NOVA SCOTTIA NOVA SCOTIA Rosetta ROGERS 49 Wife F M W VT Keeping House CANADA CANADA Frederick EVES 29 Oth M M W ENG Work In Watch Factory ENG ENG Sarah EVES 25 Oth F M W NJ Milliner NJ NJ Carrie WHITNEY 35 Oth F W W ME Work In Watch Factory ME ME

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. 579-580.

1.^  "E. P. Whitney & Carrie Whitney, m. 24 Dec 1866, NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 190, page 256.

2.^  Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, at FamilySearch.org.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 197, page 249.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 416, page 376.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 440, page 411.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 449, page 428.

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