Family:Whitney, Henry (1783-1837)

Henry⁶ Whitney (Samuel⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Samuel⁵, was born 29 Jan 1783, ME, and died 27 Apr 1837, Havre, France.

He married, 27 Mar 1807, Lucy Perkins. She was born about 1785, ME, and died after 1860, but apparently before 1870.

They resided Castine, ME.

Children of Henry⁶ and Lucy (Perkins) Whitney:

i.	Nancy7 Whitney, b. 15 Jul 1808; m. 1825, Joshua C. Adams; d. 15 Jan 1852; 15 ch.
ii.	Henry Whitney, b. 15 Feb 1810; merchant; unmarried; resided Liverpool, England.
iii.	William Whitney, b. 17 Nov 1811; d. 8 Feb 1814.
iv.	Lucy Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1813; d. 26 Sep 1841, Havre, France, s.p.; m. 26 Sep 1841, Castine, ME, Moses Gay, Jr., both of Castine.[1]
v.	William Cutler Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1815; d. 30 Sep 1816.
vi.	Charles Whitney, b. 29 Oct 1817; drowned 1 Oct 1831, Penobscot Bay.
vii.	Samuel Austin Whitney, b. -----; m. Ann E. Auld, and d. 28 Oct 1850, New Orleans, LA, s.p.
viii.	John Perkins Whitney, b. 20 Jan 1820, Castine, ME; d. 11 Aug 1839, New Orleans, LA, aged 21 years;[2] unmarried.
ix.	Frances Whitney, b. 3 Apr 1823; m.(1) 7 Oct 1847, Leonard J. Whiting; 2 ch.; m.(2) 1 May 1859, Samuel K. Whiting; 3 ch.
x.	Sarah Whitney, b. 15 Jun 1825; d. 2 Apr 1842.
xi.	Phebe Whitney, b. 11 May 1829.

Census

• 1810, Castine, Hancock Co., ME: Henry Whitney, 1 male 16-26, 1 male under 10, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female under 10, 1 other free person.
• 1820, Castine, Hancock Co., ME: Whitney, Henry, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 2 females 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in commerce.
• 1830, Castine, Hancock Co., ME: Whitney, Henry, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 30-39, 3 males 15-19, 1 female 40-49, 2 females 15-19, 1 female 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Castine, Hancock Co., ME: Lucy P Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, and 2 females 10-14; 1 engaged in navigation of the ocean.
• 1850, Castine, Hancock Co., ME:

116 136 Lucy P. Whitney 65 F - $2000 Maine Phebe F. " 21 F - do Phebe W. Adams 11 F - do Attended school 137 Moses P. Perkins 27 M - Merchant do Lydia M. " 22 F - do

• 1850, New Orleans, Orleans Par., LA:

2002 2314 Edward Auld 48 M - None 5000 Maryland Mary Ann do 44 F - New York Robert do 13 M - " " Attended school Samuel Whitney 30 M - Ship chandler 250 Maine John C. Walker 55 M - New York Anna E. Whitney 23 F - Maryland Catharine Wheeling 24 F - Ireland Illiterate Bridget do 10 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Castine, Hancock Co., ME:

130 149 Lucy P. Whitney 75 F - $3000 $2500 Maine Sarah H. Whiting 75 F - Massachusetts Samuel K. " 43 M - Merchant $2000 $3000 Maine Frances A. " 35 F - $4000 " John P. " 12 M - " Attended school Anna T. " 7 F - " Attended school Henry W. " 3/12 M - " Leonard J. " 16 M - " Attended school Phebe F. Whitney 29 F - " Ada Perkins 19 F - Domestic "

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. 191-192.

1.^  "Moses Gay Jr. of Castine & Lucy P. Whitney of same m. 26 Sept 1841 by B. B. Beckwith," according to Alice MacDonald Long, Marriage Returns of Hancock County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 9 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992), p. 62.

2.^  "John Perkins, Mr., 11 Aug 1839, in New Orleans, a native of Castine, age 21," according to Sullivan, Steven E., Vital Records from the "Thomaston Recorder"; of Thomaston, Maine, 1837-1846 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).

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