Family:Whitney, Laban (1783-1818)
Laban6 Whitney (Elias5, Elias4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Elias5 and Lucy (Barnes) Whitney, was born 24 Oct 1783, Jaffrey, NH, and died 20 Jun 1818, Bellingham or Milford, MA, aged 34 years 8 months.[1]
He married, 27 Jun 1805, Milford, MA, Olive Greene,[2] daughter of Cleophas Green. She was born 1784, Jaffrey, NH, and died 7 Dec 1867, Bellingham, MA, or 7 Dec 1868, Milford, MA, aged 83 years 7 months 7 days, of old age.[3]
He resided Bellingham and Milford, MA.
Children of Laban6 and Olive (Greene) Whitney:
i. Hannah7 Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1805, Holliston, MA;[4] d. 2 Jan 1838. ii. Betsey Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1808, Milford, MA;[5] d. 1840. iii. Ruel Whitney, b. 3 Dec 1811, Bellingham, MA;[6] m.(1) Prudence Chamberlain; m.(2) Caroline Josephine Harrington; m.(3) Mary I. Adams. iv. Laban Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1815, Bellingham, MA;[7] m. Mary Sickles. v. Lemuel G. Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1817, Bellingham, MA;[8] m. Fannie Darling.
Census
- 1810, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA: Laban Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, 1 female under 10.
- 1820, widow Olive not found.
- 1830, Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA: Olive Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 20-29.
- 1840, widow Olive not found.
- 1850, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:
411 563 Samuel Whitney 33 M - Boot Maker $1500 Mass. Fanny " 23 F - " George Sweet 15 M - " " " Olive Whitney 65 F - "
1153 1850 Lemuel Whitney 43 M - Farmer $1600 $465 Mass. Fanny 32 F - " Ruel 3 M - " Henry E. 6/12 M - " Olive 75 F - " Henry Bailey 13 M - England
635 989 Lemuel Whitney 48 M - Mass. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Fanny Whitney 38 F - " M House Keeper - - - - - Ruel E. Whitney 8 M - " - - - - - - Henry E. Whitney 5 M - " - - - - - - Olive Whitney 80 F - " W - - - - -
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), p. 238.
1.^ "Leaben [Whitne], [died] June 20, [1818], P.R.1," according to Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1903), p. 220. Also, "Laban [Whitney], [died] June 20, 1818, a. 34y. 8m. G.R.3," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917), p. 376.
2.^ "Laban [Whitney] and Olive Greene, [married] June 27, 1805," according to Milford Vital Records, pp. 309-310.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 204, page 241.
4.^ "Hannah [Whitney], d. Laban and Olive, [born] Dec. 8, 1805," according to Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).
5.^ "Betsey [Whitney], d. of Laban and Olive, [born] Oct. 18, 1808," according to Milford Vital Records, pp. 181-182.
6.^ "Reuel [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Dec. 3, 1811," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.
7.^ "Laban [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Jan. 6, 1815," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.
8.^ "Lemuel G. [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Jan. 4, 1817," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.
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- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County, New Hampshire
- Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire