Family:Whitney, Lemuel (1767-1825)

Lemuel⁶ Whitney (Lemuel⁵, Lemuel⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Lemuel⁵ and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Whitney, was born Stow, Massachusetts, 25 Jan 1767, and died 1825.

He married Dorcas Gates. She died 7 Mar 1823.

He was a farmer. He resided Stow, MA, Grafton, VT, and East Sudbury, MA.

Children of Lemuel⁶ and Dorcas (Gates) Whitney:

i.	Peter Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1791, Stow, MA; d. infancy.
ii.	Dorcas Whitney, bapt. 12 May 1793, Stow, MA; d. infancy.
iii.	Peter Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1794, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
iv.	Ezekiel Whitney, b. 15 Jun 1795, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
v.	Jotham Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1797, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
vi.	Susan Whitney, b. 16 Nov 1799, Grafton, VT.
vii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1801, Grafton, VT.
viii.	Jane Whitney, b. 29 May 1803, Grafton, VT.
ix.	Mary Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1805, Grafton, VT.
x.	Elmira Whitney, b. 9 May 1807, Grafton, VT.
xi.	Lucy Ann Whitney, b. 1 Dec 1809, Grafton, VT.
xii.	Anna Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1811, Grafton, VT.
xiii.	Louis Whitney, b. 8 Jun 1812, Grafton, VT; m. Louisa W. Parmenter.
xiv.	Leonard7 Whitney, b. 22 Feb 1815, Grafton, VT; m.(1) Sarah Ayer; m.(2) Mrs. Betsey Parker.

Census

• 1790, Acton, Middlesex Co., MA: Lem^l Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.
• 1800, Grafton, Windham Co., VT: Whitney, Lemuel, 1 male 26-44, 3 male2 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1810, Grafton, Windham Co., VT: Lemuel Whitney, 1 male 16-26, 2 males 10-16, 1 female over 45, 1 female 10-16, 5 females under 10.

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. 176-177.

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