Family:Whitney, Lemuel (1767-1825)

Lemuel⁶ Whitney (Lemuel⁵, Lemuel⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Lemuel⁵ and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Whitney, was born 25 Jan 1767, Stow, MA,^[1] and died 1825.

He married, 24 May 1790, Stow, MA, Dorcas Gates.^[2] 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;[3] d. infancy.
ii.	Dorcas Whitney, bapt. 12 May 1793, Stow, MA;[4] d. infancy.
iii.	Peter Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1794, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.[5]
iv.	Ezekiel Whitney, b. 15 Jun 1795, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA;[6] m. Elizabeth -----.
v.	Jotham Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1797, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.[7]
vi.	Susan Whitney, b. 16 Nov 1799, Grafton, VT.
vii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1801, Grafton, VT; m. 24 Nov 1825, Marlborough, MA, Ephraim Darby "of Ashby".[8]
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. She may be the Almira Whitney, b. ca. 1806, who m. 7 Apr 1831, Marlborough, MA, William Morse.
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.
• 1820, Grafton, Windham Co., VT: Lemuel Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 3 females 16-25, 3 females 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.

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.

1.^  "Lemuel [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Elizabeth, [born] Jan. 25, 1767," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

2.^  "Lemuel [Whitney] [int. Jr. of Acton] and Dorcas Gate [int. Darkes Gates], [married] May 24, 1790. [Lemuel and Dorcas Gates, M.R.]," according to Stow Vital Records.

3.^  "Petor [Whitney], s. Lemuel Jr. and Dorcas, [born] Apr. 15, 1791. [Peter, C.R.]," according to Stow Vital Records.

4.^  "Dorcas [Whitney], d. Lemuel and Dorcas, bp. May 12, 1793. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.

5.^  "Peter [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Dorcas, bp. Apr. 1 [17]98. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.

6.^  "Ezekiel [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Dorcas, bp. Apr. 1, [17]98. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.

7.^  "Jotham [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Dorcas, bp. Apr. 1 [17]98. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.

8.^  "Betsy [Whitney] and Ephraim Darby of Ashby, [married] Nov. 24, 1825," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908).

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