Family:Whitney, Daniel (1785-1870)

Daniel⁷ Whitney (Daniel⁶, Daniel⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Daniel⁶ and Sarah (Durant) Whitney, was born 19 Apr 1785, Stow, MA,^[1] and died 14 Oct 1870, Maynard, MA.

He married, 10 Nov 1812, Stow, MA, Sarah Marble.^[2] She was born 17 May 1791, and died 19 Feb 1863.

He resided Ashby, Stow, now Maynard, MA.

Children of Daniel⁷ and Sarah (Marble) Whitney:

i.	Artemas8 Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1815, Stow, MA;[3] m. Lucy Pease.
ii.	Thomas Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1815, Stow, MA;[4] d. 8 May 1860, Stow, MA, aged 43 years 9 days [sic: should be 44 years 9 months], of bad rum; unmarried.
iii.	Ephraim Whitney, b. 19 Sep 1817, Stow, MA;[5] m. Mary Haskell.
iv.	Sarah Marble Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1820, Stow, MA;[6] d. 17 Sep 1892, Ayer, MA, aged 42 years 10 months 14 days, of pericarditis;[7] m. 29 Feb 1843, Stow, MA, Rufus R. Fletcher;[8] b. 14 Jul 1824. She d. Sep 1892. He is a nurseryman. Ch.: Harriet J., b. 1849, Ayer, MA; Elizabeth S., b. 1850, Felch, Ayer, MA; Daniel W., b. 1852, Ayer, MA; Edward F., b. 1854, Worcester, MA; Samuel W., b. 1857, Ayer, MA.
v.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 18 Sep 1821, Stow, MA;[9] d. 21 Jan 1822, Stow, MA.[10]
vi.	John Marble Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1822, Stow, MA;[11] m.(1) Elizabeth G. Walcott; m.(2) Hannah E. Whitmarsh.
vii.	Mark Whitney, b. 18 Jan 1825, Stow, MA;[12] d. 12 Mar 1825, Stow, MA.[13]
viii.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1826, Stow, MA;[14] m. (int. 3 Jan 1848, Lancaster, MA[15]) 29 Feb 1848, Calvin Fletcher, Jr.;[16] resided Nelson, New Hampshire. He was b. 25 Oct 1821; is a farmer; resided in Nelson, NH, p. o. Harrisville. Ch.: Emma C., b. 18 Jan 1849; m. Gilman A. Marshall, of Stow, MA, 21 Sep 1871; resided Hudson, Massachusetts; Mary F., b. 21 Apr 1851; m. James A. Hersey, of Boston, MA, 30 Jan 1873; resided Mattapan, MA; Helen B., b. 21 Dec 1861; resided Nelson, NH.
ix.	Harriett Whitney, b. 2 Jun 1828, Stow, MA;[17] unmarried in 1880; resided Maynard, MA.
x.	Caroline Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1831, Stow, MA;[18] unmarried in 1880; resided Maynard, MA.
xi.	Daniel D. Whitney, b. 22 Jul 1835, Stow, MA;[19] d. 19 Mar 1852, Stow, MA.
xii.	Mary Lois Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1837, Stow, MA;[20] m. 16 Apr 1856, Joel F. Parmenter; resided Maynard, MA.

Census

• 1820, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Dan^l Whitney, 2 males 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Daniel Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Daniel Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 80-89, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, 2 females 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 6 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

197 230 Daniel Whitney 65 M - Farmer $7000 Mass. Sarah " 59 F - " Harriet " 22 F - " Caroline " 19 F - " Daniel " 16 M - Laborer " Attended school Mary L. " 13 F - " Attended school

• 1855, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

61 62 Daniel Whitney 70 M - Farmer Mass. Sarah Whitney 64 F - Mass. Thomas Whitney 40 M - Farmer Mass. Harriet Whitney 26 F - Mass. Caroline Whitney 24 F - Mass. Mary L. Whitney 17 F - Mass. Elizabeth W. Whitney 7 F - Mass. John Dean 30 M - Laborer Ireland

• 1860, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

343 335 Daniel Whiting 75 M - Farmer Mass. Sarah " 69 F - " Harriet " 32 " - " Caroline " 29 " - " Lizzie " 12 " - " Attended school

Although the surname is erroneously recorded, this is the right family.

• 1870, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

1 1 Whitney, John M. 47 M W Farmer $8000 $5000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Hannah E. 51 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Henry J. 19 M W Work on Farm Mass. -----, Hannah E. 17 F W At Home Mass. -----, Charles D. 14 M W Work on Farm Mass. Attended school -----, George 12 M W Work on Farm Mass. Attended school 2 Whitney, Daniel 85 M W Farm Work Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Harriet 35 F W Housekeeper Mass. -----, Caroline 32 F W At Home Mass.

• 1880, Maynard, Middlesex Co., MA:

Harriet WHITNEY 52 Self F S W MA Keeping House MA MA Caraline WHITNEY 49 Sis F S W MA Keeping House MA MA Elisabeth W. WHITNEY 32 Niec F S W MA Seamstress MA MA

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. 323-324.

1.^  "Daniel [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Apr. 19, 1785," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

2.^  "Daniel [Whitney] and Sally Marble, [married] Nov. 10, 1812," according to Stow Vital Records.

3.^  "Artemas [Whitney], [twin] s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Aug. 9, 1815," according to Stow Vital Records.

4.^  "Thomas [Whitney], [twin] s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Aug. 9, 1815," according to Stow Vital Records.

5.^  "Ephraim [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Sept. 19, 1817," according to Stow Vital Records.

6.^  "Sarah Marble [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Nov. 3, 1819," according to Stow Vital Records.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 428, page 84.

8.^  "Sarah M. [Whitney], 28, d. Daniel, and Rufus R. Fletcher, 25, of Groton, s. Calvin of Groton, [married] Feb. 29, 1848," according to Stow Vital Records.

9.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Sept. 18, 1821," according to Stow Vital Records.

10.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [died] Jan. 28, 1822," according to Stow Vital Records.

11.^  "John Marble [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Nov. 6, 1822," according to Stow Vital Records.

12.^  "Mark [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Jan. 18, 1825," according to Stow Vital Records.

13.^  "Mark [Whitney], s. Daniel and Saray, [died] Mar. 12, 1825," according to Stow Vital Records.

14.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Mar. 14, 1826," according to Stow Vital Records.

15.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], Miss, of Stow and Mr. Calvin Fletcher Jr. of Lancaster, int. Jan. 3, 1848. T.R.3," according to Henry S. Nourse, ed., The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 (Lancaster, MA: 1890), p. 251.

16.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], 20, d. Daniel, and Calvin Fletcher Jr. [int. omits Jr.], 26, of Lancaster, s. Calvin of Lancaster, [married] Feb. 20, 1848," according to Stow Vital Records.

17.^  "Harriot [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] June 2, 1828," according to Stow Vital Records.

18.^  "Caroline [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Jan. 1, 1831," according to Stow Vital Records.

19.^  "Daniel [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] July 22, 1833," according to Stow Vital Records.

20.^  "Mary Lois [Whitney], d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Mar. 9, 1837," according to Stow Vital Records.

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