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[[Family:Whitney, Jonathan (c1634-1703)|Jonathan<sup>2</sup>]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Jonathan (c1634-1703)|Jonathan<sup>2</sup>]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]),
 
[[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]),
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son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1767-1851)|Asa<sup>6</sup> and Mary (Wallis) Whitney]];
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son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1767-1851)|Asa<sup>6</sup> and Mary (Wallis) Whitney]],
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born Feb. 27, 1794; married 30 Sep 1813, '''Polly Wallace'''; died at Nashua, New Hampshire, Sept., 1823; married second '''Kezia Gage'''.  
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was born 27 Feb 1794, and died 16 Dec 1870, Hudson, MI.
  
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Samuel Whitney was the inventor of what is known as the Woodworth planer. He spent considerable time and money on this machine. He had a model made by a competent machinist, which did the work admirably, and he intended to secure a patent on the same; but while he delayed in attending to that business and dreaming about the fortune he hoped to make by it, a dishonest man stealthily invaded the premises in which the model was stored, took the drawings and admeasurements of it, from which another model was made and sent to Washington, and a patent was taken out in another man's name. By this bold and villainous theft Mr. Whitney was defrauded out of the benefit of his ingenious and useful invention. He died 16 Dec 1870; resided Townsend and Waltham, Massachusetts, and Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan.  
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He married firstly, 30 Sep 1813, '''Polly Wallace'''.  She died Sep 1823, Nashua, NH.
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He married secondly, '''Kezia Gage'''.
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Samuel Whitney was the inventor of what is known as the Woodworth planer. He spent considerable time and money on this machine. He had a model made by a competent machinist, which did the work admirably, and he intended to secure a patent on the same; but while he delayed in attending to that business and dreaming about the fortune he hoped to make by it, a dishonest man stealthily invaded the premises in which the model was stored, took the drawings and admeasurements of it, from which another model was made and sent to Washington, and a patent was taken out in another man's name. By this bold and villainous theft Mr. Whitney was defrauded out of the benefit of his ingenious and useful invention. He resided Townsend and Waltham, MA, and Hudson, Lenawee County, MI.
  
 
Children of Samuel<sup>7</sup> and Polly (Wallace) Whitney:
 
Children of Samuel<sup>7</sup> and Polly (Wallace) Whitney:
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| '''Mary J.<sup>8</sup> Whitney''', born 11 Feb 1814; married in Dec., 1854, Varnum Spaulding; married second 4 Jun 1867, Joel Shattuck, born Aug., 1784; died 21 Jun 1871; resided Brookline, New Hampshire, s. p.  
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| '''Mary J.<sup>8</sup> Whitney''', b. 11 Feb 1814; m.(1) Dec 1854, Varnum Spaulding; m.(2) 4 Jun 1867, Joel Shattuck, b. Aug 1784; d. 21 Jun 1871; resided Brookline, NH, s. p.
 
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| [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (1817-1894)|'''Samuel Whitney''']], born 20 Jul 1817; married Lydia Stowell.  
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| [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (1817-1894)|'''Samuel Whitney''']], b. 20 Jul 1817; m. Lydia Stowell.  
 
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| [[Family:Whitney, Jonathan Wallace (1819-1889)|'''Jonathan Wallace Whitney''']], born 13 May 1819; married Mary A. Brooks.  
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| [[Family:Whitney, Jonathan Wallace (1819-1889)|'''Jonathan Wallace Whitney''']], b. 13 May 1819; m. Mary A. Brooks.  
 
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| '''Harriett Newell Whitney''', born 23 Jun 1822; married in Concord in 1846 Simon B. Whicher. She died s. p. in Nashua, New Hampshire, in June, 1858.  
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| '''Harriett Newell Whitney''', b. 23 Jun 1822; d. Jun 1858, Nashua, NH, s. p.; m. 1846, Concord, NH, Simon B. Whicher.  
 
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| '''Helen M. Whitney''', born in South Boston, Aug., 1832; died in Nashua, New Hampshire, in Aug., 1851.  
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| '''Helen M. Whitney''', b. Aug 1832, South Boston, MA; d. Aug 1851, Nashua, NH.
 
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| '''Adelia Gage Whitney''', born in Townsend, Massachusetts, 19 Feb 1837; died there in Nov., 1841.  
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| '''Adelia Gage Whitney''', b. 19 Feb 1837, Townsend, MA; d. Nov 1841, Townsend, MA.
 
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==References==
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== References ==
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* All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 360|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 360]].
 
* All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 360|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 360]].
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Copyright &copy; 2006, the [[Whitney Research Group]]
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Copyright &copy; 2006, 2008, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
  
 
[[Category: Massachusetts]]
 
[[Category: Massachusetts]]

Revision as of 19:55, 23 April 2008

Samuel7 Whitney (Asa6, Levi5, Daniel4, Jonathan3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Asa6 and Mary (Wallis) Whitney, was born 27 Feb 1794, and died 16 Dec 1870, Hudson, MI.

He married firstly, 30 Sep 1813, Polly Wallace. She died Sep 1823, Nashua, NH.

He married secondly, Kezia Gage.

Samuel Whitney was the inventor of what is known as the Woodworth planer. He spent considerable time and money on this machine. He had a model made by a competent machinist, which did the work admirably, and he intended to secure a patent on the same; but while he delayed in attending to that business and dreaming about the fortune he hoped to make by it, a dishonest man stealthily invaded the premises in which the model was stored, took the drawings and admeasurements of it, from which another model was made and sent to Washington, and a patent was taken out in another man's name. By this bold and villainous theft Mr. Whitney was defrauded out of the benefit of his ingenious and useful invention. He resided Townsend and Waltham, MA, and Hudson, Lenawee County, MI.

Children of Samuel7 and Polly (Wallace) Whitney:

i. Mary J.8 Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1814; m.(1) Dec 1854, Varnum Spaulding; m.(2) 4 Jun 1867, Joel Shattuck, b. Aug 1784; d. 21 Jun 1871; resided Brookline, NH, s. p.
ii. Samuel Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1817; m. Lydia Stowell.
iii. Jonathan Wallace Whitney, b. 13 May 1819; m. Mary A. Brooks.
iv. Harriett Newell Whitney, b. 23 Jun 1822; d. Jun 1858, Nashua, NH, s. p.; m. 1846, Concord, NH, Simon B. Whicher.

Children of Samuel7 and Kezia (Gage) Whitney:

v. Helen M. Whitney, b. Aug 1832, South Boston, MA; d. Aug 1851, Nashua, NH.
vi. Adelia Gage Whitney, b. 19 Feb 1837, Townsend, MA; d. Nov 1841, Townsend, MA.

References

Copyright © 2006, 2008, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group

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