Family:Whitney, Samuel (1759-1835)

Samuel⁶ Whitney (Abner⁵, John⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), born in Maine in 1759; married in 1780, Hannah Thompson; born in 1760; died in 1814. He was in the Revolutionary army, and when 78 years of age was granted a pension. He died Sept. 25, 1835; resided Falmouth, Readfield and Farrington, Maine.

Children of Samuel⁶ Whitney:

i.	Ephraim7 Whitney, born 22 Sep 1799; married Nancy F. Skinner.
ii.	William Whitney, born 24 Jul 1786; married Olive Parlin.
iii.	Stephan Whitney, born 4 May 1784.
iv.	Dorcas Whitney, born 16 Sep 1794; married 23 Jun 1816, Jonathan Brown, resided W. Freeman, Maine. He was born 16 Sep 1794; died 11 Jul 1870; he was a school teacher and farmer. Ch.: Adaline, born Mar. 9, 1817; married 25 Dec 1834; died 31 Mar 1849; ch., G.W. Clark, Kingfield, Maine, son of Adaline Brown Clark; Mary, born 9 Jan 1819; married 17 Dec 1844; died 27 Aug 1850; ch., Mrs. G. H. Hamlin, Phillips, Maine, daughter of Mary Brown Sprague; Sarah, born Jan. 5, 1821; married 4 Nov 1845; died 10 Jul 1889; ch., G.W. Richards, Kingfield, Maine, son of Sarah Brown Richards; Jefferson, born Feb. 27, 1823; married 18 Jan 1848; died 15 Dec 1855; ch., C.C. Brown, No. Freeman, Maine, son of Jefferson Brown; Hannah T., born May 13, 1827; married 1 Jul 1853; died 16 May 1870; ch., Mrs. M.A. Will, Strong, Maine, daughter of Hannah Brown Buckley; Clarissa ., born 14 May 1829; died 23 Jul 1849; Jonathan. Jr.. born 2 Jan 1833; died 9 Feb 1860; Arletta D., born jan. 1, 1839; married 4 Mar 1867; died 19 Feb 1869; Lewis, born 25 Feb 1825; married 1st, 25 Feb 1855; married 2d, 21 Mar 1867, P.O., West Freeman, Maine.
v.	Samuel Whitney, born 16 Oct 1782.
vi.	Barzelia Whitney, born 8 Aug 1788.
vii.	Polly Whitney, born 11 Jun 1792.
viii.	Sally Whitney, born 30 May 1797; married ------- Mayo.
ix.	Greenleaf Whitney, born 9 Sep 1803.

References

1. 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. 178.

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