Family:Whitney, Adams (1826-a1880)

See Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, p. 424.

Adams⁸ Whitney (William⁷, Peter⁶, Aaron⁵, Moses⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of William⁷ and Zilpah (Eager) Whitney, was born 4 Jan 1826, Northborough, MA.^[1]

He married, 19 May 1861, Quincy, MA, Susanna Channel Burrell. She was born 30 Dec 1825.

They resided 11 Gay St., Quincy, MA.

Children of Adams⁸ and Susanna Channel (Burrell) Whitney:

i.	Maria Adams9 Whitney, b. 22 Mar 1862; resided unmarried at home.
ii.	Abby Warren Whitney, b. 2 Apr 1864; d. 2 Apr 1864.
iii.	William Harrison Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1866; resided at home. He is corporal in the Braintree militia company.
iv.	Sophia Vinal Whitney, b. 14 Feb 1870; resided at home.

Census

• 1860, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA:

180 220 John Briesler M 66 - Grocer $7000 $9000 Mass. Sarah " F 62 - " Sarah Nash F 39 - " John W. " M 17 - Clerk " Sarah A. " F 15 - " Attended school 221 Wm. F. Whitney M 39 - Grocer $2500 " Abigail " F 37 - " Abby Foster " F 6/12 - " Adams Whitney 34 M - Clerk $700 Mass. Anna Conner 16 F - Servant "

• 1870, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA:

573 730 Whitney, Adams 44 M W Clerk (ret.) Grocery Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Susanna C. 44 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Maria A. 8 F W Attends School Mass. Attended school -----, William H. 5 M W Attends School Mass. Attended school -----, Sophia V. 3/12 F W At Home Mass. Born in Feb Burrill, Susanna 76 F W At Home $1800 $200 Mass.

• 1880, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA:

Adams WHITNEY 54 Self M M W MA Laborer MA MA Susanna WHITNEY 54 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Maria A. WHITNEY 18 Dau F S W MA Dressmaker MA MA William WHITNEY 15 Son M S W MA At School MA MA Sophia WHITNEY 10 Dau F S W MA At School 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), p. 484.

1.^  "Adams [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Jan. 17, 1826," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Northborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1901).

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