Family:Whitney, David (1789-1853)

David⁷ Whitney (Isaac⁶, David⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Isaac⁶ and Susannah (Fletcher) Whitney, was born 14 Mar 1789, Ashburnham, MA,^[1] and died 6 Oct 1853, Ashby, MA.^[2]

He married 12 Dec 1815, New Ipswich, NH, Charlotte Blanchard, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Shattuck) Blanchard. She was born 16 Aug 1792, New Ipswich, NH, and died 4 Nov 1877, Ashby, MA, aged 85 years 2 months 19 days, of bronchial catarrh.^[3]

He resided Ashby, MA, and New Ipswich, NH.

Children of David⁷ and Charlotte (Blanchard) Whitney:

i.	Newton J. Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1816; m. Mary C. Billings, Sarah Davoll, and Mary J. Redding.
ii.	Lewis M.8 Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1819, Ashby, MA;[4] m. and d. 4 Jan 1875, Ashby, MA, aged 66 years 3 months, of heart disease.[5]
iii.	George S. Whitney, b. 13 Jan 1823; d. 10 Nov 1849, Ashby, MA.[6]
iv.	Edward C. Whitney, b. 28 Oct 1828; m. Mary Jane Winn.
v.	Mary Whitney, b. -----.
vi.	Maria Whitney, b. -----.

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. 334.

1.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Mar. 14, 1789," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989), pp. 89-90.

2.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac, [died] Oct. 6, 1853," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

3.^  "Charlotte, widow, b. New Ipswich, NH, d. Simeon and Elizabeth Blanchard, of bronchial catarrh, Nov. 4, 1877, a. 85y. 2m. 19d.," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

4.^  "Lewis M. [Whitney], s. David and Charlotte, [born] Mar. 4, 1819," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 89-90.

5.^  "Lewis M. [Whitney], b. Ashby, farmer, s. David and Charlotte, of heart disease, [died] June 4, 1885, a. 66y. 3m.," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

6.^  "George S. [Whitney], s. David and Charlotte, [died] Nov. 10, 1849," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

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