Family:Whitney, John Angier (1817-1899)

John Angier⁶ Whitney (George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of George⁵ and Esther (Morse) Whitney, born 20 Dec 1817, Natick, MA; died 21 Aug 1899, Saint John, NB.

He married firstly, 27 May 1839, Natick, MA, Emily A. Walker, of Natick, parentage unknown. She was born in 1820, and died 11 Oct 1844, Dedham, MA, aged 24, of fever.^[1]

He married secondly, 26 Oct 1852, Framingham, MA, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomson, of Saint John, New Brunswick, daughter of William and Emily (Coxetter) Thomson. She was born 26 Feb 1829, Saint John, and died 26 Apr 1904, Natick, MA.

He was born in Natick and has always resided there; has been a prominent citizen. For some years he was assessor of taxes, later was enumerator for the United States census. Also conducted a farm and engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He was a "shoe clerk" at the birth of son George in 1844. He was a "farmer" at his second marriage in 1852.

One John A. Whitney, probably a different person (since this one was only 14 years old), was admitted to the church Dedham, MA, 24 Jun 1832, and was dismissed to the First Church in Newton Dedham, MA, 1 Feb 1841.

John A. Whitney and Emily Ann Whitney were both admitted to the church Dedham, MA, 16 Apr 1843.^[2]

He and Lizzie Thomson appeared on the census of 1880 at Natick, MA:

John A. WHITNEY	Self	M	Male	W	63	MA	Laborer	MA	MA
Sarah WHITNEY	Wife	M	Female	W	52	NB	Keeping House	NB	NB
John C. WHITNEY	Son	S	Male	W	23	NB	Works In Shoe Shop	MA	NB
Louis M. WHITNEY	Son	S	Male	W	21	NB	Works In Shoe Shop	MA	NB
Oscar WHITNEY	Son	S	Male	W	20	NB		MA	NB
James WHITNEY	Son	S	Male	W	17	NB	At School	MA	NB
Wills WHITNEY	Son	S	Male	W	15	NB	At School	MA	NB
Lizzie WHITNEY	Dau	S	Female	W	7	NB		MA	NB
Mary GALLAGHER	Other	S	Female	W	16	NB	Domestic Servant	NB	NB

Children of John Angier⁶ and Emily (Walker) Whitney:

i.

George Burgess7 Whitney, b. 10 Sep 1844, Dedham, MA.[3] He was a soldier in Company H, 13th Massachusetts Regiment; was a book-keeper and shoe manufacturer and was killed in a railroad accident in Natick, 23 Jul 1878, aged 33 years 10 months 13 days, of "injury by Steam Engine on B. & A. R. R. Shock". He was enumerated in 1850 census with John A., no mother. He m. 29 Aug 1867, Natick, Mary E. Wilson, aged 20, born Natick, daughter of William H. and Sarah (Hobbs) Wilson. She appears in the 1880 Census, in Natick: Sarah WILSON Self W Female W 58 MA Keeping House MA MA Mary WHITNEY Dau W Female W 33 MA MA MA Sarah WHITNEY GDau S Female W 11 MA At School MA MA Nellie WHITNEY GDau S Female W 10 MA MA MA Keziah HOBBS Mother W Female W 80 MA None MA MA

Children of John Angier⁶ and Sarah Elizabeth (Thomson) Whitney:

ii.	Herbert Thompson7 Whitney, born about 20 Dec 1853, Natick; died 21 Mar 1880, Natick, aged 26 years 3 months 1 day, of "phthisis pulmo."; unmarried; resided Natick.
iii.	John Coxetter Whitney, born 8 Aug 1855; died Jan 1935; married 11 Nov 1880, Flora S. Matheson; resided Natick, Massachusetts.
iv.	Louis Mitchell Whitney, born 14 Jun 1857; married 6 Sep 1881, Emma Horton; resided Natick, Massachusetts.
v.	William Oscar Whitney, born 12 Nov 1859; resided Natick.
vi.	Emily Blanche Whitney, born 15 Oct 1861; died 17 Apr 1880.
vii.	James Coxetter Whitney, born 5 Sep 1863; died 27 Nov 1893; married 18 Sep 1890, Maria Louise Horton of Saint John, New Brunswick.
viii.	Waldo Orville Whitney, born 3 Jan 1865; d. 9 Nov 1945; m. 12 Sep 1899, Alice June Perry of Natick; resided Natick.
ix.	Elizabeth Maude "Lizzie" Whitney, born 31 Aug 1869; resided Natick.

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. 244.

• More data supplied 26 Aug 2006 by Marc J. Kelman from:

1. Journals of Waldo Orville Whitney
2. 1850 Census, Massachusetts
3. Natick, Massachusetts, Vital Records
4. Saint John, New Brunswick, cemetery listings

• Family pictures at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myancestorpics/whitney.html

• Natick VRs (marriage of John and Emily)

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; vol. 15, p. 63 (death of Emily Ann); vol. 16, p. 78 (second marriage of John); vol. 200, p. 237 (marriage of George); vol. 302, p. 135 (death of George); vol. 320, p. 143 (death of Herbert).

1.^  "Emily Ann [Whitney], [died] Oct. 11, 1844, a. 24y., fever," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).

2.^  "John A. [Whitney], adm. Apr. 16, 1843," and "Emily Ann [Whitney], adm. Apr. 16, 1843," according to Dedham Vital Records.

3.^  "George Burgess [Whitney], s. John A. and Emily Ann, b. Sep. 10, 1844, bp. Oct. 13, 1844," according to Dedham Vital Records.

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