Family:Whitney, Joseph (1794-1876)
Joseph8 Whitney (William7, William6, William5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of William7 and Anna (Heywood) Whitney, was born 28 Feb 1794, Gardner, MA,[1] and died 12 May 1876.
He "3d" married, 6 May 1818, Gardner, MA, Anna "Nancy" Putnam.[2] She was born 3 Jun 1798, and died 29 Mar 1880.
Joseph Whitney was a farmer, and lived in Winchendon, on the farm where his grandfather resided (his name was William, and the first Whitney that settled in those parts). On the death of his father he went to Gardner, and resided on the home place. He resided Gardner, MA.
Children of Joseph8 Whitney and Nancy (Putnam) Whitney:
i. Ivers9 Whitney, b. 30 Jan 1819, Winchendon, MA;[3] m.(1) Lucy Whitney; m.(2) Rhoda Adams. ii. Eliza Whitney, b. 24 Sep 1820, Winchendon, MA;[4] m. 20 May 1852, James M. Peck, of Orange, MA. He d. Fitchburg, MA. She resided Rindge, New Hampshire - Ch.: Mary Frances, b. 30 May 1856; d. 18 Jun 1877.
iii. Carolina Whitney, b. 17 Oct 1824, Winchendon, MA;[5] d. 19 Feb 1876. Ivers was appointed admr. of her estate, 7 Mar 1876.
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), pp. 452-453.
1.^ "Joseph [Whitney], s. William and Anne, [born] Feb. 28, 1794," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
2.^ "Joseph [Whitney] 3d and Anna Putnam, [married] May 6, 1818," according to Gardner Vital Records.
3.^ "Ivas [Whitney], s. Joseph 2d and Nancy, [born] Jan. 30, 1819," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).
4.^ "Eliza [Whitney], d. Joseph 2d and Nancy, [born] Sept. 24, 1820," according to Winchendon Vital Records.
5.^ "Caroline [Whitney], d. Joseph 2d and Nancy, [born] Oct. 18, 1824," according to Winchendon Vital Records.
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