Family:Whitney, Moses (s1815-a1841)

Moses Whitney, parentage unknown, was born between 1810 and 1820, and died after 1847, and apparently before 1850.

He married, before 1835, Harriet M. -----.

He was a shoemaker in 1847.

Children of Moses and Harriet M. (-----) Whitney:

i.	(daughter) Whitney, b. ca. 1835; d. Sep 1840, Barre, MA, aged 5 years.[1]
ii.	(child) Whitney, b. say 1837, inferred from 1840 census.
iii.	(child) Whitney, b. ca. Jul 1840; d. Sep 1840, Barre, MA, aged 2 months.[2]
iv.	(child) Whitney, b. ca. Sep 1841; "infant" d. 16 Sep 1841, Barre, MA, of dropsy on brain.[3]
v.	George W. Whitney, b. ca. 1841, Barre, MA; m.(1) Eliza G. Washburn; m.(2) Ida Eliza Hawes; m.(3) Sarah Esther (Lewis)(Saunders) Steadman; m.(4) Jennie F. (Lane) Waitt.
vi.	Alfred Augustus Whitney, b. ca. 1842, Barre, MA; m.(1) Emma/Emily/Emeline A. Young; m.(2) Abby Susan (Paine) Whitney; m.(3) Helena Langille.

Census

• 1840, Barre, Worcester Co., MA: Moses Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1850: not found.
• 1870, son George not found.
• 1880, sons George and Alfred not found.

References

1.^  "_____ [Whitney], d. Moses, [died] Sept. __, 1840. a. 5y. C.R.," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

2.^  "_____ [Whitney], ch. Moses, [died] Sept. __, 1840. a. 2m. C.R.," according to Barre Vital Records.

3.^  "_____ [Whitney], infant Moses, [died] Sept. 16, 1841," according to Barre Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1, page 104.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 483, page 489.

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