Porter
Whitney
Born in Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Whitney
and Sarah (Noyes) Whitney
Brother of
Gustavus Fellowes Whitney, Mary (Whitney) Corthell, Joel Whitney, Beriah Whitney, Elizabeth (Whitney) Hill, Ann (Whitney) Porter, Sophia (Whitney) Clark, Josiah Noyes Whitney Senior and Clarissa Otis Whitney
Husband of
Elizabeth J (Nash) Whitney
— married
after 7 May 1852 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2013
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Biography
Porter was born in 1818. He is the son of Ephraim Whitney and Sarah Noyes. Porter married Elizabeth J. Nash, intentions March 20, 1852 at Jonesboro, Maine and May 7, 1852 at Columbia, Maine. He passed away in 1891 and he is buried with his wife in Village Cemetery, Jonesboro, Maine. [1]
Marriage intentions filed on May 7, 1852 in Columbia ME [2]
"Porter Whitney (Ephraim, Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), son of Ephraim and Sarah (Noyes) Whitney, was born 3 May 1818, Jonesboro, ME, and died 25 Jan 1891, Jonesboro, ME Marriage intentions were published 7 May 1852, Columbia, ME, for him and Elizabeth I. Nash, daughter of Jesse Lee and Susan Shaw (Nash) Nash. She was born 1827, and died 22 Jun 1874, Jonesboro, ME. Both Porter and Elizabeth are buried in the Porter Whitney (Village) Cemetery in Jonesboro. Child of Porter and Elizabeth I. (Nash) Whitney:
i. Delia A.8 Whitney, b. Feb 1857; d. after 1930; m. 17 Dec 1902, Frederick O. Hichborn; resided Portland, ME. " [3]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61388777/porter-whitney
- ↑ Entered by Fred Nash.
- ↑ http://www.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Porter_(1818-1891)
- Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County Maine, by Leonard F Tibbetts and Darryl B Lamson; Picton Press, Rockport ME; 1997; p. 392
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Porter by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Porter by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ernest Whitney
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #90584 - Johnny Whitney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #882201
- Curtis Whitney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #8223
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