Stephen Whitney (abt. 1778 - 1856)

Born about 1778 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Whittemore) Whitney — married 15 May 1803 in the First Congregational Church of West Roxbury, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Husband of Catherine (Winch) Whitney — married 22 May 1831 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1856 at about age 78 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Stephen Whitney was born in 1778 at Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts^[1]. He married Ruth Whittemore, daughter of Michael Whittemore and Rebecca Nightingale, on 15 May 1803 at the First Congregational Church of West Roxbury, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts^[2]. He died on 10 January 1856 at Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, at the age of 77^[3].

Children of Stephen Whitney and Ruth Whittemore Whitney

1. Mary Whitney 1804-24 Apr 1863, Boston, MA, unmarried.
2. John Whitney, b. -----.
3. Michael William Whitney, b. say 1810, m) Hariott Faxon.
4. Martha Whitney, b. ca. 1813,-d. 30 Dec 1879, m) William J. Knowles
5. Charles Whitney, b. ca. 9 Jun 1813, m) Susan Sanger.
6. Harriet A. Whitney, b. said 1817 m) John Boynton
7. Julia Crane Whitney 1819-1899, m) Orson Amos Staples
8. Ann Maria Whitney, b. ca. 1821, m) 4 Apr 1841 Jacob B. Burley/Burleigh, m.(2) #John Richards

On 22 May 1831 he married Catherine Winch in Newton, she passes away in 1854 and Timothy her husband is mentioned in her Will written Sept 1 1854^[4]

He died in Lowell, Mass of an infection in the lungs on 10 Jan 1856^[5] He is buried at Edson Cemetery located in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,Find A Grave: Memorial #197682469

His estate goes into Probate and son-in-law Orson Staples petitions for Probate for Stephen Whitney on Jan 25 1856

Sources

1. ↑ #S3 loose paper inside bible
2. ↑ Source: #S104 Page: 2: 429-30
3. ↑ #S3 loose paper inside bible
4. ↑ Catherine Winch Whitney Will
5. ↑ Death Record

• "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4M3D-3NT2 : 13 February 2020), Stephen Whitney and Ruth Whittemore, 1803; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007896982.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch

• Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911

• (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KG-DJN : 2 March 2021), Stephen Whitney in entry for Charles Whitney, 20 Jan 1851; citing SHERBURNE, Massachusetts, v 58 p 96, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,814.

• (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7TT-Y4C : 2 March 2021), Stephen Whitney, 10 Jan 1856; citing Lowell, Massachusetts, 19, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,172.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197682469/stephen-whitney: accessed February 27, 2024), memorial page for Stephen Whitney (1778–10 Jan 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197682469, citing Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Cindy Johnson (contributor 49353752).

• Whitney Research Group

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1847-); Vol. 12, p. 218

• Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 Publication: The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1925-26, published in 2 volumes

• Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible: or, The Whole of The Old and New Testaments Arranged According to Subjects in Twenty-Seven Books., Family Info: David Carroll Dewey Family Bible, Present Owner: original owned in 1998 by Charles Walter Dewey Author: Hitchcock, Rev. Roswell D. Publication: A.J. Johnson, 11 Great Jones Street (Near Broadway), New York, 1873 Note: The bible was handed down from Ella Maria Staples Dewey to her daughter-in-law, Mary Caroline Howard Dewey, to her son, Charles Walter Dewey.

Acknowledgments

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