Nathaniel Whitney (1709 - 1804)

Born 12 Dec 1709 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Day) Whitney — married 3 Jan 1734 in Wells, York, Maine

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 94 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel Whitney performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Whitney was born on 12 December 1709 in York, Maine. His parents were Nathaniel Whitney and Sarah (Ford) Whitney.^[1]

He married Hannah Day on 3 January 1734 in Wells, Maine.^[2] They lived initially in Biddeford before moving to Gorham around 1769, settling on lots 51 and 52. They had nine children^[1]:

1. Nathaniel, born 22 Mar 1735; married Susannah Whitney

2. Hannah, born 16 Nov 1736; married Joseph Hamblen

3. Moses, born 17 Mar 1739; married 1st Susanna Crockett, 2nd Mary Page

4. Aaron, born 7 Jun 1741; married Jenny McLellan

5. Miriam, born 15 Jan 1743

6. Tabitha, born 16 Mar 1745; married John Watson

7. Patience, born 11 May 1748; married 1st Edward Thomes, 2nd Colman Watson

8. Hepsibah, born 29 Aug 1750; married Nathan Freeman

9. Josiah, born 1752; married 1st Hannah Barstow, 2nd Elizabeth Harding

Nathaniel passed away in 1804.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} McLellan, Hugh Davis. History of Gorham, Maine. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, 1903. Page 827.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DB-X6G : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Whitney and Hannah Day, 03 Jan 1734; citing Wells, York, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,622.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2D-ZRT : 18 October 2017), Nathan Whitney, Death 1804; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 9,879.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed December 22, 2019), "Record of Nathaniel Whitney", Ancestor # A125210. Patriotic Service.

See also:

• [1] Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis.Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979 (orig. published in five parts 1828-1939.)
• Vital Records of Wells, Maine 1619-1950 Including Ogunquit and Kennebunk until 1820. Rockport: Picton Press, 2005.