Lucy
Whittemore
formerly Whitney aka Dana
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Whitney
and Dorothy (Taintor) Whitney
Sister of
Benjamin Whitney, Abigail (Whitney) Fowle, Simon Whitney, Johanna Whitney, Mary Whitney, Dorothy (Whitney) Coolidge, Daniel Whitney, Joshua Whitney, Israel Whitney, Grace (Whitney) Bisco and Elisha Whitney
Wife of
Benjamin Dana
— married
22 May 1766 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Wife of
Samuel (Whittemore) Whittmore 3d
— married
2 Nov 1800 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna (Dana) Sparhawk and Elisha Whitney Dana
Died
at age 65
in West Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2017
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Biography
Luce was born on 30 June 1749 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. She was the daughter of Daniel Whitney (1700-bef.1775) and Dorothy (Taintor) Whitney (1706-abt.1788).[1][2]
Lucy first married Benjamin Dana on 22 May 1766 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.[3][4][5]
- Lucy's first husband Benjamin died in 1790.[6]
The widowed Lucy Dana was recorded in the first census of the United States, 1790.[7]
Lucy then married Samuel Whittemore of Salem, in Watertown, on 2 Nov 1800 before Rev. Richard R. Eliot.[8][9][10]. They had declared their intentions in both Salem and Watertown. [11][12]
Lucy (Whitney) Dana Whittemore died on 4 Dec 1814, in the part of Cambridge that became Arlington. "WHITTEMORE __, w. Sam(ue)l, Dec. 4, 1814. (Lucy, w. Lt. Samuel, Dec. 14, a. 60, G.R.)"[13][14]. She was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Arlington, where her headstone is inscribed: "In memory of Mrs. Lucy Whittemore wife of Lieut. Samuel Whittemore who died Dec. 14th 1814" [15]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Citing FHL microfilm: 874176;
FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022)
:"Luce Whitney" - ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, "Vital Records of Watertown,", p. 131, 'Luce Whitney, Daughter of Daniel & Dorothy Whitney Born June--30--1749
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022)
FamilySearch Image Image number 00369
- ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Watertown Records, (Watertown, 1894, press of Fred G Barker), p. 152
- ↑ Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the year 1850, vol. 2, p. 106
- ↑ Burial, Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-VX6 : accessed 25 October 2017), Lucy Dana, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 686, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
- ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Watertown Marriages, W
- ↑ Watertown Records: Vol. 3, p. 195 Vol. 3, p. 229
- ↑
Marriage:
"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #5363039 (accessed 26 February 2022)
Samuel Wittemore marriage to Lucy Dana on 2 Nov 1800 in Watertown, Massachusetts. - ↑ Salem intentions: "WHITTEMORE, Samuel, and Lucy Dana of Watertown, int. Oct. 18, 1800." Massachusetts Vital Records, Salem Marriages
- ↑ Watertown intentions: 19 October 1800
- ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Arlington Deaths, p. 155-6
- ↑ VR of Arlington: Page 155-6
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #38555994, with photo of legible gravestone retrieved 25 October 2017
- Rootsweb Worldconnect Winspeare Knowlton Database
- Dana, Elizabeth E., The Dana Family in America (1956)
- Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850; Watertown Marriages, W
- Watertown Records (Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Mass., 1894-); Vol. 3, p. 195 Vol. 3, p. 229
- Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850; Arlington Deaths, p. 155-6
- Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904); p.155-6
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Categories: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Whittemore Name Study | Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Massachusetts
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Her primary source is Elizabeth E. Dana's "The Dann Family in America" but I'm not sure if that goes back this far. I can put you in touch with her if you'd like, but at any rate these two profiles definitely agree on everything.