Joel Whitney (1792 - 1851)

Born 12 May 1792 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abial (Nason) Whitney — married 5 Sep 1813 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1851 at age 59 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joel was born in 1792. He is the son of Elijah Whitney and Mindwell Hardy.

Birth

Joel Whitney, b. 12 May 1792, Westborough, MA; ^{[1] [2]}

Death

died 4 Aug 1851, Holden, MA, aged 59 years 2 months 22 days, of disorder on the heart, married, carpenter. ^[3]

Marriage

Marriage intentions were published 12 Aug 1813, Westborough, MA, for him and Abial Nason "of Grafton". ^[4] He "of Westborough" married 5 Sep 1813, Grafton, MA, Abial/Ebial Nason, ^[5] probably a daughter of Oliver and Mary/Polly (Powers) Nason. She was born about 1791, Westborough, MA, and died 9 Jan 1880, Westborough, MA, aged 88 years, of paralysis. ^[6]

Children

Children of Joel and Abial (Nason) Whitney, probably incomplete:

1. Leavitt N. Whitney, b. ca. 1814, Westborough, MA; m. Mary Dorell.
2. Levi S. Whitney, b. ca. 19 Aug 1816, Westborough, MA; m. Sarah E. Knapp.
3. Lewis Whitney, b. 17 Apr 1818, Sutton, MA; m. Lucy Goddard.
4. Lorenzo Andrew Whitney, b. 15 Mar 1820, Sutton, MA; m.(1) Eliza Mason Chadwick; m.(2) Anna Y. Chadwick; m.(3) Charlotte Ann (Peck) Fitzpatrick; m.(4) Hannah Marks; m.(5) Elimira Knight; m.(6) Ann Elizabeth Adams.
5. James Whitney, b. 1 May 1824, Sutton, MA; m. Mary Chadwick.
6. Joel Whitney, b. say 1827; m. Dorinda Rogers.
7. Malvina Leona Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1830, Sutton, MA.
8. Leonard Francis Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1832, Sutton, MA; d. after 1855.

Residence

resided Grafton and Westborough, MA.

Sources

1. ↑ "Joel [Whitney], s. Elijah and Mindwell, [born] May 12, 1792," according to Westborough Vital Records.
2. ↑ "Joel [Whitney], s. Elijah and Mindwell, [born] May 12, 1792," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 59, page 137.
4. ↑ "Joel [Whitney] and Abiel Nason of Grafton, int. Aug. 12, 1813," according to Westborough Vital Records.
5. ↑ "Joel [Whitney] of Westborough and Ebial Nason, [married] Sept. 5, 1813. C.R.," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906).
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 321, page 448. Also, 1880 Mortality Schedule.

• CITING THIS RECORD

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3DQL-DLW : accessed 08 February 2018), entry for Joel /Whitney/; "Sabin famiytree 1" file (2:2:2:MMD1-KKK), submitted 02 March 2017 by Gary Sabin [identity withheld for privacy].

• http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Elijah_(1761-1817) .
• http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Joel_(1792-1851) .