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WHITNEY, Major HACHALIAH7 (Jesse,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,3
Jonathan,2 John1), b. April 5, 1762; inherited much of the old homestead, or at least acquired most of it; m., 1st, Abigail Nelson, June 29, 1786; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Gershom and Mercy (Puffer) Nelson, b. July 30, 1765. Their chn. were, -
ETHAN, b. April 22, 1788; m. Betsey Miller Green.
JESSE, b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. Rebecca Fisk.
NELSON, b. March 24, 1790; d. July 19, 1790.
ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 6, 1803; still survives in town, unm.
The mr. d. Dec. 10, 1838, a. 73 yrs. and a little over 4 mos. The fr. m., 2d, Mrs. Olive (Madden) Cobb, wid. of Lewis Cobb, Oct. 9, 1842; cer. by Newell Nelson, Esq. He d. Nov. 14, 1848, in his 87th yr. His wid. d. about 1 yr. later, at her son Elmer Cobb's.
WHITNEY, JONATHAN 7 (Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,3 Jonathan,2
John 1), b. May 9, 1781; m. Lavina Coombs, Sept. 29, 1806; cer. by Rev. David Long. She was a dr. of John and Mary (Perry) (Partridge) Coombs, b. 1785. They res. on or near the old homestead in Bear-hill district. Their chn. were, -
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TAMSIN, b. July 8, 1807; m. Orlando F. Sparrow, May 12, 1833.
ELMIRA, b. Sept. 24, 1809; m. Benjamin F. Reynolds ; d. not long after mge. ELIAS, b. Feb. 7, 1811; res. always here, and a well-known citizen.
CHARLES BARNES, b. April 16, 1814; m. Mary Ann Cary, Medway, April 9, 1837.
LUCY ANN, b. March 12, 1816; m. Benjamin F. Reynolds of Sharon, Aug. 3, 1837.
LYDIA, b. Sept. 28, 1818; m. Joseph H. Welch of Boston, Sept. 28, 1840.
GEORGE, b. March 15, 1821; m. Louisa P. C. Lincoln, Holl., Jan. 1, 1845.
MARY, birth-date not found; m. Shepherd Carpenter, Feb. 13, 1844; she d. June 11, 1881.
JONATHAN HOLLIS, b. April 16, 1830; d. Jan. 15, 1832.
The mr. d. June 1, 1843, a. about 57 yrs. Death-date of the fr. not obtained. WHITNEY, LABAN 7 (Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan, 4 Benjamin, 3 Jonathan,2 John 1), b. Oct. 24, 1783; m. Olive Green, June 27, 1805; cer. by Rev. D. Long. She was a dr. of Cleophas Green ; further desired particulars not obtained. Their chn. were, -
BETSEY, b. Oct. 18, 1808; untraced.
LEMUEL, b. 1817; m. Fannie Darling, Feb. 22, 1846.
Laban Whitney lived, not only in Mil., but in several other localities at dif- ferent times. I have been unable to obtain his full family record as to births, mges., or deaths. Mrs. Olive d. in widowhood, Dec. 7, 1867.
WHITNEY, ETHAN 8 (Hachaliah, 7 Jesse,6 Jonathan,5 Benjamin, 4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 John 1), b. April 22, 1788; m. Betsey Mellen Green, Jan. 7, 1810; cer. by Samuel Jones, Esq. She was a dr. of Lemuel and Sukey (Torrey) Green, Mil., b. Nov. 22, 1792. Their chn. were, -
NELSON, b. May 5, 1811; m. Ruth Guild, Mil., April 6, 1836.
HARRIOT, b. April 9, 1813; untraced.
WILLIS, birth-date not found; d. Sept. 11, 1817, a. about 2 yrs.
There were still other chn .; but I must leave this record quite imperfect, for want of time and means to make the necessary rcsearch. Ethan Whitney, I believe, d. out of Mil., perhaps not far from 1820. I cannot give place or exact date. Mrs. Betsey, his wid., m. Micah Bent, Sept. 9, 1827. They afterwards removed to Bell. No further traced.
WHITNEY, JESSE 8 (Hachaliah,7 Jesse,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,8 Jonathan,2 John1), b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. Rebecca Fisk, June 12, 1817; cer. by Rev. D. Long. She was b. in the year 1800; ptge. not ascertained. Issue : -
ROWANNA SEMIRA, b. Aug. 28, 1820; m. Israel Patch, Sept. 18, 1872. No chn.
A worthy family. Res. first on the ancient Whitney place, now Cedar St., and last on their newer homestead, 121 Main St. (East). He d. Feb. 1, 1850; she d. Aug. 10, 1871.
WHITNEY, NELSON 9 (Ethan,8 Hachaliah,7 Jesse,6 Jonathan,5 Benjamin, 4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 John1), b. May 5, 1811; m. Ruth Guild, ptge., etc., not ascertained; cer. Millbury, April 6, 1836, by the writer. Chn. recorded in Mil., -
ALONZO, b. June 2, 1837; untraced.
MELISSA RUTH, b. March 12, 1839; d. Dec. 25, 1843.
AUGUSTUS EUGENE, b. Dec. 6, 1840; d. Jan. 9, 1844.
ELBRIDGE GREEN, b. Nov. 13, 1842; untraced.
Elias Whitney
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I find myself unavoidably imperfect in my knowledge of this family, though formerly somewhat well acquainted with the father in his earlier days. He left town many yrs. ago.
WHITNEY, ELIAS8 (Jonathan,7 Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,3 Jona- than,2 John 1), b. Feb. 7, 1811; mr.'s maiden name Lavina Coombs of Bell. ; m., 1st, Zelona Semira Carpenter, dr. of John and Susannah (Carpenter) Carpenter, who were cousins, b. Killingly, Ct., Sept. 5, 1811; cer. Killingly, Ct., March 17, 1833, by Rev. Mr. Bushnell. Issue : -
CHARLES EDWARD, b. Mil., Oct. 24, 1836; m. Mary Elizabeth Onion, Sept. 13, 1859.
Elias Whitney 8 comes of an ancient family. His gt. gd. fr., our first Elias Whitney, purchased the farm near the junction of Beaver and Mt. Pleasant Sts., now owned by the present Elias, June 12, 1764. That Elias was then said to be of Framingham; and he bought said farm of James Hayward, a gd. son of "Great-meadow " Jonathan Hayward, as I am obliged to call him. The farm has remained in possession of the first Elias Whitney's descendants ever since, being one of the few that have remained so long in the same lineage. Our present Elias Whitney is a much-trusted man in town affairs, especially in the oversight of the poor. He has been our leading overseer of the poor for some 21 yrs., and for more than a year has had personal charge of the asylum. He has also held various other responsible positions. Mrs. Zelona, the wf. of his youth, d. Sept. 8, 1876. He has since m. Fannie P. Leland, dr. of Daniel and Hannah (Jones) Leland, b. Holl., Dec. 7, 1815; cer. Mil., March 20, 1878, by Rev. George F. Eaton. Mrs. Whitney now shares with her husband the arduous and difficult duties of caring for the inmates of our asylum, as matron, and is winning a good reputation. Mr. Whitney has 7 grandchn., the chn. of his son Charles Edward. Their names and birth-dates will be found in the family record of their parents, farther along.
WHITNEY, CHARLES BARNES " (Jonathan,7 Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan,4 Benja- min,3 Jonathan,2 John 1), b. April 16, 1814; m. Mary Ann Cary of Medway, dr. of Barnabas and Phebe (Danforth) Cary, b. Rindge, N.H., Jan. 9, 1813; cer. in Medway, April 9, 1837, by Rev. Luther Bailey. Their chn. : -
MARY HELEN, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5, 1838; m. Dr. Henry W. Brown, Boston ; 6 chn.
CHARLES, E. L. B., b. Norfolk, Nov. 10, 1839; m. Augusta G. Nichols, Aug. 14, 1864; 3 chn.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Milford, Feb. 14, 1844; m. Jenny True, May 1, 1866; 1 dr.
FRANK LEPRELETE, b. Baltimore, Md., July 6, 1851; untraced.
J. WHEELWRIGHT, b. Medway, Feb. 19, 1854; untraced.
Charles B. Whitney was a man of remarkable business enterprise and suc- cess. Pecuniary and social standing excellent. He d. May 14, 1874. His worthy wid. and all her chn. survive.
WHITNEY, GEORGE 8 (Jonathan,7 Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,3 Jona- than,2 John 1), b. March 15, 1821; boot-click; m. Louisa P. C. Lincoln, dr. of Ira and Patty (Whiting) Lincoln, b. Holl., May 24, 1825; cer. Holl., Jan. 1, 1845, by whom not given. Their chn. : -
ELIAS, b. Jan. 21, 1849; m., name not given, Sept. 11, 1872.
ELLA JANE, b. April 10, 1852; d. Aug. 13, 1853.
Of reputable character and standing.
WHITNEY, LEMUEL 8 (Laban,7 Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan,4 Benjamin,3 Jona-
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than,2 John 1), b. Bell., 1817; mr.'s maiden name Olive Green; m. Fanny Darling, dr. of Anson and Amey (Gaskill) Darling, b. Cumberland, R.I., Aug. 21, 1827; cer. Mil., Feb. 22, 1846, by Rev. Benjamin H. Davis. Res. in our Bear-hill district; occupation, farming. Their chn .: -
REUEL E., b. Oct. 5, 1856; m., May 5, 1878, name of bride not given; 1 child. He d. Aug. 7, 1881.
HENRY E., b. Oct. 7, 1859.
IDELLA G., b. May 8, 1868.
One gd. child, dr. of Reuel E.
Mabel E., b. May 25, 1879.
An industrious, frugal, and orderly family.
WHITNEY, OTIS 7 (James,6 Ezra,5 James,4 John,3 Jonathan,2 John1). This is the pedigree of Otis,7 as deducible from the data at my command. His lineage comes down from John,1 the ancestral immigrant of all our Whit- neys through Jonathan,2 instead of Benjamin,2 under whom I have decided to arrange our oldest Whitney families. Otis 7 has been at so much pains to collect family records, beginning with that of his grandfather, Ezra, that I feel somewhat bound to give an abstract of his data.
WHITNEY, EZRA 5 (James,4 John,3 Jonathan,2 John1), b. probably in Sher- born, Feb. 22, 1730; whom he m. not given. They had the following- named chn .: -
JAMES, JOHN, EZRA, MOSES, SAMUEL, MERCY, and ELIZABETH. James6 was the father of our Otis.7 John is not credited with any children; Ezra had 3, named, -
ELIZA, HARRIET, and WILLIAM. Moses, by two wives, had 13; named, - BENJAMIN B., TIMOTHY, ANNA W., JOHN A., SAMUEL B., NANCY W.,
HANNAH, ESTHER, ADALIZA, JULIA A., CHARLOTTE, ELLEN M., and SUSAN, all b. between 1781 and 1813. Samuel had 3; named, -
MARY, MERCY, and MARIA. Mercy m. Capt. Samuel Read of Uxbridge, and had 4, named, --
MARY, NANCY, ABBIE, and ELIZABETH. Elizabeth m. a Mr. Hill, and had 5, named, -
EZRA, HANNAH, IRENE, MOSES, and MICAH. Ezra,5 the fr. and gd. fr. of the ยท foregoing, d. in Woodstock, Ct., Sept 24, 1804, a. about 74 yrs.
WHITNEY, JAMES 6 (Ezra,5 James,4 John,3 Jonathan,2 John 1), b. 1765; had a succession of three wives, and in all 20 chn., viz. :-
JOB, b. Sept. 29, 1788; m. Abigail Buckman, No. Woodstock, Ct., March 2, 1815; he d. Sept. 10, 1854.
EZRA, b. Jan., 1790; m. Lucy Waters of Thompson, Ct., date not given; he d. Aug., 1848.
NEWELL, b. 1796; m., 1st, Anna Leonard; 2d, Clarissa Clark; 3d, L. Tillot- son.
. HENRIETTA, b. May 17, 1797; m. Ephraim Baylies, Uxbridge, Feb. 19, 1823; both now d.
MERCY, b. date not given; m., 1st, a Mr. Lyon; 2d, Asa Bugbee of Wood- stock, Ct.
JAMES, b. March 6, 1800; m., 1st, Prudence Allard; 2d, Lavina Lee; res. Woodstock, Ct .; he d. Aug. 30, 1854.
MARY, b. Dec. 3, 1801; m. Josiah Allen, Feb. 4, 1827, and set. in Craftsbury, Vt.
MICAH, b. Oct. 20, 1803; m., 1st, Diantha Walker, 1830; 2d, Elizabeth Chand- ler, 1850.
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SCHUYLER, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Sally Litchfield, Oct. 24, 1828; physician, Southbridge; both d. 1879.
BEZALEEL, b. April 16, 180S; m. Abigail Collins, date not given.
RUTH H. b. Oct. 12, 1809; m. Alanson Howard in Uxbridge,
ELIZABETH (twins), April 24, 1838; 2d, George Towne.
b. Oct 12, 1809; d. young.
WILLIAM, b. May 12, 1811; m. Marita Draper; he d. April 15, 1844.
DANIEL, b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Ruth Watson of No. Kingston, R.I., Feb. 9, 1836. SAMUEL B., b. Sept. 17, 1814; m., 1st, Sophia Walker, 1842; 2d, Martha Draper, 1849.
CLARISSA, b. April 29, 1816; d. 1837.
BETSEY H., b. March 29, 1818; m., 1st, Ziba Harriman of Greensboro', Vt., 1839; 2d, Burrill Hoyt, 1869.
PLINY, b. July 30, 1819; m. Nancy Lincoln of Greensboro', Vt.
OTIS, b. April 19, 1821; m., 1st, Joanna W. Howard, Nov. 5, 1843; 2d, Me- dora Albee, June 13, 1872.
FIDELIA, b. March 11, 1823; d. March 21 ensuing.
This is an uncommonly large family, of which our Otis Whitney is the 19th child, and the only one that set. among us. The others seem to have scattered far and wide over New England. Most of them were b. in Woodstock, Ct. Two or three d. young. Some that lived to m. had no chn. But those who had chn. count up in all as reported, 65, with gd. chn. to match. Many names, dates, and particulars are of course omitted in this abstract, which may be found by those interested in Otis Whitney's collections. I now return to our townsman and his family.
WHITNEY, OTIS 7 (James, 6 Ezra,5 James,4 John,3 Jonathan,2 Jolin 1), b. April 19, 1821; mr.'s maiden name Clarissa Gould; m., 1st, Joanna Wedge How- ard of Mil., dr. of Newell W. and Sarah (Warfield) Howard, b. March 7, 1825; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 5, 1843, by Rev. Daniel S. Whitney. Their chn. : -
NEWELL H., b. Mil., Oct. 5, 1844; d. same day.
GEORGE SCHUYLER, b. Mil., Aug. 26, 1847; m. Anna Mae Wilkinson of Mil., June 9, 1870.
EDWIN J., b. Mil., May 27, 1850; carpenter; res. Worcester.
FRANK OTIS, b. Mil., Nov. 5, 1860; d. Aug. 31, 1861.
Mrs. Joanna d., date not given. The hus. m., 2d, Medora Albee of Mil., dr. of Abel and Abigail (Partridge) Albee, b. June 13, 1832; cer. in Worcester, June 13, 1872, by Rev. George Gow. Issue :-
EMMA C., b. April 26, 1873; d. April 29 ensuing.
Mr. Whitney is an excellent carpenter and citizen, and his family hold a worthy social standing.
WHITNEY, GEORGE SCHUYLER 8 (Otis,7 James,6 Ezra,5 James,4 John,3 Jona- than,2 .John1), b. Mil., Aug. 26, 1847; an expert carpenter; m. Anna Mae Wilkinson of Mil., dr. of William S. and Laura C. (Paine) Wilkinson, b. Nov. 4, 1848; cer. at the parental res., Mil., Jan. 9, 1870, by the writer. Issue : -
FLORENCE E., b. Mil., Aug. 28, 1871.
Social standing good.
WHITNEY, Rev. DANIEL SANDERSON 8 (Amaziah,7 Caleb,6 Caleb,5 Timothy,4 John 3 (prob.), John,2 John and Elinor1), b. at Danvers, now Peabody, Feb. 4, 1810; mr.'s maiden name Sarah Trull, 9th and youngest child; m.
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Hannah Sophia Phillips Cotton, dr. of Rev. Ward Cotton and Mrs. Rebekah (Jackson) Cotton, b. in Boylston, Oct. 16, 1810; cer. in Boylston, June 23, 1842, by the writer. Their chn. : -
DANIEL COTTON, b. Hopedale, May 8, 1843; d. Beverly, July 31, 1850.
MARY PHILLIPS COTTON, b. Hopedale, March 12, 1849; m. John D. Bil- lings, Nov. 24, 1870.
ALICE GERTRUDE COTTON, b. Boylston, July 21, 1852; m. Hazen J. Burton, July 20, 1871. Grandchn. : -
John Cotton Billings, b. Jamaica Plain, Nov. 21, 1871.
Carlyle Whitney Billings, b. Southboro', Aug. 9, 1874.
Hazel Burton, b. Brookline, Aug. 27, 1872.
Ralph Walter Burton, b. Brookline, March 10, 1874; d. May 25, 1875.
Ward Cotton Burton, b. Cambridgeport, March 3, 1876.
There is no doubt of Mr. Whitney's descent from John and Elinor, the ancestral immigrants, to whom I have traced our Mil. Whitneys, and but little doubt of his descent from their eldest son John. He was b. in England, and is believed to have set. in Roxbury, where several successive generations of his posterity dwelt. Mrs. Hannah Sophia Phillips (Cotton 7) Whitney is a descend- ant, as follows: Ward,6 John,5 Josiah,4 John,3 John,2 first minister of Boston (arrived Sept. 3, 1633; d. Dec. 3, 1652), son of Roland Cotton 1 of Derby, Eng.
Mr. Whitney studied for the ministry with Rev. Paul Dean of Boston, and was ordained as an evangelist by the Massachusetts Association of Restoration- ists. He is a warm-hearted, conscientious, earnest preacher of practical Chris- tianity in its various reformatory bearings, though never formally settled as a pastor. He has preached at different periods, for longer or shorter terms, in Middlesex Village, West Boylston, and Berlin. Also lectured much on tem- perance and other reforms. He was one of my original coadjutors in the at- tempt to establish the Community at Hopedale; commenced with us there in 1842, his wf. likewise becoming a member, and the family continuing with us till 1850. Since then they have res. in other localities, mainly in Southboro', where he has been postmaster from 187 1to the present time. While res. in Boylston, that town elected him its delegate to the State Convention of 1853, for revising the constitution. Concerning his participation in that body, he rather dryly says, "The only things that made me a white crow in that conven- tion were my advocacy of the proposition to leave the term male out of the constitution, as Francis Jackson and his friends desired it should be; and the proposition to put aside the military organization, and intrust the execution of the laws to the legal voters, who really enacted them.
WHITNEY, JAMES IRISH, ancestry not traced, but presumed to have de- scended from John and Elinor; son of William and Mary A. (Mayberry) Whitney, b. in Otisfield, Me., 1839; machinist, fish-dealer, etc .; mn. Susan Eudora Thwing, dr. of Almond and Sarah A. (Darling) Thwing, b in Hope- dale, July 26, 1847; cer. at the parental res. in Hopedale, Feb. 28, 1867, by the writer. Their chn. : -
MABEL GERTRUDE, b. Hopedale, Jan. 12, 1868.
ALMON THWING, b. Hopedale, Aug. 3, 1869.
ANNA THWING, b. Mil., Aug. 30, 1871.
The mr. is an excellent contralto singer, and is much employed in church- choirs, at funerals, and on other occasions. Mr. W. has done business for sev- eral yrs. past in the Centre, and there the family now dwell.
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WHITNEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, ancestry not traced, but presumed to have descended from John and Elinor; son of Bansford and Eunice (Winch) Whitney, b. in Holden, Sept. 16, 1836; m. Elizabeth Munyan, dr. of Earl and Susan (Humes) Munyan, b. Thompson, Ct., Jan. 15, 1836; cer. Thomp- son, Ct., Dec. 26, 1863, by Rev. A. Dunning. Their chn. :-
CHARLES LEONARD, b. Sutton, Sept. 14, 1864.
ADA MAY, b. Winchendon, Nov. 8, 1866.
SUSAN ALICE, b. Winchendon, Feb. 4, 1869.
WILLIAM ERNEST, b. Mil., June 15, 1872.
Mr. W. is an industrious mechanic, and has a worthy family. They have res. in Sutton, Winchendon, Mil., and now dwell in Hopedale.
WHITNEY, EDWIN D., machinist, a bro. of George W., formerly res. in town, but latterly res., I think, in Woonsocket, R.I.
WHITNEY, CHARLES EDWARD 9 (Elias,8 Jonathan,7 Elias,6 Elias,5 Jonathan, 4 Benjamin,3 Jonathan,2 John 1), b. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Mary Elizabeth Onion, dr. of Horace and Julia (Deming) Onion, b. in Chester, Vt., April 30, 1840; cer. in Chester, Vt., Sept. 13, 1859. Since their mge., the bride's parents have procured a legal change of name from Onion to Deming, so that now they stand recorded as Horace and Julia Deming. The chn. of Charles Edward and Mary E. Whitney are, -
HORACE ELIAS, b. Mil., Oct. 19, 1861.
ALICE ELIZA, b. Mil., Feb. 19, 1864.
JULIA ELLEN, b. Chester, Vt., Aug. 22, 1867.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Chester, Vt., Feb. 2, 1870.
AMY LOUISA, b. Mil., April 24, 1872.
CORA MAY, b. Mil., Feb. 21, 1876.
CHARLES EDWARD, Jun., b. Mil., Oct. 12, 1879.
Mr. Whitney is an efficient boot-cutter, res. on the ancient patrimonal est., near the junction of Beaver and Mt. Pleasant Sts., and with his rising family reputably sustains the standing of his ancestry.
WIGHT, ELEAZER, believed to be the son of Eleazer and Mary Wight of Men- don, birth-date not ascertained; m. Ruth Legg, dr. of William and Hannah
(Nelson) Legg, b. Feb. 30, 1739; cer. Dec. 3, 1761, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue :- MARY, bap. March 27, 1763; m. Ezekiel Jones, May 9, 1782.
HANNAH, bap. April 15, 1764; m. Stephen Kilburn, March 31, 1782.
ELEAZER, bap. March 23, 1766; d. Nov. 25, 1775.
ABNER, bap. June 12, 1768; m. Huldah Pond of Franklin, 1791.
RUTH, bap. not found, prob. 1770; m. Edward Webber, Feb. 4, 1790.
OLIVE, bap. June 6, 1773; d. July 26, 1775.
OLIVE, bap. June 2, 1776; untraced.
The parents were members of the Cong. ch., and dwelt on the homestead formerly (partly or wholly) Nathaniel Morse's. It fell to their son Abner, then became Dr. Gustavus D. Peck's, more recently the late Ziba Thayer's, and is now his widow's. The fr. d. Dec. 3, 1775, in his 41st yr. Mrs. Ruth, if I have not mistaken facts, became the 2d wf. of Lieut. Jesse Whitney, 1779, and d. Oct. 21, 1785.
WIGHT, ABNER 3 (Eleazer,2 Eleazer 1), b. June 12, 1768; m. Huldah Pond, dr. of Eli and Hannah (Daniels) Pond of Franklin; cer. 1791. Issue : -
ELI, b. Mil., March 28, 1791; untraced.
RUTH, b. Mil , Feb. 21, 1793; untraced.
ABNER, Jun., b. Mil., May 16, 1795; in. Diana Wing, Sept. 22, 1818.
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HASKEY, b. Mil., Nov. 16, 1797; m. Clarissa Cheney, April 5, 1821. SABIN, b. Mil., April 28, 1800; untraced.
Mrs. Huldah d. Sept. 8, 1828. The hus. and fr. d. in Upton, March 19, 1834. I believe all Abner Wight's chn. left Mil. before their fr.'s death. How many of them are living, and where, I am uninformed.
WIGHT, ABNER, Jun.4 (Abner,8 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. May 16, 1795; m. Diana
Wing, pedigree, etc., untraced; cer. Sept. 22, 1818, by Rev. D. Long. Issue recorded here, -
ABNER GIBBS, b. Nov. 15, 1820.
CLARINDA JONES, b. March 11, 1822.
Family no further traced.
WIGHT, CHARLES, and wf. Mary, are credited on our records, between 1835 and 1842, with the following specified births : -
JANE ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 8, 1836; m. Rev. Silas Edwin Tingley, Jan. 5, 1858. EMILY MARSH, b. April 28, 1838.
CHARLES ALBERT, b. April 1, 1841.
No family record sent me, and can proceed no further.
WIGHT, CHARLES F., teacher of music, appears in directories 1856, '69.
WIGHT, HENRY F., musician, dealer in musical instruments. 1856, '72, '75, '78, '80.
WIGHT, IRA, farmer, Bear Hill. 1856, '69, '72, '75, '78, '80.
WIGHT, CHARLES A., farmer, Bear Hill. 1869, '72, '78, '80.
WIGHT, FRANK, bootmaker. 1869.
None of these Wights reported to me any genealogical data.
WILBER, DAVIS, pedigree, etc., not given; long an active business man in town in various pursuits; m., 1st, Lucy H. Warfield, dr. of Samuel and Lucy (Howard) Warfield, b. Mil., Oct. 19, 1822; cer. at Hopedale, Oct. 15, 1843, by the writer. Mrs. Lucy d. childless, April 3, 1854. The hus. m., 2d, Olive Gaskill, dr. of Elisha Gaskill of Blackstone; no particulars ascer- tained. Issue : -
OLIVE, b. April 15, 1856; for several years an assistant high-school teacher. A SON, whose name has been reported to me as ROLLIN, b. Aug., 1858.
Mrs. Olive soon d .; and the hus. m., 3d, Emma Peck Barney of Wrentham; cer. in Medway, June 4, 1861, by Rev. Mr. Sanford. Issue : -
MABEL EMMA, b. Jan. 15, 1868.
ESSIE GUERNSEY, b. June 8, 1872.
This is a very imperfect family record; but I received no help from Mr. W. as I hoped I might, and preferred what I have given, rather than nothing.
WILBUR, MILLEN TAFT, son of Sayles and Ruth (Taft) Wilbur, b. Providence, R.I., Jan. 25, 1835; m. Julia Anna Lathrop, dr. of Samuel and Julia (Wheelock) Lathrop, b. in Millbury, March 30, 1844; cer. Providence, R.I., June 7, 1861, by Rev. Edwin M. Stone. Their chn .: -
SAMUEL LATHROP, b. Oct. 9, 1862; d. Aug. 31, 1865.
CHARLES AUSTIN, b. Sept. 23, 1866.
MILLEN ERNEST, b. March 11, 1871.
HARRY LATHROP, b. Dec. 10, 1874.
A reputable and promising family. They res. a short time in Providence, R.I., afterwards some yrs. in Mendon, but latterly have dwelt for a considerable time in Hopedale, where they have a nice little home at the south end, on Main St. I married Mr. W.'s parents in Mendon, and have ministered at both their funerals since I dwelt at Hopedale. Mr. W. is an efficient machinist in our Hopedale shops, and stands well among his fellows.
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WILCOX AND WILKINSON.
WILCOX. A scarce name in Mil., though somwhat frequent in Mendon, Blackstone, etc. It abounds in R. I. and Ct. We have but 2 families in town of this name.
WILCOX, EDWIN G.5 (Willard,4 Willard,3 Stephen,2 Daniel 1), b. in Blackstone, Sept. 29, 1845; mr.'s maiden name Betsey F. Jencks; m. Abbie M. Burlin- game, dr. of Horace and Polly (Chase) Burlingame, b. in Bell., April 18, 1850; cer. at Hopedale, April 8, 1872, by the writer. Issue : - BESSIE WILLARD, b. Mil., Feb. 26, 1873.
Industrious, orderly, quiet, worthy persons. They have res. in Mil. since their inge., and Mr. W. has been steadily employed in the Temple shop at Hope- dale, where he is much respected by his employers and fellow-mechanics. His gt. gt. gd. fr., Daniel,1 was, I am told, a seafaring man in New Bedford until of middle age, when he came to what is now called Jenckesville, in Cumberland, R.I. There he set up blacksmithing and a grist-mill. I knew him as a miller in iny early boyhood, and his son Stephen as an ingenious maker of scythes and other edged-tools. I wished to trace this Daniel 1 to the ancestral immigrant, but had not the time and means.
WILCOX, CHARLES WILBUR, ancestry not given, son of Erastus and Electa (Brown) Wilcox, b. in Brookfield, Vt., June 26, 1836; jeweller; m. Ann Maria Clark, dr. of Uriah A. and Betsey (Samson) Clark, b. in Brookfield, Vt., April 22, 1843; cer. in Brookfield, Vt., Sept. 25, 1867, by Rev. Charles W. Emerson. Issue : -
CLARK HENRY, b. Mil., May 8, 1877.
Mr. Wilcox did not report, in his record, how long he has res. in town; but I find his name in our Directory for 1869, and so presume he must have set. here soon after his mge. in 1867. He is popular and successful in business, and holds with his family an eminently reputable standing in society. I understand that he won honorable fame in the service of his country during the late civil war as a Vermont volunteer, but he has given me no particulars of his war- record. He worthily enjoys the distinction of representing our legislative district in Gen. Court for the year 1881. I had his promise to furnish me his pedigree for some generations in the ancestral line, but he either forgot, or found it inconvenient, to do so.
WILCOX, MARCUS, ptge., ancestry, etc., not ascertained; a bro. of Otis Wilcox in Uxbridge; wf. Keziah, ptge., etc., not ascertained; res. in Mil. 1856, and for several yrs. thereabouts. His occupation was that of a boot- treer. They were worthy persons. They had 1 dr., who d. in town, July 25, 1859; viz., -
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