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Anna, b. Nov. 5, 1775, m. Joseph Norton of Gorham, May 13, 1804.
Simon, b. Jan. 12, 1777, m. Susan Atwood.
Joseph, b. Mar. 4, 1779, m. Elizabeth Martin.
Mary, b. June 17, 1781, d. aged 18.
Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1784, m. Samuel Hamlin of Gorham.
Amey, b. June 4, 1786, m. John Newbegin ; 2d, Henry Crockett, 1818.
Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1789, m. Abner Martin.
William, b. 1791, m. Betsey Heath ; I'd in Standish.
Jane, b. 1794, d. in 1797.
Jane, b. 1797, m. Reuben Whitney.
Daniel4 Whitmore was the son of John3 Whitmore and his wife Mary. He was born in Baldwin, Oct. 6, 1758. Mr. Whitmore was a blacksmith by trade. In 1782 he purchased of Cary McLellan a lot of land on the north side of Main St. Here he lived till 1784, when he sold his house and land to Maj. Simeon Farnham. This house was a part of the old Jacob Hamblen house, which coming into the possession of Cary Mclellan was moved to this lot about 1779 and with some additions was used as a dwelling house by Daniel Whit- more, and afterwards by Maj. Farnham. Daniel Whitmore married, April 16, 1782, Anna T. Hill of Buxton, probably daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Hill. Children on Gorham records :
Rebecca, b. Dec. 12, 1783. Joseph, b. Mar. 12, 1787. Simon, b. Aug. 12, 1789. Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1792. Hill, b. Aug. 3, 1794.
Daniel Whitmore moved to Unity. Five other children were born to this family after removing from Gorham.
Elisha5 Whitmore was the son of John4 Whitmore of Newton and his wife Beulah Gregory, and was born Feb. 17, 1763. John4 Whitmore of Newton was a cousin to Capt. Samuel. Elisha Whitmore
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was a joiner. We have no record of his family other than that he had a son Joseph, who died Dec. 21, 1797. Elisha Whitmore died in Gorham, Nov. 27, 1800.
Elisha A. Whitmore married, Jan. 28, 1821, Keziah, daughter of James and Mary Smith, and lived at Gorham village. Children :
Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1822.
Mary Jane, b. Dec. 6, 1826, m. a Mr. Newbegin ; I'd in Baldwin.
Francis, b. , d. Oct. IS, 1832. -
Elisha A. Whitmore died in Gorham Dec. 12, 1831. Mrs. Whitmore died suddenly, July 8, 1834, aged 38.
WHITNEY.
The family of Whitney trace their descent from Turstin de Wige- more, a Fleming, who came over to England with William the Conqueror and participated in the battle of Hastings. The family took their name from their residence, called Whitney Court, at Whit- ney-on-the-Wye. Each succeeding generation of the family married into the best families of England, and held prominent positions at the court of the king. The estate not being entailed and the last Whit- ney of Whitney Court having only daughters it was sold, but is still called Whitney Court.
Thomas Whitney and wife Mary belonging to a younger branch of the family moved to Westminster, where their son John, born in 1589, was apprenticed to a tailor. John Whitney married Elinor -, and in May, 1635, emigrated to America, and lived in Watertown, Mass. He had nine children, from the youngest of whom, Benjamin, the Gorham Whitneys are descended.
Nathaniel Whitney was born in York, Me., April 14, 1680. He was the son of Benjamin, and grandson of John Whitney above. He was a weaver. He married Sarah, daughter of John Ford of Kittery. Children :
Nathan, b. Jan. 10, 1706/7, m. Lydia Young, Nov. 12, 1730; 2d, Elizabeth Melcher.
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 12, 1709, m. Hannah Day, Jan. 3, 1733/4.
Abel, b. July 23, 1712, m. Mary Cane, Nov. 12, 1735.
Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1714, m. Jeremiah Simpson, July 13, 1736; 2d, John Larrabee.
John, b. -, m. Margaret Coffin; 2d, Hephzibah Adams; was a physician. Lydia, b. - -, d. Jan. 14, 1720.
Isaac, b. Mar. 9, 1720/1, m. Sarah Crosby, Sept. 5, 1743.
Amos, b. Mar. 5, 1723/4, m. Sarah Payne, Sept. 5, 1748.
Lydia, b. July 22, 1726, d. Mar. 23, 1727/8.
Joanna, b. Mar. 13, 1729/30.
Nathaniel Whitney was living in York as late as 1760. His estate was settled in 1768, by his son Amos.
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(2) Nathan Whitney, son of Nathaniel, was one of the early settlers in Gorham. He came to this town from Biddeford, where his chil- dren were born. In 1752 he purchased of Enoch Freeman of Falmouth the thirty acre lot, 26, with the dwelling house and barn thereon. He was a prominent and influential citizen of Gorham, and served on many important town committees. He was also active in religious matters. We find him recorded as an early elder in the church. He married Lydia, daughter of Matthias Young of York, Me. Children :
David, b. Apr. 8, 1732, m. Hannah Brown, Feb. 1, 1754; 2d, Abigail Knight ; 3d, Rebecca Edgecomb.
Abel, b. Aug. 20, 1734, m. Thankful Morton, Dec. 16, 1758.
Lydia, b. Dec. 11, 1736.
Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1739, m. Ebenezer Morton, Dec. 27, 1758.
. Nathan, b. Apr. 30, 1742.
Matthias, b. Mar. 8, 1743/4.
John, b. Apr. 4, 1747, m. Elizabeth One child, b. in Gorham : Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1776. John Whitney d. in the Army, May 5, 1776.
Nathan Whitney married second, Oct. 20, 1748, Elizabeth Melcher of Biddeford. Children :
Anna, b. Sept. 5, 1749, m. Ebenezer Watson, p. Sept. 22, 1771.
Ebenezer, b. July 30, 1751.
Asa, b. Dec. 17, 1754, m. Patience Weston, p. Apr. 15, 1775; 2d, Mrs. Davis.
Elder Nathan Whitney died in Gorham in 1804.
(2) Nathaniel Whitney, son of Nathaniel, came to Gorham from Falmouth. At the time of his marriage he lived in Biddeford, and there most of his children's births were recorded. His homestead farm in Gorham, which he purchased in 1769 of Benjamin Winslow, consisted of the two thirty acre lots, 51 and 52, and the south half of the hundred acre lot, 76. His house stood on 51. The hill on which he and some of his brothers made their settlement is still known as Whitney's hill. He married Hannah Day of Wells. Chil- dren :
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 22, 1735, m. Susanna Whitney of Brunswick, Sept. 15, 1757. Hannah, b. Nov. 16, 1736, m. Joseph Hamblen, Oct., 1755.
Moses, b. Mar. 17, 1739, m. Susanna Crockett, Dec. 27, 1760; 2d, Mary Page; 3d, Mrs. Kimball.
Aaron, b. June 7, 1741, m. Jenny Mclellan, Sept. 19, 1765.
Miriam, b. Jan. 15, 1743.
Tabitha, b. Mar. 16, 1745/6, m. John Watson, Dec. 5, 1765. (Sbe was b. in Kittery.)
Patience, b. May 11, 1748, m. Edward Thomes, Oct. 9, 1766; 2d, Colman Wat- son.
Hepsibah, b. Aug. 29, 1750, m. Nathan Freeman, Oct. 15, 1766.
Josiah, b. 1752, m. Hannah Barstow; 2d, Elizabeth Harding, Sept. 16, 1775; joined the Shakers ; d. at Alfred, Feb. 24, 1837, aged 86.
(2) Abel Whitney, son of Nathaniel, lived in York, Gorham, and
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Standish. He was a weaver by trade. He married Mary, daughter of Micah Cane, of York. Children :
Joanna, b. in York, Oct. 10, 1736.
Moses, b. in Wiscasset, Feb. 17, 1737/8, m. Aug. 28, 1761, Lois Crediford of .
Falmouth. We have no record of any family, or of the death of Lois, but Moses Whitney was married in Falmouth, Jan. 15, 1766, by Rev. Dr. Deane, to Priscilla Burnell. Ch: Zebulon, b. in Falmouth, Dec. 7, 1766; Nabby, b. in Gorham, Apr. 12, 1777.
Joseph, b. in Wiscasset, Mar. 1, 1739/40, m. Mehitable Stevens, Oct. 3, 1765 ; 2d, Betty Phinney.
Daniel, b. in York, Sept. 17, 1741, d. young.
Joel, b. in York, May 21, 1743, m. Mary Weston of Falmouth, Sept. 26, 1765 ; went to Jonesboro, 1767 ; d. there, 1789.
Mary, b. in York, Oct. 5, 1744, m. Capt. Samuel Whitmore, Oct. 24, 1764.
Lydia, b. in York, July 31, 1746, m. John Burnell, July 3, 1766.
Zebulon, b. in York, Nov. 27, 1747, m. Hannah Stone, Nov. 10, 1774.
Joanna, b. in York, Sept. 27, 1749, m. Caleb Chase, Dec. 31, 1769.
Naphtali, b. in York, Feb. 10, 1750/1, m. Mary Stone, p. Mar. 22, 1777.
Micah, b. in York, Dec. 11, 1752, m. Hannah Cobb, Nov. 29, 1779. Daniel, b. in York, Sept. 26, 1754, m. Abigail Stone, Dec. 7, 1780.
Paul, b. in York, June 30, 1756, enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Gor- ham, and was killed in battle in R. I., 1778.
Deborah, b. Feb., 1759, m. Jeremiah Williams, p. May 17, 1777.
Abel Whitney died before September, 1762, for at that time his widow Mary received a deed from Barnabas Bangs of a part of the thirty acre lot, 81. Mrs. Mary Whitney married second, June 10, 1763, Samuel Crockett.
(2) Isaac Whitney, son of Nathaniel, lived in York, Saco and Gorham. He married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Crosby of York. Children :
Lucy, b. in York, July 31, 1745, m. Jabez Morton, Oct. 11, 1764.
Phineas, b. in York, June 5, 1747, m. Oct. 19, 1769, Anna, dau of Bryant and Thankful Morton. Ch. b. in Gorham: Stephen, b. Sept. 23, 1771; Crosby, b. Sept. 20, 1773 ; Affia, b. Jan. 12, 1776; Jonathan, b. Feb. 8, 1778.
Isaac, b. in York, Dec. 28, 1748, m. Mary Crockett, p. Apr. 7, 1772.
Hannah, b. in York, Nov. 28, 1750, m. Joseph Brown, Oct. 19, 1769; 2d, Joshua Adams.
Stephen, b. in Saco, Mar. 19, 1755, m. Patty Irish, p. Oct. 28, 1780.
Jonathan, b. in Saco, Feb. 9, 1757, m. Mary Blake, p. Nov. 24, 1781 ; I'd in Buxton, and d. Sept., 1819.
Mrs. Sarah Whitney died in Gorham June 23, 1765, and Mr. Whit- ney married, Aug. 29, 1765, Mrs. Hannah Payne. Children, born in Gorham :
Barnabas, b. Aug. 18, 1766, m. Sarah Walker, Jan. 1, 1789.
Henry, b. July 24, 1767, m. Abigail Walker, Nov. 7, 1793; I'd in Pownal and Freeport.
Timothy, b. Oct. 10, 1768, d. Sept. 22, 1769.
Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1769, d. Jan. 17, 1770.
Timothy, b. Aug. 1, 1771, m. Hannah James, b.
Mary, b. -- , m. Mr. Thompson of Saco or Biddeford; d. 1832.
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Mr. Whitney married, Jan. 1, 1784, Mrs. Mary Walker. He died at the house of his son Henry in Freeport.
(2) Amos Whitney, son of Nathaniel, was an early settler in Gorham. He is said to have first built a log house in what is now Melville Cressey's field. His homestead farm in Gorham was the two thirty acre lots, 40 and 42, which he sold in 1798 to Joseph Crocker Snow of Falmouth, Mass. Mr. Whitney was the first town clerk of Gorham, from 1764 to 1769, and was one of the first select- men ; a man highly respected and of great integrity. He married Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Payne of York. Children, the three oldest born in York :
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1749.
Amos, b. Apr. 22, 1752, m. Anna Weston, p. Oct. 5, 1776.
Mary G., b. Oct. 25, 1754, m. Thomas Paine of Standish, Apr. 26, 1792.
Elias, b. Apr. 12, 1763, m. Polly Fowler, Dec. 14, 1788.
Jotham, b. Apr. 2, 1766, m. Elizabeth Ross, Apr. 1, 1792.
Ruth, b. June 25, 1769.
Mr. Whitney married second (pub. Aug. 14, 1773), Hannah John- son of Falmouth.
(3) David Whitney, son of Nathan, came to town when a young man. He married, Feb. 1, 1754, Hannah Brown of Gorham. Children :
Susanna, b. June 25, 1756, m. Owen Runnells, Aug. 25, 1774. He d. in the Army, Feb. 29, 1776, and she m. 2d, - Dearborn of Buxton.
Jesse, b. Mar. 18, 1758, m. Mary, daughter of David and . Hepzibah Sawyer of Saco; enlisted from Gorham, and served in the Continental army; d. Jan. 18, 1832.
David Whitney married second, Oct. 11, 1760, Abigail Knight of Falmouth. Child :
Joshua, b. Aug. 17, 1761, I'd in Buxton.
David Whitney married third, Nov. 26, 1761, Rebecca Edgecomb of Falmouth. Children :
Daniel, b. Nov. 18, 1762.
Hannah, b. June 12, 1764, m. John Rogers, Nov. 12, 1786. (?)
Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1765.
Nathan, b. Sept. 10, 1769.
A David Whitney of Gorham was published to Lydia Moore of Buxton, June 29, 1785.
(3) Abel Whitney, son of Nathan, purchased in 1767 thirty acres of common land, on which he made his home. This land, which is situated about a half mile west of where the Methodist church is now located on North St., he conveyed, April, 1791, to his son Nathaniel, Jr. The following year Nathaniel, Jr., sold to John Akers this farm
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which he says, " I and my father now occupy." Abel Whitney was a Revolutionary soldier in Capt. Josiah Jenkins's company, Col. Brewer's 12th Mass. He married Thankful, daughter of Capt. Bry- ant and Thankful Morton. Children :
Joseph, b. May 1, 1760, d. in Alfred with the Shakers, Sept. 19, 1847.
Lydia, b. July 28, 1763, d. July, 1767.
Betty, b. July 22, 1765, m. a Mr. Boynton.
Sarah,
( m. Robert Higgins, p. Sept. 19, 1789.
Nathaniel, § b. June 20, 1769; 3 m. Zilpha Martin, Mar. 16, 1794 ; I'd in Standish.
Renben, b. July 21, 1771, m. Mercy Baker ; d. in Litchfield. Simeon, b. Feb. 9, 1774, went to eastern Maine.
Susanna, b. Apr. 2, 1776, m. - Hale.
Levi, b. May 18, 1779, m. Happy Higgins, abont 1800; I'd in Standish.
Lydia, b. Apr. 30, 1782, m. - Starbird ; d. in Standish.
Abel Whitney died in Standish.
(3) Asa Whitney, son of Nathan, married Patience, daughter of Thomas and Patience (Phinney) Weston of Gorham. Children :
Samnel, b. Aug. 28, 1777, m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Snow of Barnstable, Ang. 24, 1798; 2d, Mary Rich; 3d, Mrs. Mary (Piper) Ring ; was a F. Bapt. preacher; was a member of the convention to organize the State of Me., in 1820 ; d. at Jackson, Oct. 18, 1859.
Benjamin, b. Ang. 19, 1779, I'd in Kingston, Canada; was twice sent to England as delegate to Parliament ; d. at sea, 1835, on passage home from England.
Abigail, b. Mar. 10, 1781, m. Joseph Davis, Sept. 29, 1799.
John, b. Apr. 17, 1783, m. - Rich; was a Methodist preacher ; d. in Thorndike.
Patience, b. Dec. 7, 1784, m. - Floyd; d. in Ira, N. Y.
Mrs. Patience Whitney died Dec. 23, 1784, aged 33, and Mr. Whitney married, July 14, 1785, Mrs. Phebe (Hopkins) Davis, widow of Elijah Davis of Gorham, and daughter of Constant and Phebe Hopkins of Truro, Mass. Children :
Anna, b. Jan. 25, 1786, m. Nicholas Dennett of Saco, May 17, 1806.
Elsie, b. Apr. 9, 1788, m. Nicholas Dennett (2d wife) ; 2d, - Scamman of ' Saco.
Mary, b. Ang, 10, 1790, m. Edward P. Barnard of Bridgton; d. at Lynn, Mass. George W., b. June 14, 1792, m. Mary, dan. of Jonathan Whitney of Buxton, Mar. 7, 1817; 2d, Mrs. Angelina (Phinney) Magrath ; was a F. Bapt. preacher in Bridgton and in Rochester, N. H .; d. in Rochester, Sept. 18, 1878.
Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1794, m. Seth Brown.
Eunice, b. Apr. 30, 1796, m. - Emery ; I'd in Ripley, Me.
Roxanna, b. -, m. Davis of Buxton ; d. in Buxton.
Asa Whitney died in Gorham, Dec. 17, 1806. His widow Phebe died in Bridgton, April 17, 1853.
(3) Moses Whitney, son of Nathaniel and Hannah, was born in Biddeford. He was remarkable for his strength and courage. He served in the French and Indian wars, and also in the Revolution. He married Susanna, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Crockett. On
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the old family Bible of the Crocketts I find, " Susanna, daughter of Susanna Crockett Whitney, born June 29, 1762." Dea. Alden of Gorham in his diary says, under date of July 1, 1762, “ Moses Whitney's wife died." Again, Mr. Alden says, "Sept. 7, 1763, Moses Whitney married last night. Tall wedding." This latter must have been the marriage of Moses Whitney to Molly Page of England. His children by her were :
Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1764, m. Lemuel Rounds, p. July 14, 1781 ; moved to Ohio. Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 1768, m. John Greenlaw of Brownfield, Mar. 27, 1788.
Enoch, b. Apr. 8, 1773, m. Hannah Newcomb, p. June 2, 1792; 2d, Mrs. Kendall; 3d, Mrs. Dennett.
Moses, b. Aug. 30, 1776.
Betsey, b. Nov. 1, 1777, m. James Cates, Dec. 10, 1797; moved to N. Y. State. Richard, b. July 20, 1780, m. --; I'd in Belfast.
Susanna, b. Apr. 9, 1783, m. Seth Carsley of Harrison, Jan. 22, 1809.
Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1785, m. Margaret Darrow; I'd in Dixmont; d. Mar. 27, 1874.
Moses Whitney married, Jan. 22, 1792, Mrs. Abigail (Skillings) Kimball, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Skillings, and widow of Caleb Kimball. Child :
Sally, b. Oct. 22, 1793, m. Rev. Jos. H. Phinney of Harrison, Sept. 26, 1812.
On June 10, 1785, Moses Whitney received from his father Nathan- iel all the land and buildings "called the homestead of Nathaniel," sixty acres, being the two thirty acre lots, 51 and 52, and also thirty- one and a half acres, the south end of the hundred acre lot, No. 76. This latter is bounded on the north by the road to Harding's grist mill. Moses to have all the buildings on 76. In 1813, Moses Whitney with wife Abigail, then of Harrison, and son-in-law Phinney and wife Sally sell No. 51 and one-half of the barn on 52 to Seth Hersey, and in 1816 the same parties sell No. 52 with the house and one-half of the barn to Joseph Cressey, Jr. The property is still in the hands of Cressey's descendants.
Moses Whitney died about 1820, and his wife, Oct. 8, 1844.
(3) Aaron Whitney, son of Nathaniel, married Jenny, daughter of Alexander and Anna Mclellan of Falmouth. Children :
Hannah, b. July 20, 1766, d. in Alfred, June 4, 1835. Annah, b. Oct. 18, 1767, d. in Alfred, Nov. 30, 1837. Samuel, b. May 22, 1769, d. Aug. 11, 1773.
Jenny, b. May 10, 1771, m. David Johnson, June 16, 1785. Sarah, b. June 8, 1773, d. in Alfred, Mar. 4, 1817.
Susanna, b. Feb. 16, 1775, m. James Merrill of Buxton, May 1, 1804.
Miriam, S d. in Alfred, Oct. 25, 1828.
Tabitha, ( b. May 16, 1777, 1 d. in Alfred, Apr. 5, 1850.
Betsey, b. May 7, 1780, d. in Alfred, Nov. 15, 1845. Silas, b. , left the Shakers when young.
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Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, with most of their family, joined the Shaker Family at Alfred, where they died, he, June 19, 1815, aged 74, and she, April 2, 1833, aged 88.
(3) Joseph Whitney, son of Abel, married Mehitable, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Stevens. Children :
Abel, b. July 21, 1767, m. - -. He and his wife d. in Gorham from the effects of charcoal fumes.
Mary, b. July 27, 1769, m. Abial Rounds, p. Mar. 12, 1791.
Anna, b. Mar. 17, 1774, m. Isaac Hall, May 19, 1793.
Mercy, b. Oct. 31, 1776, m. Joseph Libby, June 24, 1801.
Solomon, b. June 23, 1780, m. Phebe Gilkey, Feb. 13, 1808; I'd in Troy.
Mrs. Whitney died soon after the birth of Solomon, and Mr. Whitney married, in 1781, Betty, daughter of Col. Edmund Phinney. Children :
Stephen, b. July 28, 1782, m. Hannah Freeman, p. Nov. 24, 1810.
Joseph, b. Oct. 18. 1784, m. Mary Hunter of Topsham.
Patience, b. Sept. 25, 1786, m. Capt. Silas C. Elden of Buxton, Nov. 16, 1809.
Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1788, m. Edmund Gammon, Dec. 24, 1809.
Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1791, m. Clark Dyer, Jan. 10, 1812.
Betty, b. Apr. 1, 1794, m. Samuel Gilkey, May 7, 1817.
Peggy, b. Nov. 10, 1796, d. young.
Edmund, b. Dec. 7, 1799, m. - - McLean; d. in Jacksonville, Fla.
James, b. July 3, 1803, m. Mary Larrabee, Dec. 25, 1825.
Joseph Whitney died March 13, 1819, and his wife, Feb. 14, 1828, aged 69.
(3) Zebulon Whitney, son of Abel, was born in York. He lived for a time in Gorham, then moved to Standish. While in Gorham he lived in the north part of the town, in the first house on the old road to Standish after passing the North church. Mr. Whitney was a soldier in the Revolution, and received a pension for his services. He married Hannah Stone of Cape Elizabeth. Children :
Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1776, m. Caleb Shaw, Mar. 10, 1796.
Happy, b. Aug. 11, 1778, m. Enoch Hamblen, June 6, 1802.
Mattie, b. Feb. 14, 1781, d. unm. Apr. 14, 1865. Rufus, b. Apr. 5, 1784, d. unm. Feb. 24, 1817.
Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1786, m. Damaris Stone, Apr. 19, 1811.
Eunice, b. Aug. 30, 1789, m. Peter Whitney, June 13, 1816.
Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1791, d. unm. Aug. 28, 1833.
Tabitha, b. Aug. 30, 1795, d. unm. Aug. 15, 1860.
Almira, b. July 14, 1798, m. George Whitmore.
Zebulon Whitney died on the " Shaw place " in Gorham, Sept. II, 1833, and his wife, Dec. 10, 1824, aged 69.
(3) Micah Whitney, son of Abel, was a blacksmith. He served in the war of the Revolution, and was a sergeant in the War of 1812. He married Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Hannah Cobb. Children :
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Sally, b. Jan. 11, 1781, m. James Humphrey.
William P., b. May 3, 1783, m. Nancy I. Carlton.
Lydia, b. Feb 8, 1785.
Joel, b. May 7, 1787, m. Sally Dyer; 2d, Sarah Crompton ; 3d, Betsey Chase. Ebenezer, b. - -, m. Dorcas Parlin ; I'd in Freeman, Me.
Joanna, b. -, m. Caleb Sylvester.
Andrew, b. May 5, 1795, m. Huldah Sweetsir, 1816; I'd in Phillips.
Charlotte, b.
Mary, b. , m. Reuben Smith.
Happy, b. , m. Samuel W. Phoenix of Phillips.
Benjamin, b. 1806, m. Susan Wells.
Nahum, b. , I'd down east ; unm.
Micah Whitney died June 19, 1829, and his wife, in 1834.
(3) Daniel Whitney, son of Abel, lived in the north part of the town, where Edward Files now lives. He married Abigail, daughter of Archelaus Stone of Cape Elizabeth, sister to his brother Zebulon's wife. Children :
Reuben, b. July 20, 1781, d. young.
Betsey, b. Nov. 10, 1783, d. unm. Jan. 23, 1853.
Nabby, b. May 16, 1785, d. unm.
Peter, b. Aug. 14, 1788, m. Eunice Whitney, June 13, 1816.
Olive, b. Jan. 8, 1791, m. Josiah Murch ; I'd in Unity.
Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1792, m. Dea. Enoch Moody of Standish (2d wife), Feb. 7, 1830.
Luther, b. May 6, 1795, moved to Thorndike.
Damaris, b. July 31, 1797, m. Dea. Enoch Moody (Ist wife). (See above.)
Miriam, b. Nov. 14, 1799, m. George Hunt.
Happy, b. Nov. 16, 1802, m. James Kelly of Unity.
Louisa, b. 1806, d. unm. Sept. 3, 1834.
Daniel Whitney died Dec. 13, 1834, aged 80, and his wife, June I, 1841, aged 79.
(3) Isaac Whitney, son of Isaac, born in York, lived for a time in Buxton. About 1770 he came to Gorham village, and soon after married Mary Crockett. In 1775 he bought of Samuel Crockett the seventy acre lot, 17, on which he made his home. This farm is now in the possession of his great-grandson Frank L. Whitney. Mr. Whitney served in the Revolutionary war, and received a pension from Government. Children, all born in Gorham :
Sarah, b. 1772, m. Solomon Newcomb, Feb. 26, 1798.
Edmund, May 4, 1774, 5 m. Dorcas Wescott, Oct. 23, 1800; d in Farmington, Samuel, m. Martha Meserve, Mar. 3, 1803.
Me., Sept. 9, 1864, and his wife, May 30, 1863, aged 84. Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1776, m. Mary Freeman, Aug. 2, 1801 ; d. in Standish, May 3, 1870.
Dorcas, b. 1778, d. unm. Oct. 21, 1815.
Isaac L., b. May 29, 1781, m. Margaret Leach ; I'd in Raymond; d. Oct., 1856. Adams, b. 1784, m. Lydia, dan. of Ebenezer Lombard, June 3, 1816; d. in Standish.
Polly, b. 1786, d. unm. Apr. 16, 1850.
Sophy, b. 1795, d. unm. Mar. 25, 1847. William, b. - , d. young.
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Isaac Whitney died in Gorham, Oct. 21, 1837, and his wife, July 29, 1832, aged 80.
(3) Stephen Whitney, son of Isaac, was in the Revolution, serving in the Rhode Island line, and received a pension for his services. He married Martha, daughter of James, Jr., and Mary Gorham Irish. Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1781, m. Freeman Blake, p. Aug. 12, 1803.
Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1783, m. Jonathan Elwell, June 5, 1802.
Ebenezer, b. -- , d. in the West Indies in 1801.
Patience, bapt. Mar. 4, 1800, m. Robert Nevens.
William, bapt. Mar. 4, 1800.
Stephen, b. May 5, 1799, m. Abigail, dan. of Wm. Mayberry of Windham; 2d,
Ebenezer, b. Mar. 22, 1803, I'd in Bridgton.
Patty, b.
Miriam, b. - --.
Stephen Whitney died Feb. 1, 1848, aged 93, and his wife, Nov. 10, 1836.
(4) James Whitney, son of Joseph, lived on what is now called Haggett's hill, about a mile below the village on the new road to Saccarappa. Mr. Whitney held many offices in the State militia. He married Mary A., daughter of William and Hadassah Larrabee of Scarborough. Children :
Hadassah L., b. Jan. 29, 1827, m. Elias Milliken of Burnham, 1848 ; d. Mar. 18, 1864.
Joseph, b. Mar. 15, 1829, m. Helen Call of Bradford, 1858; d. 1862.
James Louville, b. May 30, 1831, m. Elvira Whitten of Burnham, 1862; d. 1886.
Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 2, 1832, m. Nahnm E. Murray, 1859.
William Warren, b. July 11, 1835, d. 1847.
Edwin, b. Nov. 5, 1840, m. Martha Vickery of Unity ; d. 1875.
Capt. Whitney died in Waterford in 1842, and after his death the family moved to Burnham. Mrs. Whitney died in 1895, aged 90.
(4) Eli Whitney, son of Zebulon, lived in the Whitney neighbor- hood. He married Damaris, daughter of Jonathan Stone. Children :
Zebulon, b. Apr. 24, 1812, m. Susan, dan. of Major Morton, Apr. 24, 1839. Ch : Mary Susan, b. Feb. 2, 1840, m. Wesley Files; Emily F., b. Apr. 20. 1841, d. Apr. 5, 1844; Ai E., b. Apr. 24, 1844 ; Thaddeus P., b. Sept. 26, 1847, m. Emma Marean; Frances E., b. Oct. 31, 1849, m. Geo. Freeman of Portland ; Willie P., b. 1857, d. June 16, 1863. Mr. Whitney was one of the selectmen in 1857 and 1858. He d. at the Shaw place, Sept. 24, 1877 ; his wife d. Apr. 16, 1878, aged 57.
William S., b. Oct. 17, 1814, m. Abigail Morton, sister to the wife of his brother Zebulon, in 1840. Ch : William E., b. June 14, 1841, d. 1844; Emily C., b. Oct. 22, 1845, m. Charles F. Merrill ; Herman S., b. July 27, 1847, m. Flavilla Berry of Standish ; she d. 1873, and he m. June 16, 1875, Helen A. Plaisted ; Charlotte, b. 1850, d. young; Harriet E., b. Apr. 28, 1854, d. 1872; Cora. Belle, b. Aug. 28, 1862, m. Frank L. Whitney. William S. Whitney d. June 27, 1900, and his wife, May 8, 1895, aged 71.
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HISTORY OF GORHAM.
Rufus, b. Aug. 17, 1817, m. Esther, dau. of Benjamin Skillings. Ch: Helen M., b. Aug. 3, 1840, m. Albion F. Johnson ; Gershom S., b. Dec. 1, 1844, was in Co. I, 12th Me. Vols, d. in Post Hospital, Savannah, Ga., May II, 1865. Rufus Whitney I'd in the Whitney neighborhood most of his life. He d. at his house on High St., Gorham village, Apr. 24, 1897 ; his wife d. in Deering, Jan. 6, 1901, ag. 81.
Mary Ann, b. Sept. 29, 1822, m. Moses Butterfield, Oct. 3, 1850.
Jonathan S., b. Mar. 1I, 1825, m. Amanda Hopkinson, Mar. 31, 1858. Ch : Frank I., b. Dec. 13, 1859 ; Sadie, b. Nov., 1862, m. Everett Files ; Lulie, b. Aug. 7, 1865. Mr. Whitney lives on the old Davis place in the north part of the town.
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