David Whitney1732

Name
David Whitney
Given names
David
Surname
Whitney
Birth April 8, 1732 25 20
Birth of a brotherAbel Whitney
August 20, 1734 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLydia Whitney
December 6, 1736 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Whitney
August 15, 1739 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherNathan Whitney
April 30, 1742 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherMatthias Whitney
March 8, 1744 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Whitney
April 4, 1747 (Age 14 years)
Death of a motherLydia Young
before October 1748 (Age 16 years)
Marriage of a parentNathan WhitneyElizabeth MelcherView this family
October 20, 1748 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnna Whitney
September 5, 1749 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherEbenezer Whitney
July 30, 1751 (Age 19 years)
MarriageHannah BrownView this family
February 1, 1754 (Age 21 years)
Shared note: First Wife.
Birth of a half-brotherAsa Whitney
December 17, 1754 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Susanna Whitney
June 25, 1756 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Jesse Whitney
March 28, 1758 (Age 25 years)
Death of a wifeHannah Brown
before October 1760 (Age 28 years)

MarriageAbigail KnightView this family
October 11, 1760 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joshua Whitney
August 17, 1761 (Age 29 years)
MarriageRebecca EdgecombView this family
November 26, 1761 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Daniel Whitney
November 18, 1762 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Hannah Whitney
June 12, 1764 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Thomas Whitney
October 5, 1765 (Age 33 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherNathaniel Whitney
about 1768 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Nathan Whitney
September 10, 1769 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childOwen RunnellsSusanna WhitneyView this family
August 25, 1774 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Whitney
May 5, 1776 (Age 44 years)

Death of a wifeRebecca Edgecomb
before 1785 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childJesse WhitneyMary SawyerView this family
April 15, 1785 (Age 53 years)
Shared note: No marriage record for these two published in the Whitney extracts from Saco, but lots of their children in that source, plus Mary's death recorded as "w. of Jesse".
MarriageLydia MooreView this family
June 29, 1785 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childJohn RogersHannah WhitneyView this family
November 12, 1786 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherNathan Whitney
1804 (Age 71 years)
Death of a half-brotherAsa Whitney
December 17, 1806 (Age 74 years)
Marriage of a childJesse WhitneyCharity NowellView this family
July 16, 1817 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sonJesse Whitney
January 18, 1832 (Age 99 years)
Deathyes

LDS baptism (on the date of death)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 12, 1730York, York, ME
17 months
himself
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Elizabeth Melcher - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 20, 1748Biddeford, York, ME
11 months
half-sister
23 months
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
Family with Hannah Brown - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 1, 1754Gorham, Cumberland, ME
2 years
daughter
21 months
son
Family with Abigail Knight - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 11, 1760Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
10 months
son
Family with Rebecca Edgecomb - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 26, 1761Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
1 year
son
19 months
daughter
16 months
son
4 years
son
Family with Lydia Moore - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 29, 1785Gorham, Cumberland, ME

  1. Generation 1
    1. David Whitney, son of Nathan Whitney and Lydia Young, was born on April 8, 1732 in Biddeford, York, ME. He married 4 times. The first time he married Hannah Brown, daughter of , on February 1, 1754 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She was born on May 24, 1731 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA and died before October 1760. The second time he married Abigail Knight on October 11, 1760 in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. She was born in Of Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. The third time he married Rebecca Edgecomb on November 26, 1761 in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. She was born about 1735 in Of Falmouth, Cumberland, ME and died before 1785 in Prob. Gorham, Cumberland, ME. The fourth time he married Lydia Moore on June 29, 1785 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She was born about 1740 in Of Buxton, Cumberland, ME.

      Children of David Whitney and Hannah Brown:

      1. Susanna Whitney (1756)
      2. Jesse Whitney (17581832)

      Children of David Whitney and Abigail Knight:

      1. Joshua Whitney (1761)

      Children of David Whitney and Rebecca Edgecomb:

      1. Daniel Whitney (1762)
      2. Hannah Whitney (1764)
      3. Thomas Whitney (1765)
      4. Nathan Whitney (17691852)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Susanna Whitney, daughter of David Whitney and Hannah Brown, was born on June 25, 1756 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She married 2 times. The first time she married Owen Runnells on August 25, 1774 in Prob. Gorham, Maine. He died on February 29, 1776. The second time she married Dearborn.

    2. Jesse Whitney, son of David Whitney and Hannah Brown, was born on March 28, 1758 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on January 18, 1832 in Saco, York, ME at the age of 73. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Sawyer on April 15, 1785 in Saco, York, ME. She was born on March 25, 1765 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on October 9, 1815 in Saco, York, ME at the age of 50. The second time he married Charity Nowell on July 16, 1817 in Biddeford, York, ME. She was born in 1780.

      Children of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer:

      1. Mary Whitney (1786)
      2. Hephzebah Whitney (17881865)
      3. Hannah Whitney (1790)
      4. David Whitney (1791)
      5. Sarah Whitney (1794)
      6. Eunice Whitney (1796)
      7. James Whitney (1797)
      8. Abner Whitney (1799)
      9. Stephen Whitney (1803)
      10. Abraham Whitney (18041818)
      11. Olive Whitney (18071855)

      Children of Jesse Whitney and Charity Nowell:

      1. Susan Whitney (1818)
      2. Jesse Whitney (1820)
      3. Abigail Whitney (1822)
      4. Charles Whitney (1824)
      5. Elmira Whitney (1826)
    3. Hannah Whitney, daughter of David Whitney and Rebecca Edgecomb, was born on June 12, 1764 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She married John Rogers on November 12, 1786 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. He was born about 1760 in Of Gorham, Cumberland, ME.

    4. Nathan Whitney, son of David Whitney and Rebecca Edgecomb, was born on September 10, 1769 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on June 4, 1852 in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio at the age of 82. He married Eunice Cottle, daughter of ,. She was born on October 10, 1778 in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., Massachusetts and died on August 26, 1870 in Proctor, Wezel Co., West Virginia at the age of 91.

      Children of Nathan Whitney and Eunice Cottle:

      1. Comfort Whitney
      2. Nathan Whitney (1798)
      3. Appolos Whitney (18011877)
      4. John Whitney (18041854)
      5. Sampson Whitney (1805)
      6. Denis Whitney (1809)
      7. Thankful Whitney (18151888)
      8. Haman Whitney (1818)
      9. Roda Whitney (18201894)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Mary Whitney, daughter of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on November 9, 1786 in Saco, York, ME.

    2. Hephzebah Whitney, daughter of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on September 8, 1788 in Saco, York, ME and died on July 9, 1865 in Saco, York, ME at the age of 76.

    3. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on June 10, 1790 in Saco, York, ME.

    4. Abner Whitney, son of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on December 15, 1799 in Saco, York, ME.

    5. Stephen Whitney, son of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on May 17, 1803 in Saco, York, ME.

    6. Olive Whitney, daughter of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, was born on May 24, 1807 in Saco, York, ME and died before November 1855.

    7. John Whitney, son of Nathan Whitney and Eunice Cottle, was born in 1804 in Pennsylvania and died on February 4, 1854 in Brownsvill, Monro, Ohio at the age of 50.

Marriage

First Wife.

Shared note

!BIRTH: The History of Gorham, Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan. Compiled and edited by his daughter, Katharine B. Lewis, Picton Press, Camden, Maine. Found in the DAR Library. p. 828.

!MARRIAGE: Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine,"Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 7, compiled by Marquis F. King, Second Edition edited by Russell S. Bickford, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1991.Found in the DAR Library and the Sutro Library, p. 99. Hannah Brown.

!MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: "The History of Gorham, Maine," by Hugh D. McLellan. Compiled and edited by his daughter, Katharine B. Lewis, Picton Press, Camden, Maine. Found in the DAR Library. This source gives the day of the month for marriage to Hannah, and also the information on his second and third marrriages, p. 830.

!MARRIAGE: "Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine," compiled by Marquis F. King, Maine Genealogical Society, Portland, Maine, 1897. Found in the Library of Congress, p. 99. Lydia Moore.

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