Abraham WhitneyAge: 78 years17531831

Name
Abraham Whitney
Given names
Abraham
Surname
Whitney
Birth August 19, 1753 28 18
Birth of a sisterSarah Whitney
May 4, 1755 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherIsaac Whitney
May 22, 1757 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Whitney
April 15, 1759 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterRachel Whitney
April 25, 1761 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJacob Whitney
June 11, 1763 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterIsabel Whitney
August 2, 1765 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherNathan Whitney
about 1768 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Whitney
about 1769 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Whitney
May 1, 1770 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Lumber Whitney
February 6, 1774 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a sisterThankful Whitney
about 1776 (Age 22 years)
MarriageApphia CoombsView this family
May 6, 1780 (Age 26 years)
Shared note:

WHITNEY, Abraham Wife: Sophia COOMBS Marriage Date: 6 May 1780 Recorded in: Civil Records for Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine Source: FHL Number 223931

Birth of a son
#1
Peter Whitney
June 5, 1781 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Benjamin Whitney
November 30, 1782 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mercy Whitney
July 15, 1784 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Thankful Whitney
June 18, 1786 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Mehitable Whitney
March 7, 1788 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Isaac Whitney
February 17, 1790 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Sarah Whitney
February 22, 1792 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Thomas Whitney
January 23, 1794 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Apphia Whitney
December 21, 1795 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Whitney
November 8, 1797 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Abraham Whitney
July 4, 1798 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#11
John Whitney
February 26, 1800 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childPeter WhitneyLydia HinckleyView this family
November 19, 1802 (Age 49 years)
Shared note: Banns published Topsham 20 Oct 1802.
Birth of a son
#12
Joseph Stockbridge Whitney
December 27, 1802 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childBenjamin WhitneyBethiah WoodardView this family
about 1807 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childJesse AllenMehitable WhitneyView this family
about 1808 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sonIsaac Whitney
about 1810 (Age 56 years)
Cause: drowning
Death of a daughterApphia Whitney
about 1813 (Age 59 years)
Death of a motherMercy Hinckley
November 13, 1814 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childAbraham WhitneyJudith FrancisView this family
February 7, 1818 (Age 64 years)
Marriage of a childAbraham WhitneyAnn ConantView this family
May 27, 1820 (Age 66 years)
Shared note: 14 May 1820 int. pub.
Marriage of a childJohn FrancisMercy WhitneyView this family
January 6, 1822 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childThomas WhitneySusan CowingView this family
October 31, 1824 (Age 71 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Stockbridge WhitneyBetsy PhilbrookView this family
May 31, 1829 (Age 75 years)
Shared note: Named as Philbrick in the Lisbon, VR's.
Death September 30, 1831 (Age 78 years)
LDS baptism

Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 25, 1752Prob Brunswick, Cumberland, ME
13 months
himself
20 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
23 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
16 months
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Jane Brown - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 25, 1751Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME
Family with Apphia Coombs - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 6, 1780Lisbon, Maine
13 months
son
18 months
son
19 months
daughter
23 months
daughter
21 months
daughter
23 months
son
Isaac Whitney
Birth: February 17, 1790 36 30Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Death: about 1810Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
2 years
daughter
23 months
son
23 months
daughter
Apphia Whitney
Birth: December 21, 1795 42 35Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Death: about 1813Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
3 years
son
20 months
son
3 years
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Abraham Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney and Mercy Hinckley, was born on August 19, 1753 in Brunswick, Cumberland, ME and died on September 30, 1831 in Waterford, Oxford, ME at the age of 78. He married Apphia Coombs on May 6, 1780 in Lisbon, Maine. She was born in 1760 in Topsham?, Sagadahoc, ME and died on October 26, 1833 in Waterford, Oxford, ME at the age of 73.

      Children of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs:

      1. Peter Whitney (1781)
      2. Benjamin Whitney (17821853)
      3. Mercy Whitney (1784)
      4. Thankful Whitney (1786)
      5. Mehitable Whitney (1788)
      6. Isaac Whitney (17901810)
      7. Sarah Whitney (1792)
      8. Thomas Whitney (1794)
      9. Apphia Whitney (17951813)
      10. Abraham Whitney (17981850)
      11. John Whitney (1800)
      12. Joseph Stockbridge Whitney (1802)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Peter Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on June 5, 1781 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He married Lydia Hinckley on November 19, 1802 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, ME. She was born about 1782 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, ME.

      Children of Peter Whitney and Lydia Hinckley:

      1. Bethiah Whitney (1804)
      2. Rachell Whitney (1806)
      3. Ebenezer F. Whitney (1808)
      4. Peace J. (Or T.) Whitney (1810)
      5. Isaac Whitney (1812)
      6. Apphia T. Whitney (1818)
    2. Benjamin Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on November 30, 1782 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME and died on November 14, 1853 in Lisbon, Maine at the age of 70. He married Bethiah Woodard about 1807 in Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She was born on May 17, 1787 in Lisbon, Maine and died on November 3, 1864 in Lisbon, Maine at the age of 77.

      Children of Benjamin Whitney and Bethiah Woodard:

      1. Jane Woodard Whitney (1808)
      2. Priscilla Woodbury Whitney (1810)
      3. Melvin Stow Whitney (1812)
      4. Peleg Tolman Whitney (1814)
      5. Joseph Davis Whitney (1816)
      6. Biancy Woodward Whitney (1818)
      7. Hezekiah Whittemore Whitney (1820)
      8. Stephen Goold Whitney (1822)
      9. Caroline Godfrey Whitney (1824)
      10. Octavia TF Whitney (1827)
    3. Mercy Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on July 15, 1784 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She married John Francis on January 6, 1822 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He was born about 1780 in Of Minot, ME.

    4. Mehitable Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on March 7, 1788 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She married Jesse Allen about 1808 in Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He was born about 1785 in Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    5. Thomas Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on January 23, 1794 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He married Susan Cowing on October 31, 1824 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She was born about 1803 in Of Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    6. Abraham Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on July 4, 1798 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME and died on March 7, 1850 in Durham, Androscoggin, ME at the age of 51. He married 2 times. The first time he married Ann Conant on May 27, 1820 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She was born about 1800 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, ME. The second time he married Judith Francis on February 7, 1818 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She was born about 1800 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

      Children of Abraham Whitney and Ann Conant:

      1. Rachel Whitney (1820)
      2. Mehetable Whitney (1822)
      3. William Woodward Whitney (1825)
      4. Apphia Ann Whitney (1827)
      5. Louisa Augusta Whitney (1831)
    7. Joseph Stockbridge Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Apphia Coombs, was born on December 27, 1802 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He married Betsy Philbrook on May 31, 1829 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. She was born about 1805 in Of Vienna, ME.

      Children of Joseph Stockbridge Whitney and Betsy Philbrook:

      1. Martha Ann Whitney (1830)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Ebenezer F. Whitney, son of Peter Whitney and Lydia Hinckley, was born on May 13, 1808 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    2. Apphia T. Whitney, daughter of Peter Whitney and Lydia Hinckley, was born on July 25, 1818 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    3. Jane Woodard Whitney, daughter of Benjamin Whitney and Bethiah Woodard, was born on October 25, 1808 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    4. Priscilla Woodbury Whitney, daughter of Benjamin Whitney and Bethiah Woodard, was born on December 22, 1810 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    5. Joseph Davis Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney and Bethiah Woodard, was born on March 9, 1816 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    6. Octavia TF Whitney, daughter of Benjamin Whitney and Bethiah Woodard, was born on February 9, 1827 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    7. Mehetable Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Ann Conant, was born on April 1, 1822 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

    8. Apphia Ann Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Ann Conant, was born on July 20, 1827 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.

Marriage

WHITNEY, Abraham Wife: Sophia COOMBS Marriage Date: 6 May 1780 Recorded in: Civil Records for Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine Source: FHL Number 223931

Shared note

He was a farmer; was in the Revolutionary war and received a pension...Res. Lisbon, Me. (Pierce)

Robert Ward: Dates for events are relatively consistent but places often differ. Marriage Banns pub. 7 Apr 1780in Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., ME, both "of Little River" (prob. her birthplace); but marrieage cited as happening 6 May 1780 in both Brunswick, Cumberland Co., and Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin Co., with "both of Little River" included in both of those "records?"

RLW: He was a farmer. He and Apphia Coombs resided Lisbon, Androscoggin Co., ME. He was Revolutionary War pensioner. He BIR: From Evelyn (Thorson) Brown ([email protected]). He began military service in 1775; soldier in Revolutionary War.

Provided by: Allan Green [email protected]