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Benjamin Whitney1769–

Name: Benjamin Whitney

Given names: Benjamin

Surname: Whitney

Name suffix: Jr.

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Birth	about 1769 43 34 Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Birth of a brother	Joseph Whitney May 1, 1770 (Age 16 months) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Birth of a brother	Samuel Lumber Whitney February 6, 1774 (Age 5 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Birth of a sister	Thankful Whitney about 1776 (Age 7 years) Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Marriage	Polly Varnum — View this family November 12, 1795 (Age 26 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Death of a father	Benjamin Whitney November 8, 1797 (Age 28 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Birth of a son #1	Ralph Whitney December 24, 1797 (Age 28 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a daughter #2	Abigail Whitney May 6, 1800 (Age 31 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a son #3	Samuel Whitney March 21, 1801 (Age 32 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a daughter #4	Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney February 9, 1804 (Age 35 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a daughter #5	Mary Whitney December 6, 1805 (Age 36 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a daughter #6	Diana Whitney January 26, 1807 (Age 38 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Birth of a son #7	Stover Whitney January 13, 1809 (Age 40 years) Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
Death of a mother	Mercy Hinckley November 13, 1814 (Age 45 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Marriage of a child	Joseph Colby — Mary Whitney — View this family December 13, 1828 (Age 59 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Shared note: Wife is given as "of Bowdoinham" in the Lisbon VR, but this is the only Mary associated with Bowdoin.
Death of a brother	Abraham Whitney September 30, 1831 (Age 62 years) Waterford, Oxford, ME
Death of a sister	Isabel Whitney 1843 (Age 74 years) Of Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death of a brother	Jacob Whitney May 28, 1846 (Age 77 years) Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death of a brother	Samuel Lumber Whitney October 9, 1846 (Age 77 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Death of a brother	Nathan Whitney September 1849 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brother	Isaac Whitney January 29, 1850 (Age 81 years) Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Death	Res. Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
LDS baptism	(on the date of death)

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mercy Hinckley Abraham Whitney Sarah Whitney Isaac Whitney Rebecca Whitney Rachel Whitney Jacob Whitney Isabel Whitney Nathan Whitney Benjamin Whitney Joseph Whitney Samuel Lumber Whitney Thankful Whitney Family with spouse Jane Brown Benjamin Whitney Birth: May 22, 1725 47 45 — York, York, ME Death: November 8, 1797 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Whitney Abraham Whitney Sarah Whitney Isaac Whitney Rebecca Whitney Rachel Whitney Jacob Whitney Isabel Whitney Nathan Whitney Benjamin Whitney Joseph Whitney Samuel Lumber Whitney Thankful Whitney Mercy Hinckley Birth: October 23, 1734 — Brunswick, Cumberland, ME Death: November 13, 1814 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
	Marriage: July 25, 1752 — Prob Brunswick, Cumberland, ME
13 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Apphia Coombs Peter Whitney Benjamin Whitney Mercy Whitney Thankful Whitney Mehitable Whitney Isaac Whitney Sarah Whitney Thomas Whitney Apphia Whitney Abraham Whitney John Whitney Joseph Stockbridge Whitney Abraham Whitney Birth: August 19, 1753 28 18 — Brunswick, Cumberland, ME Death: September 30, 1831 — Waterford, Oxford, ME
20 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Sarah Whitney Birth: May 4, 1755 29 20 — Harpswell, Cumberland, ME Death:
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Truant Sarah Whitney Rebecca Whitney Charloe (Elizabeth) Whitney Jonathan Whitney Mary (Anna) Whitney Abraham Whitney Elizabeth Wilson Whitney James Trufant Whitney Anna Gowel Whitney Joseph Whitney Mercy Sutherland Whitney Stephen Whitney Nathan Whitney Abigail Potter Whitney Isaac Whitney Birth: May 22, 1757 32 22 — Harpswell, Cumberland, ME Death: January 29, 1850 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
23 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rebecca Whitney Birth: April 15, 1759 33 24 — Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Miller Hinckley Rachel Whitney Birth: April 25, 1761 35 26 — Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hannah Mills Mary M. Whitney James M. Whitney Christopher Atwood Whitney Patience W. Whitney Joseph T. Whitney Samuel L. Whitney John B. Whitney Josiah S. Whitney Jacob Whitney Birth: June 11, 1763 38 28 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: May 28, 1846 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Increase Blethen Thankful Blethen Isabel Whitney Birth: August 2, 1765 40 30 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: 1843 — Of Phillips, Franklin, ME
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Godfrey Abiezar Holbrook Whitney Calvin Whitney John G. Whitney Bathsheba Whitney Rebecca Whitney Otis Whitney Thankful Whitney Elias S. Whitney Hannah Whitney Celinda Whitney Family with spouse Fannie D. Shephard Sarah Elizabeth Whitney Nathan Franklin Whitney Reuel Williams Whitney Nathan Whitney Birth: about 1768 42 33 — Of Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: September 1849
2 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polly Varnum Ralph Whitney Abigail Whitney Samuel Whitney Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney Mary Whitney Diana Whitney Stover Whitney Benjamin Whitney Birth: about 1769 43 34 — Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: Res. Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
16 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rebecca Stinchfield Ephraim Stinchfield Whitney Mehitable Whitney Thomas S. Whitney Abush Whitney Frances Whitney Moses Whitney Ressiah Whitney Moses Whitney Johnson Whitney Nathan Whitney Joseph Whitney Birth: May 1, 1770 44 35 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: Of Phillips, Franklin, ME
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lydia Curtis Eliza Whitney Jacob Whitney John Whitney Isabel Whitney Mercy Whitney Lydia Whitney Samuel Lumbar Whitney Samuel Lumber Whitney Birth: February 6, 1774 48 39 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: October 9, 1846 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Zebulon Colson Thankful Whitney Birth: about 1776 50 41 — Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death:

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mercy Hinckley Abraham Whitney Sarah Whitney Isaac Whitney Rebecca Whitney Rachel Whitney Jacob Whitney Isabel Whitney Nathan Whitney Benjamin Whitney Joseph Whitney Samuel Lumber Whitney Thankful Whitney Family with spouse Jane Brown Benjamin Whitney Birth: May 22, 1725 47 45 — York, York, ME Death: November 8, 1797 — Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Whitney Jane Brown Birth: about 1731 — Of Georgetown, ME Death: about 1751
	Marriage: March 25, 1751 — Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME

Family with Polly Varnum - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polly Varnum Ralph Whitney Abigail Whitney Samuel Whitney Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney Mary Whitney Diana Whitney Stover Whitney Benjamin Whitney Birth: about 1769 43 34 — Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME Death: Res. Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Whitney Ralph Whitney Abigail Whitney Samuel Whitney Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney Mary Whitney Diana Whitney Stover Whitney Polly Varnum Birth: about 1774 — Of Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
	Marriage: November 12, 1795 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ralph Whitney Birth: December 24, 1797 28 23 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
2 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Abigail Whitney Birth: May 6, 1800 31 26 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
10 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Samuel Whitney Birth: March 21, 1801 32 27 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney Birth: February 9, 1804 35 30 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
22 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Colby Mary Whitney Birth: December 6, 1805 36 31 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
14 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Diana Whitney Birth: January 26, 1807 38 33 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susan (--?--) Denham H. Whitney Eunice Whitney Deborah A. Whitney Delia Whitney Olive J. Whitney Stover Whitney Birth: January 13, 1809 40 35 — Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME Death:

Generation 1
1. Benjamin Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney and Mercy Hinckley, was born about 1769 in Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME and died in Res. Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME. He married Polly Varnum on November 12, 1795 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME. She was born about 1774 in Of Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME.
  Children of Benjamin Whitney and Polly Varnum:
  1. Ralph Whitney (1797–)
  2. Abigail Whitney (1800–)
  3. Samuel Whitney (1801–)
  4. Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney (1804–)
  5. Mary Whitney (1805–)
  6. Diana Whitney (1807–)
  7. Stover Whitney (1809–)
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1. Mary Whitney, daughter of Benjamin Whitney and Polly Varnum, was born on December 6, 1805 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME. She married Joseph Colby on December 13, 1828 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME. He was born about 1803 in Prob. Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, ME.
2. Stover Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney and Polly Varnum, was born on January 13, 1809 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME. He married Susan (--?--). She was born on April 5, 1820 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME.
  Children of Stover Whitney and Susan (--?--):
  1. Denham H. Whitney (1839–)
  2. Eunice Whitney (1842–)
  3. Deborah A. Whitney (1843–)
  4. Delia Whitney (1845–)
  5. Olive J. Whitney (1847–)

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Shared note	"Settled in Bowdoin, Me." (Pierce "Whitney Genealogy", p. 62. Provided by: Allan Green [email protected]

Family with parents
father Parents John Whitney Lettice Ford	Benjamin Whitney 1725–1797
mother Parents (unknown)	Mercy Hinckley 1734–1814
elder brother Family Apphia Coombs Peter Whitney Benjamin Whitney Mercy Whitney Thankful Whitney Mehitable Whitney Isaac Whitney Sarah Whitney Thomas Whitney Apphia Whitney Abraham Whitney John Whitney Joseph Stockbridge Whitney	Abraham Whitney 1753–1831
elder sister Family (none)	Sarah Whitney 1755–
elder brother Family Sarah Truant Sarah Whitney Rebecca Whitney Charloe (Elizabeth) Whitney Jonathan Whitney Mary (Anna) Whitney Abraham Whitney Elizabeth Wilson Whitney James Trufant Whitney Anna Gowel Whitney Joseph Whitney Mercy Sutherland Whitney Stephen Whitney Nathan Whitney Abigail Potter Whitney	Isaac Whitney 1757–1850
elder sister Family (none)	Rebecca Whitney 1759–
elder sister Family Miller Hinckley	Rachel Whitney 1761–
elder brother Family Hannah Mills Mary M. Whitney James M. Whitney Christopher Atwood Whitney Patience W. Whitney Joseph T. Whitney Samuel L. Whitney John B. Whitney Josiah S. Whitney	Jacob Whitney 1763–1846
elder sister Family Increase Blethen Thankful Blethen	Isabel Whitney 1765–1843
elder brother Family Sarah Godfrey Abiezar Holbrook Whitney Calvin Whitney John G. Whitney Bathsheba Whitney Rebecca Whitney Otis Whitney Thankful Whitney Elias S. Whitney Hannah Whitney Celinda Whitney Fannie D. Shephard Sarah Elizabeth Whitney Nathan Franklin Whitney Reuel Williams Whitney	Nathan Whitney 1768–1849
himself Family Polly Varnum Ralph Whitney Abigail Whitney Samuel Whitney Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney Mary Whitney Diana Whitney Stover Whitney	Benjamin Whitney 1769–
younger brother Family Rebecca Stinchfield Ephraim Stinchfield Whitney Mehitable Whitney Thomas S. Whitney Abush Whitney Frances Whitney Moses Whitney Ressiah Whitney Moses Whitney Johnson Whitney Nathan Whitney	Joseph Whitney 1770–
younger brother Family Lydia Curtis Eliza Whitney Jacob Whitney John Whitney Isabel Whitney Mercy Whitney Lydia Whitney Samuel Lumbar Whitney	Samuel Lumber Whitney 1774–1846
younger sister Family Zebulon Colson	Thankful Whitney 1776–
Father’s family with Jane Brown
father Parents John Whitney Lettice Ford	Benjamin Whitney 1725–1797
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Jane Brown 1731–1751
Family with Polly Varnum
himself Parents Benjamin Whitney Mercy Hinckley	Benjamin Whitney 1769–
wife Parents (unknown)	Polly Varnum 1774–
son Family (none)	Ralph Whitney 1797–
daughter Family (none)	Abigail Whitney 1800–
son Family (none)	Samuel Whitney 1801–
daughter Family (none)	Peggy (Margaret?) Whitney 1804–
daughter Family Joseph Colby	Mary Whitney 1805–
daughter Family (none)	Diana Whitney 1807–
son Family Susan (--?--) Denham H. Whitney Eunice Whitney Deborah A. Whitney Delia Whitney Olive J. Whitney	Stover Whitney 1809–

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