Hannah CobbAge: 71 years1762–1833

Name
Hannah Cobb
Given names
Hannah
Surname
Cobb
Birth March 28, 1762
Of Gorham, Cumberland, ME

MarriageMicah Whitney — View this family
November 29, 1779 (Age 17 years)
Gorham, Cumberland, ME

Shared note: Vital Records of Gorham, Maine. Maine Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 7, Compiled by Marquis F. King, Second Edition. Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1991. Marriage recorded on page 100.
Birth of a daughter
#1		Sally Whitney
January 11, 1781 (Age 18 years)
Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME

Birth of a son
#2		William Peace Whitney
May 3, 1783 (Age 21 years)
Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME

Birth of a daughter
#3		Lydia Whitney
February 8, 1785 (Age 22 years)
Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME

Birth of a son
#4		Joel Whitney
May 7, 1787 (Age 25 years)
Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME

Birth of a daughter
#5		Charlotte Whitney
March 16, 1789 (Age 26 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Birth of a son
#6		Ebenezer Whitney
August 15, 1791 (Age 29 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Birth of a son
#7		Andrew Whitney
May 5, 1794 (Age 32 years)
Phillips, Franklin, ME

Birth of a daughter
#8		Mary Whitney
April 30, 1797 (Age 35 years)
Phillips, Franklin, ME

Birth of a daughter
#9		Joanna Whitney
December 6, 1799 (Age 37 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Birth of a daughter
#10		Happy Whitney
November 1, 1801 (Age 39 years)
Phillips, Franklin, ME

Birth of a son
#11		Nahum Whitney
October 11, 1803 (Age 41 years)
Phillips, Franklin, ME

Marriage of a childWilliam Peace Whitney — Sarah Frank — View this family
about 1805 (Age 42 years)
Prob. Phillips, Franklin, ME

Birth of a son
#12		Benjamin M. Whitney
March 19, 1806 (Age 43 years)
Gray, Cumberland Co., ME

Marriage of a childJoel Whitney — Sally Dyer — View this family
1815 (Age 52 years)

Marriage of a childAndrew Whitney — Huldah Sweetser — View this family
about 1817 (Age 54 years)
Prob. Phillips, Franklin, ME

Shared note: Andrew seemingly born in Phillips, and his first child was born in Phillips in March of 1818, thus the assumption that they were married there.
Marriage of a childCaleb Barker Sylvester — Joanna Whitney — View this family
September 10, 1818 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childSamuel W. Phoenix — Happy Whitney — View this family
May 18, 1821 (Age 59 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Marriage of a childWilliam Peace Whitney — Nancy J. Carlton — View this family
August 27, 1823 (Age 61 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Marriage of a childBenjamin M. Whitney — Susan Wells — View this family
September 26, 1830 (Age 68 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

Death of a husbandMicah Whitney
September 4, 1832 (Age 70 years)
Phillips, Franklin, ME

Death December 5, 1833 (Age 71 years)
Phillips, Franklin Co., ME

LDS baptism

Family with parents - View this family
Marriage: —
herself
Hannah Cobb
Birth: March 28, 1762 — Of Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Death: December 5, 1833 — Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Family with Micah Whitney - View this family
husband
Micah Whitney
Birth: December 11, 1752 40 38 — York, York, ME
Death: September 4, 1832 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
herself
Hannah Cobb
Birth: March 28, 1762 — Of Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Death: December 5, 1833 — Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Marriage: November 29, 1779 — Gorham, Cumberland, ME
13 months
daughter
Sally Whitney
Birth: January 11, 1781 28 18 — Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
Death:
2 years
son
William Peace Whitney
Birth: May 3, 1783 30 21 — Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
Death: December 19, 1863 — Cortland, Decalb Co., IL
21 months
daughter
Lydia Whitney
Birth: February 8, 1785 32 22 — Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
Death:
2 years
son
Joel Whitney
Birth: May 7, 1787 34 25 — Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
Death: March 22, 1852 — St. Paul, MN
22 months
daughter
Charlotte Whitney
Birth: March 16, 1789 36 26 — Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Death:
2 years
son
Ebenezer Whitney
Birth: August 15, 1791 38 29 — Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Death: November 18, 1874 — Freeman, Franklin Co., ME
3 years
son
Andrew Whitney
Birth: May 5, 1794 41 32 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death: about 1880
3 years
daughter
Mary Whitney
Birth: April 30, 1797 44 35 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death:
3 years
daughter
Joanna Whitney
Birth: December 6, 1799 46 37 — Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Death: April 17, 1862 — Mifflin, Iowa Co., WI
23 months
daughter
Happy Whitney
Birth: November 1, 1801 48 39 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death:
23 months
son
Nahum Whitney
Birth: October 11, 1803 50 41 — Phillips, Franklin, ME
Death:
2 years
son
Benjamin M. Whitney
Birth: March 19, 1806 53 43 — Gray, Cumberland Co., ME
Death: 1890

  1. Generation 1

    1. Hannah Cobb, daughter of , was born on March 28, 1762 in Of Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on December 5, 1833 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME at the age of 71. She married Micah Whitney, son of Abel Whitney and Mary Cane, on November 29, 1779 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. He was born on December 11, 1752 in York, York, ME and died on September 4, 1832 in Phillips, Franklin, ME at the age of 79.

      Children of Hannah Cobb and Micah Whitney:

      1. Sally Whitney (1781–)
      2. William Peace Whitney (1783–1863)
      3. Lydia Whitney (1785–)
      4. Joel Whitney (1787–1852)
      5. Charlotte Whitney (1789–)
      6. Ebenezer Whitney (1791–1874)
      7. Andrew Whitney (1794–1880)
      8. Mary Whitney (1797–)
      9. Joanna Whitney (1799–1862)
      10. Happy Whitney (1801–)
      11. Nahum Whitney (1803–)
      12. Benjamin M. Whitney (1806–1890)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Sally Whitney, daughter of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on January 11, 1781 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME. She married James Humphrey.

      Children of Sally Whitney and James Humphrey:

      1. Mary Humphrey (1805–)
      2. Betsey Humphrey (1807–)

    2. William Peace Whitney, son of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on May 3, 1783 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME and died on December 19, 1863 in Cortland, Decalb Co., IL at the age of 80. He married 2 times. The first time he married Sarah Frank about 1805 in Prob. Phillips, Franklin, ME. She was born on January 25, 1789 in Prob. Gray, Cumberland Co., ME and died on August 20, 1815 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME at the age of 26. The second time he married Nancy J. Carlton on August 27, 1823 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME. She was born on November 30, 1806 in Cumberland Co., ME and died on January 3, 1902 in Marysville, Marshall Co., KS at the age of 95.

      Children of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank:

      1. Sally (Kathy) Whitney (1806–1886)
      2. A Son Whitney (1807–1807)
      3. Happy Whitney (1808–)
      4. William P. Whitney (1810–)
      5. Huldy Whitney (1812–)
      6. Elmira (Elenna) Whitney (1813–)
      7. Hannah Whitney (1815–)

      Children of William Peace Whitney and Nancy J. Carlton:

      1. Hiram Whitney (1825–1825)
      2. Nancy Peace Whitney (1827–1912)
      3. Philemon Whitney (1828–1828)
      4. Hiram E. Whitney (1832–)
      5. Philena Whitney (1835–1851)
      6. George Washington Whitney (1837–1930)

    3. Joel Whitney, son of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on May 7, 1787 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME and died on March 22, 1852 in St. Paul, MN at the age of 64. He married 3 times. The first time he married Sally Dyer in 1815. She was born on November 10, 1797 and died on April 6, 1834 at the age of 36. The second time he married Sarah Crompton. The third time he married Betsey Chase.

      Children of Joel Whitney and Sally Dyer:

      1. Julia Whitney
      2. E. S. Whitney
      3. Sophie D. Whitney (1816–)
      4. Charles Thaxter Whitney (1817–)
      5. Julian A. Whitney (1820–1834)
      6. Joel Emmon Whitney (1822–)
      7. Eliza Jane Whitney (1824–)
      8. Sarah Gustava Whitney (1827–)
      9. Andrew Jackson Whitney (1829–)
      10. Eliab Luthum Whitney (1831–)

    4. Ebenezer Whitney, son of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on August 15, 1791 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on November 18, 1874 in Freeman, Franklin Co., ME at the age of 83. He married Dorcas Drury Parlin on December 26, 1842 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME. She was born in 1812 and died in 1894 in Franklin, Norfolk Co., MA at the age of 82.

      Children of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin:

      1. Simon Parlin Whitney
      2. John Drury Whitney (1843–1933)
      3. Charles Edgar Whitney (1846–1894)
      4. Myra A. Whitney (1850–)

    5. Andrew Whitney, son of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on May 5, 1794 in Phillips, Franklin, ME and died about 1880. He married Huldah Sweetser about 1817 in Prob. Phillips, Franklin, ME. She was born on February 20, 1796.

      Children of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser:

      1. Jane Rideout Whitney (1818–1870)
      2. Cynthia Whitney (1819–)
      3. Andrew Whitney (1822–1832)
      4. Betsey Roberts Whitney (1826–)
      5. Mary Whitney (1827–)
      6. John Sweetser Whitney (1829–)
      7. Lileus Whitney (1831–)
      8. Phebe French Whitney (1833–)
      9. Huldah Whitney (1835–1879)

    6. Mary Whitney, daughter of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on April 30, 1797 in Phillips, Franklin, ME. She married Rueben Smith.

    7. Joanna Whitney, daughter of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on December 6, 1799 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on April 17, 1862 in Mifflin, Iowa Co., WI at the age of 62. She married Caleb Barker Sylvester on September 10, 1818. He was born on August 9, 1793 in Bath, Sagadahoc Co., ME and died on February 16, 1868 in Mifflin, Iowa Co., WI at the age of 74.

      Children of Joanna Whitney and Caleb Barker Sylvester:

      1. Eben Whitney Sylvester (1820–1906)
      2. Eliza Anne Sylvester (1822–1902)
      3. Lydia Sylvester (1824–1853)
      4. Sylvanus Sylvester (1825–1865)
      5. George Sylvester (1828–)
      6. Charles Carroll Sylvester (1830–1908)
      7. Caleb , Jr. Sylvester (1832–)
      8. Franklin Sylvester (1834–1864)
      9. Attila Sylvester (1836–)
      10. Abigail Frances Sylvester (1839–1895)
      11. John Fairfield Sylvester (1841–)
      12. L. Emma Sylvester (1843–)

    8. Happy Whitney, daughter of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on November 1, 1801 in Phillips, Franklin, ME. She married Samuel W. Phoenix on May 18, 1821 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME.

      Children of Happy Whitney and Samuel W. Phoenix:

      1. Hannah Eliza Phoenix
      2. Sarah Jane Phoenix
      3. Mary Ann Phoenix (1822–)

    9. Benjamin M. Whitney, son of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, was born on March 19, 1806 in Gray, Cumberland Co., ME and died in 1890 at the age of 83. He married Susan Wells on September 26, 1830 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME. She was born in 1806 and died in 1892 at the age of 86.

      Children of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells:

      1. Phebe Coble Whitney (1831–)
      2. Royal Thaxter Whitney (1832–)
      3. Martin Vanburen Whitney (1834–)
      4. Susan Melvina Whitney (1836–)
      5. Mary Clementine Whitney (1838–1916)
      6. Joseph Clement Whitney (1838–)
      7. Dexter Benjamin Whitney (1841–)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Sally (Kathy) Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank, was born on January 31, 1806 in Gray, Cumberland Co., ME and died in 1886 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME at the age of 79.

    2. Happy Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank, was born on June 14, 1808 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    3. Huldy Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank, was born on March 5, 1812 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    4. Elmira (Elenna) Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank, was born on November 13, 1813 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    5. Hannah Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Sarah Frank, was born on August 4, 1815 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    6. Nancy Peace Whitney, daughter of William Peace Whitney and Nancy J. Carlton, was born on April 14, 1827 in Phillips, Franklin, ME and died on February 11, 1912 in Sycamore, Dekalb Co., IL at the age of 84.

    7. Hiram E. Whitney, son of William Peace Whitney and Nancy J. Carlton, was born on April 12, 1832 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    8. George Washington Whitney, son of William Peace Whitney and Nancy J. Carlton, was born on December 8, 1837 in Phillips, Franklin, ME and died on October 30, 1930 in Chanute, Neosho Co., KS at the age of 92.

    9. E. S. Whitney, son of Joel Whitney and Sally Dyer.

    10. Andrew Jackson Whitney, son of Joel Whitney and Sally Dyer, was born on April 20, 1829 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME.

    11. John Drury Whitney, son of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin, was born on October 21, 1843 and died in 1933 at the age of 89.

    12. Charles Edgar Whitney, son of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin, was born on December 2, 1846 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on August 13, 1894 at the age of 47.

    13. Myra A. Whitney, daughter of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin, was born on September 29, 1850 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME.

    14. Jane Rideout Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on March 4, 1818 in Phillips, Franklin, ME and died on November 1, 1870 at the age of 52.

    15. Cynthia Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on October 18, 1819 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME.

    16. Betsey Roberts Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on January 4, 1826 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    17. Mary Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on September 18, 1827 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    18. Phebe French Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on August 23, 1833 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    19. Huldah Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney and Huldah Sweetser, was born on September 7, 1835 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died in 1879 at the age of 43.

    20. Eben Whitney Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on August 25, 1820 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died in 1906 at the age of 85.

    21. Eliza Anne Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on May 23, 1822 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on January 15, 1902 in Menno, Hutchinson Co., WI at the age of 79.

    22. Lydia Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1824 and died in 1853 at the age of 29.

    23. George Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1828.

    24. Charles Carroll Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1830 in Maine and died in 1908 at the age of 78.

    25. Caleb , Jr. Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1832.

    26. Franklin Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1834 and died in 1864 at the age of 30.

    27. Attila Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1836.

    28. Abigail Frances Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on April 29, 1839 in Maine and died on March 2, 1895 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO at the age of 55.

    29. John Fairfield Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1841.

    30. L. Emma Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1843.

    31. Phebe Coble Whitney, daughter of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born on February 24, 1831 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    32. Royal Thaxter Whitney, son of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born on July 29, 1832 in Phillips, Franklin, ME.

    33. Martin Vanburen Whitney, son of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born on June 21, 1834 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME.

    34. Susan Melvina Whitney, daughter of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born on May 28, 1836 in Rangeley, Franklin Co., ME.

    35. Mary Clementine Whitney, daughter of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born on February 26, 1838 in Rangeley, Franklin Co., ME and died in 1916 at the age of 77.

    36. Dexter Benjamin Whitney, son of Benjamin M. Whitney and Susan Wells, was born in December 1841 in Rangeley, Franklin Co., ME.

Marriage
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Vital Records of Gorham, Maine. Maine Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 7, Compiled by Marquis F. King, Second Edition. Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1991. Marriage recorded on page 100.

Shared note

(1) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC.

(2) Listed in Daughters of the American Revolution membership record 717023 (issued 1988).

(3) The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Pages 438, 829, 833-834.

(4) Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 63-73.

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