Abner WhitneyAge: 68 years1734–1802
- Name
- Abner Whitney
- Given names
- Abner
- Surname
- Whitney
| Birth | January 21, 1734 35 33 |
| Marriage | Sarah Hilton — View this family June 21, 1753 (Age 19 years) Shared note: Abner Whitney of District of Shirley and Sarah Hilton of Lunenburg were married June 21st 1753 by the Rev. David Stearns, minister of Lunenburg. - Entry in the Lunenburg Vital Records.
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Knight March 23, 1755 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Abner Whitney October 22, 1755 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Uriel Whitney September 11, 1757 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Samuel Whitney 1759 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Amaziah Whitney about 1760 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Elijah Whitney about 1762 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a sister | Beulah Whitney February 7, 1763 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Beulah B. Whitney about May 1764 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | William Whitney September 15, 1765 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | John Whitney about 1765 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Sarah Hilton Whitney before 1767 (Age 32 years) |
| Christening of a son | Elijah Whitney August 1769 (Age 35 years) |
| Christening of a son | William Whitney August 1769 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Whitney May 17, 1771 (Age 37 years) |
| Christening of a son | Amaziah Whitney August 4, 1771 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Mary Whitney January 12, 1774 (Age 39 years) |
| Christening of a daughter | Mary Whitney September 25, 1774 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebeckah Whitney July 27, 1780 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Whitney — Hannah Thompson — View this family March 24, 1781 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Uriel Whitney — Lydia Whitmore — View this family December 16, 1784 (Age 50 years) Shared note: Previous submission to Whitny11 had marrage date as 1787, but above date is in the Gorham VR's.
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| Marriage of a child | Jonathan Britton — Beulah B. Whitney — View this family 1785 (Age 50 years) Shared note: History of Otisfield, Cumberland Co., ME, by William S. Spur.
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| Marriage of a child | Jabez Page Bradbury — Sarah Hilton Whitney — View this family May 27, 1786 (Age 52 years) Shared note: Sources: Some Early Buxton, Maine Marriages, 1764-1786; Down East Ancestry Vol. 5, June 1981, p. 143; and William Berry Latham's "Bradbury Memorial", Brown Thurston Co., Portland, ME, 1890, entry #296.
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| Marriage of a child | William Whitney — Hannah Bangs — View this family October 11, 1792 (Age 58 years) Shared note: Husband identified as being "of Limington" in the Gorham VR notice of the intent for marriage.
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| Marriage of a child | Amaziah Whitney — Sarah Boynton — View this family about 1800 (Age 65 years) Shared note: Source for marriage: Hotchin, A. "History of Otsego Co., NY", p. 177.
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| Death | March 5, 1802 (Age 68 years) |
| Burial | July 23, 1997 (195 years after death) |
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| Family with parents |
| father |
John Whitney Birth: December 6, 1698 27 23 — Cambridge Farms, Middlesex, MA Death: about 1765 |
| mother |
Rebeckah Whitney Birth: about 1701 45 44 — Of Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: July 27, 1780 — Harvard, MA |
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Marriage: May 20, 1724 — Lancaster, Worcester, MA |
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10 months elder brother |
John Whitney Birth: March 20, 1725 26 24 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: |
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23 months elder sister |
Sarah Whitney Birth: February 5, 1727 28 26 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: May 17, 1771 — Townsend, MA |
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3 years elder sister |
Beulah Whitney Birth: January 23, 1730 31 29 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: February 7, 1763 — Shirley, MA |
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19 months elder brother |
Ezra Whitney Birth: August 24, 1731 32 30 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: |
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2 years himself |
Abner Whitney Birth: January 21, 1734 35 33 — Still River (Lancaster/Harvard), MA Death: March 5, 1802 — Falmouth, ME |
| Family with Sarah Hilton |
| himself |
Abner Whitney Birth: January 21, 1734 35 33 — Still River (Lancaster/Harvard), MA Death: March 5, 1802 — Falmouth, ME |
| wife |
Sarah Hilton Birth: June 6, 1734 — Boston, MA Death: November 9, 1815 — N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME |
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Marriage: June 21, 1753 — Lunenburg, MA |
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2 years son |
Abner Whitney Birth: October 22, 1755 21 21 — Shirley, MA Death: September 1810 — Pasquotank Co., NC |
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23 months son |
Uriel Whitney Birth: September 11, 1757 23 23 — Shirley, Middlesex, MA Death: November 10, 1835 — North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME |
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2 years son |
Samuel Whitney Birth: 1759 24 24 — Lunenburg, Worcester, MA Death: September 25, 1835 |
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2 years son |
Amaziah Whitney Birth: about 1760 25 25 Death: March 6, 1842 — Maryland, Otsego, NY |
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3 years son |
Elijah Whitney Birth: about 1762 27 27 Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Beulah B. Whitney Birth: about May 1764 30 29 — ? Shirley, MA Death: October 11, 1850 — Otisfield, ME |
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16 months son |
William Whitney Birth: September 15, 1765 31 31 — Shirley, Middlesex, MA Death: March 22, 1836 — Standish, ME |
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2 years daughter |
Sarah Hilton Whitney Birth: before 1767 32 32 — ? Shirley, MA Death: Athens, ME |
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7 years daughter |
Mary Whitney Birth: January 12, 1774 39 39 — ? Shirley, MA Death: October 25, 1850 |
| son |
Barzillai Whitney Burial: August 27, 1996 |
- Generation 1
Abner Whitney, son of John Whitney and Rebeckah Whitney, was born on January 21, 1734 in Still River (Lancaster/Harvard), MA and died on March 5, 1802 in Falmouth, ME at the age of 68. He married Sarah Hilton, daughter of , on June 21, 1753 in Lunenburg, MA. She was born on June 6, 1734 in Boston, MA and died on November 9, 1815 in N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME at the age of 81.
Children of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton:
- Abner Whitney (1755–1810)
- Uriel Whitney (1757–1835)
- Samuel Whitney (1759–1835)
- Amaziah Whitney (1760–1842)
- Elijah Whitney (1762–)
- Beulah B. Whitney (1764–1850)
- William Whitney (1765–1836)
- Sarah Hilton Whitney (1767–)
- Mary Whitney (1774–1850)
- Barzillai Whitney (–1996)
- Generation 2back to top
Abner Whitney, son of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born on October 22, 1755 in Shirley, MA and died in September 1810 in Pasquotank Co., NC at the age of 54. He married Polly …. She died about 1829 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina.
Children of Abner Whitney and Polly …:
- Abner Didymus Whitney (–1997)
- William Didymus Whitney (–1997)
- Joshua Paine Whitney
- Franklin Whitney (–1997)
- Sallie Hilton Whitney (–1997)
Uriel Whitney, son of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born on September 11, 1757 in Shirley, Middlesex, MA and died on November 10, 1835 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME at the age of 78. He married 2 times. The first time he married Lydia Whitmore, daughter of Samuel Whitmore and Mary Whitney, on December 16, 1784 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She was born on August 5, 1765 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on March 6, 1818 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME at the age of 52. The second time he married Betsey Mosher Lathrop on August 7, 1819 in North Yarmouth, ME. She was born about 1780 in Of Gorham, ME and died on February 4, 1849 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME.
Children of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore:
- Statira Whitney (1785–1785)
- Mary Whitney (1787–1824)
- Statira Whitney (1789–1794)
- Joel Whitney (1791–1812)
- Beulah B. Whitney (1793–1879)
- Betsey Whitney (1795–1849)
- Sally H. Whitney (1796–1827)
- Harriet Whitney (1798–1843)
- Charlotte Whitney (1800–1851)
- Statira Whitney (1802–1878)
- Uriel Whitney (1804–1881)
- Lewis Whitney (1806–1857)
Samuel Whitney, son of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born in 1759 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA and died on September 25, 1835 at the age of 76. He married Hannah Thompson on March 24, 1781 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She was born in 1760 in Of Buxton, Cumberland, ME and died in 1814 at the age of 54.
Children of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson:
- Samuel Whitney (1782–)
- Stephen Whitney (1784–1858)
- William Whitney (1786–1852)
- Barzelia Whitney (1788–1997)
- Polly Whitney (1792–)
- Dorcas Whitney (1794–1870)
- Sarah Whitney (1797–1868)
- Ephraim Whitney (1799–1879)
- Greenleaf Whitney (1803–1996)
Amaziah Whitney, son of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born about 1760 and died on March 6, 1842 in Maryland, Otsego, NY. He married Sarah Boynton about 1800 in Otsego Co., NY. She was born about 1780 in Hampshire Co., MA.
Children of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton:
- Abner Whitney (1801–)
- Amaziah Whitney (1803–1835)
- Arathusa Whitney (1804–)
- Polly Whitney (1806–1835)
- Caleb B. Whitney (1809–)
- Nathan Whitney (1814–1884)
- Nathaniel Whitney (1818–)
- Sallie Whitney
- Betsey Whitney
- Marchia Whitney
- William E. Whitney
- Lucretia Whitney
Beulah B. Whitney, daughter of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born about May 1764 in ? Shirley, MA and died on October 11, 1850 in Otisfield, ME. She married Jonathan Britton in 1785 in Otisfield, ME. He was born about 1760 and died on November 26, 1844 in Otisfield, ME.
William Whitney, son of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born on September 15, 1765 in Shirley, Middlesex, MA and died on March 22, 1836 in Standish, ME at the age of 70. He married Hannah Bangs, daughter of , on October 11, 1792 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME. She was born on April 19, 1775 in Gorham, ME and died on December 15, 1861 in Standish, ME at the age of 86.
Children of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs:
- Daniel Whitney (1793–1873)
- William Whitney (1795–1859)
- Mary Whitney (1798–1835)
- Sarah H. Whitney (1800–)
- Abner Whitney (1802–1890)
- Thankful H. Whitney (1805–1841)
- Herman B. Whitney (1807–1874)
- Hannah Bangs Whitney (1810–1886)
Sarah Hilton Whitney, daughter of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born before 1767 in ? Shirley, MA and died in Athens, ME. She married Jabez Page Bradbury on May 27, 1786 in Buxton/Limerick, ME. He was born on January 14, 1763 in Buxton, ME [?].
Children of Sarah Hilton Whitney and Jabez Page Bradbury:
Mary Whitney, daughter of Abner Whitney and Sarah Hilton, was born on January 12, 1774 in ? Shirley, MA and died on October 25, 1850 at the age of 76. She married Stephen Howard Horseley. He was born on September 1, 1772 and died on March 3, 1847 at the age of 74.
Children of Mary Whitney and Stephen Howard Horseley:
- Mary Horseley (1798–1875)
- William Horseley (1806–1808)
- Sally Hilton Horseley (1808–1887)
- Beulah Britton Horseley (1811–)
- Generation 3back to top
Sallie Hilton Whitney, daughter of Abner Whitney and Polly …, was born in ?north Carolina and was buried on January 13, 1997.
Mary Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on January 21, 1787 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on May 2, 1824 in ?durham, ME at the age of 37.
Beulah B. Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on June 3, 1793 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on April 21, 1879 at the age of 85.
Betsey Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on May 27, 1795 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died in February 1849 in ?freeport, ME at the age of 53.
Sally H. Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on December 16, 1796 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on May 20, 1827 in Pownal, ME at the age of 30.
Harriet Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on April 28, 1798 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME and died on July 30, 1843 in Pownal, ME at the age of 45.
Charlotte Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on May 12, 1800 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME and died on July 6, 1851 in North Yarmouth, ME at the age of 51.
Statira Whitney, daughter of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on April 26, 1802 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME and died on July 21, 1878 in Pownal, ME at the age of 76.
Uriel Whitney, son of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on July 4, 1804 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME and died in 1881 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME at the age of 76.
Lewis Whitney, son of Uriel Whitney and Lydia Whitmore, was born on September 21, 1806 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME and died about May 13, 1857 in No. Yarmouth, ME.
Stephen Whitney, son of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson, was born on May 4, 1784 in Falmouth, ME and died on December 7, 1858 in Salem, ME at the age of 74.
William Whitney, son of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson, was born on July 25, 1786 in Falmouth, Maine and died on May 24, 1852 in Limestone, Maine at the age of 65.
Dorcas Whitney, daughter of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson, was born on September 16, 1794 and died on July 11, 1870 in Freeman, ME at the age of 75.
Sarah Whitney, daughter of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson, was born on May 30, 1797 and died on August 16, 1868 in Freeman, ME at the age of 71.
Ephraim Whitney, son of Samuel Whitney and Hannah Thompson, was born on September 22, 1799 in Falmouth, Maine and died on April 6, 1879 in Santa Cruz, CA at the age of 79.
Abner Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on February 2, 1801.
Amaziah Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on July 22, 1803 and died on August 7, 1835 at the age of 32.
Arathusa Whitney, daughter of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on July 24, 1804.
Caleb B. Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on February 16, 1809.
Nathan Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on February 16, 1814 in Otsego Co., NY and died on April 14, 1884 in Luzerne Co., PA at the age of 70.
Nathaniel Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton, was born on June 15, 1818.
Sallie Whitney, daughter of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton.
Betsey Whitney, daughter of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton.
Marchia Whitney, daughter of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton.
William E. Whitney, son of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton.
Lucretia Whitney, daughter of Amaziah Whitney and Sarah Boynton.
Daniel Whitney, son of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born on January 22, 1793 in Limington, ME and died on March 24, 1873 in Hiram, ME at the age of 80.
William Whitney, son of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born on January 3, 1795 in Limington, ME and died on May 4, 1859 in Convene Section Of Sebago, ME at the age of 64.
Mary Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born on April 27, 1798 in Standish, ME and died on January 22, 1835 in Standish, ME at the age of 36.
Sarah H. Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born about 1800 in Standish, ME.
Abner Whitney, son of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born about 1802 in Standish, ME and died on February 7, 1890 in Baldwin, ME.
Thankful H. Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born on October 14, 1805 in Standish, ME and died on July 6, 1841 in Standish, ME at the age of 35.
Hannah Bangs Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Hannah Bangs, was born on October 31, 1810 in Standish, ME and died on December 8, 1886 in Standish, ME at the age of 76.
Abner Bradbury, son of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney, was born about 1787.
Sarah Bradbury, daughter of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney, was born about 1790.
Mary Bradbury, daughter of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney.
Anna Bradbury, daughter of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney.
Lucy Bradbury, daughter of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney.
Lucinda Bradbury, daughter of Jabez Page Bradbury and Sarah Hilton Whitney.
Mary Horseley, daughter of Stephen Howard Horseley and Mary Whitney, was born on October 21, 1798 in Boston, MA and died on May 22, 1875 at the age of 76.
Sally Hilton Horseley, daughter of Stephen Howard Horseley and Mary Whitney, was born on December 21, 1808 and died in May 1887 at the age of 78.
Beulah Britton Horseley, daughter of Stephen Howard Horseley and Mary Whitney, was born on April 1, 1811.
| Marriage | Abner Whitney of District of Shirley and Sarah Hilton of Lunenburg were married June 21st 1753 by the Rev. David Stearns, minister of Lunenburg. - Entry in the Lunenburg Vital Records. |
| Shared note | After marriage, lived for a few years in Shirley, then a district of Groton, MA.[4] Listed in Sheldon's "A History of Deerfield Massachusetts" as residing in that town in 1767, with wife Sarah and ch. Abner, Uriel, Ely, Beulah and Sarah.[5] {Note: I question the accuracy of this list of children, since William is missing and sources prove birth in 1765, Samuel and Amaziah are missing and reliable sources state Samuel b. 1759 and Amaziah b. ca 1760. It's believeable that they might leave the two older children behind with a relative, but not two year old William.[6]} From Shirley (also given as Groton) Private, Lieut. Nathaniel Sartell's Co., Col. William Prescott's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service, 91 days; also, Capt. Ephraim Corey's Co., Col. Prescott's regt.; company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775, and endorsed "The late Capt. Parker's" Co.; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 31, 1775.[7] Enlisted at outbreak of Revolutionary War (May 2, 1775-see above). Residence during service in the War of the Revolution listed as Newton. Son Uriel, in an interview in 1834 states, "Was at the Battle of White Plains in 1776, was discharged in the beginning of 1777 and returned home to Groton".[8] {Note: This would indicate that Abner and Sarah were living in Groton in 1777. The proprietors of Otisfield were mainly from Groton, so that agrees with that theory.[6]} "Moved into Otisfield, ME, from Mass. His dau. Beulah married Capt. Jonathan Britton and was working at Geo. Peirces at the time. Abner had sons Uriah(sic), Samuel, Micah (author's error, not Abner's son[6]), and Elijah, one of whom died in N. Yarmouth (that would be Uriel[6]). Abner Whitney was living at Geo Peirces Dec. 6, 1782-4 and Capt. Britton there made the acquaintence of his dau. Beulah whom he m. in 1785."[9] Found in Boxborough Town Records to have come into the town sometime after March 1785, with "his wife Sarah and Two Children Viz Amaziah & Molly, Last of Newtown"[10] The Hilton family lived in Newton.[11] He later settled and died in Maine. Lived in Shirley, Deerfield and Newtown, MA and Falmouth, ME. Listed as having died in Falmouth, ME,[3] but his grave is not listed in any of the Falmouth cemeteries or any other cemetery in neighboring towns.[12,13] He is not listed in either the 1790 or 1800 Census, and he and his wife do not appear to be included in the households of the known children living in that area of Maine.[6] From HISTORICAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION - LDS History Network: Whitney, Abner (Mass.) Private in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Corporal in Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Sergeant 26th Continental Infantry, 1st of January to 31st December,1776-, Ensign 9th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; resigned 15th December, 1777. Sources from above: 3) Fisher, C. E. & S. G. [compiled by] "Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War-Maine", pub. Nat. Soc. SAR 4) Pierce, F. C., "The Descendants of John Whitney, etc.", Chicago, 1895 5) Sheldon, Geo., "1636 - Pocumtuck - 1886. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Times When and the Peoply by Whom it was Settled, etc. Vol. 1 (1895), Vol. 2 (1896) 371. 6) Research Observation by Janice Grannell Whitaker (primary researcher of this family) 7) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution", Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1900, Vol. 17, pg. 206 8) "Uriel Whitney: A Revolutionary War Veteran's Eye Witness Account of the Battle", Interview, 20 Aug 1834. Original located in John Lewis papers at the Maine Historical Society, published in "North Yarmouth 1680-1980 An Illustrated History", North Yarmouth Historical Society, 1991. 9) Spurr, William S., "History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine, from the original grant to the close of 1944." 1944, p. 639. 10) Town Records of Boxborough, Mass. 11) E-Mail from John Hilton, Newton, MA, Hilton Family Researcher, "Abner and Sarah Hilton Whitney", 29 Jan 1997, to Janice G. Whitaker 12) Ketover, Karen S., "Westbrook Maine Cemeteries", Heritage Books, Inc 1996 13) Willis, William; "Burial Records, 1717-1962, of the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine." 1987 Most of the other sources are subsumed in the structured source listings or the notes for the various children and events. Provided by: Allan Green [email protected] |