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From: Cynthia Abbott <>
Subject: Re: Micah and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:18:48 -0400


Hi-- I am also a Whitney decendant --my Whitneys lived in Moose River,Maine
and possibly Jackman,Maine.
Cyn

wrote:

> I do not believe that my Benjamin Morse Whitney6 (Micah5, Abel4,
> Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1) is the one you seek, He was born in Gray,
> ME on 3 Mar 1806, and lived for many years in Phillips, ME. They went
> west and lived in New Mexico from 1869, and returned to Gardiner, ME in
> 1887. He died there 1 May 1890. They had no children named Margaret.
> I believe I may have found your Benjamin of Bowdoin, ME. According to
> F.C. Pierce (from whom everything should be taken with a grain of salt),
> Benjamin5 descends: John1, Benjamin2, John3, Benjamin4. He was the son of
> Benjamin4 and Mercy Hinkley Whitney. Benjamin and Mercy's son Benjamin5
> was born in Lisbon, ME, but Pierce provides no date. However. He does say
> that Benjamin5 settled in Bowdoin. Benjamin4 died in Lisbon Falls 8 Nov
> 1797, so he is probably not the one in Lisbon in the 1810 Census., but
> his son could be the one in Bowdoin. Since Benjamin and Mercy had no
> daughter named Margaret, she may have been the daughter of Benjamin5.
> There is no further mention of Benjamin5 in Pierce's work, but I'm
> pretty sure I have seen a published genealogy of the ancestors of Mercy
> Hinkley somewhere in my travels. It may contain information about her
> children also. I will keep my eyes open for this genealogy and for any
> other info which you may find of use. Good luck in your search.
> Ken Whitney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbr% [SMTP:MIME @INTERNET
> {mbr%}]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 6:18 PM
> To: Whitney, Kenneth L.
> Subject: RE: Micah and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> The Benjamin in Bowdoin was supposed to have married Mercy Hinckley, so
> check yours for that name too. He is mentioned in Robert Ward's DB, but
> his
> children are not there.
>
> Martin
>
> At 03:07 PM 10/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > The Benjamin in this message is Benjamin Morse Whitney, son of Micah
> >Whitney. I remember that he lived in Phillips, ME for quite a few years.
>
>
> >I will have to check my files and see if he lived in either Lisbon or
> >Bowdoin. I may not have that info, however. I'll get back to you.
> > Ken Whitney
> > -----Original Message-----
> >From: mbr% [SMTP:MIME @INTERNET
> >{mbr%}]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 1:58 PM
> >To: Whitney, Kenneth L.
> >Subject: Re: Micah and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > --
> >Hi. I saw your mention of Benjamin Whitney. I have been looking for a
> >Benjamin in Bowdoin who may have been the father of a Margaret Whitney.
>
>
> >In
> >the 1810 census there are two Benjamins, one in Bowdoin and one in
> >Lisbon.
> >I am pretty sure the one in Lisbon is not mine. Which is your Benjamin?
> >
> >
> >Martin Roberts
> >
> >
> >At 05:05 AM 10/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Thanks for the History of Gorham reference. I'm well familiar with it,
>
>
> >
> >
> >>and unfortunately find not much of value in it. The listing of the
> >>children of Micah and Hannah in this history does not convince me that
>
>
> >
> >
> >>they were all born in Gorham, especially since I know that Benjamin was
>
>
> >
> >
> >>born in Gray, ME. The Gorham vital records contain a record of the
> >births
> >>of only the first six children, and a complete registration of the
> whole
> >
> >
> >>family was never made in Gorham, as it was in Phillips, ME.
> >>
> >> While Micah served in the Revolutionary War, I can find no evidence
> >that
> >>he ever served in the War of 1812. By the year 1812, Micah would have
> >>been 60 years old, a fairly advanced age for a soldier, but not out of
>
>
> >
> >
> >>the realm of possibility. A more convincing fact is that in his sworn
> >>deposition documenting his military service that accompanied his
> >>application for a military pension, no mention is made of service in
> the
> >
> >
> >>War of 1812. The pension application is dated April 22, 1818. I believe
>
>
> >
> >
> >>that he would have received a larger pension if he also documented
> >>serving in the War of 1812, so I see no reason to omit this service
> from
> >
> >
> >>his testimony. I can't find a record of a Micah Whitney on the rolls in
>
>
> >
> >
> >>the War of 1812, but there may have been. I just don't believe it was
>
>
> >our
> >>Micah.
> >>
> >> As to the deaths of Micah and Hannah Whitney, McLellan has them
> >>incorrectly listed also. Both Micah and Hannah Cobb Whitney died in
> >>Phillips, ME. He died 4 Sept 1832, and she died
> >>5 Dec 1833. They are buried in unmarked, but I believe identifiable,
> >>graves on the banks of the Sandy River near Phillips, opposite what was
>
>
> >
> >
> >>once known as the Rufus Bean Farm. They lived there with their son,
> >>Benjamin Morse Whitney.
> >>
> >> Which returns me to the five children of unknown birthplace.
> Otisfield,
> >
> >
> >>or somewhere nearby, just seems to me to fit, but I may never prove it.
>
>
> >
> >
> >>It is known that Micah worked on the road in Otisfield in 1779, and
> >>actually lived on a piece of land he owned there for a short period of
>
>
> >
> >
> >>time in 1782. However, he returned to Gorham before the birth of his
> >son,
> >>William, in 1783. Where they lived between 1791 when Ebenezer was born
>
>
> >in
> >>Gorham, and 1806 when Benjamin was born in Gray, I do not know, but
> sure
> >
> >
> >>would like to learn.
> >>
> >> Ken Whitney
> >> Silver Spring, MD
> >>
> >

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