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From: Paul & Brenda Nichols <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys Androscoggin, Me
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:00:11 -0700

Hi.

Here are a group of Whitney's from the Maine usgenweb archives of::

Early Families of Sabattus, Androscoggin Co, Maine: formerly part of
Greene, Lewiston,
Lisbon, Bowdoin & West Bowdionham

With the following caveat:

Early Families of Sabattus, Androscoggin Co, Maine: formerly part of
Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon, Bowdoin & West Bowdionham
1st draft by David C. Young
PO Box 152
Danville, Maine 04223

addition and corrections request
(c) 1998 by David C. Young

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WHITNEY Abraham - Born 1752, d 30 Sep 1831 ae 79y s/o ?? Abraham
Whitney m
Apphia Coombs b ??, d 26 Oct 1833 ae 73y. He was a farmer &
revolutionary soldier. [HILLSIDE CEM Lisbon, ME] He was
listed of living on the Little River Plt (Lisbon), ME, in
1790, the count was 1-3-3. Children: Abram m Ann Conant;
Peter b 5 June 1781 m _____ Hinkley; Benjamin b 30 Nov
1782/or 29 Nov 1776 m Bethiah Woodward; Mercy b 15 Jul 1784 m
John Godfrey; Mehitable b 7 Mar 1788, m Jesse Allen, they had
a son: Thomas Allen b 18; Thankful b 18 June 1786; Isaac b 17
Feb 1790, drowned ae 20y; Sarah b 22 Feb 1792, d 20 Feb 1845,

m 1 Jan 1812, William Woodard; Thomas b 23 Jan 1794; Apphia b
21 Dec 1795, d ae 18y ; Abraham Jr b 4 Jul 1798; John b 26
Feb 1800; Joseph Stockbridge b 27 Dec 1802 m Betsey
Philbrook. [VR Lisbon, ME][see p 118 Whitney Genealogy by
Frederick C Pierce, 1895] [235-254 Census 1860 Lisbon, Me]

Abraham Whitney of Plantation of Little River, Lincoln Co
bought land in Bowdoin from Thomas TEBBETS of Bowdoin Lincoln Co in 1797

[Lincoln Co Deed 40-76

Abraham Whitney of Little River a millwright sold to Jacob Whitney of
Little
River a brick layer a tract of land in Little River abutting a road from

Thomas Godfrey's .... in 1796 [Lincoln Co Deeds 36-225]

Abraham Whitney of a place called Little River in Lincoln Co sold to
Thomas GODFREY of Little River, a housewright, the right & priviledge on
the Falls
Commonly known by the name of the Ten Mile Falls on the "Ammascoggin
River"
with one half acre of land adjoining..... 1793 recored 1796 [Lincoln Co
Deed
36-228]

Abraham Whitney of Little River, Lincoln Co sold to Jabez B FLETCHER of
Little
River one half of the priviledge where the new mill now stands (1798)
built
this present season on the Island on Androscoggin at said Little River
together with the NE half of Sawmill & one half of Island below the dam.

[Lincoln Deed 43-42]

Abraham Whitney of Little River, Lincoln CO, sold to James Blethen of
Durham,
Cumberland Co & John Blethen of Plt called Little River, Lincoln Co, one
forth
part of Saw mill now standing on 10 mile Falls in said plt being the
stream
side of the first double saw mill on said falls .... in 1796 ...
records 1797
[Deed 36-227]

Abraham Whitney of Little River Lincoln CO sold to Solomon Tracy,
Nathaniel
Gatchel, & Samuel Tracy all of Durham full 3/16 of a saw mile first
double
sawmill now standing on the 10 mile falls (1796) [Deed 36-288 Lincoln
Co]

Abraham Whitney of Little River bought of Elihu Purrington of a place
called
Little River in Lincoln Co land in Little River ....abutters were
Plymouth
Line; Alexander Sutherland.... in 1798 [Deed 41-132 Lincoln CO]

Abraham Whitney of a place called Little River Lincoln Co sold to Nathan

Whitney of Little River land in Little River abutters: Thomas Godfrey;
Jacob
Whitney; & the Plymouth line ... in 1798 recorded 1799 [Lincoln Co Deed
43-

182]

WHITNEY Abraham Jr - Born ??, d ?? at Lisbon, ME, s/o Abraham
Whitney Sr. Children: ________ m Emery S Warren Esq. of
Durham, ME. *[p 109 Atlas 1873]

WHITNEY Abraham III - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Abraham Whitney III m int 7
Feb 1818, Judith Francis.

WHITNEY Abraham III - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Abraham Whitney III m 14 May
1820,
Ann Conant of Topsham, ME. Children: Rachel b 14 Oct 1820;
Mehitable b 1 Apr 1822; William Woodard b 14 Mar 1825; Apphia
Ann b 20 Jul 1827; Louisa Augusta b 9 Feb 1831. [VR 1-119
Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Albion K P - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Albion K P Whitney m 24 Oct
1847,
Malinda Mountford of Lisbon, ME. [VR] Children: Everett b 19 June
1849. [VR 6-280 Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Asa - Born 1806 at Jay, ME, d ??, s/o Jonathan & Lucy
(Parks) Whitney. Asa Whitney m 15 Nov 1825, Rhoda Blasidell b
15 Dec 1806. Children: Mary Elizabeth b 22 Apr 1827, m Asa
Stone; Frank ; Cooliege; Samuel; Jedidiah.

WHITNEY Augustus - res Sabattus ME, occ' mill operative 1891.

WHITNEY Benjamin - Born 22 May 1725 {Lisbon, ME VR 1-102
states born 2 June 1727} at York, ME, d 1799, or d 8 Nov 1796
ae 70y, [Hillside Cem, Lisbon,ME] owned farm later owned by
Bibber heirs and a portion of the Hewey farm. He had moved
to Lisbon, ME, from New Meadows (Brunswick, ME). He was
counted 3-1-6 in the 1790 Census of Little River Plt
(Lisbon), ME. Benjamin m {25 Jul 1752} Nancy/Mercey/Murcy
Hinkley b 23 Oct 1734 at Brunswick, ME, d 13 Nov 1814 ae 81.
[Hillside Cem, Lisbon,ME] He was part owner & miller of the
gristmill on the Little River. Children: Abramham b 1752, m
Aphia Coombs; Isaac settled in Little River Plt; Jacob b 11
June 1763 at Lisbon, ME, d May 1846 at Phillips, ME, m 11 Jul
1787, Hannah Mills b 17 Jul 1760; Nathan m(1) Sarah Godrey,
m(2) Fanny Shephard; Benjamin settled in Bowdoin, ME; Joseph
settled in Phillips, ME; Samuel b 1774, m Lydia Curtis;
Sarah; Rebecca; Rachel; Thankful b 1777, d 1851 m Zebulon
Courson*; Isabel. [Atlas 1873, Lisbon, ME][see p 61 & 62

Whitney Genealogy by Frederick C Pierce, 1895] *[Bryent's
notes on Webster, ME, AHS]

WHITNEY Benjamin Jr - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Benjamin Whitney Jr of
Little
River Plt (Lisbon Falls) m int 12 Nov 1795, Mary/Polly Varnum of Bowdoin
ME (was she b 1768? at Topsham ME? & d Sept 1849/50, see 1850 Census of
Webster ME).
Children: Ralph b 24 Dec 1797; Abigail b 6 May 1810; Peggy b 9 Feb 1804;
Mary
b 6 Dec 1805; Diana b 26 Jan 1807; Stover b 13 Jan 1809; Samuel b 21 Mar
1801.
[VR Bowdoin, ME] [printed VR Bowdoin ME]

WHITNEY Benjamin (Esq) - Born 29 Nov 1776, d 17/14/15** Nov 1853 ae
72y,[His death notice stated that he died 16th inst (16 Nov 1853) at
Lisbon ME ae 71y] s/o Abraham & Aphia _____. Benjamin Whitney m Bethiah
Woodward b 17 May 1787, at Lisbon, ME, d 3 Nov 1864 ae 77y 5m 16d
[HILLSIDE CEM, Lisbon, ME][see p 226 Whitney Genealogy by Frederick C
Pierce, 1895] Children: Jane Woodard b 25 Oct 1806; Priscilla Woodbury b
22 Dec 1810 m Niah Gould*; Melvin Stow b 9 Oct 1812; Peleg Tolman* b 21
Nov 1814; Joseph Davis b 9 Mar 1816; Blancy Woodard b 22 Jan 1818;
Hezekiah Whittemore b 22 Jan 1820; Stephen Goold b 2 Feb 1822, d 11 Sep
1838 ae 16y; Caroline Godfrey b 9 Aug 1824, d 2 Oct 1833 ae 8y; Octavia
T b 9 Feb 1827 m Albert C Neal Esq*; Charles d 21 Apr 1832 ae 8m. [VR
Lisbon, ME] *[p 109 Atlas 1873][Hillside Cem, Lisbon, ME] **[Garcelon's
notes on Lewiston South Parish MHS][BW death notice in Brunswick
Telegraph 26 Nov 1853]*[Peleg Whitney of Orono, Penobscot Co, ME was
the principal & Nathaniel Wilson & Levi Dennett served as sureties
also of Orono, see Lincoln Co Probate 63-338 the estate of Benjamin
Whitney dated 3 Nov 1856]

WHITNEY David - Born ?? d ?? s/o ?? David Whitney of Bowdoin ME m int
29 Sep 1831, Harriet Wilson of Lisbon ME. [printed VR Bowdoin ME]

WHITNEY David - Born ?? d ?? s/o ?? David Whitney of Bowdoin ME m int
16 May
1835 d/o Joseph & Susan (Reed) Trufant of Lisbon ME [printed VR Bowdoin
ME]

WHITNEY David - Born 1808, d ?? s/o ?? David Whitney m Mary Edgecomb b
1807
of Bowdoinham ME. Children: Susan T b 20 June 1837; Lydia b 27 Sep 1838
at
Webster ME, d 31 Mar 1919 ae 81y 6m at Bowdoin ME, m _______ Johnson;
Harriet
b 7 May 1842; William H b 18 Nov 1844. [VR Webster, ME][285-307 Census
1860
Lisbon, ME][VR Bowdoin ME]

WHITNEY Edward H - Born 29 Oct 1846, d 22 May 1850 s/o ?? Edward Whitney
m
Mary ________ d Apr 1813 ae 35y. [Lisbon Center Cem, Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Ebenezer - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Ebenezer Whitnet m 18 Oct 1833,
Sarah
Small of Bowdoinham, ME [VR 232 Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Eleazer - Born 1785, d ?? s/o ?? Eleazer Whitney m? or his dau:

Abigail b 1809 in MA. [222-242 Census 1860 Lisbon, Me]

WHITNEY Elizabeth - Born ?? at Biddeford, ME, d 15 Jan 1916 at Lisbon,
ME. [VR
Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Frank R - Born 1854, d 1912 s/o ?? Frank Whitney m Annie A
Stevens b
2 Sep 1846 at Smithfield, ME, d 12 Mar 1932 ae 85y 6m 10d, d/o
Benjamin & Mercy (Haines) Stevens. She lived 60y in Lisbon, ME, late of
Waterville, ME. He was a freemason. [Hillside
Cem, Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Herbert Allen - Born ?? d 1918 bro/o Mrs Olis White of Lisbon?
Herbert
Allen Whitney died at the veteran's Home in Napa, CA. He was a soldier
of the
Spanish War. His wife died thirty year before him and was the sister of
the
late Dr Edwin Meader, the dentist. He was also the brother to Mrs
Charles E
Bailey of Freeport & Susie B Whitney of Boston. [Obit issue 20 Sep 1918

Lisbon ENterprise]

WHITNEY Humphrey - Born ?? of Lisbon, ME s/o ?? Humphrey Whitney m int
15
Sep 1822, Almira Dyer of Lewiston, ME.

WHITNEY Increase G - Born 25 Nov 1831, d 26 Dec 1922 at
Lisbon, ME, occ' carpenter s/o Jacob & Mary (Gould) Whitney. Increase
Whitney
of Lisbon ME m 30 Nov 1856 at Webster ME by Jesse Davis Esq, Ellen Maria
Larrabee of Webster ME b 27 Aug 1836, d 28 Jan 1890, He m(2) 1892,
Elizabeth Youland b 1832 d/o Ivory & Ester (Thompson) Emmons of
Lyman/Kennebunkport ME. [VR Lisbon, ME][Davis Cem, Lisbon, ME][146
Census 1860 Webster, ME][Bowdoin ME VR printed][Sabattus ME VR][LFJ 13
Dec 1856]

WHITNEY Isaac - Born 1756, d 29 Jan 1850 ae 93y 8m, s/o
Benjamin & _____ (Hinkley) Whitney. Isaac Whitney of Little River Plt m
22 May
1783, Sarah Truant of Potterstown b ?? d 11 Jul 1846 ae 81y d/o Job &
Cheloa (
) Trufant of Bowdoin ME. They lived at the foot of Rowe's Hill,
Lisbon, ME. [HILLSIDE CEM, Lisbon, ME] The 1790 Census of Bowdoin/
Lisbon counted 1-1-5. Children: Sarah b 2 Oct 1783; Rebecca b 10 Feb
1785;
Charloe/Elizabeth b 22 Oct 1786; Jonathan b 10 June 1788; Mary/Anna b 25
Mar
1790; Abraham b 2 Apr 1792; Elizabeth Tilson b 14 Feb 1794; James
Trufant b 20 Jan 1796; Ann Gowel b 20 Nov 1797; Joseph b 28
June 1800; Mercy Sutherland b 28 Aug 1802; Stephen b 14 Sep
1805; Nathan b 17 Apr 1807; Abigail Potter b 28 Dec 1811. [VR
Lisbon, ME][Atlas 1873] [235-254 Census 1860 Lisbon, Me]
[Lincoln County Pen papers][Bowdoin ME VR printed]

WHITNEY Isaac - Born ?? at Lisbon ME, d ??, s/o ?? Isaac Whitney m
Judah
Frances of Weld ME. Children: J F b ?? at Lisbon ME, d 29 Nov 1895 ae
74y 8m
at East Livermore ME. [VR Brunswick ME page 38][VR E Livermore ME]
WHITNEY Jacob - Born 11 June 1763, d 1846 at Phillips, ME.
1790 Census of Little River Plt (Lisbon) ME, counted 1-1-1.
[see p 118 Whitney Genealogy by F C Pierce] "settled in 1805 at Strong
from
Lisbon ME" [L Peary's Records of Strong ME]

WHITNEY Jacob - Born 14 Oct 1804, d 9 Sep 1889 s/o Samuel & Lydia
(Curtis) Whitney. Jacob Whitney m(1) 18
Jul 1830, Mary Gould b 24 Aug 1806, d 19 Jul 1837, m(2) 19 Sep
1838, Christianna Jordan b 21 Nov 1808, d 29 Apr 1888.
[Lisbon Center Cem] Children: Increase Gould b 25 Nov 1831;
Mary Jane b 29 Mar 1834, m likely 17 June 1854, Thomas
Crowley of Lewiston, ME; Martha McLellan b 20 Sep 1839;
Washington Dain b 29 Dec 1842; Christiana Ann b 20 Mar 1848.
[VR Lisbon, ME][88-92 Census 1860 Lisbon, ME][ACM][see p 228 Whitney Gen
by Pierce 1895]

WHITNEY Jeremiah settled in 1786 Greene Me

WHITNEY John Godfrey b 3 Mar 1798 at Lisbon, ME, d 2 Jul 1883
at Readfield, ME, s/o Nathan & Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney. [see
p 226 Whitney Genealogy by Frederick C Pierce, 1895]

WHITNEY John - Born 1 June 1808, d 2 Oct 1887 s/o ?? John Whitney m 9
APr
1844, Elmira Turner b 1 Feb 1818, d 22 Nov 1902. [Lisbon Center
Cem, Lisbon, ME][VR 249 Lisbon]

WHITNEY John - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? John Whitney m Mary _____.
Children: John
C b 16 Mar 1845; Edward H b 29 Oct 1846. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY John - Born ?? at Lisbon ME d ?? s/o ?? John Whitney m Martha
Hacker
b ?? at Brunswick ME. Children: Elsie E b 29 Jul 1867 at Brunswick ME d
1 Jul
1920 at Livermore Fall ME ae 52-11-2 [Livermore Fall ME VR p 62]

WHITNEY Jonathan Jr - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Jonathan Whitney m Deborah
_____.
The 1790 Census of Bowdoin/Lisbon counted 1-0-0. Children: Susannah b 28
Nov
1792; Amos b 28 Feb 1794; Mitte b 9 May 1796; Betsy b 13 June 1793;
Umphrey b
20 June 1800; Thomas b 15 Apr 1802; Sewel b 10 Jul 1806; Bethiah b 2 Jul

1804; David b 13 Mar 1809; Uriah b 18 Apr 1813. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Joseph - Born ?? at Phillips, ME, d ??, s/o ??. Joseph Whitney m
Jane
Bolan. Children: Columbus b ?? at Phillips, ME, d 10 Aug 1908 at Lisbon,
ME.
[VR Lisbon, ME]
WHITNEY Joseph David - Born 9 Mar 1816, d ?? s/o ?? Joseph Whitney m(1)
Loranda/Zorada Harwood d 21 Sep 184_. Children: Bethiah Ainstruth b
28/23 Sep 1844/5 at Lisbon ME. Children by 2nd, Ann S ______d 8 Apr 1852
ae 22y: Clara E b 19 Mar 1851. [VR Lisbon, ME][Hillside Cem, Lisbon,
ME][281-302 Census 1860 Lisbon, ME]
[letter from Barbara B Safford of Flat Rock NC dated 22 Mar 1991 to
Lisbon TC]

WHITNEY Joseph S - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Joseph Whitney m Betsey
________.
Children: Martha Ann b 14 Oct 1830. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Lemuel L - Born 6 Feb 1774, d ?? s/o ?? Lemuel Whitney m 24 Dec
1801,
Lydia ______ b 30 Jan 1776. Children: Eliza b 25 Sep 1802; Jacob b 14
Oct
1804; John b 1 June 1808; Isabel b 4 Jul 1811; Mercy b 11 Dec 1814;
Lydia b 26
June 1817; Samuel Lumber b 29 Nov 1820. [VR 1-102 Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Lewis - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Lewis Whitney m Cynthia R _____d 4
June
1852 ae 28y. [Lisbon Center Cem, Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Lydia - Born 22 Apr 1792 at Charlestown, MA, d 17 Sep
1869 at Lewiston, ME. [Pleasant Hill Cem, Sabattus, ME]

WHITNEY Martin V B - Born ??, d ae 90y s/o ?? Martin Whitney m
Catherine Pooler, b 1831, d 1906 ae 77y at Sabattus ME. [g.s. Lane Rd,
Greene, ME][see p 100 History of Greene ME by W L Mower 1938]

WHITNEY Nathan - Born ??, d Sep 1849 s/o Benjamin Whitney. Nathan
Whitney m
Sarah Godfrey d 21 Mar 1827, m(2) Fanny Shepard. They lived
in Lisbon, ME where Addison Metcalf later lived. Nathan later
moved to Gardiner, ME. Children: Abiezer H b 29 Mar 1794;
Rebecca S b 1801 m Robert Gould; Bethsheba b 1800; John G b 3
Mar 1798 m Mary Allen; Otis ; Elias S b 1809 m Sarah Godfrey;
Thankful m _______ Kimball; Hannah m ______ Folsom; Calvin;
Selinda m _____ Bragdon; Nathan; Sarah ; Ruel. [p 119
Whitney Genealogy by F C Pierce] [1873 Atlas]

WHITNEY Peter - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Peter Whitney m Lydia (Hinckley).

Children: Bethiah b 25 Mar 1804; Rachell b 18 Feb 1806; Ebenezer F b 13
May 1808; Peace T b 12 Mar 1810; Isaac b 4 Sep 1812; Apphia b
25 Jul 1818. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Reuben - Born 1831, d 1892 s/o ?? Reuben Whitney m(1) Mary E
Allen b 1833, d 1870, m(2) Missa E Cox b 1849, d 1913. Children: Susie A
b 1862, d 1877. [Hillside Cem, Lisbon, ME]
WHITNEY Samuel - Born ??, d 9 Oct 1816 ae 7_y 8m s/o ?? Samuel Whitney
m Cylles _____ d 6 Dec 1848 72y 11m. [Lisbon Center Cem, Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Samuel - Born ??, d ??, s/o Benjamin & _____(Hinkley)
Whitney. Samuel m Lydia Curtis. she took wool on horseback to
Mayall's mill of Lisbon in 1809. Children: Eliza; Jacob b 1804 ; John b
1808, proprietor of Lisbon hotel; Isabel; Mercy; Lydia; Samuel moved to
Wisconsin. [p 119 Whitney Genealogy by F C Pierce][1873 Atlas]

WHITNEY Samuel - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Samuel Whitney m 6 Jan 1846,
Sarah Clark of Lewiston, ME. Children: Harriet b 6 Apr 1847; Samuel b
25 Mar 1848. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Samuel - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Samuel Whitney m ______ Merriman.
Children: Jane M b ?? at Bowdoin, ME, d 22 Feb 1919 ae 76y 2m 20d at
Lewiston, ME. [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Samuel - Born 1837, d 7 Feb 1890 at Auburn, ME, s/o Asa & Rhoda
(Blasidell) Whitney. Samuel Whitney m Minirva S Gallison. Children:
Frank b 1868, d 1938; Mable b 1866, d 1890, m Clinton Sampson.

WHITNEY Sarah A - born 1831, d 1865. Children: Alice b 1854, d 1936, m
________ Ingersoll. [Pleasant Hill Cem, Sabattus, ME]

WHITNEY Thomas - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Thomas Whitney m int 31 Oct 1824,
Susan Cowing of LIsbon, ME [VR Lisbon, ME]

WHITNEY Uriah - Born ?? d ?? s/o ?? Uriah Whitney m 30 Jul 1871, Martha
______ b 12 May 1838 at West Bowdoin, ME, d 1915 at Stayton, Oregon. She
was married before this marriage and had a daughter (Lucy m
_______Mortimer). Children: ______; _____; ______; _______ m Frank
Sihavy of Stayton. [Obit of Martha Whitney 3 Sep 1915 Lisbon Enterprise]

WHITNEY Wallace E - Born ?? at St Albans, ME, d at the house of his
brother in law, Fred G Coombs, ae 51y s/o ?? Wallace E Whitney m 1893,
Mary Rand of Lisbon, ME. He built the grist mill with Jordan Rand Jr in
Lisbon Village. He left behind a step mother, Mrs Thomas Whitney of
Lewiston, ME. He was a member of the Eureka Lodge of K of P & the Pine
Tree Grange. [Obit 16 May 1913 L Enterprise]

WHITNEY Washington - Born ??, d ?? s/o ?? Washington Whitney m Mary E C
_______. Children: Iola Inez b 18 Mar 1863. [VR Lisbon, ME]

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