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Major Abel Whitney 1756–1807 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Mar 1756

Birth Location: Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 2 Mar 1807

Death Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Rev Whitney

Mother: Alice Baker

Spouse(s): Clarissa Waldo

Children(s): Josiah Whitney

Major Abel Whitney was born in 1756 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Rev Aaron Peter Whitney And Alice Whitney Baker. Major Abel Whitney married Clarissa Dwight Whitney Waldo, and had children including Josiah Dwight Whitney. Major Abel Whitney passed away in 1807 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Major Abel Whitney was born in 1756 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Rev Aaron Peter Whitney And Alice Whitney Baker.
  • Major Abel Whitney married Clarissa Dwight Whitney Waldo, and had children including Josiah Dwight Whitney.
  • Major Abel Whitney passed away in 1807 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Major Whitney's Ancestors

Self
Major Whitney
1756–1807
Birth Place: Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Rev Aaron Peter Whitney
1714–1779
Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Alice (Whitney) Baker
1717–1767
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Lt (Moses) Whitney
1689–1778
Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Lydia Taylor
1686–1744
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Joseph Baker
1687–
Alice Jefts
1689–
Great-Grandparents
Moses Whitney
1655–1723
Sarah Knight
1656–1755
Richard (Puritan)
1652–1732
John Jefts
1651–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Martha Coldham\Coldam
1630–1672
Michael Knight
1634–1680
Mary Knight
1639–1711

Major Whitney's Descendants

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Major (Abel) Whitney (15 Mar 1756–2 Mar 1807) m. Clarissa (Dwight Whitney) Waldo (4 Jul 1762–22 Aug 1820)
  1. 1. Josiah (Dwight) Whitney 1786–1869 m. Sarah Williston 1800–1833
    1. 1. William (Dwight) Whitney 1827–1894 m. Elizabeth (Wooster Baldwin) Whitney 1824–1912
      1. 1. Edward (Baldwin) Whitney 1857–1911 m. Anna (Josepha) Whitney 1871–1957
        1. 1. Caroline Whitney 1901–1938
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Baldwin) Whitney 1911–
        3. 3. Hassler Whitney 1907–1989
        4. 4. Roger (Sherman) Whitney 1905– m. Olive Bradley 1910–2004
        5. 5. Simon (Newcomb) Whitney 1903–1982 m. Eunice (Gilbert) Whitney 1919–2012
        6. 6. Sylvia Whitney 1898–1898
        7. 7. William (Dwight) Whitney 1899–1973 m. Adrianne Allen 1907–1993

Major Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1756
15 Mar 1756
Birth of Major Abel Whitney in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1807
2 Mar 1807
Age 51
Death of Major Abel Whitney in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1756
    Event Place: Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1807
    Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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