Joel WHITNEY

Father: Micah WHITNEY
Mother: Hannah COBB

Family 1: Sally DYER

(1) Whitney Research Group: Joel WHITNEY… "married firstly, Jun 1815, Phillips, ME, Sally DYER."

  1. Sophie Dyer WHITNEY
  2. Charles Thaxter WHITNEY
  3. Julian Ann WHITNEY
  4. Joel Emmons WHITNEY
  5. Eliza Jane WHITNEY
  6. Sarah Gustanza WHITNEY
  7. Andrew Jackson WHITNEY
  8. Eliab Latham WHITNEY
  9. Julia WHITNEY
  10. E.S. WHITNEY
Family 2: Sarah RAMSDELL (1) Whitney Research Group: - Joel WHITNEY "…married secondly, 17 Sep 1836, Farmington, ME, "Mrs." Sarah (RAMSDELL) CROMPTON 'of Farmington'." Cited the Vital Records of Farmington Maine.

Family 3: Betsey CHASE

(1) Whitney Research Group: Joel WHITNEY… "He 'of Plymouth' married thirdly, 21 Feb or 23 May 1840, Unity, ME, Betsey (CHASE) AYER 'of Unity'." Cites Marriage Records of Waldo County Maine Prior to 1892. 
                                  _Nathaniel WHITNEY ___
                  _Abel WHITNEY _|
                 |               |_Sarah FORD __________
 _Micah WHITNEY _|
|                |                _Micah CANE __________
|                |_Mary CANE ____|
|                                |______________________
|
|--Joel WHITNEY
|
|                                 _Chipman COBB ________
|                 _Andrew COBB __|
|                |               |_Elizabeth INGERSOLL _
|_Hannah COBB ___|
                 |                _Daniel GREEN ________
                 |_Hannah GREEN _|
                                 |_Mary BLOOM __________

Notes

Updated December 17, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Maine, Birth Records via Ancestry.com

- Child's Name: Joel WHITNEY
- Place of Birth: Gorham, Maine
- Date of Birth: May 7, 1787
- Father's Name: Micah WHITNEY
- Mother's Name: Hannah
- Source of Record: Town Record

(2) 1850 United States Census Maine, Cumberland Co., Ward No. 5 City of Portland: Page 319; August 15, 1850.

Joel WHITNEY is head of household, married to Betsey [CHASE] WHITNEY. He is 63 years old, a grocer, and born in Maine. Joel's daughter from a previous marriage, Eliza J. WHITNEY, is also a resident.

(3) "Town Property for Sale" via Newspapers.com: The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Thu, Jul 10, 1851; Page 3

"Lots in St. Paul proper and in WHITNEY and SMITH's Addition, finely situated for residences and for business, for sale on terms to suit customers. We are also prepared to buy town property. -- Joel WHITNEY and D.A.J. BAKER."

(4) Obituary via Newspapers.com: Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Sat, Mar 27, 1852; Page 2

"Joel WHITNEY, Esq., a much respected and highly useful citizen, who took up his residence with us only a few months since, departed this life on last Monday morning, after a long and painful sickness. Mr. WHITNEY was from the State of Maine, and about sixty-five years of age at his death. The older citizens of St. Paul regarded with confidence and delight his days of useful service in aiding them to build up a new city here, and helping them to instil into the minds of its people all the high-toned and moral attributes essential to real prosperity and happiness. But the Destroyer came ere his career had scarcely begun among his new neighbors. His funeral was attended by the different benevolent orders of which he was a member, and a large concourse of citizens generally."

The newspaper also includes resolutions for "our Beloved Brother, Joel WHITNEY" from the St. Paul Division No. 1, Sons of Temperance, and the Excelsior Club, No. 1, of Temperance Watchmen.

(5) Find a Grave

- Name: Joel WHITNEY
- Birth 1787
- Death: 1852 (aged 64)
- Burial: Riverside Cemetery; Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, USA
- Memorial ID: 42813562

(6) Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection via Ancestry.com:

- Plot: Rows F and G; Lots 8 and 9
- Name: Joel WHITNEY
- Cemetery: Riverside
- Town: Phillips, Franklin Co.
- Others: Sally, wife (no dates); Juliana, daughter (no dates); Sarah, daughter (no dates)

(7) Castle, Henry Anson. "History of St. Paul and Vicinity: A Chronicle of Progress and a Narrative Account of the Industries, Institutions, and People of the City and Its Tributary Territory." Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. Page 1177.

"The father of the subject of this sketch was Joel WHITNEY, an early investor in St. Paul property. The senior WHITNEY was born at Gorham, Maine, May 7, 1787. He was married in June, 1815, at Phillips, Maine, to Sallie DYAR. He was a merchant at Phillips and at Plymouth, and in 1818 removed to Portland. In 1851, he removed to St. Paul, and soon became interested in real estate in large tracts. The addition of Whitney and Smith, in the heart of the present wholesale district, perpetuates his name in the record. He gave to the German Methodist church the lot on Rosabel street, so long occupied by that organization. He was an active temperance worker. He died in this city March 22, 1852, and was buried at Phillips, Maine."

(8) Whitney Research Group.

- "Joel-6 WHITNEY (Micah-5, Abel-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), son of Micah and Hannah (COBB) WHITNEY, was born 7 May 1787, Gorham or Phillips, ME, and died 22 Mar 1852, Saint Paul, MN."
- "He married firstly, Jun 1815, Phillips, ME, Sally Dyer."
- "He married secondly, 17 Sep 1836, Farmington, ME, 'Mrs.' Sarah (RAMSDELL) CROMPTON 'of Farmington'." Cited from Vital Records of Farmington Maine.
- "He 'of Plymouth' married thirdly, 21 Feb or 23 May 1840, Unity, ME, Betsey (CHASE) AYER 'of Unity'." Cites Marriage Records of Waldo County Maine Prior to 1892.
- "He was born in Gorham, ME, married at Phillips, where he was a general merchant. In 1838 he moved to Plymouth, ME, where, after a residence of ten years, he moved to Portland. In 1851, he moved to St. Paul, where he died the following year. He was buried at Phillips."
- Children of Joel WHITNEY and Sally DYER: Sophia Dyer; Charles T.; Julian Ann; Joel Emmons; Eliza Jane; Sarah Gustanza; Andrew Jackson; and Eliab Latham WHITNEY.

(9) Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901. Pages 432-433.

"another son, Joel, became a leading citizen of the town of Phillips, where he operated a store and mill, and served in the Legislature."

(10) The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Page 834.

(11) Vital Records of Gorham, Maine. Maine Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 7, Compiled by Marquis F. King, Second Edition. Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1991. Birth recorded on page 172.

(12) 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. Page 5. Photo of home on 76, photo of church 77.

"both buried behind the church there in Phillips; that Joel built. Joel was first postmaster of Phillips, town clerk in 1819- built town church and school. There is a monument behind the church where they and 2 of their children are buried. Moved to Plymouth, then St. Paul, Minn. No descendants lived in Maine in 1943. Rev. Joseph DYER, father."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joel Whitney -8.