Deborah WHITNEY
- BIRTH: Feb 1759; Maine (now USA)
- DEATH: 27 Oct 1851; Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA
Father: Abel WHITNEY
Mother: Mary CANE
Family 1: Jeremiah WILLIAMS
- MARRIAGE: 07 May 1777; Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, USA
- CHILDREN:
- Martha WILLIAMS
- Mary WILLIAMS
- Peter WILLIAMS
- Susanna WILLIAMS
- Lydia WILLIAMS
- Daniel WILLIAMS
- Joseph WILLIAMS
- Hannah WILLIAMS
_Benjamin WHITNEY _ _Nathaniel WHITNEY _| | |_Jane POOR ________ _Abel WHITNEY _| | | _John FORD_________ | |_Sarah FORD ________| | |_Joanna ANDREWS____ | |--Deborah WHITNEY | | ___________________ | _Micah CANE ________| | | |___________________ |_Mary CANE ____| | ___________________ |____________________| |___________________
Notes
Updated April 13, 2013. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) 1850 United States Census Maine, Cumberland Co., Gorham: Page 51; August 19, 1850.
Deborah [WHITNEY] WILLIAMS is head of household. She is 91 years old and born in Maine. Several of her adult children live with her: Joseph (farmer with estate valued at $700); Mary R., Susan, Lydia, Hannah and Frank.
- "Deborah WHITNEY (Deborah-5, Abel-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), daughter of Abel and Mary (CANE) WHITNEY, was born Feb 1759, and died 27 Oct 1851, Gorham, ME."
- "She married, 7 May 1777 [sic], Gorham, ME, Jeremiah WILLIAMS. Marriage intentions were published 17 May 1777 [sic], Gorham, ME, for her and Jeremiah WILLIAMS. He was born circa 1755, York, ME, and died 3 May 1823, Gorham, ME."
- This source sites: Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).
(3) Pierce, Josiah; A History of the Town of Gorham, Maine (Google eBook); Foster & Cushing, 1862 - Gorham (Me.), pages 220-221.
- "Jeremiah WILLIAMS married Deborah WHITNEY; the had eight children -- Martha, Mary, Peter, Susanna, Lydia, Daniel, Joseph and Hannah. Mrs. Deborah WILLIAMS died December 16, 1851, aged 92 years and eight months."
(4) McClellan, Hugh Davis; History of Gorham, Me (Google eBook); Smith & Sale, 1903 - Gorham (Me.), page 838.
- "Jermiah WILLIAMS… married (pub. May 17, 1777), Deborah, daughter of Abel WHITNEY… Jeremiah WILLIAMS died May 3, 1823, aged 68, and his wife Deborah, Oct. 27, 1851, aged 93."