Mary B. WHITNEY

Father: Micah WHITNEY
Mother: Hannah COBB

Family 1: Reuben SMITH

(1) Whitney Research Group: "Mary WHITNEY… m. 10 Mar 1817, Otisfield, ME, Reuben SMITH 'both of Otisfield'.""

  1. Reuben SMITH
  2. Julia Ann SMITH
  3. Jason SMITH
                                  _Nathaniel WHITNEY ___
                  _Abel WHITNEY _|
                 |               |_Sarah FORD __________
 _Micah WHITNEY _|
|                |                _Micah CANE __________
|                |_Mary CANE ____|
|                                |______________________
|
|--Mary B. WHITNEY
|
|                                 _Chipman COBB ________
|                 _Andrew COBB __|
|                |               |_Elizabeth INGERSOLL _
|_Hannah COBB ___|
                 |                _Daniel GREEN ________
                 |_Hannah GREEN _|
                                 |_Mary BLOOM __________

Notes

Updated October 5, 2013. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 via Ancestry.com

- Bride: Mary WHITNEY
- Groom: Reuben SMITH
- Residence of Bride: Otisfield, Me.
- Residence of Groom: Otisfield, Me.
- Intention Filed: Jan. 18, 1817
- By Whom Married: Justice of the Peace
- Date of Marriage: March 10, 1817
- Place: Otisfield, Me.

(2) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Weld: August 24, 1850.

Mary [WHITNEY] SMITH is married to Reuben SMITH, head of household. She is 54 years old and born in Maine. Children in the household are Reuben, Julia Ann, and Jason SMITH.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Massachusetts, Plymouth Co., Town of Hanson (Hanson Post Office): Page 16; August 1, 1860.

Mary [WHITNEY] SMITH is married to Reuben SMITH, head of household. She is 64 years old and born in Maine. Their son Jason is also part of the household.

(4) 1870 United States Census for Massachusetts, Plymouth Co., Hanson (South Hanson Post Office): page 11; June 24, 1870.

Mary [WHITNEY] SMITH lives with her son-n-law and daughter, George BONNEY and Julia A. [SMITH] BONNEY. She is 74 years old, born in Maine and has no occupation.

(5) 1880 United States Census for Massachusetts, Plymouth Co., Hanson: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 541; page 7; June 4, 1880.

Mary [WHITNEY] SMITH lives with her son-n-law and daughter, Geo. BONNEY and Julia A. [SMITH] BONNEY. She is 84 years old, born in Massachusetts, a widow, and is keeping house.

(6) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 via Ancestry.com

- Date of Death: May 26, 1888
- Name and Surname of the Deceased: Mary B. SMITH
- Years/Months/Days: 92/0/27 (note, this corresponds to April 29, 1796)
- Place of Death: Hanson
- Sex and Condition: Female, Widowed
- Occupation: At Home
- Place of Death: Grey, Me.
- Name of Parents: Micha WHITNEY and Hannah (COBB) WHITNEY
- Disease or Cause of Death: Old Age
- Place of Interment: Hanson
- Informant, or Undertaker: John BARKER
- When Registered: June 1, 1888

(7) Whitney Research Group

- "Mary WHITNEY, b. 30 Apr 1797, Phillips or Gorham, ME; m. 10 Mar 1817, Otisfield, ME, Reuben SMITH 'both of Otisfield', b. 10 August 1797 in Otisfield, ME. They had six children. Reubin died 3 April 1876 and Mary died 26 May 1888, both in Hanson, Plymouth Co., MA." Cites Vital Records of Phillips, Maine for birth; cites Vital Records of Otisfield, Maine for marriage.

(8) 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 66

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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; Mary Whitney -8.