John Sweetser WHITNEY

Father: Andrew WHITNEY
Mother: Huldah SWEETSER

Family 1: Sarah Louise LIBBEY

(1) Whitney Research Group: John Sweetser WHITNEY "…married, before 1858 (said 20 Jan 1853), Sarah L. LIBBY, daughter of Tristram and Dorothy (BELKNAP) LIBBY."

  1. Lyman B. WHITNEY
  2. Julia E. WHITNEY
  3. Lilly M. WHITNEY
  4. Mary A. WHITNEY
  5. William L. WHITNEY
  6. Achsah L. WHITNEY
                                     _Abel WHITNEY _
                    _Micah WHITNEY _|
                   |                |_Mary CANE ____
 _Andrew WHITNEY __|
|                  |                 _Andrew COBB __
|                  |_Hannah COBB ___|
|                                   |_Hannah GREEN _
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|--John Sweetser WHITNEY
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|                                    _______________
|                   _John SWEETSER__|
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|_Huldah SWEETSER _|
                   |                 _______________
                   |_Jane RIDEOUT___|
                                    |_______________

Notes

Updated December 29, 2015. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Whitney Research Group.

- "John Sweetser-7 WHITNEY (Andrew-6, Micah-5, Abel-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), son of Andrew6and Huldah (SWEETSER) WHITNEY, was born 24 or 27 Dec 1829, Phillips, ME, and died after 1900." Cites the Phillips, Maine, Vital Records.
- "He married, before 1858 (said 20 Jan 1853), Sarah L. LIBBY, daughter of Tristram and Dorothy (BELKNAP) LIBBY. She was born 24 May 1834, Boston, MA, and died after 1900. She was living in her parents family in Livermore, ME, in 1850."
- Children: Lyman B.; Julia E.; Lilly M.; Mary A.; William L.; and Achsah L. WHITNEY.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips (Phillips Post Office): Page 47, June 20, 1860.

John S. WHITNEY is head of household, married to Sarah L. [LIBBY] WHITNEY. He is 30 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $600 and personal estate valued at $400, and born in Maine. Children in the household are Lyman B. and Julia E. WHITNEY. A farm hand, William LIBBY, also resides with the family.

(3) U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records via Ancestry.com; Maine, Fourth Congressional District (counties of Penobscot, Piscataquis and Aroostook); June 1863.

- Name: John S. WHITNEY
- Residence: Island Falls Plantation
- Age: 38
- Profession: Farmer
- Marital Status: Married
- Place of Birth: Maine

(4) 1870 United States Census for Maine, Aroostook Co., Island Falls Plantation (Island Falls Post Office): page 5; June 28, 1870.

John S. WHITNEY is head of household, married to Sarah L. [LIBBY] WHITNEY (36 years old, born in Maine, keeping house). John is 39 years old, a farmer and born in Maine. He owns real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $600. Children in the household are Lyman B., Julia C., Lilly M., Mary A., and William L. WHITNEY. John's father Andrew WHITNEY is also a resident.

(5) 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 72.

- "had children - maybe settled in Mass."

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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; Andrew Whitney -8; John Whitney -9.