Susan WELLS

Father: Nathaniel WELLS
Mother: Susan or Elizabeth HARRIS

Family 1: Benjamin Morse WHITNEY

(1) Whitney Research Group: Benjamin Morse WHITNEY "... married, 26 Sep 1830, Phillips, ME, Susan WELLS, the dau. of Nathaniel and Susan (HARRIS) WELLS of Ipswich, MA and Mt. Vernon, ME."

  1. Phebe C. WHITNEY
  2. Royal Thaxter WHITNEY
  3. Martin V.B. WHITNEY
  4. Melvina Susan WHITNEY
  5. Joseph Clement WHITNEY
  6. Mary Clementine WHITNEY
  7. Dexter Benjamin WHITNEY
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Notes

Updated February 18, 2019. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips: August 26, 1850.

Susan [WELLS] WHITNEY is married to Benjamin M. WHITNEY, head of household. She is 44 years old and born in Maine. Children in the household are Phebe C., Thaxter L., Martin V., Susan M., Clement J., Clementine C. and Benjamin D. WHITNEY.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips, Phillips Post Office; Page 13 June 11, 1860.

Susan [WELLS] WHITNEY is married to B. M. WHITNEY, head of household. Children in the household are Joseph C. and Dexter C. WHITNEY. Children in the adjoining household are Royal T. (plus his wife Louise and child Inez), and Martin V. WHITNEY.

- Age: 54.
- Birthplace: Maine
- Occupation: Seamstress.

(3) 1880 United States Census for Maine, Kennebeck Co., Gardiner: 5th Ward; Supervisory District 1; Enumeration District 94; Page 42 June 15, 1880.

Susan [WELLS] WHITNEY is a resident of the Orrington (spelled "Orington") and Phebe C. (spelled "Phoeby") ANDREWS residence. Phebe ANDREWS is Susan [WELLS] WHITNEY's daughter. Susan WHITNEY is 74 years old and born in Maine. Her parents were born in Massachusetts.

(4) U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files via Ancestry.com

- Name of Soldier: WHITNEY, Benjamin M.
- Name of Dependent (Widow): WHITNEY, Susan
- Service: G 17th Me. Inf.
- Date of Filing: 1890 June 16
- Class: Widow
- Application No.: 425,852
- State From Which File: Me.

(5) 1890 United States Veterans Schedules for Maine; Franklin Co., Phillips.

- Name: Susan WHITNEY, widow of WHITNEY, Benjamin M. (Private; Co. G., 17 Me. Inf.)

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Susan WELLS WHITNEY
- Birth: 1806
- Death: 1892 (aged 85–86)
- Burial: Riverside Cemetery; Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, USA

(7) Maine, Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Susan WHITNEY
- Place of Death: Phillips
- Date of Death: June 29, 1892
- Age: 86 years; 1 month; 9 days
- Place of Birth: Mt. Vernon
- Marital Status: Widow
- Occupation: Housewife
- Cause of Death: Apoplexy
- Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery; Phillips
- Name of Father: Nathaniel WELLS (born in Massachusetts, a farmer)
- Name of Mother: Elizabeth HARRIS (born in Massachusetts)

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

(9) 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 67.

(10) Biographical Review, Volume XX, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo Counties, Maine, Boston, MA: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897, pp. 166, 169. Biography of Joseph Clement WHITNEY.

Benjamin M. WHITNEY's "wife, Susan, a native of Mount Vernon, Me., and a daughter of Nathaniel and Susan (HARRIS) WELLS, of Ipswich, Mass., became the mother of seven children. These were: Phebe C., who is no longer living; Royal T., who now resides in Texas; Martin V., a resident of Lewiston, Me.; Melvina, who is now deceased; Joseph C. Whitney, the subject of this sketch; Mary Clementine, who is the twin sister of Dr. Whitney, and lives in Phillips; and Benjamin D. who resides in Gardiner, Me."