John Whitney Family from History of Acworth, New Hampshire
From: tumbleweed@lisco.net  - Sharon Franklin

Surname: WHITNEY
Source:  History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical 
Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869,
Page 281

JOSEPH WHITNEY of Pepperell, Massachusetts - was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, 
was at the battle of Bunker Hill - married Mary Woods of Pepperell - settled in Acworth 1807 
- children,
I. Polly - married Phineas Parker - remove to Vermont - children,
     1. Mary A.
     2. Marinda
     3. Charles
     4. John
     5. Caroline
     6. Fanny
     7. Sally
     8. Phineas.
II. Emma - married Elija Dickerman - removed to Chelsea, Vermont - children,
     1. Mary
     2. Amy
     3. Elijah
     4. Enoch
     5. Rebecca
     6. Edmund
     7. Lewis
     8. Sally
III. Joseph - died young.
IV. Joseph D. - married Susan Drury of Alstead - removed to Brookfield, Vermont - 
children,
     1. Susan
     2. Pamelia
     3. Rebecca
     4. Sarah A.
     5. Eliza
     6. Leonard
V. Isaac W. - married Polly Blood (see Lemuel Blood family), removed to Vermont - 
children,
     1. Lucy
     2. Sally
     3. Dianna
     4. Arvilla
     5. Jackson
     6. Alva
     7. Janet
VI. John - married Polly Lewis - removed to Chelsea, Vermont - children,
     1. Mary
     2. Emma
     3. Eliza
     4. Amanda
     5. Lewis
VII. Leonard - married Philinda blood (see blood family) - children,
     1. Philinda M. - married Josiah Guillow of Gilsum - children,
          (1) Melvin
          (2) Lyman E.
          (3) Lester
          (4) Edward J.
          (5) Ellen
          (6) Frederic
          (7) Albert
          (8) Charles
          (9) Jennie
         (10) Albra
         (11) Emma
     2. Clarinda M. - married George Wallace (see Wallace family).
     3. Parthena A. - married  Howard S. Colburn of Alstead
     4. Caroline N. - married George Nash of Gilsum - children,
          (1) Nancy J.
          (2) Edgar H.
     5. Elisha S. - married Jane M. Howard 
     6. George L. - married Lucetta E. Miller
     7. Horace L.
     8. Abbie J.
VIII. Rebecca - married Thereon Thayer (see Philo Thayer family). 
IX. David - married Lydia C. Chase - children,
     1. Mary A. - married Cutler S. Angier of Langdon.
X. Edmund - died unmarried.
XI. Alvah - died unmarried in Michigan.

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