Whitney Genealogy from Hingham, MA

WHITNEY.

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   Nicholas Bowes (Rev. Phinebas == Lydia Bowes), was b. at Shirley, Mass., March 21, 1772. He was grad. at Har. Coll. 1793, ordained colleague with Rev. Daniel Shute of the second parish in Hing. Jan. 1, 1800, and resigned his pastorate Apr. 15, 1822. He m. at Acton, Mass., Nov. 1800, Ann, or Anna, dau. of Rev. Moses Adams. She was b. at Framingham, Jan. 18, 1776, and d. in Hing. 22 Oct. 1864, at the age of 89 yrs. He d. 26 Nov. 1835, at the age of 64 yrs. Representative 1831 and 1832. Resided on Main St., So. Hing.
   Ch., b. in Hing., were:----

           i.  Ann Catherine Adams, Jan. 7, 1802, m. Dec. 25, 1821, Caleb Hersey, and d.
               23 May, 1842, at the age of 40 yrs.
          ii.  Lydia Bowes, Aug. 27, 1807, d. unm. 5 July, 1838.
         iii.  Benjamin Lincoln, 1810, d. at Cambridge, 30 May, 1855, at the age of 45 yrs.
               Was of the firm of Fearing and Whitney, Boston.


   Jason Woodward (Reuben P. == Clarissa C. Woodward), b. at Westminster, Mass., Sept. 21, 1829, m. Nov. 18, 1857, Lydia A. Davis, dau. of John and Adaline (Allen) Davis. She was b. at Hubbardston, Mass., March 12, 1839. "Dealer in lumber and hardware" at the harbor. Resides on North St., near Hobart's Bridge.
   Ch., b. in Hing., were:----

           i.  Everett Ellsworth, May 3, 1861.
          ii.  Edward Curtis, May 3, 1861, d. 1 Sept. foll.
         iii.  William Chase, June 18, 1868, d. 4 Jan. 1869.


   George Franklin (Reuben P. == Clarissa C. Woodward) b. at Princeton, Mass., Sept. 11,1838, m. Oct. 18, 1862, Sarah M. Davis, dau. of John and Adaline (Allen) Davis. She was b. at Hubbardston, Mass., Feb. 5, 1836. "Farmer." Resides on North St., near Hobart's Bridge.
   Child, b. at Gardner, Mass.,----

           i.  George Edward, Jan. 29, 1867.

   Note. -- Martha, of Hopkinton, m. Jan. 2, 1735-36, Peter Barnes, Jr. Elias, Jr., m. Apr. 16, 1772, Lucy, dau. of Benjamin Barnes. Rev. Peter, of Quincy, m. Apr. 30, 1800, Jane Lincoln (II. 478). Anna, of Milford m. Charles Barnes. Sarah C., of Ashburnham m. Oct. 31, 1844, James W. Gardner. Mary Ann, d. at Boston 20 March, 1806, at the age of 68 yrs; buried in Hing. Charles B., a native of Milford, d. in Hing. 14 May, 1874, at the age of 60 yrs.