Jonas Whitney

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• Religion: Jonas Whitney owned covenant in the church circa 1724 at the age of 15 years.

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Christened:
He was christened in the Second Church of Watertown by Mr. Angier.

Jonas married Sarah Perry on 8 May 1735 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Isaac Perry and Sarah Hanchett) was born on 16 Feb 1716 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 4 May 1718 in West Roxbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 6 Jul 2020

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Died:
He died from small pox.

Isaac married Abigail Pond on 19 Oct 1758 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 15 Nov 1759, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Rachel Whiting. Issue: 1. Prudence Whitney (1760-____) 2. Reuben Whitney (1762-____) 3. Lemuel Whitney (1765-____) 4. Jabez Whitney (1767-____) 5. Hannah Whitney (1772-1789) 6. Moses Whitney (1775-1859)
• Military: Abt 1776; He servied in the Roxbury Company under Captain Corey during the Revolutionary War.

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• Moved To: 1774, Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts

Sarah married Deacon Nehemiah Ward on 4 Oct 1773 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Nehemiah (son of Timothy Ward and Margaret Woodward) was born on 19 May 1751 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jan 1831 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1767; He was taken into the household of Abraham Jackson.
• Married: 21 Mar 1768, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Esther Jackson, the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hide) Jackson. She was born on 3 December 1748 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Isaac Whitney 2. Sally Whitney 3. Fanny Whitney 4. Abraham Whitney (1779-1853) 5. Abner Whitney (1780-1866) 6. Jacob Whitney (1784-1824)
• Military: 1775; He served in Captain Wiswell's Company which was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. He was promoted to Sergeant. Later during the war, he was promoted to Ensign.
• History: 13 Apr 1818; He was granted a pension for is Revolutionary War service. He was residing in Windsor County, Vermont at that time.

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• Married: 9 Mar 1769, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Edward Ward, the son of Timothy and Margaret (Woodward) Ward. He was born on 12 January 1743/44 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Desire Whitney filed marriage intentions on 18 February 1769 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He moved after 1772 to Warwick, now Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as his name appears on a jury list in Newton that year. He did soon build a home in what is now North Orange. After Desire's death, on 26 November 1778 Edward, at age 34, married Dorothy Twichell, in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On 1 January 1781, in Benjamin Mayo's house, a committee met, which agreed to build a meeting house, more close to them. At the meeting were Benjamin Mayo; Nathan Goddard; Nehemiah Ward, serving as clerk; John Stow; Edward Ward; and Ebenezer Foskett. To this document they added the words, "Moreover, the subscribers do covenant, promise and agree that the said Meeting House is build and intended for a Congregational Church and Society to worship in; nevertheless, we do hereby covenant, promise and agree that whenever there shall be a Town, District or Parish set off by the General Court in this place then the said House shall be free for all the inhabitants thereof to hold all their legal, Town, District, or Parish meetings in." From this meeting house grew the Town of Orange, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was dedicated 31 March 1782. Orange remained a "District" until 1810 because the Massachusetts General Court wanted to limit membership.9 He served in 1788 in the District of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He appeared on the Census of 1790 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. The following notice appears in the town records: "Taken up in my encloser a black cow with a white face 7 or 8 years old. Edward Ward, March 22, 1798.." He died on Tuesday 2 September 1817 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Edward's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Mr. Edward Ward d 2 Sept. 1817 æ. 73 Issue: 1. Amos Ward (1769-1840) 2. Sarah Ward (1771-____) 3. Molly Ward (1773-____)

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Buried:
Mrs. Desiah,
wife of Mr. Edward Ward
d. 23 June, 1778
æ. 26

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• Military: 1812; He was a veteran of the War of 1812.
• Offices Held: say 1820, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a deacon; : North Orange Unitarian Church
• Census: 7 Aug 1820, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 2 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4
• Census: 1830, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
• Census: 1840, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2 Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 75
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 81
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He and Sarah were living with their daughter Mary's family; : 85

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Daniel married Sarah "Sally" Jones on 20 Oct 1795 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan Jones and Mary Wood) was born on 6 Aug 1779 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Oct 1862 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1796; Ethan Allen. Issue: 1. David West Allen 2. Jonathan Williams Allen 3. Samuel Lewis Allen

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Died:
She lived the later part of her life there.

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• Married: 12 Oct 1800, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Lord Jr,, the son of Capt. Thomas and Leonard (Smith) Lord. He was born on 17 January 1780 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Desire Ward filed marriage intentions on 17 September 1800 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was a tavern-keeper after 1811 in Northfield. He died on Tuesday 11 June 1861 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Aaron Lord (1801-1825) 2. Abby Lord (1803-1894) 3. Thomas Chandler Lord (1805-1851) 4. Franklin Lord (1808-____) 5. baby girl Lord (1811-1811) 6. Mary Angela Lord (1813-1834) 7. baby girl Lord (1814-1814) 8. Charlotte Sarah Lord (1816-1832) 9. Samuel Sweetser Lord (1819-____) 10. Joseph Lord (1824-1826)
• Moved To: Abt 1811, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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Married:
Lord (1953) gives their intentions date as 21 September 1800.

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• Married: 8 Apr 1816, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lucy Newhall, the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Cutting) Newhall. She was born on 6 March 1796 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 9 January 1850 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Clarence Bironne Ward

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• Married: say 1817; Joel Johnson, the son of Elisha and Hepsebath (Adams) Johnson. He was born 31 July 1793 in Orange, Massachusetts, and died in 1874 in Orange, Massachusetts. After Roxa's death, he remarried Melinda Davis (1797-1881). Issue: 1. Oliver Johnson (1817-1889) 2. Ruth Johnson (1819-1895) 3. Albert Johnson (1822-1823) 4. Willard Johnson (1824-1903)
• Census: 1820, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Name: Joel Johnson Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 5 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5
• History: 2018; I received this in an email: Family legend goes: Blue Wolf + Roxy Blue Feather (dau. of chief) were Sioux or Ojibwe Indians.They had dau. Roxy Dianiana born on Reservation in South Dakota abt 1798. Roxy Dianiana married Joel Johnson of Orange,MA. Orange records list her as Roxy Ward, dau. of Daniel + Sarah Jones Ward. Roxy + Joel had 4 children before she died in 1824. Their dau. Ruth married Horace Huntoon and lived in Orange. Ruth + Horace's son William Phyletus Green Huntoon married Mary Anah Fay and had 3 children. Their dau. Mabel Lizzie Huntoon was born on the Ojibwe Reservation at Red Lake, MN in 1878. While fascinating, the Orange vital records list her birth as Orange, Massachusetts, and the 1820 Census lists her as white.

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Mrs. Roxy,
wife of Mr. Joel Johnson
died
16 Feb. 1824
ae. 25

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Joel Johnson 1794-1894
Roxy Johnson 1799-1824
Melinda Johnson 1797-1881
P.C. Johnson 1838-1838
G. D. Johnson 1834-1884
Albert Johnson 1822-1823

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• Married: 7 Jan 1823; Elisha Goddard, the son of John and Delia (Kady) Goddard. He was born 20 September 1799 in Princeton, Massachusetts.

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• Married: 29 Dec 1836, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Eliza Whipple Temple, the daughter of Joseph and Beulah (Dudley) Temple. She was born 14 December 1813 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 23 November 1893 in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; His brother, Thomas, and his family were living with them.; : 44

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• Married: 1 May 1834, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Olive Phelps, the daughter of George and Sally (Jones) Phelps. She was born 25 July 1809 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and died 18 June 1814 in Orange, Massachusetts. John and Olive were married by Nathaniel Thayer and are listed in the record as both being from Lancaster. Issue: 1. George Phelps Ward (1837-____) 2. Julia Ann Ward (1839-____) 3. Olive Ward (1841-____)

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• Married: 15 Sep 1830, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Caleb Mayo, the son of Stephen and Mary (Cheney) Mayo. He was born 16 September 1808 in Orange, Massachusetts, and died 31 July 1893 in Orange, Massachusetts. He is buried next to Mary. Caleb was bound out, at the age of seven, to a neighboring farmer and worked for many years for his board, schooling and clothing. He became a wheelwright and ran a business in Tully for eight years before being burnt out. Caleb then ran a store in North Orange for five years. He sold the store and removed to Orange, where he ran a cabinet shop for twenty years. According to Mayo (1965) "He was a man of iron constitution, vigorous and hearty to the end of his long life. Caleb was a strong Republican and a member of the Universalist Church of North Orange." In 1880, a surprise 50th Anniversary celebration was held for Caleb and Mary at their home by their children. Their great granddaughter, Henrietta Sanger, recited a poem in their honor. According to his obituary, "Mr. Mayo was well known and respected for his uprightness of character, constant and faithful wherever duty called him. He was a man of remarkable physical and mental activity, possessing a kind, pleasant disposition and irrepressible perseverance for daily labor....Last Winter he had a paralytic shock that affected his throat, destroying the natural taste for food and drink and since then has taken but little solid food, living almost wholly on liquids. Aside from this he has suffered from a severe kidney trouble for many years. Four months since he met with a serious accident at the furniture shop and while he fully recovered from the wound he gradually wore out, always patient and uncomplaining." After Mary's death, Caleb remarried Sophia Westbrook. Issue: 1. Sarah Ward G. Mayo (1833-____) 2. Desire Goddard Mayo (1835-1856) 3. Hannah Allen Mayo (1838-____) 4. Henry Harrision Mayo (1840-1864) 5. Abby Maria Whitman Mayo (1843-____) 6. Roxy Johnson Mayo (1846-1868) 7. David Frost Mayo (1849-1852) 8. Daniel Frost Mayo (1849-1852)
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 45
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 58
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 69

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Martyn (1925) and Ward (1851) both give her birth date as 29 November 1810.

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• Residence: 1835, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He and his family, were living with his brother, Levi; : 35
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 41
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 46
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 51
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 56
• Census: 1880, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 60

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Died:
He died very suddenly on Sunday afternoon. His obituary states that he "was suddenly attachked by neuralgia of the heart, though he had suffered with catarrh of the stomach for a few weeks." The obituary also states, "He was a man of strong convictions, devoted to his family, friends and the religion he espoused, being a member and deacon of the Congregational Church for many years."

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"The funeral was held at the house Wednesday Rev. Mr. Judson officiating with prayer by Mr. Gorman. The text was selected by Mr. Ward in his youth, from the dying words of Christ "Father into thy hands, I commend my spirit." It was excellently discoursed on. Singing was rendered by Mrs. Richardson and Miss. Blodgett, while the flowers were numerous and beautiful, comprising wreaths and a pillow of lillies and maiden-hair ferns enclosing a cross of pansies. The bearers were the sons and grandson; also Mr. Williams had charge." - His obituary

Thomas married Esther Kellogg Mayo on 27 Oct 1835 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Stephen Mayo and Mary "Polly" Cheney) was born on 20 Mar 1814 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Aug 1895 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 22 Sep 1841, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nancy S. Stratton, the daughter of Asa and Susanna (Giles) Stratton. She was born 7 April 1817 in Athol, Massachusetts, and died 9 May 1852 in Orange, Massachusetts. She was buried at Jones Cemetery in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49

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• Residence: 1851, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 9 Oct 1851, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Margette E Jones, the daughter of Jonathan and Polly Jones. She was born about 1829 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 26 August 1896 in Orange, Massachusetts. No Issue.
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 38
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 48
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 58