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John Drury WHITNEY

BIRTH: 21 OCT 1843, Maine
DEATH: 1933

Father: Ebenezer WHITNEY
Mother: Dorcas DRURY

Family 1: Eldusty PEARY

MARRIAGE: 26 JUN 1870

                                      _Abel WHITNEY _
                     _Micah WHITNEY _|
                    |                |_Mary CANE ____
 _Ebenezer WHITNEY _|
|                   |                 _Andrew COBB __
|                   |_Hannah COBB ___|
|                                    |_Hannah GREEN _
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|--John Drury WHITNEY 
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|                                     _______________
|                    ________________|
|                   |                |_______________
|_Dorcas DRURY _____|
                    |                 _______________
                    |________________|
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Notes

[NI0745] Updated April 7, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips: August 14, 1850.

John D. Whitney is the son of Ebenezer and Dorcas Whitney. He is 6 years old and born in Maine.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Freeman (Freeman Post Office): Page 37, June 22, 1860.

J. Drury Whitney is the son of Ebenezer and Dorcas Whitney. He is 17 years old, born in Maine and is attending school.

(3) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

John D. Whitney, Co. D, 28th Maine Infantry (Union). Rank In = Private, Rank Out = Corporal. Film Number M543 roll 23. (NOTE: this is the only John D. Whitney listed for Maine)

(4) 1870 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Freeman (Freeman Post Office): page 7; July 27, 1870.

John W. Whitney is head of household, married to Eldusty [Peary] Whitney. He is 26 years old, a farmer with $2,000 in real estate and $1,244 in personal estate. He was born in Maine and is eligible to vote. His parents, Ebenezer and Dorcas Whitney, and his siblings Mary A. and Charles E. Whitney are also residents.

(5) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Freeman, Franklin Co., ME. Family History Library Film 1254479, NA Film Number T9-0479, Page 435B.

John D. Whitney is listed as 36 years old and born in Maine, as is his mother. He is head of household, a farmer, and married to Eldusty (misspelled as "Eldurly") (Peary) Whitney. The children listed in the household are: Frank D.; Minerva B; and Charles L. John Whitney's widowed mother, Dorcas (Drury) Whitney is also a resident.

(6) 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 63.

"John served in civil war- licensed preacher in Methodist church. Leader in first brass band in Strong in 1862. Lived in Freeman, Maine and Franklin, Mass."

(7) Bible of Dorcas Drury Parlin Whitney, as posted on the rootsweb.com WHITNEY e-mail list, May 23, 2000.

- "John Drury Whitney was born October 21st A.D. 1843"

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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; Ebenezer Whitney -8; John Whitney -9.