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Abel WHITNEY

BIRTH: 23 JUL 1712, York, York Co., ME
DEATH: ABT 27 FEB 1764, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME

Father: Nathaniel WHITNEY
Mother: Sarah FORD

Family 1: Mary CANE

MARRIAGE: 12 NOV 1735, Maine

                                          _John WHITNEY _
                      _Benjamin WHITNEY _|
                     |                   |_Elinor ? _____
 _Nathaniel WHITNEY _|
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|                    |_Jane POOR ________|
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|--Abel WHITNEY 
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|_Sarah FORD ________|
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Notes

[NI0886] Updated February 6, 2000. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Whitney Research Group. http://www.whitneygen.org

(2) Frost, John Eldridge, Maine Probate Abstracts Volume 1 1687 - 1775 (Camden Maine: Picton Press, 1991), Page 579, York County Volume 11.

11/231. ABEL WHITNEY, of Gorhamtown. Commn to div est (11.136). Div (11.136). Decree (11.136). Receipts (11.137). F20297. Whereas Nathaniel Whitney & Mary Crocket (late Mary Whitney), admors of the est of Abel Whitney, late of Gorhamtown, decd int, have made up their acct & applic has
been made for a div, ct appts 27 Feb 1764, Capt. Bryant Norton, Benjamin Skillens, Barnabas Bangs, Wentworth Stewart & George Hanscom, all of Gorhamtown, to make a div. Div by commn: To Mary Crocket late wid of Abel Whitney of Gorhamtown, decd int, her dower; commn finds a 30 a lot #17 on the
Propnietors' Plan & a house on the same & gives to the wid 11 a on the E end of the above lot (descr). Having viewed the premises ct finds it will not accommodate more than one son; having given & been refused to the two eld it goes to Joel, 3rd s: 43 a of land val at L41/6/8 & 2/3 of a house at L5/6/8 which is all of the decd's est that can be found; all by ct 1 June 1764 with Joel Whitney paying to the eld s Moses L6/13/4, & to Joseph, Mary, Lydia, Zebulon, Joanna, Naphtali, Micah, Daniel, Paul & Deborah Whitney, or their legal representatives, L3/6/8, ea. Moses Whitney of Gorhamtown ack receipt, 19 April 1764, from Joel Whitney of L8 being his, full share in the first div of Abel Whitney's est. Joseph Whitney of
Gorhamtown ack receipt, 30 May 1764, from Joel Whitney of L4 as his share of the first div of the est of Abel Whitney.