Person:William Whitney (46)

Name^[2]	William Dexter Whitney
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1803	Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	19 Oct 1824	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Harriet Hawks (add)
Death^[1]	27 Oct 1855	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
[1].

Deaths registered in the Town of Lancaster for the year 1855
No.: 20
Date of Death: October 27th [1855]
Name: William D. Whitney
Age: 52 [birth about 1803]
Place of Death: Do [i.e., ditto, meaing "Lancaster"]
Cause: Dropsy
Condition: Married
Occupation: Piano fort maker
Place of Birth: Leominster
Parents: [blank]
↑ Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
p. 651.

Children of Stephen Whitney and Sally Dexter: William B. [six, named William Dexter in father's probate], b. 1803, m. Harriet Hawks of Lancaster.
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
line 6.