Person:Sarah Whitney (41)
Sarah Whitney
b.2 Feb 1776 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.16 Nov 1857 Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Oct 1757
  1. Samuel Whitney1759 - Bef 1783
  2. David Whitney1761 - 1838
  3. Benjamin Whitney1763 - Abt 1784
  4. Anna Whitney1764 - 1788
  5. George Whitney1765 - Abt 1805
  6. James Whitney1766 - Abt 1796
  7. Abigail Whitney1768 - 1808
  8. Lydia Whitney1769 - 1771
  9. Samuel Austin Whitney1769 - 1846
  10. Joseph Whitney1771 - 1812
  11. William Whitney1772 - Abt 1809
  12. John Whitney1773 - Abt 1803
  13. Cyrus Whitney1774 -
  14. Sarah Whitney1776 - 1857
  15. Polly Whitney1777 -
  16. Eben Whitney1780 - 1823
  17. Henry Whitney1783 - 1837
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  David Howe1759 - 1828
  • W.  Sarah Whitney1776 - 1857
m. 5 Nov 1807
  1. Abigail Whitney Howe1809 - 1845
  2. David Howe1810 -
  3. Joseph Whitney Howe1814 - 1815
  4. Sarah Ann Howe1816 - 1831
  5. Rebecca Witherle Howe1817 - 1846
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Sarah Whitney
Gender Female
Birth[1] 2 Feb 1776 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 5 Nov 1807 Castine, Maineto David Howe
Death[2][3] 16 Nov 1857 Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United States
Burial[2] Castine Village Cemetery, Castine, Hancock, Maine, United States

At the time of her birth, Boston was occupied by the English troops and besieged by the Provincial forces under Washington. Sarah was one of seventeen children and the last survivor of her generation. Her remains were conveyed to Castine for interment; and in the Whitney enclosure, a white marble tablet marks the spot where they were placed, beside the graves of her husband and his former wife. source: via internet Marsha Bokleman ninnie@@ime.net

References
  1. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    p. 246.

    Sarah Whitney Daughter of Sam'l Whitney & Abigail his Wife was Born February 2'd. 1776.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave: Castine Cemetery, Castine, ME, in Find A Grave
    Sarah Howe.

    SARAH
    Wife of
    DAVID HOWE
    DIED
    Nov. 16, 1857,
    AE. 81 yrs. 9 mos.
    [birth about Feb 1776]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whitney, Henry Austin. Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, Mass: Reprinted with Additions, from the New England Historical and Genalogical Register for April and July, 1857. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton, 1857)
    p. 25.

    Children of Samuel Whitney and Abigail Cutler: Sarah, b. 2 Feb 1776, m. 5 May 1808 David Howe. "She is still living, a widow, (1857) aged 81, with her son, David Howe, at Lincolnville, the only survivor of 17 children."
    [Note: not listed there in 1850 census.]

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