Brief Life History of Havilah
When Havilah Whitney was born on 15 November 1827, in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, her father, Abiezer Holbrock Whitney, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth "Betsey" White, was 33. She married James Wood Dutton on 13 December 1848, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Long Hill Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1880. She died on 19 December 1893, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Havilah Dutten in household of James W Dutten, "United States Census, 1860"
- Havillah Whitney, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Havilah Whitney, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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