Brief Life History of Francis Tuft
When Francis Tuft Whitney was born on 24 March 1805, in Phillips, Franklin, Maine, United States, his father, Joseph Whitney, was 34 and his mother, Rebecca Stinchfield, was 29. He married Abigail Blanchard on 17 February 1827, in Shelby, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He registered for military service in 1846. In 1880, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as age 75, . He died on 6 April 1883, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Huntington City Cemetery, Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Francis T Whitney, "United States Census, 1860"
- Frances Whitney, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Francis L. Whitney, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
Historical Boundaries: 1812: Somerset, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Somerset, Maine, United States 1838: Franklin, Maine, United States
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.
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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FRANCIS TUFT WHITNEY March 24, 1805–April 6, 1883 Note: A sketch of the life of Francis Tuft Whitney as complied by his great-granddaughter Ilene Hanks Kingsbury with the aid of his son New Sam …
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