Whittier Family

John Greenleaf Whittier is the most known Whittier related to Rocks Village. His birthplace is just 2 miles from the village. He spent lots of time here visiting folks.  He also went to school with a lot of residents of Rocks Village. Most notably, he wrote the poem, The Countess about Mary Ingalls who died in 1807.  He also wrote poems about the bridge and the residents of Rocks Village.

A few other Whittiers are pertinent to the Village. They are highlighted in green below.  Some Whittiers traveled to Maine around New Sharon, Winthrop, and Bangor

  1. Thomas (1620-1696) and Ruth Green (1626-1710)
    1. Mary (1647 – 1698) marries Benjamin Page (1634 – 1736) in 1666
    2. John (1649 – 1721) marries Mary Holt (1664 – 1723), Jan. 14, 1685
      1. John Whittier (Nov. 24, 1686 – 1756) marries (3) Elizabeth Mitchell (1690 – 1741) in 1713 in Haverhill, MA.m(1) Jemima Davis m(2) Sarah Foot. 18 children. Children by Elizabeth Mitchell:
        1. Andrew(1716-xx) marries Elizabeth Huntington
        2. Thomas (1728 – 1797) marries Susanna Warner, Feb. 24, 1735-6.
          1. Susanna Feb. 27, 1736-7.
          2. Ruth, Apr. 2, 1739.
          3. Mary, d. twin, Mar. 29, 1742
          4. Elisabeth (July 20, 1744 – 1801) marries Moses Chase (1738 Amesbury – 1797) in 1762
          5. Hannah, Dec. 5, 1746
          6. Thomas (Dec. 11, 1747 – 1827), marries Mary Duston (Jan. 2, 1772. CR1 – 1835)
            1. Hannah (1773 – xx)
            2. Mary (1776 – xx)
            3. Nathaniel (July 14, 1778 – 1824) marries Abigail Kimball (1781-, Dec. 2, 1813. Lived in the old “Spiller” house.
              1. Abigail (1816 – 1843) marries Joseph B. Spiller
              2. Elizabeth (1817 – 1852, 35yr) marries Jackson Benjamin SWETT (12 Feb 1815 in Haverhill – 1890) in 1840. owned 28 East Main in 1874.
            4. Thomas (Oct. 11, 1774- 1821) marries Rebecca Hasting (1774 – x) in xx
              1. Leonard (1799 – 1867) marries Mary Ann Perley (xx-x) in 1824
              2. Hannah Dustin
              3. Mary Dustin (1806 -x) marries Moses George.
            5. Warner (1780 – 1846) marries 1) Sally Haseltine (1787 – 1820) in 1808, 2) Mary Brickett (1788 – 1823) in 1821, 3) Francis “Fanny” White (1796 – 1825) in 1825, 4) Ann Bradley White (1799 – 1850) in 1828
              1. Sarah Haseltine (1811 – 1833)
              2. Albert Gallitin (1813 – 1863)
              3. Charles Warner (1832 – 1834) 1/2 sibling
              4. Mary Frances (1832 – 1888) 1/2 sibling
            6. Ruth (1783 – xx)
            7. John (1785 – xx)
            8. Elizabeth (1788 -xx)
          7. John, May 13, 1750.
          8. Richard,  June 20, 1752
          9. Sarah,  June 2, 1755.
          10. Hannah, Sept. 2, 1757
        3. John Whittier III (1720-1801) marries Eleanor Emery (1727-1814) in 1747 in Berwick, ME. She is descended from Anthony Emery who immigrated with his brother John Emery on the ship ‘James’ out of Southhampton, England in 1635. Anthony settled in Kittery, ME; John settled in Newbury, MA.
          1. Job 1748
          2. Elizabeth 1750
          3. Jacob Emery (1758
          4. Martha 1760 m Parker
          5. Joshua 1766
          6. Talatha 1769
          7. Samuel 1774
          8. Daniel Davies or Daniel Jr. (1763-xx) marries Hepzibah Black, Mar. 9, 1784.
            1. Jonathan, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), Jan. 23, 1785
            2. Edmund (Mar. 19, 1787 – 1872) marries Abigail Pealsee Moody (Feb. 9, 1791 – 1874), Sept. 28, 1807. d. of Moses and Elizabeth Buckminster) She marries first James Farnham. Left Haverhill in 1815 for Vermont.
              1. Edmund Alonzo Whittier Oct. 21, 1811.
              2. Harriet Moody Whittier Mar. 15, 1808.
              3. John James Whittier, July 9, 1809.
            3. James, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), Aug. 17, 1789
            4. Daniel, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), Dec. 28, 1791
            5. Moses, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), Apr. 4, 1794
            6. Thomas, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), Aug. 12, 1796
            7. Bailey, s. Daniel, jr. and Hepzibah (Black), June 3, 1804.
        4. Ruth, Isaac, Thomas , Jacob, Mary, Benjamin
      2.  William (Oct. 28, 1688 – 1729) marries Rachell Mitchell, May 17, 1716.
        1. Abigail (Feb. 16, 1716-17 – 1802)
        2. Richard (Nov. 15, 1718 – 1778)
        3. Abiah (July 16, 1722 – 1769)
        4. Mary (1727 – 1798)
        5. Rachel (1730 – xx)
      3. Thomas (Sept. 4, 1693 – 1761) marries Mary Eaton
      4. Abner (Sept. 2, 1695 – 1751).  marries 1) Jamima Davis (1705 -1743), and 2) Sarah Foot (29, 1727 – xxx) Jan 29th 1754. d. of Samuel Foot and Dorothy Colby.
      5. David (May 5, 1698 – 1740)
      6. Nathaniel (Dec. 8, 1700 – 1740) marries Elizabeth Merrill (1705 -xx) in 1728
        1. John
        2. Abigail
        3. Elizabeth
        4. Nathaniel (1735 – 1761) marries Ruth Greely (1733 – xx) in 1755
          1. Elizabeth (1755 – 1818) marries Obadiah Ayer (1751 -1823) in 1778. Haverhill
          2. Ruth
          3. Mary Greely
          4. Abigail
        5. John
      7. Mary (Mar. 18, 1702-3 – 1740)
    3. Ruth, d. Thomas and Ruth (Green), Aug. 9, 1651. [Nov. 6. dup.]
    4. Thomas (Jan. 12, 1653-4 – 1728)
    5. Susanna (Mar. 27, 1656 – 1726) marries Jacob Morrill (1648-1718) in 1674
    6. Nathaniel (Aug. 11, 1658 – 1722) marries 1) Mary Stevens (1648-1708) widow of John Osgood , 2) Mary Brackett (1658-1742) widow of Ring. Nathanial Whittier (Whitcher) First wife Mary witness Susanna Martin trial, 1692 ; but both Nathaniel and Mary signed Bradbury petition in 1692 (Old families of Salisbury and Amesbury by David W. Hoyt).
      1. Rueben (1687-1722) marries Deborah Pillsbury (1685-1717)
        1. Mary (1709 – 1753)
        2. Rueben (1717 – 1790) Marries Mary Flanders (1714 – xx) in 1738/9
          1. Moses
          2. Rueben
          3. Richard
          4. Josiah
          5. Rueben
          6. Mary
          7. Joseph
          8. Daniel
          9. Deborah
          10. Sarah
          11. Miriam
          12. Phineas (1759 – xx) marries Mehitable French (1766 – xx) in 1787
            1. Lucretia
            2. Josiah (1791 – 1867 Readfield, ME) marries 1) Sally White (1795 -1850) in 1815 (d. of Samuel) and 2) Fidelia Smith (1801-1882) in 1850
              1. Mary White (1817-1892) marries Henry Martyn Dudley (1809 – 1882) in 1834
              2. Mehitable F (1818-x) marries Hiram Gilman and Anderson T. Howard
              3. George (1824-1901)
                1. Henry D. (1855-1913) marries Emma A. Page (1857-1934)
                  1. Eugene Taylor (1880 – 1974) marries Grace E. Knox (1884 – 1974)
                  2. Donald L. (1895-x)
                  3. George A. (1883 – x)
                2. Horace Porter (1847-1937)
                  1. Alice Gertrude
                3. Frank (1852-1852)
                4. Charles Danforth (1856-1911)
              4. Sarah White (1827-1850) marries William King Dudley (x-) in 1845
                1. William A. (x-1884)
              5. Hiram (1821 – 1853)
              6. Eliza Jane (1835-1922) marries Osgood T. Whittier (1829-1906) in
                1. Helen Augusta Whittier marries Card
                2. William Osgood Whittier
            3. Peter
            4. Enoch
            5. Phineas
            6. Mehitable
          13. Aaron
          14. Clark
          15. Deborah
        3. Joseph (1712 – xx)
        4. Nathaniel (1711 – 1784) marries Hannah Clough (1718 Salisbury- xx)
          1. Mary (1739 Salisbury – xx) marries Porter Kimball
          2. Benjamin (1736 Salisbury – 1822 Chesterfield, ME) marries Mary Joy
          3. Thomas (1747 Salisbury- 1815 Searsmont) marries Waitstill Bishop (1749 – 1815)
            1. Hannah
            2. Betsey
            3. Waitstill
            4. Porter
            5. Lois
            6. David
            7. Benjamin (1783 – 1822) marries Ann H. Hathaway (1791 – xx)
              1. Elizabeth Alice
              2. Benjamin Franklin
              3. Julia Maria
              4. Charles Thomas (1821 – xx) marries Fanny Parker McQuesten (1823 – 1890)
                1. Julia Maria Hathaway (1850 – 1933) marries Walter S. Emerson (xxx – 1951) in 1888
                2. Alice Belle (1864 -1941) marries William Burton Tobey (1851-1931) in 1889
                3. Mary Emma (1855 – 1867)
                4. Benjamin Franklin (1845 – 1871)
                5. Asa Sawyer (1855 – 1884)
                6. Charles Henry (1847 – 1864)
                7. John Johnson (1852 – 1855)
              5. Joseph Hathaway
            8. Ruth
          4. Sarah (1723 Salisbury – xx) marries Jonathan Whiting, Jr.
          5. Abel (1723/1725 Salisbury – 1776 Winthrop)
          6. Hannah (1744 Salisbury – xx) marries Edward Eastman
          7. William (1752 Salisbury, MA- 1814 Mount Vernon, ME) marries Elizabeth Hankerson
            1. James
            2. Abel
            3. Betsey
            4. Betsey
            5. Dorcus
            6. Hannah
            7. John
            8. Jesse
            9. Miriam
            10. Nathaniel
            11. Sarah
            12. Samuel
            13. Porter
            14. William
          8. Miriam (1749 Salisbury – xx) marries Samuel Shaw
          9. Ruth (1741 Salisbury – xx) marries Daniel Brown
          10. Nathaniel (1743 Salisbury-1798 Readfield) marries Elizabeth Prescott (1745 Brentwood, NH – 1814 Vienna, Maine)
        5. Benjamin (1722 – 1803)
        6. William (1714 – 1771)
        7. Richard (171 – xx)
      2. Ruth (1688-1732)
    7. Hannah (Sept. 10, 1660 – 1743) marries Edward Young (1653 – 1743) on 30 May 1683.
    8. Richard (June 27, 1663 – 1724)
    9. Elizabeth (Nov. 21, 1666 – 1730) marries James Sanders, jr., June 22, 1699
    10. Joseph (1669 -1739) marries Mary Peasly (1672 – 1717) (d. of Joseph and Ruth (Barnard) Peaslee May 24, 1694. [May 29. CTR]. Joseph is buried in Pentucket cemetery in Haverhill: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20512221. His gravestone states that he was born in 1663.
      1. Joseph, s. Joseph and Mary (Peasly), Apr. 2, 1699.
      2. Green (xx-xx) marries Hannah Chase
      3. Ruth (1701 – 1745) marries Ben Greeley (1699 – 1785) in 1722.
      4. Richard (Sept. 20, 1703 – bfr 1740)
      5. Hannah (June 2, 1707 – xx) marries Stephen Badger
      6. Susannah (July 25, 1709 – 1796) . Marries Joseph Weed (1709 – xx)  in 1734??
      7. Joseph (1717-1796) married Sarah Greeleff (5 Mar 1721 – 1807) 12 July 1739 (d. of Nathaniel (1691 – Dec. 19, 1775, in his 84th y. PR11) and Judith (Coffin) Greenleaf)
        1. Stephen (Apr. 6, 1740 – Apr 15, 1740)
        2. Thomas (July 29, 1742 – Aug. 13, 1742)
        3. Ruth (Dec. 26, 1743 – 1743)
        4. Obadiah (Jan. 22, 1745-6 – Oct. 3, 1754)
        5. Mary (Feb. 2, 1747-8 – 1802)
        6. Joseph (Sept. 14, 1750 -Sept. 21, 1754)
        7. Nathaniel (July 13, 1753 – 1839)
        8. Joseph (Sept. 20, 1755 – 1833) married Mary (Hanson) Chase in 1806. d. of Amos Chase. She was married to Jonathan Taylor as well.
        9. Obadiah (Sept. 8, 1758 – 1786) marries Sarah Austin
        10. John (Nov. 22, 1760 – 1830 ) marries Abigail Hussey (1779 – 28 DEC 1857)of Somersworth, NH, Oct. 3, 1804.
          1. John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892). Abolitionist.
          2. Mathew Franklin Whittier (1812 – 1883) marries 1) Abigail Rochemont Weld de Poyen (2 Jun 1816 – 29, Mar 1841) in Aug. 4, 1836.* (Whittier Newsletter: 88, suggests she was only 17) They moved to Portland Maine. marries 2) Mary Waite Tollman (1782 and 1842), 3) Jane Vaughan (27 April, 1819 – )
            1. Joseph Poyen, 20 Aug 1837 –  Aug. 5, 1838, a. 11 m. 15 d. GR5
            2. Sarah G. Whittier (1840 –  Mar. 13, 1841, a. 8 m. GR5) born in Portland Maine
            3. Francis Louis Whittier (1840 – )
            4. Charles Franklin Whittier (8 Dec 1843 – )
            5. Alice Greenwood Berry (19 Feb 1848 – ) Married Wilbur Berry.( – 1883)
              1. Elizabeth Greenleaf Reid
            6. Elizabeth Pickard (10 Aug 1848(5) – ) married Samuel T. Pickard
              1. Greenleaf Whitter Pickard (a poem from JGW is address to his grandnephew)
            7. Louis Henry Whittier (1824 – )
            8. Abigail Whittier (1824 –  )
          3. Mary (1806 or 1815 – 1864) marries [Capt. int.] Jacob Caldwell, Jan. 29, 1828.*
          4. Elizabeth Hussey Whittier (Dec. 7, 1815 – 1864)
        11. Moses(Dec. 20, 1762 – Jan. 23, 1824. [in his 61st y. PR11])
      8. Ebenezer,(Dec. 29, 1764 – xx) marries Judith Willett
      9. Elizabeth (Sept. 19, 1695 – ) married Abner Chase (1699 – 1780) in 1721. s. of Daniel Chase and Martha Kimball, grandson of Aquilla and Martha Wheeler Chase.  Abner Chase lived in a large house on the Merrimack river just over the Merrimac line from Rocks Village. He was the owner of ‘Peter’. Leaves his negro man named Peter (valued at 20 pounds) to his wife.

        1. Sarah,
        2. Mary (1728 Amesbury – xx)  m. Ebenezer Colby (1717 -1795) in Haverhill 1742.
        3. John.
        4. Green (Mar. 13, 1696-7 – 1764) marries Hannah Chase (1699) (d. Stephen, Moses, Aquilla)
  1. Susanna Whittier (1710 – 1732?) daughter of Thomas marries Benjamin SWETT (John4, John3, Stephen2, John1)(14 Mar 1707/08 – before 1760) Marries in 1729

Nathaniel Peaslee is the brother of Mary Peasley who marries Joseph Whittier, the great grandfather of John Greenleaf Whittier (lineage: John/Abigail Hussey, Joseph/Sarah Greenleaf, Joseph/Mary Peaslee

References

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/thomas-whittier_3806406

The ancestry and descendants of Edmund Whittier : with a survey of the early Whittiers in America, and some notes on related ancestries. by Whittier, Bernard B. (Bernard Briggs), b. 1887

https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=svickery&id=I320

https://books.google.com/books?id=62g0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=mary+emma+whittier+bangor.maine&source=bl&ots=3034r9zKeV&sig=7xQtaxVGOCVKX-XNqbJEY_Ki9bY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVocuK8fPZAhUnWN8KHVmOAbEQ6AEwBHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=mary%20emma%20whittier%20bangor.maine&f=false

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119563193/belle-emerson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96817537/julia-maria_hathaway-tobey

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/w/e/Donald-K-Swett/GENE1-0013.html