There is uncertainty regarding her maiden surname.
Sophia Martin and Shadrack Whitney (as spelled in the record) married in Boylston on November 5, 1801. Neither her parents nor place of birth are identified in the published version of that record.
In the death record, her father is identified as Samuel Brigham and Northboro as the place of birth. Her mother is not identified. Her full age is entered as 79 years, 3 months, 27 days. If correct, backdating places her date of birth at 22-April-1784.
No birth record for Sophia Brigham or any child of a Samuel Brigham is found in the published Northborough Vital Records. (There is a Sarah Brigham, daughter of William and unidentified mother, born April 25, 1784.) Alternatively, no Sophia Martin, Martyn is found in the Northborough birth records. Nor is there a Northborough marriage record for a female Brigham and a male Martin, Martyn. A broader search produced no record.
In the 1855 state and 1860 censuses, she is living in Sutton in the family of daughter Betsey and son-in-law James Anderson. Born in Massachusetts. Age 71 in 1855 (1784).
Age 76 in 1860 (1784).
There is uncertainty regarding her maiden surname.
Sophia Martin and Shadrack Whitney (as spelled in the record) married in Boylston on November 5, 1801. Neither her parents nor place of birth are identified in the published version of that record.
In the death record, her father is identified as Samuel Brigham and Northboro as the place of birth. Her mother is not identified. Her full age is entered as 79 years, 3 months, 27 days. If correct, backdating places her date of birth at 22-April-1784.
No birth record for Sophia Brigham or any child of a Samuel Brigham is found in the published Northborough Vital Records. (There is a Sarah Brigham, daughter of William and unidentified mother, born April 25, 1784.) Alternatively, no Sophia Martin, Martyn is found in the Northborough birth records. Nor is there a Northborough marriage record for a female Brigham and a male Martin, Martyn. A broader search produced no record.
In the 1855 state and 1860 censuses, she is living in Sutton in the family of daughter Betsey and son-in-law James Anderson. Born in Massachusetts. Age 71 in 1855 (1784).
Age 76 in 1860 (1784).
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Age: 79 Spouse' Shadrach Whitney (d. 1832)
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