Married to (1)Abigail "Nabby"Foster, June 22, 1800; (2) Olive Worthington Vaughn May 29, 1811. Seven children.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Massachusetts, and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reaching his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven years to and from the West Indies.
He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared families.
The first wife died in Massachusetts, and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs. Olive Rider by whom he had three sons---Thomas, the father of our subject; Worthington, an artist of New York City; and William, who died when fourteen years old. The second wife had two children by a former marriage.
Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a man of a deeply religious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early adherents of the Masonic fraternity.
His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life.
The family originated in America with William Whitred (later Whittredge) who came to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 from Oxwick, Norfolk, England. Joseph Whittredge of Ohio is the 6th generation descendent of William from England.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Massachusetts, and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reaching his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven years to and from the West Indies.
He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared families.
The first wife died in Massachusetts, and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs. Olive Rider by whom he had three sons---Thomas, the father of our subject; Worthington, an artist of New York City; and William, who died when fourteen years old. The second wife had two children by a former marriage.
Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a man of a deeply religious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early adherents of the Masonic fraternity.
His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life.
The family originated in America with William Whitred (later Whittredge) who came to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 from Oxwick, Norfolk, England. Joseph Whittredge of Ohio is the 6th generation descendent of William from England.
Married to (1)Abigail "Nabby"Foster, June 22, 1800; (2) Olive Worthington Vaughn May 29, 1811. Seven children.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Massachusetts, and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reaching his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven years to and from the West Indies.
He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared families.
The first wife died in Massachusetts, and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs. Olive Rider by whom he had three sons---Thomas, the father of our subject; Worthington, an artist of New York City; and William, who died when fourteen years old. The second wife had two children by a former marriage.
Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a man of a deeply religious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early adherents of the Masonic fraternity.
His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life.
The family originated in America with William Whitred (later Whittredge) who came to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 from Oxwick, Norfolk, England. Joseph Whittredge of Ohio is the 6th generation descendent of William from England.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Massachusetts, and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reaching his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven years to and from the West Indies.
He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared families.
The first wife died in Massachusetts, and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs. Olive Rider by whom he had three sons---Thomas, the father of our subject; Worthington, an artist of New York City; and William, who died when fourteen years old. The second wife had two children by a former marriage.
Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a man of a deeply religious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early adherents of the Masonic fraternity.
His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life.
The family originated in America with William Whitred (later Whittredge) who came to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 from Oxwick, Norfolk, England. Joseph Whittredge of Ohio is the 6th generation descendent of William from England.
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