”Abram Whitney, born 1754, married first, Hitty Ware, born 1759; second, Saeah Whitman, born 1760; third, Catherine Wood, born 1766; fourth, Mrs. Sarah Conant Jewell, born 1762. Mr. W. moved from Stow, Mass.; was high sheriff of Middlesex county, came to Waterford in 1805, lived in the lower village; was engaged in mills.
Children:
Sally, m. Bancroft Williams.
Abigail, m. James Williams.
Lucy.
John.
Jonathan, m. Abigail Brooks.
Catherine, m. Joseph M. Thompson.
Abram, m. Mary A. Hopkins.
Christopher, m. Dolly Brooks.”
Source: The History of Waterford: Oxford County Maine, by Henry P Warren, Rev. William Warren, D.D. and Samuel Warren, Published by Direction of the Town, Portland, 1879, pages 303-4
Don’t know the circumstances, but old Abram sure liked gettin’ married ;-), didn’t he? Good post Vicki
Wayne