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bullet James Wells(1) was born on Feb 21 1914 in ?. He died on Jul 26 1987 in ?.

He was married to Mary Ferguson Runciman on Nov 7 1942 in ?.


bullet Geraldine Constance West(1) was born in 1864 in Ireland. She died in ?.
The copy of the Marriage Schedule B says she was born in Waterford, Ireland
Parents: James William Wall and Margaret Manders.

She was married to Richard Lucas on Nov 14 1904 in Town of Barrie.(347)


bullet Harriet Westcott(1) was born in ?. She died in ?.

She was married to David Parker in ?.


bullet Cecelia Mae Westman(1) died in 1978 in St. Marys, Ontario. She was born in ?.

She was married to Lawrence Grose in ?. Children were: Julianne Grose , Francis Jane Grose.


bullet Sarah Eugenia Whetstone(1) was born on Sep 12 1875 in ?. She died on May 16 1969 in ?.

She was married to James Omar Mitchell in ?. Children were: Eugenia Grace Mitchell, James Franklin Mitchell, Ruth Irene Mitchell.


bullet Jerry White(1) was born. Parents: T. Harding (Hardy) White and Helen C Grose.


bullet John White(1) was born. Parents: T. Harding (Hardy) White and Helen C Grose.


bullet Robert White(1) was born. Parents: T. Harding (Hardy) White and Helen C Grose.


bullet T. Harding (Hardy) White(1) died in 1975 in St. Marys, Ontario. He was born in ?.

He was married to Helen C Grose in ?. Children were: Robert White , Jerry White, John White .


bullet Abner Whittier(1) was born on Sep 18 1757 in Metheun, Massachusetts.(580) He died in 1829 in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

He was married to Abigail Sargent in ?.


bullet Abner , Jr. Whittier(1) was born on May 10 1734 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(581) He died in Danville, Vermont.(582) Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.

He was married to Elizabeth Dow on May 30 1754 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(583) Children were: Simeon Whittier, Abner Whittier, Thomas Whittier, Thomas Whittier, Joseph Herrick Whittier, Joseph Whittier, Simeon Whittier, Isaac Whittier, Sarah Whittier, Nabey Whittier, Henry Whittier, Osgood Whittier.


bullet Abner , Sr Whittier(1) was born on Sep 2 1695 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.(584) He died on Jan 1 1754 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. (585) Parents: John Whittier and Mary Hoyt.

He was married to Jemima Davis on Apr 12 1726 in Emesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. (586) Children were: Mary Whittier, Elizabeth Whittier, Abner , Jr. Whittier, Elizabeth Whittier, Nathaniel Whittier, David Whittier, Morris Whittier.

He was married to Sarah Foot on Jan 29 1754 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. (587) Children were: Jemima Whittier, Samuel Whittier.


bullet David Whittier(1) was born on May 30 1745 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(588) He died in ?. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.


bullet David Whittier(1) was born on May 5 1698 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died in ?. Parents: John Whittier and Mary Hoyt.


bullet Elizabeth Whittier(1) was born on May 8 1729 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(589) She died on Jun 11 1732 in ?.(590) Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.


bullet Elizabeth Whittier(1) was born on Mar 12 1736 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(591) She died in ?. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.

She was married to Francis Whittier in ?.


bullet Elizabeth Whittier(1) was born on Nov 21 1666 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(592) She died on Jan 29 1730 in ?. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

She was married to James , Jr Sanders in ?.


bullet Francis Whittier(1) was born on Mar 26 1737 in ?. He died in ?.

He was married to Elizabeth Whittier in ?.


bullet Hannah Whittier(1) was born on Sep 10 1660 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(593) She died in ?. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

She was married to Edward Young in ?.


bullet Henry Whittier(1) was born on Mar 6 1774 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(594) He died in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

He was married to Polly Bidwell in ?.


bullet Henry Whittier(1) was born in 1550 in Possible Wiltshire, England. He died in ?. Parents: Richard Whittier .

He was married to Ann Moyes in ?. Children were: Richard Whittier.


bullet Isaac Whittier(1) was born on Jul 7 1768 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(595) He died in 1832 in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

He was married to Dolly Bangs in ?.


bullet Jemima Whittier(1) was born on Apr 3 1755 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(596) She died in ?. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Sarah Foot.

She was married to Robert Ford in ?.


bullet John Whittier(1) was born on Dec 23 1649 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.(597) He died on Apr 5 1721 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. (598) Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

He was married to Mary Hoyt on Jan 14 1685 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. (599) Children were: John Whittier, William Whittier, Thomas Whittier, Abner , Sr Whittier, David Whittier, Nathaniel Whittier, Mary Whittier.


bullet John Whittier(1) was born on Nov 24 1686 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died on Oct 1 1756 in Methuen, Massachusetts. Parents: John Whittier and Mary Hoyt.

He was married to Elizabeth Mitchell in ?.


bullet John Whittier(1) was born on Nov 22 1762 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died on Jun 11 1830 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Parents: Joseph Whittier and Sarah Greenleaf.

He was married to Abigail Hussey on Oct 3 1804 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Children were: John Greenleaf Whittier.


bullet John Greenleaf Whittier(1) Photo was born on Dec 17 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died on Sep 7 1892 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He Church Affiliation in Quaker. JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

"The poet of New England. His genius drew its nourishment from her soil; his pages are a mirror of her outward nature and the strong utterance of her inward life". In these words Francis Parkman truthfully summed up the character and works of John Greenleaf Whittier, for if ever there was a personification of any locality, Whittier was that for New England.
Born on the seventeenth of December in 1807, in the home of his forefathers in the East Parish of Haverhill, Massachusetts, he, of all the great American literary group which rose to prominence in the first half of that century, was most representative of his people. His own personal character and the character of his writings were influenced by a typically New England background, a long ancestral line permanently settled, an humble but intellectual family, rural surroundings and associations, and intimate contact with nature. Interest in the past, love of a given locality, sectional independence, deep religious thought and tendencies toward reform and moralizing, traits which are part and parcel of the New England character, reflected strongly on Whittier. His lack of formal education was filled by legendary and historical tales in his early life, and later by a study of human nature in the country folk about him. The fields and woods, the softly rolling hills, the sea, and the rivers of his native countryside left on the heart of the boy Whittier an impression which often threatened to exceed the influence on his mind of Puritan-Quaker reform.
Whittier was active in labor reform, in the temperance movement and in the fight for women's suffrage, and his work in the abolitionist movement was by no means confined to his poems. During those stormy years while the cause evolved from that of unpopular fanatics to the crusade of a nation, he grew from a mild young Poet to the God-touched laureate of the slave." His own promising political career was early blasted by his arden anti-slavery work. Historians, however, have pointed out that his influence in the "Black Republican" party, of which he was one of the founders, was of great importance in the political destiny of the nation. As the "Party Prophet," forecasting lines of action and grooming candidates, he was partly responsible for the early political advancement of Caleb Cushing and for the election to the Senate of Charles Sumner.
He who Lowell called "New England's poet, rich in love as years" died in 1892 having assured his immortality by the most truly American of any American verse. It is not for one who is no critic to judge the literacy merit of his poetry. It is enough that to countless Americans his work is the embodiment of much that they hold dear. With the sureness that plain, simple vision gives to an imperfect draftsman, he made pictures of his landscape that are unsurpassed. If the day comes when they are no longer enjoyed, on that day the last Yankee will have died.

Amesbury, Mass 1897 Margaret Rice, M. A.

This was found in the Book entitles 'The Descendants of Thomas Whittier'



Mount Holyoke College
Archives and Special Collections
Manuscript Register
Whittier, John Greenleaf,
1807-1892.
Letter : Center Harbor, N.H., to Lucy Larcom, 11 Aug. [between 1884 and 1892]

Manuscript Number: MS 0007

1 item.

Agency History/Biographical note:
John Greenleaf Whittier, an American writer, was born in 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts to John and Abigail Hussey Whittier. He had little formal schooling until he entered the Haverhill Academy in 1827. His first poem was published in 1826
in William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper "Free Press." His poems were also published weekly in the "Haverhill Gazette." In 1829 he became editor of "The American Manufacturer", and published his first book in 1831. Following his meeting with
Garrison in 1833, Whittier became a strong abolitionist. In 1835 he was elected to the Massachusetts General Court. He spoke at many anti-slavery rallies, wrote for abolitionist newspapers and championed the formation of the Republican Party.
In his later years, he published many volumes of poetry and served as a political consultant to a number of Republicans. He died on September 7, 1892, in Hampton Falls, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content:
General greetings to his friend and fellow writer Lucy Larcom.

Cite as: John Greenleaf Whittier Letter, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley,
Massachusetts

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted


John Greenleaf Whittier.
Born Dec. 17, 1807.

Who is the best American poet? Shortly after
the close of the Civil War, this question was
asked (when conversation on politics and
finance began to lag) by one among a group of
prominent men. Horace Greeley, who was one
of the party, replied with the name of Whittier;
and his judgment was instantly approved by all
present. This shows his standing with typical
Americans of his own times. On the primative
homestead in the beautiful Merimack valley,
about five miles distant from the market town
of Haverhill, Massachusetts, the subject of this
sketch was born, descended from Quakers and
Huguenots.

Although when young, he had but little to
read--the Bible, "Pilgrim's Progress," and the
weekly newspapers; and a little schooling in
the district school house--yet the boy's poetic
fancy and native sense of rhythm were not
inert. A great stimulus came in the way of
Burn's poems, a cheap edition of which fell
into his possession. Of our leading poets he
was almost the only one who learned Nature
by working with her at all seasons, under the
sky and in the wood and field.

A piece of verse sent by young Whittier to the
Newburyport "Free Press" led William Lloyd
Garrison, its editor, to look up his contribution
and to encourage him with praise and counsel.
From that time we see the poet working
upward in the old-fashioned way.
Supplementing his training by a year or more
in the academy, and by a winter's practice as a
teacher, he entered upon a journalistic career
of varied experiences. His first work was a
book of legends, in prose and verse. He now
was doomed to years of disfavor through his
efforts for the abolition of slavery, and he
should be crowned as poet laureate by all
anti-slavists. Whittier was the secretary of the
first anti-slavery convention. We are told that
from 1832 to the close of our dreadful war in
1865, his harp of liberty was never hung up.
Not an important occasion escaped him, and
every significant incident drew from his heart
pertinent and often very impressive verses.

In 1831 Garrison had begun the "Liberator,"
with the watchword of unconditional
surrender, and he was re-inforced by Whittier,
with lyre and pen. "Snow Bound" was
received with a warm welcome.

He supplied his verse on the instant, and, of
course, were not polished so finely as
Longfellow and his compeers; slight changes
would have made that eloquent lyric,
"Randolph of Roanoke," a perfect one. Skilled
in prose, the best articles and essays from his
pen are written with a true and direct hand,
through rather barren of the epigram which
enriches the prose of Lowell, Emerson and
Holmes.

Johnson's tribute, a complement to Parkson's
paid honor is "The poet of freedom, humanity,
religion; whose words of holy fire aroused the
conscience of a guilty nation, and melted the
fetters of slaves." He has tried to make the
world a little better, . . to awaken a love of
freedom, justice and good will, and his name
will be enrolled "as one that loved his fellow
men." In this person a grace is added to his
poetry by the avowal, "I set a higher value on
my name as appended to the Anti-Slavery
Declaration than on the title pages of my
books."


John Greenleaf Whittier

(1807-1892)
The Quaker Poet & Abolitionist
by Howard W Curtis

John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807 in the southwest Parlor of the Whittier Homestead. He was the first son and second child of John and Abigail (Hussey) Whittier. He grew up on the farm in a household with his parents, a
brother and two sisters, a maternal aunt and paternal uncle, and a constant flow of visitors and hired hands for the farm.

He attended the local school just up the hill and spent two semesters in the new Haverhill Academy. He was introduced by a teacher to the poetry of Robert burns, and began to versify. His first poem to be seen in print appeared in 12826 in the
Newburyport Free Press, where the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison was editor. Under Garrison's encouragement Whittier actively joined in the abolitionist cause and edited newspapers in Boston and Hartford, and was associated with the Atlantic
Monthly Magazine from 1857 until death.

In 1831, he brought out a book of prose works, Legends of New England and the next year returned to his native town to run the farm after his father's death. In 1836, he moved to Amesbury. Until the Civil War he became increasingly involved in the
abolitionist cause, serving in numerous capacities on the local, state and national levels. He was also involved in the formation of the Republican Party.

With the publication of Snow-Bound in 1866, Whittier finally enjoyed a relatively comfortable life from the profits of his published works. It is Snow-Bound for which he will always be best remembered as a poet. Nearly every volume of his
verses published thereafter was truly a best seller. Whittier died on September 7, 1892 at a friend's home in Hampton Falls, NH, and was buried with the rest of his family in Amesbury.

His popularity continued into the next century, but has suffered since, as have most of the 19th century "Fireside Poet," but he is now being recognized anew for his abolitionist work, encouragement of female poets and writers and those poems of his
which are truly great ones.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Born as the second child to a very poor Quaker family in Haverhill, Massachusetts on December 17, 1807, John Greenleaf Whittier would not have been expected to grow up and achieve the things he did throughout his lifetime. Early on, his childhood started out roughly. Up until he permanently hurt himself, Whittier helped his father work on their farm. He spent much of his time planting, harvesting, and milking. Whittier only attended district school for a few winter months around age seven. A few years later in 1821, John Whittier was first introduced to poetry written by Robert Burns. As a result of this great impression he received from Burns' works, Whittier himself began writing. "The Exile's Departure," published in June 1826, was Whittler's first poem. It ran in William Lloyd Garrison's Newbury Free Press. Over the next year or so, Whittier published over eighty poems in local papers.

In 1827, Whittier attended Haverhill Academy while working two jobs as a shoemaker and a schoolteacher. Over the course of the next few years, Whittier edited, published books, and wrote poetry. In 1833 he joined the Anti-Slavery party and served as a delegate at the first meeting of the Anti-Slavery Convention that December.

Whittier continued working for the Abolitionists until 1840 when he returned to his home in Amesbury because of ill health. However, John Whittier still contributed to the Anti-Slavery party by writing poems as well as political speeches. A prime example of this would be Whittier's poem, "Massachusetts to Virginia," which was written in 1846 before the Civil War had even started.

This poem was written because of the trial of an escaped Virginia slave. The entire poem was based on Fugitive Slaves. It was a political Abolitionist poem in which Whittier speaks on Massachusetts' behalf against slavery to Virginia, a slave state. The Fugitive Slave Law during that time required Northern states to returned escaped slaves back to the South. Massachusetts wanted no part in this and Whittier's whole poem was based on that situation.

Whittier had no direct involvement in the Civil War except through his writings. He continued writing poetry and books (many about the war) throughout this time. Writings such as "Massachusetts to Virginia" were greatly recited from 1846 as well as during the war, even though Whittier himself did not consider these writings worthy. The writings had a great impact on those who read them.

Throughout Whittier's life, he often had to choose between his Quaker beliefs and his passion about anti-slavery and the Union. As a result, Whittier chose the union to help the Abolitionist party but still understood his Quaker beliefs. On September 7, 1892, John Greenleaf Whittier suffered a stroke and died. He was buried in the family plot at Amesbury. However, his writings were remembered and are still reviewed and
recited today. Parents: John Whittier and Abigail Hussey.


bullet Joseph Whittier(1) was born on May 20 1764 in Metheun, Massachusetts.(600) He died on Oct 31 1830 in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

He was married to Sally in ?.


bullet Joseph Whittier(1) was born on May 8 1669 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(601) He died on Dec 25 1739 in Haverhill, Masschusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

He was married to Mary Peaslee on May 24 1694 in ?. Children were: Joseph Whittier.


bullet Joseph Whittier(1) was born on Mar 21 1716 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died on Oct 10 1796 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Parents: Joseph Whittier and Mary Peaslee.

He was married to Sarah Greenleaf on Jul 12 1739 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Children were: John Whittier.


bullet Joseph Herrick Whittier(1) was born on Aug 28 1763 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts.(602) He died in Metheun, Massachusetts. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.


bullet Mary Whittier(1) was born on Feb 18 1727 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(603) She died in ?.
On Page 20 'The Descendants of Thomas Whittier' it says that Mary was living in 1764.
Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.


bullet Mary Whittier(1) was born on Mar 18 1702 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She died on Apr 13 1740 in ?. Parents: John Whittier and Mary Hoyt.

She was married to Ephraim Kimball in ?.


bullet Mary Whittier(1) was born on Oct 6 1647 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.(604) She died on Jul 29 1698 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Pentuckett, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

She was married to Benjamin Page in ?.


bullet Morris Whittier(1) was born on May 13 1748 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(605) He died on Jan 12 1818 in ?. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.

He was married to Dorothy Bootman in ?.


bullet Nabey Whittier(1) was born on Jan 5 1772 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(606) (607) She died in 1810 in ?. There has been controversy between the name Nabby, Naby
It has been said that this is a form of Abigail

In the books 'Parkers in America' it is recorded that Joseph Upton Parker was
married to Abigail Whittier (page 548)

In the book 'Descendants of Thomas Whittier' there is reference of Joseph Upton Parker married to Nabby Whittier (page 29)
Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

She was married to Joseph Upton Parker in 1791 in ?. Children were: Abigail Parker, Joseph Parker, Jeremiah Parker, David Parker, Orson Parker Rev, Eliza Parker, Hiram Parker, Valentine Parker.


bullet Nathaniel Whittier(1) was born on Oct 7 1742 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(608) He died on Feb 21 1814 in Cannan, Grafton, New Hamshire. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Jemima Davis.

He was married to Mary (Keaser) Blaisdell in ?.


bullet Nathaniel Whittier(1) was born on Dec 8 1700 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He died on Jun 28 1740 in ?. Parents: John Whittier and Mary Hoyt.

He was married to Elizabeth Merrill in ?.


bullet Nathaniel Whittier(1) was born on Aug 11 1658 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(609) He died on Jul 18 1722 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was buried on Jul 18 1772 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

He was married to Mary Stevens Osgood in ?.

He was married to Mary Brackett Ring in ?.


bullet Osgood Whittier(1) was born on Feb 7 1776 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(610) He died in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.


bullet Richard Whittier(1) was born on Jun 27 1663 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(611) He died on Mar 5 1725 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.


bullet Richard Whittier(1) was born in 1585 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He died in 1638 in Buried St. Edmunds Church, Salisbury. They were marred in 1608/09 at St. Edmunds Church of Salisbury, Wiltshire. They are all buried in the grave yard of St. Edmunds. The Tombstone still stands.
Parents: Henry Whittier and Ann Moyes.

He was married to Mary Rolfe on Jan 23 1608 in St. Edmunds Church of Salisbury, Wiltshire. Children were: Thomas Whittier.


bullet Richard Whittier(1) died in 1583 in Possible Wiltshire, England. He was born in ?. Parents: Robert Whittier and Cicely Webbe.

He was married in ?. Children were: Henry Whittier.


bullet Robert Whittier(1) died in 1566 in Possible Wiltshire, England. He was born in ?. Richard Le Whittier
Cir: 1195

Richard Witheres Lancashire, England
Cir: 1300
Some of the descendants settled in Hampshire and later in
Wiltshire

Possible his Gr Gr Gr Gr grandson was

Anceling Whithier or Whittier
b ?
d 1510

In the Church Warden's register of St. Edmunds Church of Salisbury,
Wiltshire, England. It is recorded that twelve pence was received for the hire of the best candle and cross for the burial of the above. They
had long been established in Hampshire and in Wiltshire.

Their name is written in many ways

Whitcher Wythere Withere Witheres Wyther

Robert Whitteir was a Warden of St. Edmunds Church

He was married to Cicely Webbe in ?. Children were: Richard Whittier.


bullet Ruth Whittier(1) was born on Aug 9 1651 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.(612) She died on Dec 16 1719 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

She was married to Joseph True in ?.


bullet Samuel Whittier(1) was born on Feb 11 1757 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.(613) He died in ?. Parents: Abner , Sr Whittier and Sarah Foot.

He was married to Catherine McClain in ?.

He was married to Susannah Peasley in ?.


bullet Sarah Whittier(1) was born on Oct 8 1770 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(614) She died in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

She was married to Stephen Hoyt in ?.


bullet Simeon Whittier(1) was born on Nov 24 1755 in Metheun, Massachusetts.(615) He died on Nov 25 1766 in Metheun, Massachusetts.(616) Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.


bullet Simeon Whittier(1) was born on Jul 9 1765 in Methuen, Massachusetts.(617) He died on Jan 16 1817 in ?. Parents: Abner , Jr. Whittier and Elizabeth Dow.

He was married to Dorcas Kittredge in ?.


bullet Susannah Whittier(1) was born on Mar 27 1656 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.(618) She died on Feb 15 1726 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Parents: Thomas Whittier and Ruth Rolfe Green.

She was married to Jacob Morrill in ?.

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