Eighth Generation (Continued)
Family of Abraham WHITMAN (383) & Hannah WEBBER

571. Capt. Isaac WHITMAN. Born on 24 Sep 1795 in Chester, NS. Isaac died in lost in a gale at sea on 17 Dec 1831, he was 36. Occupation: Ship Captain.

Stories about the sea adventures of Capt. Isaac are at my web pages at http://members.xoom.com/pdpdpd/whitmania.htm.
Just as Isaac had decided to come back home and live in his fine stone house with his family, he went to sea "one more time" and was lost in the great gale of Dec. 1831.
His son David, was also lost at sea in another gale.

On 15 Jan 1823 when Isaac was 27, he married Deborah BEARS.

They had the following children:
914 i. David (1828-1873)
915 ii. Ann Maria (1824-)
916 iii. Jane (1827-)

572. James WHITMAN. Born on 21 Apr 1794 in Chester, NS. James died in At sea, out of Canso, NS on 19 Apr 1814, he was 19. Buried in unmarked; at sea.

573. John WHITMAN. Born on 7 Nov 1797 in Chester, NS.

In 1825 when John was 27, he married Eliza SPURR, in Annapolis, NS. Born in 1804 in Round Hill.

They had the following children:
917 i. James Edward
918 ii. Thomas Spurr
919 iii. Edward Spurr (-1831)
920 iv. Mary Ann
921 v. John Edward (1833-1892)
922 vi. Elizabeth Lee (1835-1908)
923 vii. Robert (1837-1877)

574. Dorcas WHITMAN. Born on 2 Mar 1797 in Chester, NS.

On 16 Jan 1819 when Dorcas was 21, she married Capt. David BEARS. Born in Prince Edward Island.

This family appears in the 1838 Census of Nova Scotia for Guysborough County . David is listed as a fisherman and has, including himself and his wife, a family of 13 persons living in Wilmot. This census would show the family members up to but not including the birth of Henrietta, who was born in 1838, the same year as the census.

They had the following children:
924 i. James (1819-)
925 ii. Sarah Ann (1821-)
926 iii. Dorcas Letitia (1822-)
927 iv. Abraham Whitman (1824-)
928 v. Mercy Caroline (1825-)
929 vi. Isaac Alfred (1827-)
930 vii. David Albert (1830-)
931 viii. Rebecca Elizabeth (1831-)
932 ix. Hannah Eliza (1832-)
933 x. John Francis (1835-)
934 xi. Henrietta Jean (1838-)
935 xii. Henry Alline (1841-)
936 xiii. George Whitfield (1844-)

575. Mercy WHITMAN. Born on 13 Jan 1802 in Chester, NS.

Mercy died in 1869 and her husband Joseph Wheelock married her sister Hannah.

On 11 Nov 1824 when Mercy was 22, she married Joseph WHEELOCK Justice of Peace, son of Joseph WHEELOCK & Sybil TARBELL.[10]

They had the following children:
937 i. John (1825-)
938 ii. James Amariah (1827-)
939 iii. Abraham (1829-)
940 iv. William
941 v. Joseph Albert (1831-)
942 vi. Charlotte Letitia (1832-)
943 vii. Jesse Tarbell (1834-1835)
944 viii. Hannah Maria (1836-)
945 ix. Jesse Edwin (1838-)
946 x. Mary Ellen (1840-)
947 xi. Ann Augusta (1842-)
948 xii. William Anderson Black

576. Hannah WHITMAN. Born on 9 May 1804 in Chester, NS.

On 3 Feb 1842 when Hannah was 37, she first married George NORRIS.

They had the following children:
949 i. Hannah Maria (1842-)
950 ii. Sarah Annie Muncy (1844-)
951 iii. Lucie Georgina (1848-)

Hannah second married Joseph WHEELOCK, son of Joseph WHEELOCK & Sybil TARBELL.

After his wife Mercy's death in 1869, Joseph married her sister Hannah.

577. Letitia WHITMAN. Born on 16 Dec 1806. Letitia died in 1884, she was 77.

On 30 Jun 1831 when Letitia was 24, she married William HART, son of Tyrus HART & Martha INGRAHAM/INGRAM.

They had the following children:
952 i. William Henry (1832-)
953 ii. James Edward (1834-)
954 iii. Alfred Whitman (1837-)
955 iv. Abram Whitman (1840-)
956 v. Charles (1841-1842)
957 vi. Letetia A. (1843-)
958 vii. Carrie M. (1845-)
959 viii. George M. Wilberforce (1847-)
960 ix. Charlotte C. (1849-)
961 x. Lewis E. (1853-)

578. Sarah M. WHITMAN. Born on 26 Nov 1808 in Chester, NS.

In 1834 when Sarah M. was 25, she married William Johnston BIGELOW.

They had the following children:
962 i. James W. (1835-)
963 ii. Sarah S. (1836-1849)
964 iii. Emma Johnson (1838-)
965 iv. Hannah W. (1840-1842)
966 v. Pamela M. (1842-)
967 vi. Abraham W. (1843-)
968 vii. Sarah "Sadie" J. (~1849-1922)

579. Abraham Newed WHITMAN. Born on 26 Mar 1814 in Canso, Nova Scotia.

Took over his father Abraham's business and turned it into "A.N. Whitman & Sons, Ltd." He is pictured in the Canso News of May 12, 1912 on the first page. It was said his home was open and welcoming to any wayfaring stranger. He was an energetic purposeful man and deeply religious; a devout Baptist. His children studied at Acadia and eventually left the family's fortune to the university.

In 1841 when Abraham Newed was 26, he married Lavinia HART, daughter of Tyrus HART & Martha INGRAHAM/INGRAM, in Canso, Nova Scotia.

The portraits of Abraham and Lavinia hang in the Whitman house at Canso today, flanking the fireplace in the large front parlor.

They had the following children:
969 i. Julia (1842-)
970 ii. Albert (1844-1848)
971 iii. Clement H. (1846-)
972 iv. Harriet Maria (1849-)
973 v. Elnathan (1850-)
974 vi. Lavinia (1852-)
975 vii. Arthur (1854-)
976 viii. Caroline (1856-)
977 ix. Edward C. (1861-1925)

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