Born in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James (Whidden) Whitten
and Sarah (Lang) Whitten
Husband of
Polly (Goodridge) Whitten
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles B. Whitten, Ira B. (Whidden) Whitten, Mark Whitten, Noah Whitten, Amos (Whidden) Whitten, Alfred Whitten, Emerson (Whidden) Whitten, Lorin (Whidden) Whitten, Mary (Whidden) Whitten and Emily Whidden
Died
at age 75
in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2010
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Biography
James Whitten, Jr
- BIRTH 3 Mar 1793 Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, USA[1]
- DEATH 3 Feb 1869 (aged 75) Canaan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
- BURIAL Old Village Cemetery, Canaan, Somerset County, Maine, USA[2]
- Father: James Whitten 1761–1828
- Mother: Sarah Parker 1769–1841
Marriage: 03 Mar 1815 Canaan, Kennebec County, Maine, USA to Polly Goodridge. A record of their children's births appears in the Canaan town records.[3]
War of 1812 Soldier: James Whidden / Whitten Widow: Polly Whidden Military Service Location: Massachusetts Pension Number - #1: Wid Orig 15277 Pension Number - #2: Wid Ctf 23661 Roll number: 98 Archive Publication Number: M313 [4]
1820 enumerated at Canaan, Somerset, Maine.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Town and Vital Records, 1795-1891. Clinton, Kennebec, Maine. James Whidden Family Birth Records. Digital Images: Family Search. Image 157 of 336. Accessed 3 Sep 2022. James Whidden Jr. Birth Record
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #148443277
- ↑ Town and Vital Records, 1784-1910. Canaan, Somerset, Maine. James Whidden Family Birth Records; page 135. Digital Images: Family Search. Image 201 of 850. Accessed 4 Sep 2022. James Whidden Family Birth Records
- ↑ Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
- ↑ United States Census, 1820. Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States. James Whidden, Jr; page 118, line 12. Citing NARA digital publication series M33. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives and Records Administration. Digital Images: Family Search. Image 2 of 2. Accessed 3 Sep 2022. 1820 US Census
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-V95 : 22 December 2020), James Whidden, Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCC-GB9 : 18 February 2021), James Whidden, 1860.
- Son Mark Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922 for James Whitten
- "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC63-K3M : 23 September 2017), Jas Whitten in entry for Ira Whitten, Death 14 May 1898; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,062./
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