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
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↑ 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
↑ 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.).
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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