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Sixth Generation.
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| 1245
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V. Jerusha Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 14 Ap. 1787; married Henry Shenuck, a drover; and died at the house of her brother, Abraham Johnson Whitney, in Danby, N. Y., according to one account, while another story makes Ruth Ann marry John Shenucks, and Jerusha "a man in New York City."
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| 1246
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VI. James Lewis Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 23 May 1789; a blacksmith; married Maria Cass; settled at Watkins, N. Y., where they died and were buried.
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4100
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| 1247
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VII. Sarah Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn,, 23 Aug. 1790; married in 1810, at Newtown, Amason Washburn, a blacksmith and farmer, who was born in Newtown, 21 May 1789, son of Zenas and Dinah Ann (Botsford) Washburn, of Hanover, Conn. They settled in Newtown, and after the birth of two children, removed to Southbury, Conn., and thence, in 1819, to Vermilion, Ohio, settling in the virgin forest and cutting out a home. There she died, 13 Ap. 1859, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. He married (2d), 22 Oct. 1 860, in Huron, Ohio, Mary Ann Rose, widow of John Hunter. They were still living in Vermilion, in Sept. 1874. He was twice in service in the war of 1812, at New Haven, and New London, Conn. The Firelands Pioneer, Vol. I, p. 43, says that he "possessed a vigorous constitution, and by persevering industry and frugality, and the good luck of locating on an iron-bed, obtained a competence."
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4103
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| 1248
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VIII. Philo Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 27 Ap. 1792; a blacksmith and farmer; married, 1 Oct. 1815, in Newtown, by Rev. Daniel Burhans, Episcopal, to Jerusha Wheeler, who was born in Newtown, 16 Oct. 1796, dau. of Abram and Marcia (Botsford) Wheeler. They settled in Newtown, where she died of fever, 21 Sept. 1829, and was buried in the Newtown Cemetery. He was married (2d), 14 Dec. 1829, at Newtown, by Rev. Daniel Burhans, Rector of Trinity Church at Newtown, to Aurelia Wheeler, who was born in Newtown, 23 July 1792, sister of his first wife. He was accidentally and instantly killed, 6 Ap. 1830, by a fracture of the skull, and was buried in the Newtown Cemetery. His widow was still living, in September 1874, with her step-daughter, Mrs. Emily (Whitney) Fairchild, in Newtown; having married (2d), 11 June 1837, Benjamin Curtis Glover, and (3d), 15 Jan. 1845, Zachariah Clark.
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4112
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| 1249
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IX. Ezra Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 18 Sept. 1793; married, and had children; "lived in York State," and is said to have died in Danby, Tompkins Co. Another story says that he lived and died in Enfield, N. Y.; and a third, that he died and was buried in Newfield, N. Y. Probably the last is true.
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4120
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X. Eli Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 25 Feb. 1795; a shoemaker,
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4121
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