Family:Whitney, William (1790-1838)

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William Whitney's Locations

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William Whitney, parentage unknown, but based upon DNA evidence, a descendant of John and Elinor (-----) Whitney, was born 1790, perhaps in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY[1] and died 24 Aug 1838.[2]

He married, 1818, Sarah Compton,[3] daughter of Joseph Compton and Anna Vendoosen from New York. She was born circa 1792.

Sarah Compton was born 1794, Warren Co., OH. She married three times, 1st to Joseph Ellender, 2nd to William Whitney, 3rd to Willis Brown.

Family of 3=2 boys + 1 girl

Children of William and Sarah (Compton) Whitney:

i. George Washington Alexis Whitney, b. ca. 1815, LA, bp. (as an adult) 18 Oct 1841, Thibedeaux, LA.[4] Alexis was murdered in 1852, just one year after the death of his brother-in-law, Tydens James Simpson, and following a running feud with the Daspit Family in Terrebonne.
ii. William Whitney, b. 1829 in Lexington, KY, d. 15 Aug 1870, m. 9 Jul 1847 Azelie Eulalie Gauthreaux
iii. Child 2 Whitney
iv. Child 3 Whitney

Notes

Census

  • 1820: not found.
  • 1830: not found.
  • 1840: not found.
  • 1850, Terrebonne Parish, LA: Sarah Whtiney was residing with her son Washington Whitney & family.

References

1. ^  Source of Birth/Parentage

2. ^  Source of Death

3. ^  Source of Marriage

4. ^  South Louisiana Records, by Father Donald J. HEBERT. Vol 2 pg 401: WHITNEY, Alexis Washington (William and Saley COMPTON) b. 18 Oct 1841 (Thib Ch.: v. 3, #3217)

Copyright © 2006, Huey Anthony Whitney and the Whitney Research Group

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