Family:Whitney, David (1795-1878)
David7 Whitney (David6, Benjamin5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, John1), son of David6 and Susanna (Huntington) Whitney, was born 18 Dec 1795, Tunbridge, VT,[1] and died 26 Nov 1878, Tunbridge, VT.
He "of Tunbridge, Vt." married, Pepperell, MA, 10 Sep 1818, Lydia Parker.[2] She was born 21 Jun 1798, and died 21 Aug 1876.
He resided Tunbridge, VT.
Children of David7 and Lydia (Parker) Whitney:
i. Susan8 Whitney, b. 1819; d. 7 Nov 1865; m. 9 Sep 1855, Tunbridge, VT, Lorenzo D. Moxley.[3] Children: a. Alice A. Moxley, b. -----; res. in Tunbridge, VT.
ii. Alma Whitney, b. 3 Jun 1831; m. 10 Dec 1861, Arvill P. Salter; res. North Tunbridge, VT. He was born 5 Dec 1826. Children: a. Herbert A. Salter, b. 29 Oct 1862; res. Lexington, MA. b. Wilber N., b. 15 Oct 1864; m. 1891, ----- -----; res. Tunbridge, VT.
iii. Leicester Ferdinand Whitney, b. Sep 1847, Tunbridge, VT; m. Hattie E. Swan.
Census
- 1820, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: David Whitney Jr., 1 male 18-25 and 1 female 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: David Whitney, Jr., 2 males 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9.
- 1840, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: David Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:
38 41 David Whitney Jr. 54 M - Farmer $1300 Vt. Lydia " 51 F - Mass. Susan " 29 F - Vt. Alma " 18 F - " Attended school Leicester " 2 M - " Sybel Parker 84 F - Mass.
2321 2489 David Whitney 65 M - $600 $300 Vermont Lydia " 62 F - $600 $300 Mass. Almia " 24 F - Vermont Lester F. " 12 M - "
53 53 Salter, Averill P. 42 M W Farmer $1000 $6000 Vt. Male citizen over 21 " Alma 38 F W Keep house " " Emma A. 14 F W S. Teacher " Attended school " Hervent 7 M W " Attended school " Wilbur 5 M W " Attended school " Besheba 83 F W " 54 Whitney, David 73 M W Farmer $2600 $800 " Male citizen over 21 " Lydia 71 F W Keep house Mass. " Lester F. 22 M W Vt. Male citizen over 21
Lester T. WHITNEY 32 Self M M W VT Farmer VT VT Harrett E. WHITNEY 25 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT VT Orian WHITNEY 1 Son M S W VT VT VT Harrett W. SWAN 65 MotL F D W VT VT VT Elmer FARRER 17 Oth M S W --- Works On Farm --- ---
References
- Census records.
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 372.
1.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
2.^ "David [Whitney] of Tunbridge, Vt., and Lydia Parker, [married] Sept. 10, 1818," according to George A. Rice, comp. and ed., Vital Records of Pepperell, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1985).
3.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.
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