Family:Whitney, Israel Clawson (1793-a1868)

Israel Clawson⁶ Whitney (Darling⁵, Daniel⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Darling⁵ and Sarah (Valentine) Whitney, was born 22 Dec 1793, Woodbury, NY, and died after 1868.

He married, Feb 1816, Huntington, NY, Phebe Whitman, daughter of Nathaniel Whitman. She died after 1868.

Phoenix says the following:

Israel Clawson Whitney, b. at East Woods, now Woodbury, L. I., 22 Dec. 1793; a farmer; married by Rev. William Schenck, Presbyterian, at West Hills, Huntington, L. I., in Feb. 1816; to Phebe Whitman, dau. of Nathaniel Whitman, of West Hills. They lived at Woodbury, in 1868.

Children of Israel Clawson⁶ and Phebe (Whitman) Whitney:

i.	Phebe Ann7 Whitney, b. 6 May 1817, Woodbury, NY; d. 8 May 1821, Woodbury, NY;[1] bur. Fountain Hill Cemetery, Woodbury, NY.
ii.	Nathaniel Whitman Whitney, b. 17 Jul 1818, Woodbury, NY; m.(1) Mary Eliza Velsor; m.(2) Sarah Jane Valentine.
iii.	Mahala Esther Whitney, b. 9 Dec 1819, Woodbury, NY; m. 28 Jul 1839, Andrew Cheshire.[2]
iv.	Jesse Clawson Whitney, b. 28 Apr 1822, Woodbury, NY; m. Emeline Van Sise.
v.	Israel Rodgers Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1824, Woodbury, NY; m. Cynthia Jane Schenck.
vi.	Phebe Ann Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1834, Woodbury, NY; m. Amos Cheshire.

Census

• 1820, Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY: Israel Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY: Israel Whiteing, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 5-9, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 10-14.
• 1840, Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY: Israel Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 0-4; 3 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY:

126 128 Jewel C. Whitney 56 M - Farmer [N.Y.] Phebe Whitney 54 F - [N.Y.] Jesse C. Whitney 28 M - Farmer $2200 [N.Y.] Caroline Whitney 28 M - [N.Y.] Phebe A. Whitney 15 F - [N.Y.] Mary A. Whitney 2 F - [N.Y.]

• 1860: not found.
• 1870: not found.
• 1880: not found.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 275 and pp. 724-725.

1.^  Whitney Account Book.

2.^  Whitney Account Book.

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