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'''Sergt. Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, Peter (1760-1826)|Peter<sup>6</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Aaron (1740-1817)|Aaron<sup>5</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Jonas (1699-1770)|Jonas<sup>4</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Moses (1655-a1729)|Moses<sup>3</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Richard (1624-a1691)|Richard<sup>2</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), born Chester, Massachusetts, 1785; married at Detroit, Michigan, 1806, Mary Ware. She died Canon, Michigan, 6 Mar 1865 

He was born in Chester, Massachusetts, and was a cordwainer by trade. Emigrating west he married at Detroit, Michigan. Before his marriage he enlisted in Boston in the army and was stationed at Detroit, Michigan, from 1805 to 1812. At the breaking out of the was of 1812 he was appointed Sergeant in Capt. Dyson's Company of Artillery and participated in the battle at Brownstown. He was one of the men surrendered by Gen. Hull, was taken prisoner and transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia. When released he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to Albany, New York, and to the northern frontier and served to the close of the war, when he returned to Albany and re-enlisted in the Second Regt. U. S. Infantry, and was sent to Sackett's Harbor. He was appointed Q. M. Sergt., and remained there until his death in 1825. He is buried there. He died 20 Jun 1825; resided Sackett's Harbor, New York. 

Children of Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> Whitney:

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| align=right valign=top | i.
| [[Family:Whitney, Solomon Blair (1809-?)|'''Solomon B.<sup>8</sup> Whitney''']], born 29 Nov 1809; married Amanda Martin, Sarah M. Kyle, and Sophia A. Ray. 
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| align=right valign=top | ii.
| '''Cynthia Whitney''', born Jan., 1808; married in Hamtramck, Michigan, in 1833, Elias Jewell; resided Wheaton, Illinois. 
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| align=right valign=top | iii.
| '''Jonathan D. Whitney''', born Detroit, Michigan, 1811; died Saginaw, Michigan, Jan. 7, 1850. 
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| align=right valign=top | iv.
| '''Charles Whitney''', born Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1820; died Geneva, Illinois 1839. 
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| align=right valign=top | v.
| [[Family:Whitney, William Emerson (1821-?)|'''William E. Whitney''']], born 9 Nov 1821; married Hannah L. Pratt. 
|}

==References==
1. All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 310|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 310]].
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