Family:Whitney, Silas (1769-1854)

Silas⁶ Whitney (Aaron⁵, Samuel⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Aaron⁵ and Hannah (Turney) Whitney,^[1] was born 15 Aug 1769, Fairfield, CT,^[2] and died 20 Feb 1854, Peekskill, NY.^[3]

He married firstly, 10 May 1788, Frederickstown, NY, Nancy Russell,^[4] daughter of Thomas and Charity (Hopkins) Russell.^[5] She was born about 1768, Frederickstown, NY,^[6] and died 27 Mar 1827, Patterson, NY, in her 58th year.^[7]

He married secondly, after 1828, Phebe (Owen) Horton, daughter of Levi and Sarah (Sherman) Owen, birth, and death unknown. She married firstly, Jasper Horton, son of Joshua and Phebe (Rumsey) Horton. He was born 1 May 1786, Canopus Hollow, NY, and died 22 May 1828, Philipstown, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

He studied medicine with Dr. ----- Williams, of Greenfield, now Trumbull, Conn., but his occupation throughout life was that of a trader, first in Frederickstown, now Kent, afterward at Southeast, and later at Patterson, N. Y. She died in the latter place, 27 March 1827, in her 58th year, and was buried in the cemetery near the Baptist Church at Towner's Corners. He went to Peekskill, N. Y., to live with his son, Washington Silas Whitney, and there died, 20 Feb. 1854, according to his gravestone in Cortlandt Cemetery, which also says that he was born 29 Aug. 1769. His second wife was Phebe Owen, widow of ----- Horton. She was the mother of his son's wife.

Children of Silas⁶ and Nancy (Russell) Whitney:

i.	Curtis Russell7 Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1792, Frederickstown, NY;[8] m.(1) Rhoda Hawkins; m.(2) Elizabeth Merritt.
ii.	Silas Whitney, b. about 1794, Frederickstown, NY;[9] d. about 15 Oct 1824, Middletown, NJ, unmarried. He "was captain of a company of men from Southeast, N. Y., in the 136th N. Y. S. Militia, who served for four months at Greenwich Barracks, in New York City, in the war of 1812."
iii.	Bradley Francis Whitney, b. about 1796, Southeast, NY;[10] m. Ann Birch.
iv.	Peter Radcliff Whitney, b. 22 May 1798, Southeast, NY;[11] m.(1) Eliza Baker; m.(2) Dorcas Baldwin.
v.	Aaron Thomas Whitney, b. about 1800 or 1801, Southeast, NY;[12] d. before 1805, Southeast, NY; buried in the Jacob Ellis burial-ground in Southeast.
vi.	Thomas Aaron Whitney, b. 20 Feb 1805, Southeast, NY;[13] m.(1) Naomi Jane Dykeman; m.(2) Susan Elizabeth Newman.
vii.	Washington Silas Whitney, b. 7 May 1807, Franklin, NY;[14] m. Nancy Maria Horton.
viii.	Nancy Ann Whitney, b. 7 May 1807, Franklin, NY;[15] m.(1) Levi Owen; m.(2) Gilbert Drew.

Silas⁶ and Phebe (Owen)(Horton) Whitney had no known children.

Census

• 1790: not found.
• 1800, South East, Dutchess Co., NY: Silas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 5 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Patterson, Dutchess Co., NY: Silas Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 amle 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Patterson, Putnam Co., NY: Silas Whitney 010411/01001/0600
• 1830, Phillips, Putnam Co., NY: Silas Whitney 0000000100000-0100001000000
• 1840, Cortlandt, Westchester Co., NY: Silas Whitney 0000000010000-0000100100000
• 1850, Cortlandt, Westchester Co., NY:

216 250 Cornelius Crawford 40 M - Merchant $3500 N.Y. Sarah " 30 F - " Augusta " 12 F - " Attended school Cornelius " 8 M - " Attended school Maria " 6 F - " Attended school Wm. " 1 M - " Catharine Carnes 19 F - Ire. Geo. Ocell 21 M - Clerk N.Y. 251 Washington Whitney 43 M - Iron founder $6000 " Maria H. " 22 F - " Silas " 83 M - Ct. Phebe " 66 F - N.Y. Chloe A. Horton 30 F - "

• 1860, New York Ward 20, New York Co., NY:

955 1350 W. S. Whitney 53 M - Gentleman $150000 $25000 N.Y. Mariah H. " 40 F - " Chas H. " 23 M - Clerk " Silas R. " 20 M - " Phebe " 70 F - " Margt. M. Newell 24 F - Servant Ireland Mary Brady 30 F - " "

• 1870, New York Ward 20, New York, NY:

251 -- Reynolds, Maria 70 F - N.Y. Owen, Maria 22 F - " Ackerman, Lizzie 38 F - N.J. " Lorinas 17 M - N.Y. " Sarah 11 F - " " Addy 10 F - " " James 3 M - " Whitney, Phebe 81 F - " Fregason, Dora 59 F - " Wale, Christ 28 M - Painter " " Jane 22 F - Conn. [and 16 more people]

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. 248 and pp. 672-673.

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