Family:Whitney, Phinehas Sullivan (1785-1855)

Phinehas Sullivan⁷ Whitney (Phinehas⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Phinehas⁶ and Lydia (Bowes) Whitney,^[1] was born 6 Jul 1785, Shirley, MA,^[2] and died 3 May 1855,^[3] leaving 3 children.^[4] He was buried in the Darrell/Collard family cemetery at 3212 Arundel Avenue, Alexandria, VA.

He married firstly, 28 Sep 1806, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Lucy (Cobb) Davis.^[5] Pierce calls her Lucy Cobb.^[6] She died sometime shortly before 3 Mar 1821, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.^[7] She married firstly, 21 Jan 1802, Boston, Nathaniel Davis.^[8]

He married secondly, Julia Robinson.^[9]

He married thirdly, before 1850,^[10] Elizabeth S. Collard,^[11] daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Brooke)(Darrell) Collard. She was born circa 1805, VA.^[12] She married secondly George Collard, and moved to Washington, DC. She was buried in the Darrell/Collard family cemetery at 3212 Arundel Avenue, Alexandria, VA.

On 4 Oct 1807, "Mr. Phineas S. Whitney & Mrs. Lucy Whitney his wife" were listed as "removed to New York".^[13]

He may have been the "Mr. Phineas S. Whitney" appointed assistant trustee, Ward No. 7, Boston Fuel Society.^[14]

He was a coal dealer and resided in Philadelphia in 1850.^[15]

Children of Phinehas S.⁷ and Lucy (Cobb)(Davis) Whitney (census reconstruction, order uncertain):

i.	Mary Ann Bowes8 Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1807, bp. 7 Dec 1807, West Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.[16] She was listed as ill and having died young in the baptism register.
i.	Samuel Cobb Whitney, b. Dec 1808, bp. 1 Jan 1809, West Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.[17] d. 20 Mar 1811, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.[18]
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. 1800-1810, d. between 1810 and 1811.
iii.	(son) Whitney, b. 1800-1810, d. between 1810 and 1811.
iv.	(daughter) Whitney, b. 1800-1810, d. between 1810 and 1815.
v.	Lucy Whitney, b. ca. 1813, d. shortly before 17 Jun 1815, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.[19]
vi.	(daughter) Whitney, b. 1815-1820; no further record.

Children of Phinehas S.⁷ and Julia (Robinson) Whitney, if any, unknown.

Children of Phinehas S.⁷ and Elizabeth S. (Collard) Whitney, if any, unknown.

Census

• 1810, Ward 7, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Phinehas S. Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Ward 5, New York, New York: Phineas S. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 0-9, 1 person engaged in commerce, 1 free colored female 26-44.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840, Spring Garden Township, Philadelphia, PA: P. S. Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 30-39.
• 1850, Philadelphia South Ward, Philadelphia, PA: P.S. Whitney, age 60 & Eliza S. Whitney
• 1850, Philadelphia South Ward, Philadelphia, PA:

651 692 P. S. Whitney 60 M - Coal Dealer none Mass. Eliza S. Whitney 45 F - Virginia John Warner 40 M - Clerk none Phila.

References

• Groveton Plantation, Alexandria, VA.

1. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

2. ^  "Phinehas Sullivon [Whitney], s. Rev. Phinehas and Lydia, [born] July 6, 1785," according to Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918).

3. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

4. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

5. ^  "Phineas S. [Whitney] and Lucy Davis, [married] Sept. 28, 1806," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 279.

6. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

7. ^  "Lucy, Mrs., wife of Phinehas Whitney, of New York, d. in Boston, aged 38 (C.C. Mar. 3, 1821)", American Antiquarian Society, comp., Index of Deaths in the Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society.

8. ^  Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903).

9. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

10. ^  1850 U.S. Census, Philadelphia South Ward, Philadelphia, PA

11. ^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 146.

12. ^  1850 U.S. Census, Philadelphia South Ward, Philadelphia, PA

13. ^  NEHGR, v. 93, p. 317.

14. ^  Boston Gazette, December 15, 1814, Volume 41, Issue 51, page 3 as found in the America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 Collection on NEHGS.

15. ^  1850 U.S. Census, Philadelphia South Ward, Philadelphia, PA

16. ^  NEHGR, v. 92, p. 244.

17. ^  NEHGR, v. 92, p. 246.

18. ^  "Samuel Cobb, only son of Phineas S. WHITNEY, d. in Boston [Mar. 20, 1811] aged 3 (C.C. Mar. 23, 1811)", American Antiquarian Society, comp., Index of Deaths in the Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society.

19. ^  "Lucy, only child of Phineas S. WHITNEY, d. in Boston, aged 2 (C.C. June 17, 1815)", American Antiquarian Society, comp., Index of Deaths in the Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society.

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