Family:Whitney, Joseph (1785-1877)

Joseph⁷ Whitney (Elisha⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Elisha⁶ and Eunice (Seaver) Whitney, was born 22 Feb 1785, Westminster, MA,^[1] and died 2 May 1877, Pittsfield, OH.

He married, 27 Apr 1811, Andover, VT, Abigail Townes, daughter of Aaron and Abigail (Johnson) Towne [sic]. She was born 22 Jan 1791, Andover, VT, and died 2 Apr 1872, Pittsfield, OH.

Children of Joseph⁷ and Abigail (Townes) Whitney:

i.	Hannah T.8 Whitney, b. 5 Jul 1812 (twin), Peru, VT; d. Oberlin, OH; m. Reuben Stone.
ii.	Abigail Whitney, b. 5 Jul 1812 (twin), Peru, VT.
iii.	Joseph S. Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1814, Peru, VT.
iv.	Aaron Whitney, b. 5 Jul 1816, Peru, VT.
v.	Mark Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1818, Peru, VT; m. Cordelia Gifford.
vi.	Augustine Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1820, Peru, VT.
vii.	Richard Whitney, b. 16 Feb 1823, Peru, VT.
viii.	Susan Almira Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1825, Peru, VT.
ix.	Norman Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1827, Peru, VT.
x.	Ira Whitney, b. 13 Sep 1829, Peru, VT.
xi.	Loren Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1833, Peru, VT.

Census

• 1820, Peru, Bennington Co., VT: Joseph Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Peru, Bennington Co., VT: Joseph Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 15-19, and 1 male 0-4.
• (prob.) 1840, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH: Josiah Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 15-19, 3 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 10-14; 3 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:

339 342 Joseph Whitney 55 M - Farmer $3000 Mass. Abigail 59 F - Vermont Augustine 29 M - Do Do Era 20 M - Do Do

• 1860, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:

226 231 Joseph Whitney 75 M - $7000 Mass. Abigal 65 F - Vt. 232 Loring Whitney 27 M - $3800 $1000 " Emma 21 F - England

• 1870, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:

181 183 Whitney, Joseph 85 M W $4000 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Abagial 79 F W Keeping House Vermont

References

1.^  "Joseph [Whitney], s. Elisha and Eunice, [born] Feb. 22, 1784," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915). This birth date is too close to an older sibling, but Heywood's History of Westminster puts it in 1785, which seems more reasonable. The 1860 and 1870 censuses give an age consistent with a birth in early 1785.

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