Family:Whitney, Jonathan (1783-1876)

Jonathan⁶ Whitney (Jonathan⁵, James⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Jonathan⁵ and Abigail (Hemminway) Whitney, was born 6 Apr 1783, Windsor, VT; died 1876, Poweshiek County, IA.

He married, 23 Jan 1819, Mansfield, OH, Miranda Marvin, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin. She was born 13 Jan 1798, Norwalk, CT, and died said 1842.

He was born in the Green Mountain State; his descendants say at Windsor. He migrated to Ohio, where he worked on a farm and where he was married. Soon after their marriage they moved to Indiana, about Brown county. He finally moved to Iowa, where he died. He resided VT, New London, OH, Brown County, IN, and Poweshiek County, IA.

Children of Jonathan⁶ and Miranda (Marvin) Whitney:

i.	Marvin7 Whitney, b. ca. 1820, OH; d. after 1860.
ii.	Theodore Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1824, OH; m.(1) Isabella Quinn; m.(2) Susan Puffer.
iii.	Hannah E. Whitney, b. ca. 1827, OH; m. 12 Feb 1854, Tippecanoe Co., IN, John G. Gubrich.
iv.	Sarah E. Whitney, b. ca. 1829, OH; d. 5 May 1911, Sugar Creek, IA; m. 15 May 1855, Poweshiek Co., IA, Archibald Parr; resided Montezuma, IA.
v.	Eliza Ann Whitney, b. ca. 1832; m. 23 Apr 1848, Brown Co., IN, Joseph Robertson, son of Stephen and Winnie Webb (Chitwood) Robertson, b. 28 May 1822, Campbell Co., TN, d. 12 Apr 1901, Poweshiek Co., IA.
vi.	James Whitney, b. 16 May 1833, OH; m. Mary Helms.
vii.	Hiram Whitney, b. 23 Jul 1835, OH; m. Elizabeth Elda Rice.
viii.	Isaac Whitney, b. 17 Feb 1839, OH; d. 31 Dec 1904, Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA; m. 27 Aug 1863, Lynnville, Jasper Co., IA, Eliza Jane Stapleton; resided Lingrove, IA.
ix.	Miranda Whitney, b. ca. 1843, OH; m. before 1862, Francis Redmon; resided Elliott, IA.

Census

• 1820, Plymouth, Richland Co., OH: Johnathan Whitney, 1 male 26-44, and 1 female 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Plymouth, Richland Co., OH: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 5-9, 1 female 30-39, and 3 females 0-4.
• 1840, Jackson, Brown Co., IN: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 2 females 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 3 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Jackson, Brown Co., IN:

50 50 Jonathan Whitney 65 M - Farmer $1000 N.H. Marvin " 30 M - O. Hannah " 23 F - " Sarah " 21 F - " James " 19 M - " Hiram " 17 M - " Attended school Isaac " 14 M - " Attended school Miranda " 7 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Sugar Creek, Poweshiek Co., MA:

316 314 Joseph Robertson 38 M - Farmer $2800 $822 Tennessee Eliza Ann " 32 F - Ohio Stephen " 11 M - Indiana Marand J. " 10 F - Iowa Andrew J. " 6 M - " Pleasant " 5 M - " Elizabeth " 4 F - " Winney " 2 F - " George W. " 1 M - " Jonathan Whitney 77 M - New Hampshire Marvin " 39 M - Ohio Illiterate Daniel Anderson 18 M - Farm labourer Indiana Dumb

• 1860, son Isaac not found.
• 1870: not found.
• 1870, son Marvin not found.
• 1870, Lynn Grove, Jasper Co., IA, p. 20-21/331:

153 158 Whitney, Isaac 35 M W House Carpenter $600 Indiana Male citizen over 21 -----, Eliza 28 F W Keeping House Iowa -----, Mary 5 F W Iowa -----, John 2 M W "

• 1880, sons Marvin and Isaac not found.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 212-213.

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