Family:Whitney, Nathan (1803-1862)

Nathan⁷ Whitney (Ira⁶, Nathan⁵, Nathan⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Ira⁶ and Rebekah (Hartwell) Whitney, was born 24 Jul 1803, Conway, MA, and died 1862, Warren Co., PA.

He married, 25 Dec 1829, Susan Davis, daughter of Abraham and Ruth (Mead) Davis. She was born 1809.

"Whitney, Ira A., Pittsfield p. o., was born in Youngsville in 1842, a son of Nathan and Susan Davis Whitney. She was a daughter of Abraham and Ruth Mead Davis, and was born in 1809. Nathan was born in Massachusetts in 1803; they were born in Youngsville, and had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living—-Ira A., Lucy, M. D., and Dr. William D. Nathan was a son of Ira Whitney, settled in Youngsville in 1824, and died in 1862. Ira A. embarked in the mercantile trade in Pittsfield in 1873, dealing extensively in all classes of merchandise, grain, seeds, feed, flour, lumber, shingles, clothing, boots and shoes, and does a general barter business to accommodate his farming trade. He was appointed postmaster November, 18S5. He married Sabrina Mead, daughter of John and Eveline Mead, in 1879; they have three children-—Ella, Mary, Lucy P., and Fred."^[1]

Children of Nathan⁷ and Susan (Davis) Whitney:

i.	Harriet8 Whitney, b. ca. 1832, PA; d. before 1887.
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. say 1835, PA; d. before 1887; not in family in 1850.
iii.	(son) Whitney, b. say 1838, PA; d. before 1887; not in family in 1850.
iv.	Ira A. Whitney, b. ca. 1842, PA; d. after 1887; m. 1879, Sabrina Mead, daughter of John and Eveline (-----) Mead.
v.	Lucy A. Whitney, b. ca. 1845, PA; d. after 1887; m. before 1880, ----- Chipman.
vi.	Melville D. Whitney, b. ca. 1849, PA; d. after 1887; m. before 1880, Florence D. -----.
vii.	William D. Whitney, b. ca. 1852, PA; "Dr." d. after 1887; m. Enmar -----.

Census

• 1830, Brokenstraw, Warren Co., PA: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 15-19.
• 1840, Brokenstraw, Warren Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1850, Broken Straw, Warren Co., MA:

1589 1592 Nathan Whitney 47 M - Carpenter $600 Mich. Susan " 41 F - Pa. Harriet Whitney 18 F - Pa. Attended school Ira A. " 8 M - Pa. Attended school Lucy A. " 5 F - Pa. Mellville D. " 1 M - "

• 1860, Broken Straw, Warren Co., MA:

1446 86 Nathan Whitney 57 M - Farmer $2400 $575 N.Y. Susan " 50 F - Pa. Ira " 18 M - " Attended school Lucy W. " 15 F - " Attended school Mellville " 11 M - " Attended school William " 9 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Brokenstraw, Warren Co., PA:

97 85 Whitney, Susan 60 F W Keeping House $3000 -- Penna. -----, Wm. 18 M W Farmer Penna. Davis, Mattie 14 F W Attending School Ohio Attended school

• 1880, Brokenstraw, Warren Co., PA:

Susan WHITNEY 70 Self F W W PA Keeping House PA PA Lucy A. CHIPMAN 34 Dau F M W PA At Home PA PA Susan B. CHIPMAN 6 GDau F S W OH PA OH Mary B. CHIPMAN 2 GDau F S W IN PA OH Ruth F. CHIPMAN 1 GDau F S W PA PA OH Gusta CARLSON 25 Oth F S W SWEEDEN Servant SWEEDEN SWEEDEN Elmer JOHNSON 17 Oth M W PA Servant PA PA

• 1880, Pittsfield, Warren Co., PA:

I. A. WHITNEY 37 Self M M W PA Merchant NY PA Sabrina WHITNEY 34 Wife F M W PA House Keeper PA PA May WHITNEY 8 Dau F S W PA --- --- Lucy WHITNEY 6 Dau F S W PA --- --- Fred WHITNEY 1 Son M S W PA --- ---

• 1880, Pittsfield, Warren Co., PA:

Melville WHITNEY 32 Self M M W PA Clerk In Store PA PA Florence D. WHITNEY 32 Wife F M W PA House Keeping PA NY

• 1880, Freehold, Warren Co., PA:

W. D. WHITNEY 28 Self M M W PA Physician MA PA Enmar WHITNEY 26 Wife F M W PA Keeping House ENGLAND NY Susan BAKER 64 Oth F W W NY Keeping House - Boarder NY NJ

References

1.^  J. S. Schenk, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), p. cv.

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