Family:Whitney, Asaph (1770-1858)

Asaph⁶ Whitney (Jonathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jonathan⁵ and Eunice (Marshall) Whitney; born 21 Jun 1780, Dalton, MA, was baptized 3 Nov 1776, Hopkinton, MA,^[1] and died 1858, Amboy, NY.

He married, Preston, CT, Bethiah Hopkins, daughter of Daniel and Olive (Kinne) Hopkins. She was born 2 June 1777, Preston, CT, and died 1830, Cato, NY.

He was a turner; manufactured brush handles, bedsteads, etc. He resided Rupert, VT, Greenwich and Amboy, NY.

Children of Asaph⁶ and Bethiah (Hopkins) Whitney:

i.	Olive7 Whitney, b. 14 Apr 1798, West Rupert, VT; d. 22 Mar 1882; m. May 1820, Ezra Woodruff; b. 22 Feb 1797; d. 29 Nov 1873; resided Amboy. Ch.: Harriet, b. 14 Feb 1821; unmarried resided Amboy; Emily, b. 20 Jun 1823; m. William Felter; resided Amboy; Horace, b. 25 Sep 1825; resided Chicago; Edwin, b. 13 Jan 1828; resided Chicago; Pyrena, b. 12 Oct 1829; m. 8 Jul 1848, James Cox; resided Amboy; Morris Willis, b. 25 Sep 1831; resided Chicago.
ii.	Zebina Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1800, West Rupert, VT; resided Jordan, Onondaga County, NY; was a wheelwright and distiller.
iii.	Pyrena Whitney, b. 8 Mar 1802, West Rupert, VT; d. 24 Oct 1829, Syracuse, NY; m. Aaron Hopkins; b. 14 Jul 1800; d. 24 Mar 1891. He was a farmer. Ch.: Caroline, b. 16 Sep 1825; m. 18 Apr 1850, ----- Codding; resided Blaine, KS; Benjamin B., b. 19 Jun 1828. He d. in Deep Bottom, VA, in union army, 13 Aug 1864.
iv.	Jerusha Whitney, b. 26 Apr 1804, West Rupert, VT; d. 15 Apr 1862 (Find A Grave Memorial# 25267039); m. 22 Feb 1831, Cato, NY, Anson Hopkins; b. 28 Feb 1803, Salem, NY; d. 1 Sep 1873, Amboy, NY; both buried Belle Isle Cemetery, Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. Ch.: Anson, b. -----; resided Amboy; Helen, b. July 07, 1832, d February 26, 1913; m. October 08, 1856, James Monroe Gere (1824-1908); resided Amboy, NY; both buried Belle Isle Cemetery, Camillus, Onondaga County, New York.
v.	Eunice Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1806, West Rupert, VT; m. 29 Apr 1834, John Russell; resided Freeborn, MN; b. 4 Sep 1806. He is a farmer. Ch.: Lucinda, b. 18 May 1837; m. 6 May 1873, W. N. Fay; resided Hermosa, SD; Josephine Eliza, b. 29 Apr 1839; m. 26 Mar 1868, Ira O. Russell; resided Granite Falls, MN; Henry, b. 16 Sep 1841; d. 28 Oct 1842; James H. b. 24 Sep 1844; m. Nov. 1868, Cornelia Mitchell; resided Russell, KS; William L., b. 2 Mar 1847; resided Willis, MT.
vi.	Mary Ann Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1809, West Rupert, VT; m. ----- Root.
vii.	Anna Whitney, b. 30 Jul 1811, West Rupert, VT; m. ----- Chaffee.
viii.	Sarah Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1813, West Rupert, VT.
ix.	George W. Whitney, b. 14 Dec 1816, Greenwich, NY; m.(1) Mary Hutchins; m.(2) Dorothea F. Thompson.
x.	James Marshal Whitney, b. 5 Apr 1819, Greenwich, NY; m. Mary E. Huntley.
xi.	Asaph K. Whitney, b. 27 Jan 1822, Greenwich, NY; m. Laurania -----.

Census

• 1800, Rupert, Bennington Co., VT: Asaph Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1810, Rupert, Bennington Co., VT: Asaph Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-16, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 10-16, 4 females under 10.
• 1820, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY: Asa Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 18-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25, 2 females 10-15, and 2 females 0-9; 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Cato, Cayuga Co., NY: Aseph Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, and 1 female 15-19.
• 1840, Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., NY: Zebina Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 2 engaged in manufacture or trades. This is his son, but his age is overstated.
• 1850, Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY:

193 198 Anson Hopkins 47 M - Farmer $7000 New York Jerusha " 46 F - Vermont Helen " 18 F - New York Attended school Anson " 13 M - " Attended school Asaph Whitney 79 M - Carpenter Mass. Samuel Dorcy 23 M - Laborer Canada Catharine Nolan 23 F - Ireland

• 1850, son Zebina 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. 238-239.

1.^  "Asaph [Whitney], ch. Jonathan, bp. Nov. 3, 1776. C.R.1," according to Vital Records of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

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