Family:Whitney, Phinehas (1761-a1832)

House of Phineas⁶ Whitney^[1]

Phinehas⁶ Whitney (Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Samuel⁵ and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney;^[2] born 16 Jan 1761, Westminster, Massachusetts;^[3] died after 10 Jul 1832, Brandon, Vermont.^[4]

He married 13 Jan 1788, Westminster, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Rand,^[5] daughter of John and Tabitha (Hart) Rand.^[6] She was born 1 Feb 1767, Westminster, Massachusetts,^[7] and died after 14 Jun 1825.^[8]

He settled in Westminster, on the northerly part of his father's estate, in the house now occupied by John C. Goodridge. Mr. Whitney sold the place to Jacob Sawyer, from whom it passed to Joel Whitney, and removed to Pittsford, Vermont, where both he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. During the Revolutionary war he served in the company from Westminster, and some years after its close moved to Rutland County, Vermont, where he was granted a pension 3 Mar 1831, in his 71st year; resided Westminster, Massachusetts, and Pittsford, Vermont.^[9]

"Phinehas, MA Line, S22581, sol was b 16 Jan 1761 at Westminster MA & he lived there until 1812 then moved to Chittenden VT & afterwards lived at Pittsford, Salisbury & Brandon VT, he appl 10 Jul 1832 at Brandon in Rutland Co VT, sol had orig appl 14 jun 1825 in Rutland Co VT at which time sol had a wife Elizabeth aged 57 & they had a daughter Evelina aged 22 living with them."^[10]

Children of Phinehas⁶ and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney:

i.	Lydia7 Whitney, born 30 Mar 1788, Westminster, Massachusetts;[11] m. ----- Blaisdell.[12]
ii.	Betsey Whitney, born 27 Dec 1789, Westminster, Massachusetts;[13] m. Phineas Ward Hartwell.[14]
iii.	Nancy Whitney, born 21 Sep 1791, Westminster, Massachusetts;[15] m.(1) ----- Jenner; m.(2) John Smith.[16]
iv.	John Whitney, born 28 Jul 1793, Westminster, Massachusetts;[17] m. Sarah Chapman.[18]
v.	Thomas Whitney, born 18 Mar 1795, Westminster, Massachusetts;[19] m.(1) Artimacy Preston; m.(2) Hannah Preston.[20]
vi.	Evalina Whitney, b. about 1803, living 1825.[21]

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), p. 148.

1.^  Homestead Heritage of Westminster, compiled by the House Inventory Committee of the Westminster Historical Society (Westminster, MA: 1980), p. 203.

2.((note|2}} His parentage is proven by his birth record.

3.((note|3}} "Pheneas [Whitney], s. Samuel and Abigail, [born] Jan. 16, 1761," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 100.

4.((note|4}} On that date he applied for a pension for service in the Revolutionary War, so he died after that.

5.((note|5}} "Phinehas [Whitney] and Elizabeth Rand, [married] Jan. 13, 1788," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 202.

6.((note|6}} Her parentage is proven by her birth record.

7.((note|7}} "Elizebath [Rand], d. John and Tabitha, [born] Feb. 1, 1767," according to Rice, op. cit., p. 75.

8.((note|8}} On this date she was living with her husband in Brandon, Vermont, when he originally applied for a pension.

9.((note|9}} [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 148|Pierce, loc. cit.

10.^  Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. III (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992).

11.^  "Lydea [Whitney], d. Phinehas and Elizabeth, [born] March 30, 1788," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 99.

12.^  "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.

13.^  "Bettsa [Whitney], d. Phinehas and Elizabeth, [born] Dec. 27, 1789," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 100.

14.^  "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.

15.^  "Nancy [Whitney], d. Phinehas and Elizabeth, [born] Sept. 21, 1791," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 99.

16.^  "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.

17.^  "John [Whitney], s. Phinehas and Elizabeth, [born] July 25, 1793," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 98.

18.^  "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.

19.^  "Thomas [Whitney], s. Phinehas and Elizabeth, [born] March 18, 1795," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915), p. 101.

20.^  "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.

21.^  Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. III (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992).

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