Family:Whitney, Josiah (1815-1877)

Josiah⁷ Whitney (Moses Gill⁶, Josiah⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Moses Gill⁶ and Ann (Shields) Whitney, was born 12 Mar 1815, Whitingham, VT,^[1] and died 11 Mar 1877, Bennington, VT, aged 62 years, of dropsy.

He married, 8 Oct 1837, Greenfield, MA, Sarah Moody Dickinson,^[2] daughter of Lucius and Rebecca (Wait) Dickinson. She was born 20 Jun 1820, Greenfield, MA, and died 4 Jun 1901, Greenfield, MA, aged 80 years.

He resided East Bennington, VT, and Greenfield, MA.

Children of Josiah⁷ and Sarah Moody (Dickinson) Whitney:

i.

George Albert8 Whitney, b. ca. 1838, MA; d. after 1870, Bennington, VT; m.(1) 1 Sep 1859, Chicopee, MA, or 6 Sep 1859, Bennington, VT, Ann Amelia Day, dau. of Almiron M. and Clarissa (Hayden) Day,[3] b. ca. 1839, VT; apparently they were divorced; he m.(2) 15 Mar 1868, Bennington, VT, Jane Emeline Congdon,[4] b. ca. 1842, NY, d. after 1870; left one son, apparently b. after 1870. Ann m.(2) Edward N. S. Morgan, and d. 3 December 1899, Springfield, MA. In 1860 he was an engraver living in Chicopee, MA. Children: a. Harry W.9 Whitney, b. 9 Jun 1860, Chicopee, MA.[5]

Census

• 1840, Colerain, Franklin Co., MA: ; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA:

3013 3275 Carlos Allen 44 M - Book Keeper Mass. Martha M. " 35 F - " Mary E. " 13 F - " Attended school Virginia " 7 F - Va. Attended school 3276 Josiah Whitney 33 M - Mass. Sarah M. " 30 F - " George " 12 M - " Attended school

• 1855, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA:

347 470 Josiah Whitney 38 M - Furniture Merchant N.H. Sarah Whitney 34 F - Mass. George A. Whitney 16 M - " Samuel Morse 18 M - Machinist "

• 1860, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA:

2040 2701 Josiah Whitney 45 M - Furniture Dealer $1600 $2000 Vt. Sarah M. " 42 F - Mass. George A. " 22 M - Sword Factory " Anna A. " 21 F - Vt. Hannah Coffy 23 F - Domestic Ireland

• 1870, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT:

89 95 Whitney, Josiah 54 M W Retailer Ready made Clothing $1800 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 50 F W Keeping house Massachusetts -----, George 32 M W Painter Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Jane 28 F W Keeping house New York Congdon, Gracie 8 F W New York Attended school Whitcomb, Victoria 25 F W Writing Teacher Vermont

• 1880: not found.
• 1900, Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA: widow Sarah M. Whitney, b. Jun 1820, MA, sister-in-law of Wayne and Frances V. (Dickinson) Potter.

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. 330.

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.

2.^  "Josiah [Whitney], and Sarah M. Dickinson, [married] Oct. 8, 1837," according to Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915).

3.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

4.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 132, page 386.

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