Family:Whitney, James (1800-1880)

James⁷ Whitney (Jeremiah⁶, Hezekiah⁵, Hezekiah⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of Jeremiah⁶ and Elizabeth (Underhill) Whitney, was born 16 Aug 1800, Newburgh, NY, and died after 1875, and died 8 May 1880, Wappingers Falls, NY [Phoenix] or Apr 1880, Wappinger, NY, aged 82 years of old age.^[1]

He married 1 Jul 1824, Rosendale Plains, NY,^[2] Sally Ann Coutant, daughter of Gabriel and Hannah G. (Roe) Coutant. She was born 20 Oct 1806, Hurley, NY, and died 30 Mar 1890. [The 1880 Mortality Schedule indicates James was a widower at the time of death which would indicate Sally died before 1880 and would account for her not being found in the 1880 census.]

Phoenix says the following:

"James Whitney, b. in the town of Newburgh, N.Y., 16 Aug. 1800, as he says, and neither 1799, as found in the records of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting, nor 1801, as is stated in his father's family-record, in possession of his brother, Jesse Whitney, of Fairport, N.Y.; married at Rosendale Plains, Ulster Co., N.Y., 1 July 1824, by the Friends' ceremony, Sally Ann Coutant, born at Hurley, now Rosendale Plains, 20 Oct. 1806, dau. of Gabriel and Hannah (Roe) Coutant. The marriage-record calls them both "of New Paltz," N.Y. They settled at Esopus, N.Y.; and, in April 1851, removed to the town of Beekman, N.Y., living there until the destruction of their home by fire, on the night of 4 Feb. 1874. They dwelt in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., till Aug. 1874, when they settled at Wappinger's Falls, in Fishkill N.Y."

Children of James⁷ and Sally Ann (Coutant) Whitney:

i.	Hannah Jane8 Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1825, Esopus, NY; d. after 1874, m. 28 Sep 1844, Esopus, NY, Effingham Lawrence, a farmer, who was born at Esopus, 15 May 1811, son of Thomas and Sarah (Smith) Lawrence. They settled at Esopus; and in 1867, moved to East Park, in Hyde Park, NY, where they were living in 1874, without children.
ii.	Leonard Lewis Whitney, b. 10 May 1827, Esopus, NY; m.(1) Mary Morgan; m.(2) Elizabeth Elmendorf.
iii.	Daniel Butler Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1831, Esopus, NY; m. Mary Jane Traver.
iv.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 14 May 1835, Esopus, NY; d. 21 Feb 1842, Esopus, NY; buried in Coutant family-cemetery, Esopus, NY.
v.	James Robinson Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1837, Esopus, NY; m. Ruth Flagler.
vi.	Oscar Whitney, b. 20 Oct 1840, Esopus, NY; d. 18 Apr 1843, Esopus, NY; buried in Coutant family-cemetery, Esopus, NY.
vii.	Egbert Whitney, b. 17 Jul 1847, Esopus, NY; m. Matilda Sammons Traver.
viii.	Adeline Whitney, b. 3 May 1849, Esopus, NY; d. after 1873; m. 15 Oct 1874, LaGrange, NY, Alison Dutcher, b. 6 Aug 1847, Beekman, NY, son of Abraham and Gertrude Ann (Van Voorhees) Dutcher. He was a farmer. They were living at Beekmanville in Nov. 1873.

Census

• 1830, Esopus, Ulster Co., NY: James Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840, Esopus, Ulster Co., NY: James Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Esopus, Ulster Co., NY:

173 176 James Whitney 48 M - Farmer $8000 New York Sarah A. " 48 F - " James R. " 13 M - " Attended school Egbert " 2 M - " Adaline " 16 M - " [sic: perhaps 16 months?]

• 1860, Beekman, Dutchess Co., NY:

433 429 James Whitney 58 M - Farmer N.Y. Sally A. Whitney 53 F - " Egbert Whitney 12 M - " Attended school Adeline Whitney 11 F - " Attended school 430 James R. Whitney 23 M - Farmer $3000 $685 " Ruth Whitney 23 F - " John F. Whitney 9/12 M - " Mary Flagler 28 F - "

• 1865 State, Beekman, Dutchess Co., NY:

173 Wood $200 182 James Whitney 54 M - ---- Orange - 1 1 - - Farmer 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - Sally V. Whitney 58 F - Wife Ulster 6 1 1 - - Adaline Whitney 15 F - Dau Ulster - - - - 1 Egbert Whitney 17 M - Son Ulster - - - - 1

• 1865 State, Agricultural, Beekman, Dutchess Co., NY:

James Whitney: 50A. improved, $3500 farm value, $310 stock value, $50 tools value, 9A. plowed 1864, 9A. plowed 1865, 8A. pasture 1864, 4A. pasture 1865, 5A. meadow 1864, 7A. meadow 1865, 5A. oats sown, 1864, 4A. oats sown, 1865, 140 bu. oats harvested 1864, 7A. winter rye sown 1864, 5A. winter rye sown 1865, 80 bu. winter rye harvested 1864, 5A. Indian corn planted 1864, 6A. Indian corn planted 1865, 200 bu. Indian corn harvested 1864, 1/2A. potatoes planted 1864, 1/2A. potatoes planted 1865, 20 bu. potatoes harvested, 12 trees apples, 20 bu. 1864, 8 lbs. honey collected 1864, 3 milch cows 1864, 2 milch cows 1865, 3 butter cows 1864, 2 butter cows 1865, 240 lbs. butter made 1864, 2 horses 2 years and over, 9 swine of 1864 and older, 9 swine slaughtered 1864, 1800 lbs. pork 1864, $10 poultry owned 1865, $10 poultry sold 1864, $5 eggs sold 1864, $1 fertilizer bought 1864.

• 1870, Beekman, Dutchess Co., NY:

28 30 Whitney, James 69 M W Farmer $2500 $400 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah A. 63 F W Keeping House do -----, Adaline 21 F W At Home do -----, Egbert 23 M W Farm Laborer do Male citizen over 21 -----, Matilda 19 F W Keeping House do

• 1875 State, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY:

297 Frame $3000 397 James Whitney 75 M - ---- Orange m Farmer - 1 - - 1 - Sally A. Whitney 68 F - Wife Ulster m - Patrick H. Shaughness 35 M - --- Rensselaer m Boot * Shoes - 1 - - - - Jennette Shaughness 32 F - Wife Albany m - Charles E. Shaughness 11 M - Son " s - Mary T. Shaughness 9 F - Dau New York s - Thomas Shaughness 7 M - Son Brooklyn s - Albert Shaughness 7 M - Son " s - Freddy K. Shaughness 5 M - Son New York - -

• 1880: Widow Sally not found.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 348-349 and p. 1821.

1.^  1880 Mortality Schedule.

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