Family:Whitney, Joseph (1753-1832)

Joseph⁵ Whitney ([prob.] Joshua⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), probably son of Joshua⁴ and [?Joanna?] (-----) Whitney, was born 1753, Killingly, CT, and died 24 Jan 1837, Ontario, NY.

He married, 16 Dec 1784, Putnam, CT, Anna Ames, daughter of Mark and Anna (Grice) Ames. She was born 4 Nov 1760, Voluntown, CT, and died 29 Oct 1838, Ontario, NY.

Joseph Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney, born 24 Oct 1753, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, married Anna Eames, the daughter of Mark Eames, of Killingly, CT, about 1784, moved to Granville, Washington County, NY, soon after, followed the occupation of farming, rearing a large family, and in 1827 moved with his son William to Ontario, Wayne County, NY, with whom he lived until his death, 24 Jan 1837, which event was hastened by an injury caused by a colt running against him while driving a number of them to water. In religion a Baptist, as were nearly all his descendants. He resided Granville and Ontario, NY.

Children of Joseph⁵ and Anna (Ames) Whitney:

i.	Parley/Perley6 Whitney, b. about 1786.
ii.	Adah Whitney, b. May 1787, m. Robert Crittenden.
iii.	Anne Whitney, b. -----.
iv.	Joseph Whitney, b. -----.
v.	Lydia Whitney, b. -----.
vi.	William Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1798; m. Deborah M. Duel.
viii.	Matilda Whitney, b. -----; m. Ezra Dewell; resided Ontario Centre, NY.
vii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1798.
ix.	Reba Whitney, b. -----.

Census

• 1790, Granville, Washington Co., NY: Joseph Whitney, 1 males over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 3 females.
• 1800, Granville, Washington Co., NY: Joseph Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Granville, Washington County, NY: Parley Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, 2 females under 10, 1 other free person. This was his son.

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. 113.

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