Family:Whitney, William Bartholomew (1778-1849)

William Bartholomew⁷ Whitney (Samuel⁶, Joseph⁵, Timothy⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of Samuel⁶ and Mary (Whitney) Whitney, was born 4 Oct 1778, Worcester, MA, and died Apr 1849, Sophiasburg, ON, Canada.

He married 6 Jun 1805, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada, Lydia Ann Lawrence. She was born 1780, and died Apr 1869.

He was born in Worcester, MA, in 1778; from 1782-1798 he resided in Gilsum, NH. During the latter year he went to Littleton, MA, to learn the trade of Morocco leather dressing. After his marriage they resided in Lynn, MA, where he worked at his trade until the spring of 1812 when they moved to Lower Canada and kept a tavern nine miles from St. Johns for three years. They then moved to Burlington, VT, and kept a tavern three years and then moved to Kingston's Mills, Upper Canada, and farmed for two years. Later he moved to Hallowell, U.C., and then after five years to Sophiasburg, U.C., where he died, and was buried in Sand Point cemetery. He resided Belleville, Ontario.

Children of William Bartholomew⁷ and Lydia Ann (Lawrence) Whitney:

i.	Clark8 Whitney, b. 7 Jun 1806; m. Elizabeth -----.
ii.	William Bartholomew Whitney, b. 4 Oct 1808; m. Charity Weese.
iii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 18 Dec 1809; m. Mary Cole.
iv.	Lydia Whitney, b. 18 Dec 1811; m. 28 Jun 1831, John Cole, a farmer, born 8 Mar 1813; resided Nosler, ON.
v.	Joshua Whitney, b. 21 Jun 1829; m. 14 Mar 1837, Mary Eliza Williston; resided Demorestville, ON. Ch.: Ichabod Franklin, b. 21 Jan 1858, Mary Lydia, b. 9 Nov 1862.

Census

• 1810, Lynn, Essex Co., MA: W^m B. Whittney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 26-44, 3 males 16-25, 3 males 0-9, and 3 females 16-25.

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. 246.

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