Family:Whitney, Peter (1776-1838)

Peter⁶ Whitney (Peter⁵, Josiah⁴, Josiah³, [prob.] Benjamin², John¹), son of Peter⁵ and Mercy (Case) Whitney, was born 31 Oct 1776, Tolland, CT, and died 1838, Hartford, VT.

He married firstly, Edith Davis.

He married secondly, Sybil Ainsworth.

He was a blacksmith. He resided Hartford, VT.

Children of Peter⁶ Whitney, maternity uncertain:

vi.	Sybil7 Whitney, b. Hartford, VT; m. ----- Smith; resided So. Royalton, VT.
i.	Erastus Whitney, b. -----.
ii.	Paschal P. Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1806; m. Malvina Stillman.
iii.	Amanda Melvina Whitney, b. -----; m. 12 Sep 1832, Calvin Eaton; resided Concord, NH.
iv.	Mary Maria Whitney, b. -----; m. 1838, Albert Langmaid; resided Concord, NH.
v.	Jane Whitney, b. -----.
vii.	Horace Whitney, b. -----. His name was changed to Eaton; resided Boston, MA.
viii.	George L. Whitney, b. 17 Aug 1825; m. Caroline Jane Goss.

Census

• 1800, Hartford, Windsor Co., VT: Peter Whitney, 2 male 26-44 and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Hartford, Windsor Co., VT: Peter Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 16-26, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 2 females under 10.

1820: not found. 1830: not found.

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. 206.

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