Family:Whitney, Edward (1788-1863)

Edward⁶ Whitney (Nathan⁵, Richard⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Nathan⁵ and Hannah (Taylor) Whitney, was born 1 Aug 1788, Danbury, CT,^[1] and died 9 Dec 1863, Liberty, NY, aged 75 years 4 months 8 days.

He married, Madison, NY, Mary Furniss, daughter of David and Rhoda (Hinds) Furniss. She was born 25 Aug 1793, Worcester, MA, and died 27 Apr 1865, Eaton Village, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

"Edward Whitney, b. in Danbury, Conn., 1 Aug. 1788; a teacher and book-keeper; married, in Madison, N. Y., Mary Furniss, of Madison, dau. of David and Rhoda (Hinds) Furniss, of Worcester, Mass., where she was born 25 Aug. 1793. They dwelt in Madison, and afterward at Stevensville, in Liberty, N. Y., where he died, 9 Dec. 1863, aged 75 years, 4 months, and 8 days, and was buried. She died, 27 Ap. 1865, at Eaton Village, N. Y., and was buried at Madison Village."

Children of Edward⁶ and Mary (Furniss) Whitney:

i.	John Taylor7 Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1815, Madison, NY; m. Mary Groves.
ii.	Eliza Maria Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1817, Madison, NY; m. Sep 1840, Madison Village, NY, William Manchester, son of William Manchester, of Madison; d. 10 Oct 1848, Madison, NY, without children, and was buried in Madison Village. He was living at Morrisville, NY, in Apr 1874.

Census

• 1820: not found.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.
• 1850, Eaton, Madison Co., NY:

194 200 Marvin N. Smith 30 M - Laborer $600 N.Y. Hannah " 21 F - " Adelaided Stillman 7 F - " Attended school Mary Whitney 56 F - Mass. Peter Grover 36 M - " N.Y.

• 1855 State, Eaton, Madison Co., NY:

66 Framed $1000 75 John T. Whitney 39 M - - Madison - - 21 Book Keeper 1 - - - - 1 - Mary " 61 F - Moth Mass. - W 5 - - - - - - - - Jane Barnes 20 F - Srvt Otsego - - 3 - - - - - - - -

• 1860, Callicoon, Sullivan Co., NY:

458 468 Sylvanus Kimball 58 M - Farmer $2000 $275 New York Charlotte " 17 F - Housework " Herman " 15 M - " Attended school George " 8 M - " Attended school 469 William " 49 M - Farmer " Charlotte " 80 F - Housework Massachusetts Aigail Gill 23 F - New York Robert Gill 17 M - Farm Laborer " Edward Whitney 70 M - Clerk Connecticut

• 1860, Eaton, Madison Co., NY:

799 799 John T. Whitney 45 M - Post Master $1900 $8000 N.Y. Mary " 68 F - Mass. Jane Gardner 32 F - N.Y.

• 1865 State, Eaton E.D. 01, Madison Co., NY:

<Death Mary Whitney 71 F - W[ife?] April 26 Mass. Dis. of the liver

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. 196-197 and pp. 540-541.

1.^  "Edward [Whitney], [s. Nathan & Hannah], b. 1 Aug 1788," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Danbury 1:435.

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