Family:Whitney, Roswell (1807-1886)

Roswell⁷ Whitney (Aaron Wilkes⁶, Ebenezer⁵, David⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of Aaron Wilkes⁶ and Sarah (Bennett) Whitney, was born 24 Aug 1807, Wilton, CT, and died after 1874.

He married, 24 Oct 1838, Wilton, CT, Eliza Whitlock, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Denton) Whitlock. She was born 18 Nov 1811, Wilton, CT, and died after 1874.

Phoenix says the following:

"... a farmer and fruit-grower .... They settled in Fairfield, Conn., and, in Ap. 1862, removed to a new settlement in Hammonton, N.J., whence they went, in 1866, to Old Bridge, N.J., and from there, in Ap. 1868, to Bridgeport, Conn. In Nov. 1869, they bought a place at Nichol's Farms, in Trumbull, Conn., where they were living in 1874."

Child of Roswell⁷ and Eliza (Whitlock) Whitney:

i.

Mary E.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1840, NY; living 1850.

ii.

Augustus Sherman Whitney, b. 8 Sep 1841, Fairfield, CT; d. 13 Jun 1864, Lincoln Hospital, Washington, DC; m. 10 Aug 1862, Hammonton, NJ, Polly Zidana Seeley, daughter of Banks and Sarah (-----) Seeley, b. NY; a farmer; settled at Hammonton, NJ, in 1861 .... He enlisted at Trenton, NJ, 2 Jan 1864, in Company E, 3d Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers; served in the Army of the Potomac, under General John Sedgwick; was wounded in the battle of The Wilderness; was taken to Washington, DC, where he died in Lincoln Hospital, 13 Jun 1864; and was buried in Washington. He had no children. She m.(2) ----- Hoppin, and settled at Hammonton, NJ.

Census

• 1840, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT: Roswell Whitney, 1 male 40-49 and 1 female 20-29; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT:

42 47 Roswell Whitney 43 M - Foundry & M Shop $3000 Conn. Eliza " 40 F - " Augusta S. " 8 F - " Attended school Mary E. " 9 F - N.Y. Attended school 43 48 Raymond " 45 M - " " " " $3000 Conn. Malinda " 44 F - " Charles L. " 12 M - " Attended school 44 49 Junius Foster 43 M - Pvt Car Agt Fuo Mass. Electa " 43 F - N.Y. 50 Sally Whitney 70 F - $1000 Conn.

• 1860: not found.
• 1870, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., CT:

74 77 Whitney, Roswel 62 M W None $2500 $3500 Conn. Male citizen over 21 -----, Eliza 59 F W Keeping house Conn.

• 1880, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., CT:

Roswell WHITNEY 70 Self M M W CT Gardner CT CT Eliza WHITNEY 68 Wife F M W CT Keeping House CT CT

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. 385-386 and p. 1006.

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