Family:Whitney, Levi St. Clair (1811-a1880)

Levi St. Clair⁷ Whitney (Hezekiah⁶, Hezekiah⁵, Hezekiah⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of Hezekiah⁶ and Polly (St. Clair) Whitney, was born 15 Mar 1811, Morristown, VT, and died after 1874.

He married, 14 Dec 1834, Fairfield, NJ, Clarissa Jones, daughter of Lewis and Abigail Benton (Davis) Jones. She was born 6 mar 1814, Fairfield, NJ.

Phoenix says the following:

"... a shoemaker .... After dwelling several years in Orange, N.J., he moved, in 1842, to Utica, N.Y., and thence, in 1844, to Eagle Harbor, in Gaines, N.Y., where he was living in 1874."

Children of Levi St. Clair⁷ and Clarissa (Jones) Whitney:

i.	(son)7 Whitney, lived only a few hours.
ii.	(son) Whitney, lived only a few hours.
iii.	Joseph St. Clair Whitney, b. 31 Jan 1838, Orange, NJ; d. after 1874; m. Middle Settlement, near New Hartford, NY, Susan Russell; she d. Oct 1871, Allentown, PA; an accountant; business at 169 Reade Street, New York, NY.
iv.	Charles Jones Whitney, b. 6 Sep 1842, Utica, NY; d. after 1874; m. 10 Oct 1872, New York, NY, Cordelia Fannie Levieu, b. 14 Jan 1853, Westfield, NY, daughter of Douglas Alexander and Cordelia Clephane Clark (Wilson) Levieu; a grain-broker; business at 39 Pearl Street, New York, NY.
v.	Hetty Maria Whitney, b. 21 Jan 1845, Eagle Harbor, in Gaines, NY; m. 5 May 1870, Gaines, NY, George Edwinton Hall; clerk in the office of the Collector of Customs; resided 174 Second Avenue, New York, NY.

Census

• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Gaines, Orleans Co., NY:

1166 2172 S. S. Whitney 39 M - Shoe Maker $1600 Vt. [sic: should be L. S.] Clarisa 37 F - N.J. Joseph 12 M - " Attended school Charles 8 M - N.Y. Attended school Mariah 6 F - " Attended school Donald M. Kelly 28 M - Shoe Maker Scotland

• 1860, Gaines, Orleans Co., NY:

435 435 L. S. Whiting 47 M - Shoe Maker $3000 $1000 Vermont [sic: should be Whiting] Clarissa 46 F - New Jersey Charles J. 17 M - New York Attended school Maria 15 F - " Attended school

• 1870, Gaines, Orleans Co., NY:

139 142 Whitney, Levi S. 59 M W Storekeeper $2000 $1800 Vermont Male citizen over 21 " Clarissa 57 F W Keeping house New Jersey

• 1880, Gaines, Orleans Co., NY:

Levi S. WHITNEY 69 Self M M W VT Keeps Country Store CT VT Clarissa WHITNEY 66 Wife F M W NJ Keeps House CT NJ Emma WHITNEY 19 GDau F S W NY At Home NJ NY

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), p. 354 and p. 937.

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