Family:Whitney, Joseph (1753-1832)

Joseph⁵ Whitney (Joshua⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), son of Joshua⁴ and [?Joanna?] (-----) Whitney; born Killingly, Connecticut, in 1753; married 16 Dec 1784, Putnam, Connecticut, Anna Ames, daughter of Mark and Anna (Grice) Ames; born 4 Nov 1760, Voluntown, Connecticut; died Ontario, New York, 29 Oct 1838.

Joseph Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney, born 24 Oct 1753, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, married Anna Eames, the daughter of Mark Eames, of Killingly, Connecticut, about 1784, moved to Granville, Washington County, New York, soon after, followed the occupation of farming, rearing a large family, and in 1827 moved with his son William to Ontario, Wayne County, New York, with whom he lived until his death, 24 Jan 1837, which event was hastened by an injury caused by a colt running against him while driving a number of them to water. In religion a Baptist, as were nearly all his descendants. He died 24 Jan 1837; resided Granville and Ontario, New York.

Children of Joseph⁵ and Anna (Ames) Whitney:

i.	Parley/Perley6 Whitney, born about 1786.
ii.	Adah Whitney, born May 1787, married Robert Crittenden.
iii.	Anne Whitney, born -----.
iv.	Joseph Whitney, born -----.
v.	Lydia Whitney, born -----.
vi.	William Whitney, born 7 Dec 1798; married Deborah M. Duel.
viii.	Matilda Whitney, born -----; married Ezra Dewell; resided Ontario Centre, New York.
vii.	Betsey Whitney, born 7 Dec 1798.
ix.	Reba Whitney, born -----.

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. 113.

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