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[[Family:Whitney, Josiah (1731-1806)|Josiah<sup>5</sup>]], | [[Family:Whitney, Josiah (1731-1806)|Josiah<sup>5</sup>]], | ||
[[Family:Whitney, Richard (1692-1775)|Richard<sup>4</sup>]], | [[Family:Whitney, Richard (1692-1775)|Richard<sup>4</sup>]], | ||
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[[Family:Whitney, Richard (1624-a1691)|Richard<sup>2</sup>]], | [[Family:Whitney, Richard (1624-a1691)|Richard<sup>2</sup>]], | ||
[[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), | [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), | ||
| − | son of [[Family:Whitney, Daniel (1786- | + | son of [[Family:Whitney, Daniel (1786-1869)|Daniel<sup>6</sup> and Hannah (Shedd) Whitney]]; |
born in Boston, 19 Jan 1814; married at Astoria, New York, 16 May 1839, '''Mary Jane Ayers'''; born 8 Sep 1820. | born in Boston, 19 Jan 1814; married at Astoria, New York, 16 May 1839, '''Mary Jane Ayers'''; born 8 Sep 1820. | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 29 November 2007
Josiah Marshall7 Whitney (Daniel6, Josiah5, Richard4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Daniel6 and Hannah (Shedd) Whitney; born in Boston, 19 Jan 1814; married at Astoria, New York, 16 May 1839, Mary Jane Ayers; born 8 Sep 1820.
Josiah M. Whitney located at Astoria in the year 1839, the place at that time being quite a wilderness and reached by flat boat horse power from where 86 East River now is located. A mason and builder by occupation, he built most of the best houses in the place, and for upward of 40 years maintained a retail building material and coal yard business, but gave it up in 1880. He was village trustee and school trustee several times, and president of the board of village trustees at the time of the village being taken over by the city in 1871. Has held the offices of school commissioner and assessor under city government; has retired from business; resided Astoria, Long Island, New York.
Children of Josiah Marshall7 and Mary Jane (Ayers) Whitney:
i. Mary Louisa8 Whitney, born 14 Feb 1840; married 25 Nov 1863; Alanson Palmer; resided 591 Madison Av., Brooklyn, New York - Ch.: Whitney, born 10 Oct 1865; Alice, born 28 Dec 1868; Clarence, born 19 Sep 1871; Rollins, born 19 Sep 1881.
ii. Josiah Hamilton Whitney, born 9 Mar 1842; died 25 Nov 1845. iii. Edward M. Whitney, born 3 Sep 1846; married Florence C. Long. iv. Julia Matilda Whitney, born 27 Jun 1844; died 28 Nov 1845 v. Halsey Whitney, born 6 Jan 1849; married Anne Stowe. vi. William Theodore Whitney, born 27 Mar 1851; died 4 Jul 1851. vii. Lucy Jane Whitney, born 9 Apr 1853; died 20 Apr 1853. viii. Josiah Hamilton Whitney, born 4 Jul 1854; married Maria Long. ix. Fannie Amelia Whitney, born 24 Feb 1857; died 18 Aug 1858. x. Annie Whitney, born 18 Aug 1859; married 1881, Frank B. Stevens; resided Quincy St., Brooklyn, New York - Ch.: Edith, born 9 May 1882; died 8 Nov 1892; Ethel, born May 1884; Elaine, born 6 Dec 1886.
xi. Frank Austen Whitney, born 23 Jan 1862; died 6 Aug 1890.
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. 329.
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