Family:Whitney, Elisha (1780-1823)

Elisha⁷ Whitney (Elisha⁶, Elijah⁵, Daniel⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of Elisha⁶ and Abigail (Dana) Whitney, was born 4 Feb 1780, Roxbury, MA, and died 12 Feb 1823, Roxbury, MA, aged 43 years.

He "Jr." married, 26 Feb 1804, Roxbury, MA, Sarah Heath, daughter of William and Abigail (Davis) Heath. She was born 1 Mar 1784, Roxbury, MA, and died 8 Feb 1865, West Roxbury, MA, aged 81 years 11 months 8 days, of old age.

He resided Roxbury, MA.

Children of Elisha⁷ and Sarah (Heath) Whitney:

i.	Abigail Heath8 Whitney, b. 27 Aug 1804; d. 9 Feb 1880; m. 28 Feb 1832, Roxbury, MA, Lemuel Gay.
ii.	Elisha Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1806, Roxbury, MA; d. 17 Mar 1810, Roxbury, MA.
iii.	John Heath Whitney, b. 8 Mar 1808, Roxbury, MA; m. Sarah Skinner.
iv.	William H. Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1810, Roxbury, MA; d. 27 Jan 1842; unmarried.
v.	Sarah Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1811, Roxbury, MA; unmarried, resided W. Roxbury.
vi.	Caroline Whitney, bapt. 6 Jan 1814, Roxbury, MA; unmarried
vii.	Nathaniel Davis Whitney, b. 11 Dec 1816; bapt. 15 Dec 1816, Roxbury, MA; m. Laura A. Langton.

Census

• 1810, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA: Whitney, Elisha Jun^r, 2 males 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 4 females 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.

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), pp. 244-245.

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