Family:Whitney, Moses Gill (1791-1876)

Moses Gill⁶ Whitney (Josiah⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Josiah⁵ and Sarah (Dwelly) Whitney, was born 4 Feb 1791, Harvard, MA, baptized 2 Oct 1791, Acton, MA, and died 1876.

He married Ann Shields.

He resided Bennington, VT.

Children of Moses Gill⁶ and Ann (Shields) Whitney:

i.	Lewis7 Whitney, b. 2 Aug 1818, Whitingham, VT; "of Colrain" m. (int. -- Mar 1840, Colrain, MA) Rhoda S. Dodge "of Rowe".[1] He d. Greenfield, MA, leaving two ch. The widow and son went west and d. there. The other child was a daughter.
ii.	Royal Whitney, b. -----; m. -----. He m. twice and d. Bennington, VT, leaving a daughter.
iii.	Josiah Whitney, b. -----; m. Sarah Dickenson.
iv.	Moses Gill Whitney, b. 30 Apr 1821; m. 28 Nov 1844, Charlotte W. Farnsworth, b. 6 Dec 1820. He d.s.p. 26 Jan 1852; resided Chicopee, MA.
v.	(daughter) Whitney, b. -----; d. infancy.

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. 186.

1.^  "Lewis [Whitney], of C., and Rhoda S. Dodge of Rowe, int. Mar. 1840," according to Vital Records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

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