Family:Whitney, George (1801-a1880)

George⁷ Whitney (Joseph⁶, Benjamin⁵, James⁴, John³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Joseph⁶ and Sally (Parks) Whitney, was born 2 Jan 1801, Sherborn, MA.^[1]

He married, 5 Mar 1823, Gardner, MA, Sophia Greenwood,^[2] daughter of Alvan and Polley (Child) Greenwood. She was born 31 Aug 1807, Gardner, MA.

He resided Boston, MA.

Children of George⁷ and Sophia (Greenwood) Whitney:

i.	George O.8 Whitney, b. 1824; m. Abby T. Rich.
ii.	Charles Whitney, b. 1826; d. Boston, young.
iii.	William J. Whitney, b. 1828; resided California.
iv.	Caroline S. Whitney, b. 1830.
v.	Charles Whitney, b. 1832; resided California.
vi.	Joel P. Whitney, b. 1834.
vii.	Francis Whitney, b. 1836.
viii.	Edward P. Whitney, b. 1838; resided New Orleans, LA.
ix.	Ellen Whitney, b. 1840; resided New Orleans, LA.
x.	Adelaide Whitney, b. 1843; resided New Orleans, LA.
xi.	James Whitney, b. 1846; resided New Orleans, LA.
xii.	Caroline Whitney, b. 1849; resided New Orleans, LA.

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. 367.

1.^  "George [Whitney], s. of Joseph and Sally, [born] Jan. 2, 1801," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).

2.^  "George [Whitney] and Sophia Greenwood, [married] March 5, 1823," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).

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