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,^[1] baptized 2 Oct 1791, Acton, MA, and died 1876.

He married, before 1815, Ann Shields. She was born about 1792, VT, and died after 1860, and probably before 1870.

He resided Bennington, VT.

Children of Moses Gill⁶ and Ann (Shields) Whitney:

i.	Josiah7 Whitney, b. ca. 1815, m. Sarah Dickenson.
ii.	Lewis Whitney, b. 2 Aug 1818, Whitingham, VT; "of Colrain" m. (int. -- Mar 1840, Colrain, MA) Rhoda S. Dodge "of Rowe".[2] He d. Greenfield, MA, leaving two ch. The widow and son went west and d. there. The other child was a daughter.
iii.	Royal Whitney, b. ca. 1819, m. (1) Amanda -----, m. (2) Sarah -----.
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.

Census

• 1820, Whitingham, Windham Co., VT: Moses G. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44; 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Whitingham, Windham Co., VT: Moses G. Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, Rowe, Franklin Co., MA: Moses G. Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 20-29; 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1840, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT: L. Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT:

330 336 Moses E. Whitney 50 M - Shoemaker Mass. Ann 58 F - Vt. Royal H. 31 M - do Amanda L. 24 F - do

• 1850, son Lewis not found.
• 1850, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA:

2510 2735 Moses G. Whitney 29 M - Cabinet Maker Vt. Charlott " 29 F - Mass. Edgar Farnsworth 15 M - Laborer "

• 1860, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT:

556 585 Moses Whitney 70 M - Shoemaker $1500 - Mass. Ann " 68 F - Vt. Royal " 41 M - " Amanda " 33 F - " Carrie " 8 F - " Attended school

• 1870, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, p. 9/385:

70 70 Whitney, Royal 50 M W Retailer of Boots & Shoes $6000 $5000 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 29 F W Keeping house Deleware -----, Caroline 19 F W Vermont Attended school -----, Cora 4 F W Vermont -----, Moses 80 M W Shoemaker $2000 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Lewis 4/12 M W Vermont Born Feb Price, Frederic 18 M W Clerk in Store Ireland Parents foreign 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. 186.

1.^  "Moses Gill [Whitney], s. of Josiah and Sarah, [born] Feb. 4, 1791," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Lewis [Whitney], of C., and Rhoda S. Dodge of Rowe, int. Mar. 1840," according to Vital Records of Colrain, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1934).

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