Family:Whitney, William Henry (1779-1853)

William Henry⁷ Whitney (Henry⁶, Benjamin⁵, Daniel⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Henry⁶ and Hannah (Tombs) Whitney, was born 18 Jan 1779, Watertown, Massachusetts, died 8 Aug 1853, Aurora, Erie County, New York.

He married at Dummerston, Vermont, Fanny Miller.

They resided Dummerston, Vermont.

Children of William Henry⁷ and Fanny (Miller) Whitney:

i.	Betsey8 Whitney, b. 6 Oct 1800; m. 24 Jan 1821, Noble Holton.
ii.	Fanny Whitney, b. 9 Jan 1803; m. 15 Jun 1829, Worden Babcock.
iii.	William Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1804, VT.
iv.	Lydia Whitney, b. 14 Feb 1807, VT; m. 23 Oct 1828, Jeremiah 'Jerry' Perry.
v.	Mary Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1810; m. William Rice.
vi.	Hannah Whitney, b. 20 Oct 1812; m. ----- Plympton.
vii.	Henry Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1814.
viii.	Maria Whitney, b. 5 Jan 1817. Was she perhaps the Mary Whitney who, according to unsourced online pages, was b. 5 Jan "1812" [a mis-read of 1817?], Portland, "ME" [perhaps Portland, Erie Co., NY?], d. 26 Jan 1878, Springfield, MO, who m. 30 Apr 1837, Simsbury, CT, John Smith Phelps, who became Governor of Missouri? In the marriage record, she was "of Buffalo". Online references list her as being "of Portland, Maine".
ix.	Charles Whitney, b. Jul 1819, VT.
x.	Catherine Whitney, b. Jan 1822.
xi.	Freedom Whitney, b. -----.
xii.	Lucy Whitney, b. -----.

Census

• 1800: not found.
• 1810: not found.
• 1820, Dummerston, Windham Co., VT: Henry Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 3 females 16-25, 2 females 10-15, 3 females under 10,
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found. He could be the "William Whiting" listed in Aurora
• 1850, Aurora, Erie Co., NY:

1209 1226 Henry Whitney 71 M - Farmer Mass. Anna 76 F - Vt.

• Note - His children are listed nearby

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. 160.

• Exact birth dates of children supplied by Deb Whitney from Archive:Bible Record of Henry and Fanny (Miller) Whitney.

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