Family:Whitney, Sealand (1799-1874)

Sealand⁷ Whitney (Israel⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), born Salisbury, Vermont, 2 Nov 1799; married 2 Sep 1827, Sybil Landon, born So. Hero, Vermont, June 27, 1806; died 30 Apr 1873. He died in Malone, New York, 30 Apr 1874; resided North Hero, Vermont, and Malone, New York.

Children of Sealand⁷ Whitney:

i.	Elisha Gerry8 Whitney, born 19 May 1828; married Eliza A. Hitchcock, Mrs. May Clark McMann, and Mary Elizabeth Morgan.
ii.	Seymour Bangs Whitney, born 5 Jun 1837; married Calista M. Coburn.
iii.	Buel Landon Whitney, born 10 Dec 1845; married Ester E. Harris.
iv.	Myron Thompson Whitney, born 18 Feb 1840; res., unm., Marshalltown, In. He was born in North Hero, Vermont, educated at the Public schools, and fitted for college at the Franklin academy in Malone, New York. Entered Middlebury college in 1863, and was graduated in 1865; later entered Amherst; was graduated in 1867. He studied elocution in Boston in 1868. Went west, studied law at Marshalltown, In., in 1869 and 1870, and was admitted to the bar the latter year. Since then has practiced his profession there with success. Is much respected. Unm.
v.	Edward Wilber Whitney, born 1 Oct 1850; married Lizzie E. Taylor.
vi.	Ann Augusta Whitney, born 10 Apr 1834; died 1 Oct 1836.

References

1. 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. 306.

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