Family:Whitney, Orange (c1789-1860)

Orange⁷ Whitney (Ebenezer⁶, Ephraim⁵, Zachariah⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Ebenezer⁶ and Elizabeth (Eaton) Whitney, was born about 1789, VT, and died 6 Aug 1860, Sherman, Chautauqua Co., NY.

He married, 2 Jun 1812, Clarissa Swetland, daughter of Theophilus and Zilpha (Sprague) Swetland. She was born 5 or 11 Jan 1790, Longmeadow, MA, and died 23 Jan 1855, probably Sherman, NY.

Both are buried in Sherman Cemetery, Sherman, NY.^[1]

He served in the War of 1812 as a corporal in Montgomery's Reg't, Pennsylvania Militia.^[2]

Children of Orange⁷ and Clarissa (Swetland) Whitney, possibly incomplete:

i.	Streeter8 Whitney, b. 18 Mar 1813, PA; m. Harriet Ransom.
ii.	Lurancy Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1815, PA; d. 28 Oct 1893; bur. in Sherman Cemetery, Sherman, NY; m. David Barrett, b. 1805, d. 1859.
iii.	Truman Whitney, b. 18 Mar 1818, PA; m.(1) Jane Ransom; m.(2) Mary -----.
iv.	Eli Whitney, b. 21 Jun 1820, PA; m. Harriet Hull.
v.	Orange Whitney, b. 18 Nov 1824, Hop Bottom, PA; m.(1) Janette Tefft; m.(2) Louisa Urania Wood.
vi.	Clara Whitney, b. ca. 1839, NY.

Census

• 1820, Lenox, Susquehanna Co., PA: Orange Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 3 males 10-16, 3 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 person in agriculture. This was his son Orange.
• 1830, Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY: Orange Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 5-9, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 15-19.
• 1840, Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY: Orange Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 15-19, and 1 female 50-59; 3 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Harmony, Chautauqua Co.:

268 272 Orange Whitney 61 M - F[armer] $2466 Vt. Clara 60 F - Ct. Clara 11 F - N.Y. Attended school Orange Whitny Jr. 25 M - Farmer Pa. Janet 23 F - N.Y. Maria 8 F - N.Y. Attended school Myron 3 M - "

• 1850, Sherman, Chautauqua Co.:

97 -- Roba Whitney 63 F - Mother $3000 $2000 N.Y. Orange Do 71 M - Farmer Pa. Stephen D. Vincent 21 M - Do N.Y.

References

• Census records.

• An Ancestry World Tree at Ancestry.com.

1.^  FindAGrave.com.

2.^  War of 1812 Muster Rolls.

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