Family:Whitney, Elisha (1767-1822)

Elisha⁶ Whitney (Ephraim⁵, Zachariah⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Ephraim⁵ and Rhoda (Taylor) Whitney, was born 27 Aug 1767, Montague, MA,^[1] and died 27 Aug 1822.

He married, 24 Mar 1791, Mariam (Marion) Eaton.

He lived in 1787 at Windhall, VT.

Children of Elisha⁶ and Mariam (Eaton) Whitney, probably incomplete:

i.	Arvy7 Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1802, Sherburne, NY; m.(1) Lucretia/Lucinda Remington; m.(2) Clarissa Campbell.
ii.	Mary A. Whitney, b. 19 Dec 1812, Sherburne, NY; m. Oct 1831, Clarendon, NY, Sidney Lowell; resided Rockford, IL.

Census

• 1791, Winhall, Bennington Co., VT: Elisha Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY: Elisha Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9.
• 1810, Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY: Elisha Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1820: not found.

References

1.^  "Elisha [Whitney], s. Ephraim and Rhody, [born] Aug. 27, 1767," according to Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1934).

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