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| − | + | '''Sergt. Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, Peter (1760-1826)|Peter<sup>6</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Timothy (1730-1803)|Timothy<sup>5</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Jonas (1699-1770)|Jonas<sup>4</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Moses (1655-a1729)|Moses<sup>3</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Richard (1624-a1691)|Richard<sup>2</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), son of [[Family:Whitney, Peter (1760-1826)|Peter<sup>6</sup> and Mary (Blair) Whitney]]; born Chester, Massachusetts, 1785; married at Detroit, Michigan, 1806, '''Mary Ware'''. She died Cannon, Michigan, 6 Mar 1865 | |
| − | '''Sergt. Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, Peter (1760-1826)|Peter<sup>6</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Timothy (1730-1803)|Timothy<sup>5</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Jonas (1699-1770)|Jonas<sup>4</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Moses (1655-a1729)|Moses<sup>3</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Richard (1624-a1691)|Richard<sup>2</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), born Chester, Massachusetts, 1785; married at Detroit, Michigan, 1806, Mary Ware. She died | ||
| − | He was born in Chester, Massachusetts, and was a cordwainer by trade. Emigrating west he married at Detroit, Michigan. Before his marriage he enlisted in Boston in the army and was stationed at Detroit, Michigan, from 1805 to 1812. At the breaking out of the was of 1812 he was appointed Sergeant in | + | He was born in Chester, Massachusetts, and was a cordwainer by trade. Emigrating west he married at Detroit, Michigan. Before his marriage he enlisted in Boston in the army and was stationed at Detroit, Michigan, from 1805 to 1812. At the breaking out of the was of 1812 he was appointed Sergeant in Captain Dyson's Company of Artillery and participated in the battle at Brownstown. He was one of the men surrendered by General Hull, was taken prisoner and transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia. When released he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to Albany, New York, and to the northern frontier and served to the close of the war, when he returned to Albany and re-enlisted in the Second Regt. U. S. Infantry, and was sent to Sackett's Harbor. He was appointed Q. M. Sergt., and remained there until his death in 1825. He is buried there. He died 20 Jun 1825; resided Sackett's Harbor, New York. |
| − | Children of Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> Whitney: | + | Children of Solomon Blair<sup>7</sup> and Mary (Ware) Whitney: |
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| [[Family:Whitney, Solomon Blair (1809-?)|'''Solomon B.<sup>8</sup> Whitney''']], born 29 Nov 1809; married Amanda Martin, Sarah M. Kyle, and Sophia A. Ray. | | [[Family:Whitney, Solomon Blair (1809-?)|'''Solomon B.<sup>8</sup> Whitney''']], born 29 Nov 1809; married Amanda Martin, Sarah M. Kyle, and Sophia A. Ray. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | * All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 310|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 310]]. | |
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Copyright © 2006, the [[Whitney Research Group]] | Copyright © 2006, the [[Whitney Research Group]] | ||
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[[Category: Hamtramck, Michigan]] | [[Category: Hamtramck, Michigan]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:43, 19 July 2006
Sergt. Solomon Blair7 Whitney (Peter6, Timothy5, Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Peter6 and Mary (Blair) Whitney; born Chester, Massachusetts, 1785; married at Detroit, Michigan, 1806, Mary Ware. She died Cannon, Michigan, 6 Mar 1865
He was born in Chester, Massachusetts, and was a cordwainer by trade. Emigrating west he married at Detroit, Michigan. Before his marriage he enlisted in Boston in the army and was stationed at Detroit, Michigan, from 1805 to 1812. At the breaking out of the was of 1812 he was appointed Sergeant in Captain Dyson's Company of Artillery and participated in the battle at Brownstown. He was one of the men surrendered by General Hull, was taken prisoner and transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia. When released he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to Albany, New York, and to the northern frontier and served to the close of the war, when he returned to Albany and re-enlisted in the Second Regt. U. S. Infantry, and was sent to Sackett's Harbor. He was appointed Q. M. Sergt., and remained there until his death in 1825. He is buried there. He died 20 Jun 1825; resided Sackett's Harbor, New York.
Children of Solomon Blair7 and Mary (Ware) Whitney:
i. Solomon B.8 Whitney, born 29 Nov 1809; married Amanda Martin, Sarah M. Kyle, and Sophia A. Ray. ii. Cynthia Whitney, born Jan., 1808; married in Hamtramck, Michigan, in 1833, Elias Jewell; resided Wheaton, Illinois. iii. Jonathan D. Whitney, born Detroit, Michigan, 1811; died Saginaw, Michigan, Jan. 7, 1850. iv. Charles Whitney, born Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1820; died Geneva, Illinois 1839. v. William E. Whitney, born 9 Nov 1821; married Hannah L. Pratt.
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. 310.
Copyright © 2006, the Whitney Research Group
