Family:Whitney, Alpheus (1791-1880)

Alpheus⁷ Whitney (Eleazer⁶, Nathan⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Eleazer⁶ and Martha (Crozer) Whitney, was born 29 Jan 1791, Halifax, VT, and died 18 Oct 1880, Halifax, VT.

He married, 4 Nov 1819, Halifax, VT, Sally Stone. She was born Aug 1800, and died 28 Jan 1890, Halifax, VT.

Both are buried in West Halifax Cemetery, West Halifax, VT.

Children of Alpheus⁷ and Sally (Stone) Whitney:

Philip, Caroline, Christopher, Maria, Amos, George, William, Sarah, Olive, Hannah, also two children who died young. Some of their ages are unknown.^[1]

i.	Philip8 Whitney, b. ca. 1821, Halifax, MA; m. Prudence -----.
ii.	Caroline Whitney, b. ca. 1823; d. 7 Feb 1909; possibly m.(1) 22 Nov 1845, Lemuel Spaulding; certainly m.(poss. 2) ----- Miner.
iii.	(son) Whitney, b. 1820-1825; deduced from 1830 census.
iv.	Christopher Whitney, b. 16 Jun 1827, Halifax, VT; m. Abbie Morse Thompson.
v.	(son) Whitney, b. 1825-1830; deduced from 1830 census.
vi.	Maria Whitney, b. 1825-1830.
vii.	Amos Whitney, b. ca. 1831, VT; m. Eunice L. -----.
v.	George W. Whitney, b. ca. 1833, VT; m. Sophia A. -----.
viii.	Sarah Whitney, b. ca. 1835, VT; d. after 1850.
ix.	William Whitney, b. ca. 1838, VT; d. after 1850; not found in censuses thereafter.
x.	Olive M. Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1842, VT; d. 12 Mar 1918, Halifax, VT; unmarried. She may be the Olive Whitney whose daughter Florence, b. 1878, Halifax, VT, m. 26 Dec 1896, Hinsdale, NH, Henry W. Griffin.[2]
xi.	Hannah Whitney, b. ca. 1846, VT; d. after 1860.

Census

• 1820, Whitingham, Windham Co. VT: Alpheus Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 16-25.
• 1830, Halifax, Windham Co. VT: Alpheus Whitney, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 5-9, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840, Whitingham, Windham Co., VT: Alpheus Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 2 females 15-19, and 1 female 5-9; 4 engaged in agriculture, 1 in manufacturing or trades.
• 1850: not found.
• 1850, Halifax, Windham Co. VT:

179 188 Sarah Whitney 46 F - $100 Vt. Sarah 15 F - " Attended school William 12 M - " Attended school Olive 9 F - " Attended school Hannah 4 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Whitingham, Windham Co., VT:

256 269 Samuel W. Potter 45 M - $1250 $888 Vermont Lestina " 34 F - New York Mary L. " 8 F - Vermont Attended school Jennie R. " 1 F - " Tillinghas Potter 81 M - Farmer Rhode Island Mary " 75 F - Vermont Alpheus Whitney 69 M - "

• 1860, Halifax, Windham Co., VT:

437 462 Sally Whitney 57 F - $75 Vermont Olive " 19 F - " Attended school Hannah " 13 F - " Attended school

• 1870: not found.
• 1870, Halifax, Windham Co., VT:

153 157 Whitney, Sally 67 F W Keeping house $500 $200 Mass. -----, Olive M. 28 F W Vt.

• 1880: not found.
• 1880, Halifax, Windham Co., VT:

Saley WHITNEY 73 Self F W VERMONT Keeping House VERMONT VERMONT Olive M. WHITNEY 37 Dau F S W VERMONT At Home VERMONT VERMONT Florance A. WHITNEY 2 GDau F S W VERMONT At Home VERMONT VERMONT

References

1.^  Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity (Lewis Publishing Co., 1907), vol. 3, p. 60.

2.^  "Florence Whitney (b. 1878, Halifax, VT, d. of ----- Whitney & Olive) & Henry W. Griffin, m. 26 Dec 1896, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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