Family:Whitney, Stephen (1792-1864)

Stephen⁶ Whitney (Alexander⁵, Eleazer⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Alexander⁵ and Lois (Carroll) Whitney; born 10 Jun 1792, died 26 Oct 1864.

He married, 22 or 28 Feb 1825, Henniker, NH, Sarah Bailey.^[1] She was born 3 Mar 1801, and died Dec 1869. She likely married secondly, as "Sarah G. Whitney", 10 Mar 1866, Charlestown, NH, Benjamin Whipple.^[2]

He was a farmer. They resided Henniker, Claremont, and Newport, NH.

Children of Stephen⁶ and Sarah (Bailey) Whitney:

i.	Edwin R.7 Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1825; m. Prudence S. Connor.
ii.	Edgar M. Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1825; d. 17 Sep 1826.
iii.	Sarah Jane Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1827; m. 12 Sep 1849, Barnabas Cooper Whipple of Croydon, son of David and Sally (-----) Whipple; resided Croydon and Sutton, NH. He is a farmer; was b. 1 Jan 1823. Ch.: Edgar B., b. 11 Nov 1850, Croydon, NH, or 12 Nov 1850, Orange County, FL, resided, Leona Haven; Warren L., b. 6 Apr 1852, m.; d. 4 Jan 1936, Goshen, NH; Mason E., b. 4 Mar 1854, d. 4 Jun or 23 Aug 1858, Croydon, NH, aged 4 years; Rubie J., b. 6 Jul 1860, Croydon, NH, m. William E. Drew, Merrimack, MA; Aaron M., b. 20 Oct 1863; m. Cora Merrill, Roby's Corner, NH; Alice J., b. 14 Apr 1866, Croydon, NH, m. Stephen Pillsbury, Biddeford, ME.
iv.	Stephen Page Whitney, b. 9 Apr 1830; m. Mary J. Pollard.
v.	George Frederick Whitney, b. 12 Aug 1832; m. Ann E Durgan.
vi.	Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 14 Sep 1834; m. Hon. Edmund Burke of Newport.

Notes

Edwin Ruthven was a character from the romantic novel The Scottish Chiefs (1809), by Jane Porter.

Census

• 1830, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH: Stephen Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840: not found. There was a Stephen Whiting in Bradford, Merrimack Co., NH, who is slightly too old to be this man, although his family shape is similar.
• 1850, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH:

249 285 Stephen Whitney 57 M - Farmer $1800 N.H. Sarah " 48 F - " George " 17 M - Farmer " Attended school Mary " 15 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH:

1234 180 Stephen Whitney 68 M - Farmer $1700 $300 N.H. Sarah " 58 F - " Mary " 26 F - " Sarah W. Perry 74 F - "

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), pp. 193-194.

1.^  "Stephen Whitney & Sarah Bailey, m. 28 Feb 1825, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

2.^  "Sarah G. Whitney & Benjamin Whipple, m. 10 Mar 1866, Charlestown, Sullivan Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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