Family:Whitney, Silas (1762-a1791)

Silas⁷ Whitney, Jr. (Silas⁶, David⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Silas⁶ and Jane (Pearson) Whitney, was born 12 Jun 1762, Princeton, MA,^[1] baptized 15 Aug 1762, Rutland, MA, and died Saint Armand, Quebec.

He Bought of Col. Thomas Sawyer the mill rights at the village in Salisbury Vermont. He maried Esther ? before 1789. They had children born in Salisbury Vt as follows:

  1: Nancy born 22 February 1789 died 29 September 1789 Salisbury Vermont.
  2: Jerusah born 03 August 1790.
  3: Silas P. born 22 May 1792.
  4: John C. born 18 March 1794.

He may have been the Silas Whitney, Jr., who was a petitioner in 1788, Chittenden Co., VT.

He resided Saint Armand, Quebec.

Census

• 1791, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Silas Whitney Jr, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.
• 1800: not found.
• 1810: not found.

References

1.^  "Silas [Whitney], s. Silas and Jane, [born] June 12, 1762," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1902). Also, "Silas [Whitney], s. Silas and Jane, born at Princetown, June 12, 1762," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

2. Vital records of Salisbury, Addison, Vermont book 1 page 31.

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