Family:Whitney, John (21 Apr 1796-1859)
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John7 Whitney (Joshua6, Caleb5, Jonathan4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Joshua6 and Vashti (Knight) Whitney, was born 21 Apr 1796, Gardner, MA.[1]
He married, 6 Jul 1817, Gardner, MA, Rachel Holbrook Osgood.[2] She was born circa 1798,[3] died 7 Mar 1848, Dixborough, Washtenaw Co., MI.[4]
Children of John7 and Rachel (Osgood) Whitney (order uncertain):
i. Martha8 Whitney,[5] b. ca. 1823, perhaps VT,[6] d. 4 Mar 1848, Dixboro, Washtenaw Co., MI, unmarried.[7] ii. Charles Whitney,[8] b. ca. 1828, VT,[9] d. aft. 1850.[10] iii. Jane Whitney,[11] b. ca. 1832, VT,[12] d. aft. 1850.[13] iv. Elvira Whitney,[14] b. -----; m. ----- Sperry; resided Ann Arbor, MI.[15]
Census
- 1820: not found. Is he perhaps the John Whitney, b. 1794-1804, residing Middlebury, Addison Co., VT? His brother Oliver resided in nearby Hancock.
- 1830: not found. Is he perhaps the John Whitney, b. 1790-1800, residing Middlebury, Addison Co., VT? His brother Oliver resided in nearby Goshen.
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI:
905 905 John Whitney 54 M - Cooper & Merctt. Mass.
Chas. Do 22 M - Vermont
Jane Do 18 F - Do
Mary Ann Martin 19 F - Ireland
David Marvin 25 M - Cooper Do
James Fitzmaris 24 M - Do Mass.
- 1860: not found.
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. 331.
1. ^ "John [Whitney], s. Joshua and Vashti, [born] April 21, 1796," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
2. ^ "John [Whitney] and Rachel Holbrook Osgood, [married] July 6, 1817," according to Gardner Vital Records.
3. ^ "At the same place, [Dixboro] on Tuesday the 7th, Mrs. Rachel Whitney, in the 50th year of her age, wife of John Whitney", Obituaries, Deaths, Marriages, Birthdays, and Notices from Washtenaw County Newspapers, 1840-1849.
4. ^ ibid.
5. ^ "In Dixboro on Saturday the 4th inst., [1848/03/04] Miss Martha Whitney, aged 25 years, daug[h]ter of John and Rachel Whitney", Obituaries, Deaths, Marriages, Birthdays, and Notices from Washtenaw County Newspapers, 1840-1849.
6. ^ ibid.
7. ^ ibid.
8. ^ 1850 Census.
9. ^ 1850 Census.
10. ^ 1850 Census.
11. ^ 1850 Census.
12. ^ 1850 Census.
13. ^ 1850 Census.
14. ^ 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. 331.
15. ^ 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. 331.
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