Family:Whitney, Josiah (1815-1877)
Josiah7 Whitney (Moses Gill6, Josiah5, Richard4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Moses Gill6 and Ann (Shields) Whitney, was born 12 Mar 1815, Whitingham, VT, and died after 1870, East Bennington, VT.
He married, 8 Oct 1837, Greenfield, MA, Sarah M. Dickinson. She was born about 1820, MA, and died after 1870.
He resided East Bennington, VT, and Greenfield, MA.
Children of Josiah7 and Sarah M. (Dickinson) Whitney:
i. George A.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1838, MA; d. after 1870, Bennington, VT; m. Jane -----, b. ca. 1842, NY, d. after 1870; left one son, apparently b. after 1870. ii. Anna A. Whitney, b. ca. 1839, VT.
Census
- 1840, Colerain, Franklin Co., MA: ; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Chicopee, Hampden Co., VT:
3013 3275 Carlos Allen 44 M - Book Keeper Mass. Martha M. " 35 F - " Mary E. " 13 F - " Attended school Virginia " 7 F - Va. Attended school 3276 Josiah Whitney 33 M - Mass. Sarah M. " 30 F - " George " 12 M - " Attended school
2040 2701 Josiah Whitney 45 M - Furniture Dealer $1600 $2000 Vt. Sarah M. " 42 F - Mass. George A. " 22 M - Sword Factory " Anna A. " 21 F - Vt. Hannah Coffy 23 F - Domestic Ireland
- 1870, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT:
89 95 Whitney, Josiah 54 M W Retailer Ready Made Clothing $1800 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 50 F W Keeping house Massachusetts -----, George 32 M W Painter Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Jane 28 F W Keeping house New York Congdon, Gracie 8 F W New York Attended school Whitcomb, Victoria 25 F W Writing Teacher Vermont
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. 330.
1.^ "Josiah [Whitney], and Sarah M. Dickinson, [married] Oct. 8, 1837," according to Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915).
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