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).

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