Family:Whitney, Silas (1810-1888)

Silas⁷ Whitney (Daniel Hobbs⁶, Joshua⁵, Joshua⁴, Joshua³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Daniel Hobbs⁶ and Irene (Morse) Whitney, was born 18 Nov 1810, Medway, MA.^[1]

He married 9 Nov 1835, Wrentham, MA, Anna Hardy.^[2]

Children of Silas⁶ and Anna (Hardy) Whitney:

i.	Silas Jefferson8 Whitney, b. 25 May 1843, Wrentham, MA.[3]
ii.	Horace Messinger Whitney, b. 30 May 1846, Wrentham, MA;[4] m. Clementine A. Hull.
iii.	Charles Henry Whitney, b. 20 Feb 1849, Wrentham, MA.[5]

Census

• 1870, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA:

883 1043 Whitney, Horace L. 24 M W Carpenter $450 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Clementine 28 F W Keep House New York -----, Frederic M. 9/12 M W no occupation Mass. Born in Dec 1044 Eddy, Marcus S. 24 M W Works on Jewery $125 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah S. 21 F W Keeping hosue Mass. -----, Mary A. G. 2 F W no occupation Mass. 883 1045 Hawes, Robert 32 M W Works on Jewelry $550 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Angenett 32 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Ida A. 3 F W no occupation Mass. Whitney, H. Charles 21 M W Works on Jewelry Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Silas 62 M W Farming Mass. Male citizen over 21

References

1.^  "Silas [Whitney], s. Daniel Hobbs and Irene, [born] Nov. 18, 1810," according to Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).

2.^  "Silas [Whitney] and Anna Hardy, [married] Nov. 9, 1835," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

3.^  "Silas Jefferson [Whitney], s. of Silas and Ann Hardy, [born] May 25, 1843," according to Wrentham Vital Records.

4.^  "Horace Messinger [Whitney], s. of Silas and Ann, [born] May 30, 1846," according to Wrentham Vital Records.

5.^  "Charles Henry [Whitney], s. of Silas and _____, [born] Feb. 20, 1849," according to Wrentham Vital Records.

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