Family:Whitney, Richard (1785-1857)
Richard8 Whitney (David7, Silas6, David5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of David7 and Sarah (Wilson) Whitney, was born 1785, Clarendon, VT, and died 15 May 1857, Clarendon, VT.
He married firstly, 6 Sep 1810, Clarendon, VT, Jannet McCoy. She died before 1850.
He married secondly, before 1850, Phebe -----. She was born about 1789, VT, and died after 1850.
He resided Clarendon, VT.
Children of Richard8 and Jannet (McCoy) Whitney:
i. David M.9 Whitney, b. ca. 1811, Clarendon, VT; m. ----- -----; d. 26 May 1889, aged 78 years, of kidney disease, lumberman.[1] ii. Monroe Whitney, born -----.
Census
- 1820: not found.
- 1830: not found.
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Salisbury, Addison Co., VT:
64 66 Richard Whitney 64 M - Cooper Vert. Phebe " 61 F - "
- 1860, widow Phebe 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. 528.
1.^ "David M., widower, b. Clarendon, VT, lumberman, s. Richard and Janette, of kidney disease, May 26, 1889, a. 78y.," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989).
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