Family:Whitney, Jonathan (1768-1847)

Jonathan⁶ Whitney (Caleb⁵, Jonathan⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), born Sept 18, 1768; married Lucy Wheeler, born 6 Jun 1771. She died Sterling, Massachusetts, Jan 2, 1856. He made his will Apr 13, 1835, and it was probated may 1, 1847. He died Feb 18, 1847; resided Sterling, Massachusetts.

Children of Jonathan⁶ Whitney:

i.	Lucy7 Whitney, born 11 May 1794; married Sept 2, 1813, Calvin Wheeler, born Aug 4, 1788; died Jan 2, 1869. She died Apr 11, 1871. Ch.: Mary Hapgood, born Apr 22, 1814; died Aug 14, 1842; Jonathan Whitney, born Nov 7, 1816; married Aug 15, 1850; died 22 Jul 1889; Levi, born May 22, 1819; married Apr 1844; died Nov 12, 1883; Betsey, born Nov 4, 1821; died Aug 31, 1825: Lucy, born Oct 30, 1826; died 18 May 1837; Elizabeth, born Jan 3, 1830; married Feb 4, 1851, D.F. Messinger; resided 29 Myrtle St, Worcester, Massachusetts: Lydia Ann, born Oct 31, 1831; died 10 May 1837; George Gay, born Oc 7, 1835; died Oct 14, 1844; Charles, born 1 Jul 1838; resided Lake Forest, Illinois.
ii.	Priscilla Whitney, born Jan 9, 1797; married in 1816, Leonard Mason, born Jan 25, 1789; died Feb 7, 1853. She died Apr 5, 1879. Ch.: Mary, born Dec 28, 1817; married 17 May 1837, Amos E. Kendall; resided E.Princeton, Massachusetts; Betsey M., born Jan 26, 1820; married May, 1843, Lysander B. Barnes. She died Oct 31, 1853; Joel W., born Oct 30, 1821; married May 5, 1847, Mary E. Thomas. He died 5 Jul 1894. He was born in East Princeton. At his death he was senior member of the firm of J.W. Mason & County, chair and furniture manufacturers in New York City and at Hunter. His character was firm and commanding, but with a keen sense of the humorous - at all times ready to see and appreciate a joke, and always ready with a pleasantry. He looked on the bright side of life, was never discouraged, but bravely met and overcame all obstacles. Meanness of any description excited his contempt, and honesty and integrity were his constant precept and practice. He was born to command, and was only satisfied when command was devolved upon him. It may be recollected by some that while Hon. Chester A. Arthur was President of the United States he visited Hunter as the guest of Colorado. Mason. He held many positions of honor at various times; Fanny, born Sept 30, 1823; married Nov 23, 1842, Peter M. Keyes; resided E. Princeton; Silas, born Apr 6, 1826; married Clementina Ballou and Maria Wheeler; resided Heartwellville, Vermont; Jonathan W., born 20 Jul 1827; died Aug 26, 1827; Jonas B., born 15 Jul 1828; died 30 Jul 1832; Marshall, born May 25, 1830; married twice; Mar 15, 1854, Lucena M. Janes, and Apr 8, 1863, Elizabeth P. Safford; resided St Albans, Vermont; Louisa E., born Jan 31, 1832; died Mar 23, 1832; Hezekiah W., born 12 Jun 1833; married 7 May 1854, Phoebe A. Hunt; resided Baldwinsville, Massachusetts.
iii.	Betsey Whitney, born -----; married ----- Church; resided Templeton, Massachusetts.
iv.	Caleb Whitney, born -----.
v.	Jonathan Whitney, born July, 1802: married Lucy Spaulding, and Lorena French.
vi.	Joel Whitney, born -----; married Seraph W. Sawyer.
vii.	Hezekiah Whitney, born -----; married Eliza I. -----. He d.s.p., Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Feb 3, 1876.
viii.	Joseph Whitney, born Sterling, Nov 22, 1810; married -----.

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 186-187.

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