Family:Whitney, Solomon (1766-1854)

Solomon⁵ Whitney (Solomon⁴, David³, Joshua², John¹), son of Solomon⁴ and Sarah (Roberts) Whitney; born Canaan, Connecticut, 15 Nov 1766; married at Poultney, Vermont, Polly Marshall, born 17 Aug 1767; died 23 Feb 1837, at Poultney.

He was born at Canaan, Connecticut, and soon after reaching his majority moved to Poultney, Vermont. There he married, purchased land and conducted a large farm until his death in 1854. He died Sep 1854; resided Poultney, Vermont.

Children of Solomon⁵ and Polly (Marshall) Whitney:

i.	John6 Whitney, born 1 Sep 1791; married Sally Hollenbeck.
ii.	Sally Whitney, born 23 Feb 1787; married in Poultney, Oliver Lawrence Angevine. He was born 1779; died Poultney, Vermont, 26 Sep 1870, ae. 91, was a farmer. Ch.: Solomon; Mary; Harriett, married James Howe, resided Martinsburg, Missouri; Hiel; Charity, married Nathaniel Mitchell, resided Fairhaven, Vermont; James; Mary; Ann; Parcellus, resided Omro, Wisconsin; John; Harvey; Sarah, married Henry Farmer, resided Fairhaven.
iii.	Solomon Whitney, born 4 Jun 1793; married Nancy Hurlbut.
iv.	Lucy Whitney, born 11 Nov 1786; married Harvey Finel; resided Poultney, Vermont.
v.	Polly Whitney, born 22 May 1796; married in Poultney, Caleb Butler. Soon after their marriage they moved to Waukegan, Illinois, where they resided.
vi.	Chester Whitney, born 22 May 1798; married Ruth Crane. He died 6 Aug 1845, in Poultney, Vermont.
vii.	Lydia Whitney, born 8 Apr 1800; married Harvey Malary.
viii.	Ruth Whitney, born 22 Sep 1804; married in Poultney, Vermont, A. B. Church; resided Rochester, New York, and Hamburg, South Carolina.
ix.	Ichabod Whitney, born 7 May 1789; died unmarried 1807.
x.	Eliza Whitney, born 4 Mar 1807.

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), pp. 117-118.

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