Family:Whitney, Jesse (1808-1853)

Jesse⁶ Whitney (Isaac⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Isaac⁵ and Susanna (Turnback)(Hall) Whitney, was born 3 May 1808, Middlesex, NY, and died 11 Nov 1853, Macomb, MI.

He married, 1835, Eliza C. Shepherd. She was born 1819.

He was a farmer. He resided Macomb, MI.

Children of Jesse⁶ and Eliza C. (Shepherd) Whitney:

i.	Horace Isaac Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1836; m.(1) Minnie Preston; m.(2) Mary Elizabeth.
ii.	James Voak7 Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1839; m. Mary E. Taylor.
iii.	Lewis Dodge Whitney, b. 1845; d. unmarried Jan 1865, in Libby prison; was in the 8th Michigan Cavalry.
iv.	Hannah H. O. Whitney, b. 14 Nov 1847; m. 23 May 1867, Luther Parker.

Census

• 1840, Macomb, Macomb Co., MI: J Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1850, Macomb, Macomb Co., MI:

474 479 Jesse Whitney 43 M - Farmer $600 N.Y. Eliza " 33 F - " Horace " 14 M - Mich. James " 11 M - " Attended school Lewis " 6 M - " Hannah " 3 F - " Priscilla Shepherd 18 F - N.Y.

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. 241.

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