Family:Whitney, Peter Freer (1817-1885)

Peter Freer⁷ Whitney (James⁶, Ezekiel⁵, James⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of James⁶ and Sarah (Trumpbour) Whitney, was born 13 Feb 1817, Catskill, NY, and died after Nov 1873.

He married, Margaret Freer, daughter of Peter and Catharine (Trumpbour) Freer.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . an ice-dealer . . . . They lived in Catskill in Nov. 1873."

Children of Peter Freer⁷ and Margaret (Freer) Whitney:

i.	James8 Whitney, died at West Camp, NY.
ii.	Ferdinand Whitney, was a soldier in the war of 1861, and died soon after his return.
iii.	Sarah Whitney, m. John Gould; and was living at Hoboken, NJ, in Nov 1873.
iv.	William Whitney, d. Glasco, in Saugerties, NY, unmarried.
v.	Catharine Whitney, m. Philip Emerick, of Catskill, NY.
vi.	Russell Whitney, lived with his father in Nov 1873.
vii.	Gertrude Whitney, lived with her father in Nov 1873.
viii.	John Whitney, died young.
ix.	Frank Whitney, died young.
x.	(daughter) Whitney, died young.
xi.	(daughter) Whitney, died aged 3 months.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 547 and p. 1247.

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