Family:Whitney, William (1820-a1880)
William8 Whitney (Jessee7, Jeremiah6, Hezekiah5, Hezekiah4, Joseph3, John2, Henry1), son of Jessee7 and Eveline (Simkins) Whitney, was born 15 Oct 1820, Plattekill, NY, and died after Jan 1875.
He married, 24 Jan 1844, Perinton, NY, Jane Nichols, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Filkins) Nichols. She was born 6 Oct 1822, Nassau, NY, and died after Jan 1875.
Phoenix says the following:
- ". . . a farmer . . . . They settled at Perinton, 3 Ap. 1844; moved, 5 Ap. 1869, to Arcadia, N.Y., about three and a half miles south from the railway-station at Newark; and were living there in Jan. 1875."
Children of William8 and Jane (Nichols) Whitney:
i. Mary Elizabeth9 Whitney, b. 19 Feb 1854, Perinton, NY; m. 22 Feb 1872, Arcadia, NY, Marion Francis Filkins, son of Francis and Mary (Chadwick) Filkins, b. 9 Apr 1849, Phelps, NY; a farmer. They were living with her parents, at Arcadia, in Jan 1875, without children. ii. Estelle Maria Whitney, b. 12 Ju 1862, Perinton, NY; and was living with her parents, at Arcadia, NY, in Jan 1875.
Census
103 103 William Whitney 40 M - Farmer $6650 $1501 New York Jane 38 F - Do Mary 6 F - Do Attended school John Shonk 19 M - Farm Lab. Baden James Whitney 23 M - Do Do
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. 918 and p. 1819.
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