Family:Whitney, Benjamin (c1794-a1824)

Benjamin Whitney, (Samuel Kellogg, Benjamin), son of Samuel Kellogg and Grace (Fairweather) Whitney, was born about 1794, CT, and died after 1870.

He married Abigail Fancher, daughter of Square and Abigail (Abbott) Fancher, or daughter of John and Susanna (Munrow) Fancher. If she was the latter, she was born 26 Feb 1782, Poundridge, NY. In any case, she died 10 Jan 1856, Lewisboro, NY.

Children of Benjamin and Abigail (Fancher) Whitney:

i.	Lewis Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1814.
ii.	William Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1816, Wilton, CT; m. Hannah Metcalf St. John.
iii.	Harriet Whitney, b. 15 May 1817.
iv.	Legrand Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1820; d. ca. 1864.
v.	Samuel Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1822.
vi.	James Whitney, b. 16 Apr 1824; d. 1 May 1893.

Notes

While researching The Whitney family of Connecticut, David Williams Patterson collected information on this Whitney family. This material is currently located in the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT and is a bound manuscript of about 150 pages. It has not yet been examined by members of the Whitney Research Group.

References

• 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. 1571

• Ancestry World Tree.

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