Family:Whitney, Lemuel (1764-1847)
Judge Lemuel6 Whitney (Ephraim5, Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), born Petersham, Massachusetts, 18 Oct 1764; married there 6 Sep 1787, Lydia Bryant; born in 1767; died 27 May 1800, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Hon. Lemuel Whitney was born in Petersham, Massachusetts he moved to Vermont in 1785, and first resided in Newfane, where he was sheriff of the county and one of the prominent men in that part of the state. By trade he was a silversmith. In 1790 he moved to Brattleboro, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of that place. For ten years he was representative; from 1801 to 1824 clerk of the Supreme Court; 1801 to 1820 clerk of the county; 1817 to 1828 judge of probate; 1790 to 1847 justice of the peace. He was retentive in memory, frank, free and fearless in the expression of his sentiments. He died 17 Apr 1847; resided Petersham, Massachusetts, and Brattleboro, Vermont.
Children of Lemuel6 Whitney:
i. Samuel7 Whitney, born 23 May 1791; married Amelia Hyde. ii. Harry Whitney, born P., 2 Sep 1789. iii. George Whitney, born -----. iv. Lemuel Whitney, born -----. v. Susan Whitney, born P., 22 Nov 1787; married ----- Ellis, and left 3 children. vi. Laura Whitney, born 1796; died in Woodstock, in 1875, unm. She was blind.
References
1. 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. 168.
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