Family:Whitney, Stephen N. (1831-1885)

Stephen N.⁸ Whitney (Jonathan⁷, Nathan⁶, Jonathan⁵, Jonathan⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jonathan⁷ and Betsey M. (-----) Whitney, was born 1831, Albion, NY, and died 1885.

He married, Ann Janette Hill. She was born about 1834, NY, and died after 1880.

They resided in Albion, NY.

Stephen N.⁸ and Ann Janette (Hill) Whitney had no children. They may have adopted Frank Whitney, b. ca. 1869, NY, who appears in the 1880 census (but not 1870) in their family as a son.

Census

• 1850, Barre, Orleans Co., NY:

1256 1259 Jonathan Whitney 57 M - Farmer $8000 [N.Y.] Betsey 45 F - Vt. Stephen 19 M - Farmer N.Y. Attended school Thomas Chester 20 M - Laborer Canada Ransom Newton 13 M - N.Y. Attended school Lewis 11 M - [N.Y.] Attended school

• 1860, Barre, Orleans Co., NY:

747 747 Stephen N. Whitney 30 M - Farmer $1800 $2250 N.Y. Ann J. " 26 F - " 748 748 Jonathan " 66 M - " $9600 $1860 " Betsy M. " 55 F - Vt. Lewis S. Newton 21 M - " N.Y.

• 1870, Barre, Orleans Co., NY:

349 354 Whitney, Stephen 39 M W Farmer $14000 $600 New York Male citizen over 21 Jenette 35 F " " Kinsley, Charles 28 M " Farmer " Male citizen over 21 Wilkinson, Louise 28 F " " Male citizen over 21 Whitney, John 76 M " " Vandlkor, Peter 50 " " " Male citizen over 21 Bennet, A. L. 51 F " $5000 $1500 " Louisa 22 " " " Russell, Maggie 17 " " "

• 1880, Albion, Orleans Co., NY:

Stephen WHITNEY 49 Self M M W NY Farmer NY NY Ann. WHITNEY 45 Wife F M W NY Keeps House NY NY Frank WHITNEY 11 Son M S W NY At Home NY NY

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. 414.

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