Family:Whitney, James Rix (1760-1822)

Tombstone of James Rex Whitney

James Rex Whitney's military record

James Rix⁵ Whitney (Caleb⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of Caleb⁴ and Margaret (Tracy) Whitney, was born 16 Oct 1760, Middletown or Norwich, CT,^[1], and died 4 Feb 1822, Washington, MS.^[2]

He married, 31 Oct 1781, Windham, CT, Mary "Polly" Holland,^[3] daughter of Joseph and Mary (Allen) Holland. She was born about 1764, New London, CT, and died 22 Nov 1814, Charleston, SC.

Pierce says the following:^[4]

He was born in Middletown, Conn., and resided nearly all his life in the south. Three years before his death he was elected sergeant at arms of the Miss. legislature. ... res. Franklin, Ga., and Washington, Miss.

Children of James Rix⁵ and Polly (Holland) Whitney:

i.	Jedediah6 Whitney, b. 3 Mar 1782, New York, NY; m. Keziah Barrett.
ii.	Lebbeus Whitney, b. 8 Oct 1785, Hillsboro, NC; m. Elizabeth Ford.
iii.	Mary Whitney, b. 1787, GA; d. in southern MO; m. say 1810, Richard Hardin. They lived in 1823 at Hardin's Ford, GA. They had seven children.
iv.	William Whitney, b. 1790, GA; m.(1) ----- -----; m.(2) Sarah Leggett; m.(3) Mary (Coleman) Smith; m.(4) ----- (Witherspoon) King.
v.	John Merrick Whitney, b. 4 Jun 1792, Franklin, GA; m. Clarissa Montgomery.

Notes

Mary Holland was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland in the following line:

1. John Howland, m. Elizabeth Tilley
2. John Howland, m. Mary Lee
3. Mary Howland, m. John Allyn
4. Isaac Allyn, m. Lydia Leonard
5. Mary Allyn, m. Joseph Holland
6. Mary Holland, m. James Rix Whitney

Census

• 1790: The entire census for GA has been lost.
• 1800: The entire census for GA has been lost.
• 1801 Tax List, Franklin Co., GA: James Whitney.
• 1802 Tax List, Franklin Co., GA: James Whitney.
• 1810: The entire census for GA has been lost.

References

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3.^  "James Rix WHITNEY & Polly HOLLAND, [married] Oct. 31, 1781," according to Bailey, Frederick W., ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906), Brooklyn, 1:41.

4.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 112.

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