Family:Whitney, Jonathan (1761-1832)
Jonathan5 Whitney (Matthias4, Cornelius3, Joshua, John1), son of Matthias4 and Alice (Robbins) Whitney;[1] born 28 Nov 1761, Killingly, CT;[2] died 1832, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[3]
He married, Nov 1784, Putnam, CT, Olive Cady,[4] daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Nelson) Cady.[5] She was born 30 Mar 1761, Killingly, CT,[6] and died 1840, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[7]
He is enumerated in the 1790 Census of Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, with 1 male 16+, 2 males 0-15, and 3 females, presumably himself, his wife, two sons, and two daughters.[8]
Children of Jonathan5 and Olive (Cady) Whitney:
i. Marsha6 Whitney. ii. Lucena Whitney, m. ----- McKee. iii. Horace Whitney, m. Nancy Edwards. iv. Ransom Whitney, m. Mary Edwards. v. Asa Whitney, b. ca. 1795; d. 9 Apr 1827, Luzerne Co., PA; m. Jane -----. vi. Francis Whitney, m. Hannah Edwards. vii. Walter Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1798; d. 16 Jan 1864, Wyoming Co., PA; m. Louisiana Edwards.
References
1.^ Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 59.
3.^ North Flat Cemetery, North Flat, Windham Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
4.^ Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906): Putnam, Windham Co.
5.^ Her parentage is proven by her birth record.
6.^ "Olive [Cady], d. Isaiah & Mary, b. Mar. 30, 1761," according to Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Killingly, vol. 1, p. 300.
7.^ North Flat Cemetery, North Flat, Windham Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
8.^ United States Census Bureau, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790: Connecticut (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1908), p. 144/307.
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