Family:Whitney, Chester (1783-1852)
Chester7 Whitney (Aaron6, Nathan5, Nathan4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Aaron6, was born -- Dec 1783, Conway, MA, and died -- Jul 1852, Waterbury, VT.
He married Polly Waite Green. She was born 18 Apr 1784, and died 24 Apr 1854, Waterbury, VT.
He was a farmer. He resided Waterbury, Vermont.
Children of Chester7 and Polly Waite (Green) Whitney:
i. Solon8 Whitney, born 1810; married Lucy B. Noble and Emeline Butler. ii. Baxter Whitney, born 27 May 1812; married Mary A. Kneeland.
Additional information: Chester was a Deacon in the Congregationalist Church. He is buried in the Old Waterbury Centre Cemetery with his wife. A photo of the headstone can be seen on the Cemeteries page.
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. 341.
2. Additional information provided by Hugh Gordon Whitney, 2007.
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