Family:Whitney, Israel Rodgers (1824-1848)

Israel Rodgers⁷ Whitney (Israel Clawson⁶, Darling⁵, Daniel⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Israel Clawson⁶ and Phebe (Whitman) Whitney, was born 7 Apr 1824, East Woods, now Woodbury, L.I., NY, and died 27 Feb 1848 [Phoenix] or Feb 1848,^[1] Woodbury, L.I., NY, where he was buried in Fountain Hill Cemetery.

He married, Huntington, L.I., NY, Cynthia Jane Schenck, daughter of Cornelius Schenck, of Syosset, L.I., NY.

It is said he married Phebe -----, who is said to have died 3 Aug 1847, Woodbury, NY. "WHITNEY, Mrs. Phebe, [died] 3 Ag 1847 'wife of Israel R.', Woodbury", [NY].^[2]

Child of Israel Rodgers⁷ and Cynthia Jane (Schenck) Whitney:

i.	Samuel Cornelius8 Whitney, b. 23 Jul 1846, Woodbury, Oyster Bay, L.I., NY; d. 25 Jul 1846, Woodbury, Oyster Bay, L.I., NY, where he was buried in Fountain Hill Cemetery.

Census

• 1850, Cynthia not found.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 724 and pp. 1535-1536.

1.^  Whitney Account Book.

2.^  Whitney Account Book.

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