Family:Whitney, Josiah (s1758-1824)
Josiah5 Whitney (Jeremiah4, Nathan3, John2, Henry1), son of Jeremiah4 and ----- (-----) Whitney, was born
He married,
Phoenix says the following:
- Josiah Whitney, b. in Westchester County, N.Y., date unknown; a farmer and carman; married, in Westchester County, Esther Weeks, who was born, 1 Feb. 1764, in what is now Putnam County, N.Y. They dwelt in Westchester County and in New York City, till late in life; then went to live with their son Lewis, at Grimsby, U.C.; and there died--he, 10 Dec. 1824; she, 26 Ap. 1834. He served for five years in the Revolutionary War, and was wounded at Fort Montgomery.
Children of Josiah5 and () Whitney:
i. Whitney, b. ii. Whitney, b. iii. Whitney, b. iv. Whitney, b. v. Whitney, b. vi. Whitney, b. vii. Whitney, b. viii. Whitney, b.
1492 I. Esther Whitney, twin, b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., 2 Oct. 1787; died in early infancy.
1493 II. Martha Whitney, twin, b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., 2 Oct. 1787; married in New York City, John Catfield, a sash-maker, who was born in Ireland, and died, about Dec. 1807, in New York City, where they had settled; married (2d), about 1811, Alexander Stewart, a native of Ireland, who learned his trade of sash-maker from her first husband; and lived at 378 Grand Street, where she died about 1867, and where her sons still reside. He was a member of the Assembly of the State of New York, in 1846, 1847, and 1848. 4870
1494 III. Lewis Whitney, b. in Yorktown, N. Y., 27 Feb. 1789; lived with his father's cousin, Seth Whitney, in Yorktown, from 1801 till 1805, when he went to Dutchess Co., N. Y., to learn the carpenter and joiner trade; removed to Canada in 1815, and settled in Grimsby, "where he is remembered for his general uprightness of character and punctual attendance to business;" married at Grimsby, in 1816, Sarah Kitchen, of that place, who was born there, 24 March 1795, dau. of William and Alice Maria (Been) Kitchen; moved, in 1837, to Scotland, C. W., where he dwelt the rest of his life, and followed the business of cabinet-making. He died in Scotland, 17 Sept. 1873, in his 85th year, and was buried in the Baptist Cemetery in that village. An obituary notice of him says: "Mr. Whitney was of a highly moral turn of mind, and his life has been very exemplary. He had a highly social temperament, and his extensive reading, close observation, and accurate memory, rendered his company very desirable. Politically, he was a reformer, and in the great questions affecting the progress of this young country, he took a deep interest, and bore an active part. In the year 1845, he made a public profession of religion, and was baptized by the Revd. Mr. Porter, into the fellowship of the Scotland R. B. Church, of which he continued an honoured and useful member. His piety was deep and earnest, showing itself in his every-day life, as well as in his words. His last illness was short, but very severe. It was borne with great patience and resignation. His funeral was largely attended by all classes of the community. The Revd. Mr. Hay, of the Congregational Church, opened the service; the sermon was preached by his pastor, the Revd. Mr. Griffin; and his remains were deposited in the grave, in sure and certain hope of a blissful resurrection." 4879 404 1495 IV. Elizabeth Whitney, b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., 12 Sept. 1795; died in New York City, in 1819, or, according to another account, in 1815.
1496 V. Mary Whitney, b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., 19 July 1798; married Isaac Metcalf, and, after his death, ----- Westbrook; and moved to Kingston, N. Y., where she died, 23 Sept. 1834, "leaving one daughter, who married Dr. Oliver."
1497 VI. Bartley Whitney, b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., 4 Aug. 1804; died at sea, about 1843, having previously lived in New Orleans, La. Another account says that he died about 1852 to 1854.
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. 112 and pp. 323-324.
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