Family:Whitney, Samuel Platt (1775-1871)
Samuel Platt5 Whitney (Uriah4, Nathan3, John2, Henry1), son of Uriah4 and Martha (Hart) Whitney, was born
He married,
Phoenix says the following:
- Samuel Platt Whitney, b. at Simsbury, Conn., 8 Nov. 1775; a farmer; moved, with his father, to East Granville, Mass., in 1795; married by Judah Holcomb, Esq., at her father's house in North Granby, Conn., 10 March 1799, to Lois Buttles, born at Granby, Conn., 18 March 1782, dau. of Jonathan1 and Lois (Viets) Buttles. They lived in East Granville, Mass., till 1834, and then settled in Montville, Ohio, where he died 15 Dec. 1871, aged 96 years 1 month and 7 days, and was buried at Montville Centre.
- It is said that he was three days too young to vote for electors in 1796, but voted at every succeeding presidential election, till his death.
- They celebrated their "diamond wedding," at the house of their son, John Viets Whitney, in Montville, 11 March 1870, when their descendants were reported to number as follows: 12 children, of whom 9 were living; 57 grandchildren, of whom 41 were living; and 56 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Whitney still lived, in Aug. 1874, at Montville, 92 years old.
Children of Samuel Platt5 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.
1530 I. Samuel Hart Whitney, b. at Granby, Conn., 14 Sept. 1800; a carpenter and joiner; married, in Jan. 1825, at Granville, Mass, Marilla Lovisa Dickinson, dau. of Otis and Melinda (Bancroft) Dickinson, of Granville, where she was born 11 March 1806. They settled in Granville, where he died, 2 Nov. 1874, and where she was living in Jan. 1876. He was, for many years, a captain in the Mass. militia; and was also chairman of the Board of Assessors for Granville. 5026
1531 II. Lois Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 15 Dec. 1802; married at Granby, Conn., 28 March 1824, by Rev. Daniel Benjamin, Methodist, to John Steer, a farmer, son of Elisha and Rhoda (Aldrich) Steer, of Southwick, Mass., where he was born 1 Dec. 1795. He died, 2 Nov. 1831, at Southwick, and was buried there. She married (2d), 28 Nov. 1833, at Granby, Curtis Gillett, a farmer, son of Levi and Pamelia (Totten) Gillett, of Southwick, where he was born, 3 March 1801. They settled in Southwick, where he died, 14 Nov. 1871, and was buried. She dwelt with her daughter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., from 1872 to 1 Ap. 1874, when she returned to Southwick, and was living there in Aug. 1874. 5029
1532 III. Jonathan Rasselas Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 30 June 1804; a shoemaker; lived in Granby, Conn., from the Spring of 1819 to the Autumn of 1820, and at Tolland, Mass., till Sept. 1827, and then went to Torringford, Conn., where he married, 16 Sept. 1827, Maria Louisa Moors, dau. of Elihu and Hannah (Soper) Moore, of Torringford, where she was born 18 July 1809. They left Torringford, 4 May 1828, and settled at Montville, Ohio, where she died, 15 Aug. 1842. He married (2d), at Freedom, Ohio, 29 Sept. 1842, Jane Culver, of Freedom, who was born at Chippewa, Ohio, 9 Dec. 1819, dau. of Miles Culver. He has been a travelling preacher of the Wesleyan Methodist, and of the United Brethren, Churches; and has filled, for several years, the office of justice of the peace, at Montville, where he still resided in Aug. 1874. 5033
1533 IV. Agnes Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass,, 28 March 1806; married by Rev. Mr. Porter, Presbyterian, at Granby, Conn., 24 Dec. 1828, to Horace Gillett, son of Levi and Permelia (Totten) Gillett. He died in Southwick, Mass., 20 Aug. 1848, and was buried in Granby, Conn. She was married (2d), in Westfield, Mass., by Rev. James Twombley, Methodist, 10 Oct. 1852, to Richard Steer, a farmer, born 4 Nov. 1800, son of Elisha and Lois (Aldrich) Steer. She dwelt in Granby, one year; in Southwick, twenty years; in Westfield, six months; and was living in Fowler, Ohio, in Aug. 1874. 5046
1534 V. Marcus Israel Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 8 Feb. 1808; a carpenter and joiner; married, 16 Ap. 1834, at Granville, Susan Abigail Tryon, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Cooley) Tryon, of East Granville, where she was born 17 Sept. 1815. They have lived in East Granville, in Westfield, Mass., and in Southwick, Mass., which last was their home in July 1876. When fifty-four years old, he enlisted in Co. F, 27th Reg., Mass. Volunteers; and participated in thirteen battles and skirmishes within three weeks. 5050
1535 VI. William Lewis Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 17 June 1809; married in 1832, at Granby, Conn., Emeline Holcombe, dau. of Elijah and Betsey (Ives) Holcombe, of Southwick, Mass., where she was born in 1814. He died in Nov. 1835, at Southwick, and was buried at East Granby, Conn. She married (2d), George Nelson, of Westfield, Mass., and was living there in Nov. 1875. 5056
1536 VII. Seth Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 19 July 1812; a farmer, cheese-manufacturer, and hotel-keeper; settled in Montville, Ohio, 12 Oct. 1831, and has always lived there except nine years, 1848-1856, which were passed at Thompson, Ohio; married, 14 Nov. 1833, at Montville, by Rev. O. Lyman, to Mary Batchelder, of Montville, dau. of Philemon and Mary (Skinner) Batchelder, of New Hartford, Conn., where she was born, 7 June 1808; married (2d), 27 Ap. 1847, at Montville, by Spencer Garritt, Esq., to Lucinda Tucker, of Huntsburgh, Ohio, where her parents, Moses and Ruhama (Tryon) Tucker, died. She was born at Mecca, Ohio, 10 May 1819. He has been deacon of the Congregational Church, township treasurer, and, for nine years, postmaster. 5057
1537 VIII. Nelson Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 1 Oct. 1814; died at Southwick, Mass., 7 Oct. 1835, and was buried in Elisha Steer's family cemetery, at Southwick, but afterward removed to the South-east parish cemetery in East Granville, Mass.
1538 IX. John Veits Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 31 Dec. 1816; married by Rev. Henry Carr, Baptist, at Granville, Ohio, 25 March 1845, to Mary Lansing,1 born at Castleton, N.Y., 9 Oct. 1822, dau. of John Evert and Betsey (Canfield) Lansing, and widow of Sylvester Bela Graves, of Granville, Ohio. He lives in Montville, Ohio, on the homestead of his father, who resided with him. He has taught school for eighteen years; practised surveying, twenty-five years; been county commissionner of Geauga Co., six years; county school examiner, twenty-one years; trustee and clerk of Montville, ten years; and justice of the peace, five years. He was elected trustee of the township for the purpose of raising funds to fill their quota of soldiers, in the war of 1861. He has cultivated an extensive nursery for ten years, and is now senior partner in the firm of John V. Whitney & Son, proprietors of the Green Valley Nurseries, in Montville, and has besides a large and valuable farm.
1539 X. Lucy Susanna Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 28 Feb. 1819; died, 13 Dec. 1827, in East Granville, and was buried in the Southeast parish cemetery.
1540 XI. Harriet Atwood Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 4 May 1821; married, 11 Sept. 1839, at Montville, Ohio, Samuel Rhodes, a farmer, son of Samuel and Jerusha1 (Lyman) Rhodes, of Montville, and, prior to 1834, of Westhampton, Mass., where he was born, 18 Nov. 1812. They settled at Montville, and were living there in 1874. 5073
1541 XII. Lurena Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 14 July 1824; married, 30 Oct. 1848, at Montville, Ohio, Homer Buttles Everett, a farmer, son of Samuel Harlow and Dency (Warner) Everett, of Granville, Ohio, where he was born, 12 May 1820. They dwelt at Granville, Ohio, till 27 Oct. 1853; and then settled at Montville, where they were living in 1874. His father and grandfather went from Granby, Conn., in 1808, with the colony that founded Granville, Ohio, and were six weeks on the way, being obliged to depend upon their own teams for transportation. 5079
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. 114 and pp. 329-332.
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