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WHITNEY WHISTLER, Volume 7, Book 2, Summer 1987
Does the following signature resemble yours?
Checking through the various handwritings of the family it would seem that the various members of the family still sign their names in the above manner? Would it be a little more than coincidence? We note that our 2nd gr-grandfather signed in almost the same manner. Something for you to think about whenever you sign your name!
SOME OTHER DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND ELINOR WHITNEY
Joseph Whitney, born 19 Sept., 1771, at Concord, Mass. He died 24 June, 1812 in Boston, buried in the Granary burial ground. He married Sally Collins 24 Sept., 1793, daughter of Elijah and Susannah Collins. She died 22 Sept., 1799 at Newburyport of yellow fever.
On 18 Oct., 1803, he married Catherine Smith, who died 20 June, 1809. Joseph Whitney married for the 3rd time, 27 May, 1836, Catherine (Whitney) aged 62.
The only child, Joseph, born 11 June, 1796.
Joseph Whitney, above, born in Newburyport, Mass., 11 June, 1796, married 23 July, 1822, Elizabeth Pratt. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Tewksbury) Pratt. She was born 29 August, 1800, and died 5 Jan., 1890. Their children were:
Caroline Elizabeth, born 25 Oct., 1823, married 28 Nov., 1847,
Hezron Ayres Johnson of New York. Issue: Josephine Whitney, Fanny Lawrence, Alice Willington.
Henry Austin, born 6 Oct., 1826, in Boston, graduated Harvard
College, 1846. He married Fanny Laurence, daughter of William and Susan Ruggles (Bordman) Laurence. She was born 19 August, 1828. Henry died 21 Feb., 1889. Children, all born in Boston:
Henry Laurence, 27 Oct., 1853.
Joseph Cutler, 7 Dec., 1856.
Ellerton Pratt, 21 August, 1858.
Elizabeth, 23 March, 1860.
Sarah Josephine, born 18 Jan., 1837, died 25 March, 1842.
Eben Whitney, born 17 March, 1780 in Boston, married 27 August, 1807,
at Philadelphia, Bathsheba Tinkin Heston, daughter of Colonel Thomas
Heston of the Revolutionary Army. Eben Whitney died 3 Feb., 1823,
Glassboro, New Jersey, and is buried in Trinity Church yard,
Swedesboro, New Jersey. Issue:
Samuel, born 21 Oct., 1808, died 17 Jan, 1810.
Abigail Cutler, born 4 June, 1810, married 28 April, 1839,
Woodward Warrick. She died 31 Oct., 1854. Children: Thomas Whitney, Harriet Jane, Anna Matilda, Lucy Minett, Samuel.
Thomas Heston, born 4 Jan., 1813.
Harriet, born 5 Dec., 1814, married 28 Dec., 1842 Myles Sonnott
(Dr). Children: Abby, Thomas Whitney, Fanny Whitney, Martin.
Eben Wharton, born 28 Jan., 1817, married 14 March, 1848, Lucy
Warrick, daughter of William Warrick. Children: Austin, Orla, Annie Ayres, Henry Clay.
Samuel Austin, born 7 July 1819, unmarried.
Margaret Whitney, born 25 August, 1776, died 11 Sept., 1846, at Charleston, S.C. She married John Gardner, 30 March, 1794. He died 26 March, 1822. Her 2nd marriage was to William H. Booth. He died in Charleston. Children: Henry Whitney Gardner; born 22 Dec., 1794, died 31 July, 1824.
General Joshua Whitney, born 27 Nov., 1748, died of yellow fever, 26 Sept., 1793, at Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, on his return to Binghamton from Philadelphia, where he had been purchasing merchandise. He married Hannah Green. Issue:
Joshua, born 24 August, 1773, died 13 April, 1845.
Sarah, born 8 May, 1775.
Thomas, born 5 August, 1778.
Hannah, born 29 Jan., 1782.
Lucy, born 26 June, 1784.
Olive, born 21 Nov., 1786.
Ebenezer, born 27 July, 1789.
William, born 21 April, 1791.
Archibald Whitney, born 28 May, 1785, married Mary Drennes, daughter of George and Martha Drennes, August of 1808. Their children:
Claudius George, born 24 Nov., 1809.
Eugenia Mary Ann, born 6 April, 1811.
Elvira Martha, born 5 Jan., 1812.
Adalina Margaret, born 7 July, 1813.
Octavius Lebbeus, born 22 March, 1814.
Cornelius Drennes, born 26 Dec., 1816.
Theodora Archibald, born 26 August, 1818.
Cecilia Margaret, born 28 June, 1820.
Caroline Elizabeth, born 23 March, 1822.
Cornelius Gardner, born 10 Feb., 1824.
Irvenia Davidson, born 25 Oct., 1825.
Lebbeus Drayton, born 20 June, 1827.
Margaret Gardner, born 17 June, 1829.
Alonzo George, bern 16 April, 1831.
William Drayton, born 9 June, 1833.
Placidia Emma, born 25 Oct., 1834.
NOTE THAT THE ABOVE FAMILIES HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH, AND THAT THERE IS A NORTH-SOUTH PROBLEM. COUSIN FOUGHT COUSIN.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR:
Jedidiah Whitney, born in the State of New York, 3 March, 1782, died 2 Sept., 1826, and is buried in the Baptist Churchyard, Charleston,S.C. He married, in Georgia, Keziah Barrett, 7 May, 1805. She was born 25 Sept., 1786, and died 18 Oct., 1831 at Edensville, S.C. Children:
Maria Austin, born 17 July, 1806, died 22 Sept., 1807.
James Barrett, born 28 Sept., 1809, drowned at sea, 10 Sept 1837,
a shipwreck.
Margaret Mary, born 8 Dec., 1813, died 27 Sept., 1886.
John Jackson, born 13 Dec., 1814, died 15 August, 1873.
Lebbeus Whitney, born 8 Oct., 1785, died 7 Sept., 1849. He married Elizabeth Ford in 1808. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Albert) Ford of Philadelphia, where she was born 9 August, 1786. She died in 1873. Both died in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and are buried in Mt. Laurel Cemetary (Philadelphia).
Lebbeus Whitney s parents emigrated from New York to Georgia, in 1785. On their way to Georgia Lebbeus was born, at Hillsborough, N.C. He went from Georgia to Charleston, S.C. when young, and then to Phila-
delphia. He worked in the Schuylkill Bank of that city. In July of 1832 he removed to Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, and was the Head Cashier of the branch of that Bank, until 1840. He then retired to a farm in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, and then to Pottsville, in 1845. Issue:
Mary Ann, born 24 August, 1810.
Lawrence Ford, born 5 Oct., 1812, died 10 Sept., 1878.
Charles Albert, born 5 March, 1815, died 6 March, 1885.
John Ford, born 22 Sept., 1817, died 12 April, 1855.
Catharine, born 28 Feb., 1820.
William Lebbeus, born 16 Jan., 1823.
Elizabeth Dord, born 1 Jan., 1826.
Anna Margaret, born 27 Nov., 1828, died 28 Sept., 1864.
William Whitney, born 1790 in Georgia, died 22 April, 1864, at Jefferson Co., Miss. He is buried in Miss. He had 4 wives. The first wine is unknown, died a few months after marriage, possibly as the results of childbirth. He married, as his 2nd wife, Sarah Leggett, in Georgia, who died .1821, and is buried in Fayette, Miss. Mary Smith was his 3rd wife, - and was a widow. She was the daughter of Israel and Elizabeth Coleman of Jefferson Co., Miss. She died in Miss. His 4th wife was a Mrs. King, widow of Henry King, and daughter of a Witherspoon family. He married her in 1831. She died in July of 1832, at Meadville, Franklin Co., Miss., and is buried there. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was an ordained minister of the Baptist Cburch in charge of congregations in Louisiana and in Mississippi. Issue:
James Jackson, born in Georgia, died August, 1832, aged 17 years,
at King s Hill, near Selsertown, Miss.
Caroline, born in Georgia, died 1842, at Washington, Miss.,
married in March of 1832, at King s Hill, George W. Weast. They had: William, Sarah, and twins, one of whom was named George.
Mary Anne, born 3 March, 1821.
Elizabeth Jones, born Sept., 1828, near Natchez, Miss., married 3
June, 1875, at Port Gibson, Miss., Elias Barry Thompson. He was born 4 April, 1820.
Mary (Polly), born 1830, died 1840 near Washington, Miss.
John Merrick Whitney, born 4 June, 1792, at Franklin Georgia, died 18 Nov., 1867, Fayette, Miss: Married, - 1818 to Clarissa, daughter of Samuel Montgomery. She was born 21 April, 1798, and died 9 June, 1871. Both are buried in the family graveyard on the family plantation. Children were:
Alexander Montgomery, born 19 Jan., 1817, died in Louisiana. He
was a clergyman with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William H., born 15 Aug 1818, died 14 Nov 1835 at Augusta, Ky.
John Snodgrass, born 19 April, 1820, died 20 July, 1858.
Catharine Louisiana, born 23 Jun 1823, Fayette, Miss., died 21
May 1824.
Emily, born 13 May, 1825.
Samuel Franklin, born 19 August, 1827, died 5 Sept., 1866.
Charles Wesley, born 15 Oct., 1829.
Catharine Louisiana, born 12 Dee., 1831 (2nd of this name).
James Jefferson, born 11 Jan., 1834.
William H., born 19 Apr 1836, Fayette, Miss., died 28 Jul 1841.
Prosper King, born 23 Sept., 1838.
Mary Elizabeth, born 31 May, 1841, Fayette, Miss., died Jan.,
1857, near Holly Springs, Miss.
Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney, born 25 May, 1782, died 17 May, 1873, aged 91 years. He was Clerk of the Middlesex, Mass. Courts. He married Sally Stone. She died 29 May, 1886, aged 101 years and 7 months! Children were:
Nathaniel Ruggles, Jr. Jonathan Stone
Alexander James Frothingham, died
Edward 17 Dec., 1886.
Sarah Watson
Anne, born at Watertown, 1821, a sculptor. Among her works are
statues of Samuel Adams, the Patriot, and Leif Erieson, the Norseman (Her life story in a past publication of Whitney Whistler).
Thomas Heston Whitney, born 4 Jan., 1813, at Glassboro, New Jersey. He married Josephine Allen Whitney, the daughter of his cousin John Perkins Whitney of New Orleans, 8 March, 1853. She was born 12 March, 1835. He died 4 May, 1882. Their children were all born in Glassboro, New Jersey.
John Perkins, born 30 Nov., 1854, married E.T. Stevenson, 8
April, 1885. Their child, Josephine, born 6 Sept., 1888.
Thomas Heston, born 29 June, 1856, married May Owen, Jan., 1877.
They had: George Parmly, Thomas Heston, Jr., Herbert Owen.
Eben, born 11 August, 1858.
Fanny Owen, born 9 Sept., 1860, married 17 June, 1885, Frank C.
Hatch. Their child was Frank C. Jr., born 13 Sept., 1886.
Samuel Austin, born 5 August, 1864.
Cutler, born 7 March, 1869.
G. Dudley, born 22 March, 1872.
Joshua Whitney, Jr., born 24 August, 1773, died 13 April, 1845. He was; kncwn as General Whitney. When about 20 years of age, he was sent by his father from Binghamton to Philadelphia with a drove of cattle. Part of his way was through a wilderness, with nothing but marked trees to direct his path. He went alone; starting late in the Fall. He drove to Great Bend (on the Sus.quehanna), thence through to Nine Partners to Hop Bottom, on Tunkhannock Creek, and thence to Thorn Bottom. The cattle subsisted by feeding on the forest greenery. He next reached Wilkes barre and he drove to a branch of the Lehigh near the Pocano Mountains, where his cattle were poisoned by eating moun-
tain laurel. He suspended his journey for a week, and then proceded to Wind Gap and Nazareth to Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia he sold h is cattle, and purchased mercantile goods which he placed on Pennsylvania wagons and transported to Middle town, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna. There he put them on a Durham boat (a flat-bottomed boat), pushed by several hands, and they were then carried 255 miles to Owego, Nev: York. They met with resistence from a strong current most of the way. Often he was obliged to avoid large cakes of floating ice. He reached Owego just before Christmas. From there it was only a few miles to Binghamton and home. His children were:
Pamela, born 12 April, 1794.
Virgil, born 5 Feb., 1796, died Feb., 1889 at Binghamton NY
Vincent, born 12 April, 1799.
George, born 12 August, 1801, died 27 June, 1863.
Washington, twin, born 22 July, 1803.
Franklin, twin, born 22 July, 1803.
Joshua, born 19 Dec., 1806.
Rhoda, born 14 April, 1808.
Margaret Mary (Whitney) DeLorme, born 8 Dec., 1813 at Charleston, S.C. She died 27 Sept., 1886 at Dovesville, S.C. She married William M. DeLorme, 26 March, 1835. He was born 28 Nov., 1800 at Charleston, S.C. Issue:
John Francis William, born 10 Jan., 1836.
Susan Maria, born 11 Jan., 1838.
James Jedidah Whitney, born 23 Sept 1839, at Sumter, S.C. He died
30 Sept 1840.
Franklin Martial, born 3 Jan., 1842, Sumter, S.C. He was killed
at the 2nd battle of Manassas (Bull Run), 29 August, 1862.
Elizabeth Octavia Haynesworth, born 28 Jan., 1845.
Charles Whitney, born 20 Sept., 1846, Sumter, S.C.
Anthony White, born 13 July, 1848, Sumter, S.C.
Samuel Mayrant, born 24 May 1850, Sumter, S.C., died there 27
July 1850.
William Moultrie, born 28 June, 1851.
John Jackson Whitney, born 13 Dec., 1824, Sullivan s Island, S.C. He died in Philadelphia, 16 August, 1873, buried in Monument Cemetary. He married Frances Ann Lewis, daughter of John Lewis, 14 Jan., 1841. She was born 20 June, 1822. Their children:
John Lewis, born 2 Oct., 1841, died 7 May, 1843, Philadelphia.
Marie Elizabeth, born 20 Jan., 1843.
Anna Matilda, born 4 Jan., 1845, married 22 Sept., 1881, George
Messner Gaulbert, at Philadelphia.
Placidia Emma, born 26 Oct., 1846.
Cornelia Margaret, born 10 Oct., 1848.
Josephine Hufty, born 10 Oct., 1850, died 23 Jan., 1852.
Lawrence Ford Whitney, born 5 Oct., 1812, at Philadelphia, died 10 Sept., 1878 at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah Pott, daughter of Benjamin and Christina Pott, 30 April, 1844, Manheim Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania. She was born 12 August, 1817, and died 12 Sept., 1885. Issue:
Christina Elizabeth, born 14 Jan 1845, Port Carbon, died there, 4
Jan 1848.
Benjamin Pott, born 1 Jul 1846, Port Carbon, died Pottsville, 3
Jun 1871.
James Rex, born Port Carbon, died there 11 July, 1849.
Lebbeus Rex, born Port Carbon, died there, 14 Jan., 1853.
Sarah Vastine, born 16 July, 1851, died Port Carbon.
Lawrence Ford, born 20 Jul 1853, Port Carbon, died Pottsville,
1879.
Emma, born 7 Jan., 1856, Port Carbon.
Maria Pott, born 1 Jan., 1858, Port Carbon.
George Ford, born 17 Jan., 1861, Pottsville, became a Doctor. He
married Susan Emily, daughter of William B. and Anna M. Wells of Pottsville. In 1890 they lived in Cincinnati, Ohio.
John Ford Whitney, born 22 Sept., 1817, Philadelphia, died 12 April, 1855 at Pottsvilie. He married Elizabeth Ritter Ruckel, daughter of Samuel, 24 Sept., 1838, at New York. She was born there 11 May, 1813, and died 24 June, 1875 at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Issue:
Samuel Ruckel, born 22 August, 1839, Port Carbon.
Lebbeus, born 23 Feb., 1841, Manheim Twp., Schuylkill Co.,
Pennsylvania. He died there 4 Dec., 1855.
Frank, born 26 Feb., 1843, Port Carbon.
Jessie, born 17 Dec., 1844, Pottsville.
Thomas Bloodgood, born 3 Aug 1849, Pottsville, died there 1865.
William Lebbeus Whitney, born 16 Jan., 1823, Philadelphia, graduated Dickinson College, 1844. He taught at Port Gibson, Miss., 1844. In 1847 clerk in Miner s Bank, Pottsville. He was admitted to the Bar 1850. President of the Bank, 1882. He married Ann Templin Potts, daughter of Thomas M. and Hannaette R. Potts of Jefferson Furnace, 19 Dec., 1850. She was born Cumberland Furnace, Dickson Co., Tn., 21 April, 1827. She died 19 Sept., 1854, Pottsville, Pennsylvania. His 2nd marriage was to Emma St Clair Nichols, daughter of Francis B. and Anna M. Nichols of Pottsville, 2 Oct., 1862, at Elizabeth, New Jersey. She was born 26 Sept., 1840. Children:
Potts, born 18 Oct., 1851, died 21 Dec., 1869, Pottsville.
Nattie Annie, born 31 August, 1853.
Harriet Nichols, born 12 Dec 1863, died 27 Dec 1863, Pottsville.
William Anna, born 6 Dec., 1864.
Francis Nichols, born 1 April, 1868.
Emma St Clair, born 16 March, 1870.
All children were born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Anna Margaret (Whitney) Heger, born 27 Nov., 1828, Philadelphia, died 28 Sept., 1864, Point Lookout, Maryland. She married Anthony Heger, Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, 30 Sept., 1865, Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He was born 4 Dec., 1828, Vienna, Austria. Issue:
William Simcoe, born 17 June, 1857.
Mary Ann (Whitney) Spielman, born 3 March, 1820, Jefferson Co., Miss. She married Absolom Spielman, 24 April, 1834, Washington, Miss. He was born 24 March, 1810, Washington Co., Maryland. He died 26 July, 1887, Greenville, Ohio. Children:
Roseanna Lucinda, b 17 Jun 1836, Natchez, Miss., died 5 Jan 1845
Sarah Elizabeth, b 21 Feb 1839, Natchez, Miss, died 2 Apr 1840.
Emma Gertrude, born 8 May 1841, died Natehez, Miss., 13 Sep 1842.
Joseph Neibert, b 17 Feb 1844, Natchez, Miss., died 2 Apr, 1844.
Clara Edna, born 24 August, 1846, Fayette, Miss.
William Whitney, born 5 Jan., 1849, Fayette, Miss.
James Nathaniel, born 8 May, 1850, Fayette, Miss.
David Coleman, born 6 Sept., 1851, Fayette, Miss., married 17
June, 1888, Mrs. Jennie Burnett, dau. of Tunis and Margaret Denise of Greenville, Ohio.
Lizzie, born 26 July, 1853, Fayette, Miss., died 19 July, 1854.
Baby, not named, born and died 29 August, 1855.
Fannie Caroline, born 7 May, 1857, Fayette, Miss.
John Snodgrass Whitney, born 19 April, 1820, Natchez, Miss., died 20 July, 1858, Decatur. Il. He married Malissa Ann Coleman, Dec., 1844, Jefferson Co., Mss.,daughter of Isaiah Coleman. She died 24 May, 1858, Decatur, Il. Issue:
Lucy, born 8 July, 1847.
Hattie Coleman, born 18 July, 1854.
Mary Clarissa, born 15 May, 1858, Decatur, Il., Married Feb.,
1876, in Madison Co., Miss., Samuel C. Divine. He died 20 Jan., 1889, Canton, Miss.
Emily Whitney Booth, born 13 May, 1825, Washington, Miss., married Rev. Horace M. Booth, 16 Oct., 1845, Fayette, Miss. He was born 23 Oct., Claiborne Co., Miss. They were living in Rockport, Tx. in 1890. Their children were:
Charles Whitney, born 14 March, 1848.
Howard Douglass, born 18 July, 1851, Fayette, Miss.
Clara Virginia, born 31 Jan., 1855.
John Merrick, born 16 Oct., 1857, Claiborne Co., Miss., married
13 Oct., 1882, Laura Heffner, at Shreveport, La.
Horace Drake, born 14 March, 1860.
Samuel Franklin Whitney, born 19 August, 1827, Fayette, Miss., died 5 Sept., 1866, Grand Gulf, Miss., 13 Dec., 1854, married Mattie Emanuel, born in Virginia. Issue:
Sims Emanuel, born 1858, Fayette, Miss.
Bayard, born 1859, Grand Gulf, Miss.
Ada Lorena, born 1869, Grand Gulf, Miss.
Mary Lelia, born 14 Sept., 1861, Grand Gulf, Miss., married Dr.
T. Ritchie Stone, at Washington, D.C.
Mattie Franklin, born 1866, Grand Gulf, Miss.
Charles Wesley Whitney, born 15 Oct., 1829, Fayette, Miss., married Sarah Cunningham Fleming Darden, 23 Nov., 1848. She was born 29 Jan., 1831. Issue:
Eugene, born 15 Sept., 1849, died 25 Sept., 1849.
Pendleton Darden born 22 Dec., 1851. Assassinated 25 Aug 1876.
John Merrick, born 1 Sept., 1854, died 25 Sep 1854
Maggie, born 22 Dec., 1857.
Katie, born 1 Dec., 1861.
Emmie, born 12 Jan., 1865.
Charles Wesley, twin, born 21 April, 1870.
Putnam Darden, born 2 April, 1879.
All children born in Jefferson Co., Miss.
James Jefferson Whitney, born 11 Jan., 1834, Fayette, Miss., married
Josephine Darder, 18 Feb., 1858, daughter of John P. Darden. She was
born 20 Oct., 1838. Issue:
Stanhope, born 14 Dec., 1858, died 4 Sept., 1864.
Eva, born 25 Dec., 1860, died 4 Sept., 1864.
William Henry, born 31 Dec., 1862.
Marion Darden, born 24 Dec., 1864, died 16 Dec., 1875.
Annie Montgomery, born 5 Jan., 1867.
Charles Cunningham, born 5 Jan., 1867
Lena Landrum, born 8 August, 1871.
Della J.J., born 3 Nov., 1873.
Eula, born 13 August, 1876.
Prosper King Whitney, born 23 Sept., 1838, Fayette, Miss., married Helen Sophia McCaleb, 8 Feb., 1860. She was the daughter of James F. McCaleb, of Pine Ridge, Miss. She was born 23 Sept., 1839. Their children were:
James McCaleb, born 12 Dee., 1860, farmer.
Carrie Darden, born 24 July, 1863, Fayette, Miss.
John, born 10 Nov., 1864, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Prosper King, Jr., born 19 June, 1866, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Mary Elizabeth, born 24 March, 1868, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Mattie, born 17 July, 1870, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Sophie Moore, born 22 Jan., 1872, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Willie Dunbar, born 15 Nov., 1874, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Helen Nina, born 27 Dec., 1875, Jefferson Co., Miss.
Hattie Pendleton, born 28 Feb., 1877.
Lizzie Burch, born 24 Dec., 1879.
Laura Angell, born 28 August, 1881, died 25 Sept., 1882.
Lula May, born 5 Feb., 1885.
George Whitney, born 12 August, 1801, died 27 June, 1863, married Sophia Silk Evans, born 28 May, 1806, at Kidderminster, England. He was the son of Joshua Whitney, Jr. of Binghamton, New York where George was born. She died 22 March, 1886. Issue:
Mary Elizabeth, born 1 July, 1825, married 24 July, 1846, Charles
White. She died at Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
William Henry, born 10 July, 1827.
Sophia, born 10 May, 1830, married 8 Jan., 1857, Thomas Webb. She
died 24 Feb., 1860, Binghamton, New York.
Jane, born 18 April, 1833, married 26 March, 1859, and died 31
Oct., 1875, Port Dickinson, New York.
James Evans, born 18 Jan., 1836, married Alice Angell, 11 April,
1860, and moved to Bay City, Michigan.
George, born 12 Feb., 1839, married Flora Adelaide Paddock, 16
Sept., 1869. She died in Feb., 1871. He married for the 2nd time, in Oct. of 1873, M. Louise Stoddard.
Thomas Waterman,born 18 June, 1840, died 3 April, 1887 unmarried.
Franklin, born 30 Oct., 1844, died 24 Nov., 1844.
Rhoda, born 11 Jan., 1847.
All children born in Chenango Co., New York.
John Francis William DeLorme, born 10 Jan., 1836, at Sumter, S.C., married Elizabeth M. James, 16 Feb., 1871, Charleston, S.C. Children:
Edith Margaret, born 14 Oct., 1872, Sumter, S.C.
John Grenville, born 11 Dec., 1874, Sumter, S.C.
Ella Riker Elise, born 11 March, 1880, Sumter, S.C.
Susan Maria (DeLorme) LaFar, born 11 Jan., 1838, Sumter, S.C., died there 30 August, 1863, married Ma rion L. LaFar, at Sumter, 7 Jan., 1858. Issue:
Susan Maria, born 13 Oct., Sumter, S.C., died 12 Dec., 1876,
Dovesville.
William Martial, born 7 August, 1860, Sumter, S.C., died there 21
June, 1861.
Marion Franklin, born 26 Oct., 1862, Sumter, S.C., died there 30
March, 1864.
Maria Elizabeth (Whitney) Lynch, born 20 Jan., 1843, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died there 23 Nov., 1884, married 25 Jan., 1866 to Frank A. Lynch of Philadelphia. He died 7 June, 1887. Both are buried in Philadelphia. Issue:
Fannie Whitney, twin, born 12 Sept., 1866. Died young.
Annie Finette, twin, born 12 Sept., 1866.
Francis Dunbar, born 21 Jan 1869, died 25 Apr 1876, Philadelphia.
Bertha Whitney, born 7 Sept., 1870.
Howard Thomas, born 10 June, 1880.
QUERIES
Any information concerning General William Whitney of Chenango Co.,
New York. He was the brother of General Joshua Whitney of Binghamton,
New York. Info badly needed by EDITOR, at this address.
Seek information concerning the descendants of General William Whitney of Binghamton, New York. Need names of siblings of (Polly) Mary Whitney, who had a sister Hannah, who later married her sister s widower, Joseph Lounsberry. William Whitney was a Brigadier General in the New York Militia, Tioga Co., appointed 7 March, 1804. Mrs. Ann Rampke, P.O. Box 571, Molalla, Oregon, 97038.
Need parents, siblings, and children of Elijah Whitney born 1700 1765. Where? He was in Washington Co., Va. before 1782. Listed on the: Christian County, Ky. militia rolls in 1798, but not on the tax rolls until after 1805. In Christian or Trigg Co., Ky. census 1810 through 1830. In 1812, Elijah and wife Alsey (believe it is actually Elsie), sold land in Warren Co., Ky. in conjunction with Hiram Whitney and wife Mary Harris; but no indication that Elijah had lived in Warren Co. In 1819, Christian Co., Ky. Elijah married Sally Curtis, probably daughter of Russell Curtis. Elijah s daughter Elizabeth married Robert R. Gaston, in Christian Co., Ky. in 1812, and moved to Wayne Co., Il. What relationship to other early Christian Co., Ky. marriages? In 1813, Joseph Whitney married Rebecca Poe. In 1813, Patsey Whitney married Sterling Eounds. In 1817, Polly Whitney married Francis Bounds. In 1817 Ann Witty (Whitney?) married John Cook. Where did these people move? Shelba King Davis, 6704 A Gold Moss Cove, Austin, Tx., 78745.
Josiah Whitney, born 1 August, 1807, Maine. He died 19 March, 1887, Barron Co., Wi. He married, 20 April, 1833, Martha Baker. Josiah and Martha were in Lafayette, Walworth Co., Wi., August 1850, with the following children: Anne; Wellington; Virginia Orpha; Charles A. Would like to correspond with anyone knowing of this family. Barker, Martha, born 27 April, 1805, Maine, died 17 March, 1853, Dalton, Sauk Co., Wi. Married 20 April, 1833 to Josiah Whitney. Children above. Who were Martha s parents? Mrs. Mary V. Clinton, N. 8119 Orchard Prairie Rd., Spokane, Wa., 99207.
The material in this edition taken from the work of William L. Whitney
of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This Whitney compilation is of the
families and descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown,
Mass.
We have had various requests for the Whitney families who went South, and it has taken us a long time to locate the William L. Whitney book that we knew had a correct genealogy of most of those families. This genealogy is not to be confused with the Whitney family of three brothers who were in Virginia in early days of the 1600 s.
Material on the Binghamton Whitneys is abundant, as far as General Joshua is concerned, but frugal as far as locating any on General William Whitney. Both men were brothers, and came from Connecticut. If you have any information on William we wish that you would share it with our readers.
The William L. Whitney edition was printed in 1890, Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
We hope that the information in this edition of Whitney Whistler will help somebody with this ancestry. Editor.
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Newel Whitney, born 28 March, 1821 at Conneaut, Ohio (Ashtabula County), was married to Eliza Ann Fenton, at the same place on 10 August, 1845. Waking for information on the above. Mr. Merle Baker, R.R. #1, Lincoln, Illinois, 62656.
Lucianna Whitney of Whitney Flats, Pa (between Bradford County and Binghamton, N.Y), married John Gambel, Jr., born 32 Sept., 1777, County Monaghan, Ireland, and died 3 Jan., 1828; buried Lacey Street Cerretary, Wyoming Co., Pa. He left a family in Jefferson County, Mo. Mrs. Frances Neitzke, Box 92, Everly, Iowa, 51338.
Seeking the parents and death of Aaron Whitney, born 16 Sept., 1774, in Lewiston, Maine. Also seeking maiden names of his three wives: 1. Betsey _____, born 10 Sept., 1775, Lewiston, Maine, died Guilford, Maine, 17 August, 1819. 2. Widow Mary_____ Dob]e, born 1 June, 1781 in Gorham, Maine, died 7 Jan., 1826, Guilford, Maine. 3. Jemima____. Both Aaron and Jemima Whitney were alive in Guilford on 3 Feb., 1848. Mrs. Norman L. Haney, 752 Glemar, Watsonville, Ca., 95076.
My Peter Whitney, was born in New York State about 1783, who moved with his father John Whitney of New York State, to Ontario. Peter s son, Lamont Whitney, married 1833, Mary Kile. The Lamont came from the maiden name of Peter s wife, Mary Lamont, born 1793 in Canada. This Whitney family moved to the United States. Mrs. Berne Davis, Route
- 5, Box 80, Colfax, Wa., 99111.
John Linus Whitney, Sr. was killed by a robber on the way back from the gold rush, to his home in New York State. His bag of gold, worth $75,000 was. taken. His wife, the former Mary Amanda Whitlock of Ct., waiting for him in New York State, gave birth, posthumously to their son, John Linus Whitney, born 14 Dec., 1850. Need information on this family.
Somewhere between 1850 and 1859, Mary Amanda Whitlock Whitney married Daniel Shattuck (from New Hampshire). These two moved to Darke Co., Ohio, with Mary Amanda s father, John Whitlock and his wife, along with a James Whitlock and wife Sarah. This James was about 15 years younger than Mary Amanda, so this may have been her brother (unless her father had married twice).
John Linus Whitney, Jr., married Maroaret Replogle, daughter of Jacob and Abigail Replogle of Ohio (Darke Co). They had a son, John Clifton Whitney, who married Kathrine Middleton, and they also had Eugene Middleton Whitney (my father). My father states that Grandmother Kathrine told him that when she had a name researched, she learned that a Mrs. Shields of Elkhart, In., was related to our family. In the 1940 telephone directory from that area, I found a Mrs. E.A. Shields living there on 407 South Second Street. Does anyone have any knowledge of this family? We also believe that our family is registered with the Colonial Dames, by Mary Elizabeth Whitney in 1935 9. Could we hear from someone about these families? Mrs. Mary (Whitney) Grumbling, PO Box 221, Forbestown, CA 95941.
Researching Josiah Whitney, born ?. He died 10 Dec 1824. He married Esther Weeks. He was a Minuteman, and was from New York State. Mrs. Melvin L. Lesher, R.R. lB X7, Clarion, Iowa, 50525. Believe he must have been from Mass., Ct., or New Hampshire. They were the only states who had Minutemen, as far as we know. May have moved to New York State after the Rev. War. -- Editor.
Need any information on the parents of Haynes and Calvin Whitney who came to Thomaston, Me., early in the 1800 s. Haynes married Jane Robinson, and Calvin married Eliza Everton.
Am looking for any information on the following Whitney entries in the LDS IC] (International Genealogical Index) of the Mormon Archives:
Calvin Whitney son of Daniel and Eunice ? born 23 August, 1790,
Cheshire, Chesterfield Twp., NH.
Daniel T. Whitney, son of James and Mary ? born 26 Feb., 1772,
Cheshire, Winchester Twp., NH.
Daniel Whitney, son of Sylvanus and Hannah ? born 12 April, 1761,
Hillsboro, Dunstable Twp., NH.
Calvin Whitney, son of Orlando and Aeneth ? born 4 Sept., 1795,
windsor, Ludlow Twp., Vt. Mrs. Marion Whitney Leska, 712 So. Prairie Av., Barrington, Il., 60010.
In 1808 James Chaffin and Betsy Chaffin were married. They were cousins. Their fathers were brothers. Betsy s line has been established by Peirce that her mother was Mary Whitney, and this is the line: John, Richard, Richard, Richard, Daniel, and Mary.
Betsy died in Jan. of 1845 in Alexandria Bay, N.Y. In March of that year, James married a Deborah Whitney. Family papers suggest that Deborah was Deborah Mansfield, and that she may have been married first to a Mr. Lovell. Thus her name at the time of her marriage to Mr. Whitney was Deborah (Mansfield) Lovell. And there may have been a relationship between Betsy and Deborah Whitney s line. When Deborah Mansfield Lovell married James Chaff in, the children already in the family were: Maria, born 1832; Elias, born 1837; Samuel, born 1841; and Sarah, born 1843. If these were the children already in the family, they would have to be the children of Betsy Chaffin Whitney.
In the census records, Mariah, Elias and Samuel list their birthplace as New Hampshire. Sarah lists hers as New York. Deborah Mansfield Lovell Whitney lists hers as Maine.
In the 1880 census Elias Whitney lists his parents as having been born in Maine! (Before this it was NH).
In 1900 Elias Whitney lists his mother as having been born in NH; but his father has no birth record listed.
The daughter of James and Betsy (Whitney) Chaffin, Mariah, married the son of James, James Remington Chaffin, Jr. They were married in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. In 1850 they were in Wisconsin. In 1860 they were still in Wisconsin. However, Elias, Samuel and Sarah are missing. In the early 1870 s Elias is married in Wisconsin, and in those records he states his father s name is Samuel and his mother is Deborah!
In 1865 James died, in Iowa. Mariah died there in 1878. In writing her memoirs, one of Mariah s daughters said that after her mother died, her Aunt Sarah (sister of Mariah) remarried and took her grandmother, Deborah Mansfield Lovell Whitney and the youngest sister to live with them, and they went to Kansas. She stated that they went to Cawker City where their Uncle Sam lived. Here they stayed while her father went west to Phillipsburg to homestead.
In the 1880 census, Uncle Sam is not living in Cawker City, but in Glen Elder, six miles from Cawker. In Cawker City there is a Whitney running a hotel. This Whitney is listed in Peirce s book. We assume there is a connection between this W.C. Whitney and Deborah s family, and may be the reason Deborah went there. Can anyone help us with these lines? Arthur S. Hart, 916 Red Oak Lane., Fort Worth, Texas, 76114.
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