Family:Whitney, William (1755-1810)

William⁶ Whitney {Thomas⁵, William⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of Thomas⁵ and Elizabeth (Boardman) Whitney, was born 1755, Sheffield, MA, and died 18 Jan 1810, Union, NY.

He married, circa 1780, Hillsdale, NY, Ruth Rodman, daughter of Joseph and Mary (West) Rodman.

"(Gen.) William⁶ WHITNEY was a private in the Revolution in a Claverack Battalion, Albany County Militia, along with his brother Joshua⁶, a captain. He was appointed Ensign Columbia Co., in 1786, Lieutenant same year, Captain of Light Infantry of Tioga Co., in 1792, Major in 1793, Lieut. Col., in 1802, Brigadier General in 1804 and resigned in 1808. He died 18 Jan 1810. Joshua⁶ and William⁶, with a friend, possibly a relative, removed to Broome county, New York, from Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY, in the spring of 1787, settling in what afterward became the city of Binghamton. They were the second party of settlers and first to come in wagons. Gen. William married, possibly Mary ROSE or ROSENBERRY."

Children of William⁶ and Ruth (Rodman) Whitney:

i.	John R.7 Whitney, b. 1786, Hillsdale, NY; m.(1) Catherine Schoonover; m.(2) Sallie Spencer.
ii.	Rhoda Whitney; m. 16 Oct 1809, Samuel Hardy, and lived at or near Binghamton where she died 16 Feb 1833. Samuel HARDY, Sr., married Mrs. Elizabeth (Stout) Twining exactly one year from the death of his wife, Rhoda . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Hardy came to Wellington, OH, and lived on a farm until he was too old to work, when he went to live with his son Samuel, in Camden, and died in 1862 at the age of 92.
iii.	Sarah Whitney; m. Colwell Cook, and had a son William Whitney Cook.
iv.	daughter Whitney.
v.	daughter Whitney.
vi.	daughter Whitney.

Census

• 1790, Chemung, Montgomery Co., NY: William Witney, 2 males over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 4 females.
• 1800, Union, Tioga Co., NY: W^m Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 45+, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 3 females 0-9.

References

1.^  Hallam S. Whitney, and Dr. F. E. Weeks, comp., Whitney Genealogy of the Brothers, Judge Joshua and Gen. William Whitney of Binghamton, N.Y. (1932), typescript, NEHGS Library, call number Manuscripts G WHI 6956, p. 5.

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