Family:Whitney, Israel (1767-1842)

Israel⁶ Whitney (Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Jonas⁵ and Zebudah (Davis) Whitney, was born 16 Jan 1767, Harvard, MA, and died 12 Feb 1842, North Hero, VT.

He married 30 Mar 1788, Harvard, MA, Susannah Gerry. She was born 10 Apr 1769, Harvard, and died 11 Feb 1848, North Hero, VT.

He was born in Harvard, Worcester County, MA; worked on his father's farm. Soon after his marriage he moved to Littleton, MA, then to Fitzwilliam, NH; and soon after a short residence in Sudbury to North Hero, VT, where he afterward resided. He resided Littleton, Massachusetts; Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and Sudbury and North Hero, Vermont.

Children of Israel⁶ and Susannah (Gerry) Whitney:

i.	Israel7 Whitney, b. Littleton, 31 May 1790; d. unmarried, killed by a falling tree, at North Hero, VT, in 1816.
ii.	Susannah Whitney, b. 24 Sep 1792; m. John Darrow of Alburgh, Vermont; b. -----; m. Lucien Clark; resided Dickinson, NY.
iii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1794; m. Sept., 1816, Aaron Davis of Bradford, VT. He was a shoemaker. Ch.: Levi W., b. 1 Jul 1817, North Hero, Grand Isle County, VT; m. 12 Oct 1843; resided Pittsford, NY; Nelson, b. Aug 1818, North Hero, VT; Loren, b. Aug 1820, North Hero, VT. Loren died at Lone Rock, WI, 1863; do not know the address of any of his children. (Nelson's, Oconto, WI) There were five of the Hazen children: Harris, Harriet, Harvey, Dan, Josephus. Harris, Harriet, Josephus died in Canada; Harvey is in Dickinson, NY; Dan in Burlington, VT.
iv.	Peter Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1799; m. Lucina Fisk and Laura Farr.
v.	Gary Whitney, b. -----; m. Patty Hazen.
vi.	Levi Whitney, b. -----; d. at North Hero, unmarried
vii.	Lucena Whitney, b. 10 May 1809; m. Sep 1827; Daniel Hazen of North Hero. He was b. Mar 1800; d. 30 Mar 1828. She married 2d, Jan 1837, Ralph Hazen. She died 27 Aug 1867. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug. 13, 1827; m. 8 Sep 1852, Laura Ann Kinsley; resided Hiawatha, KS; Ceylon, b. 9 May 1838; m. Jul 1857, Jennette Roach; resided Rolf, IA; Ann Augusta, b. 12 Sep 1840; d. 12 Oct 1850.
viii.	Abigail Whitney, b. -----; m. Henry H. Hazen of North Hero. Ch.: Sumner L., b. -----; m. -----; resided Malone, NY.
ix.	Sealand Whitney, b. 2 Nov 1799; m. Sybil Landon.

Census

• 1790, Littleton, Middlesex Co., MA: Israel Whitney, 2 males over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 2 females.
• 1800, Sudbury, Rutland Co., VT: Whitney, Israel, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 2 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, North Hero, Grand Isle Co., VT: Israel Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 16-26, 2 males 10-16, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 2 females 16-26, 2 females under 10.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 167-168.

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