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WHITNEY WHISTLER, Volume Five, Issue One, Spring Issue 1985

FAMOUS WHITNEY WOMEN

Anne Whitney, sculptor, born in Watertown, Mass., 2 Sept. 1821,
died 23 Jan. 1915. She was the second daughter and the youngest
child of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney, Jr. and Sarah (Stone)
Whitney; both families descended from old Watertown families.

Before Anne was twelve, the family moved to East Cambridge where
he father was a "Justice of the Peace" from 1839 to 1859. In 1850
they returned to the area of Watertown that became Belmont. The
Whitneys were considered "liberal thinkers" of the day.

As a child Anne showed unusual artistic talent which her parents
recognized and encouraged. She was educated by private tutors
except for one year spent in Maine at Mrs Samuel Little s "Select
School for Young Ladies" in Bucksport, Maine.

Early on Anne had begun to write poetry, and published a book of
them in 1859. In 1855 she started making partial busts after
first mode1ing in sand. In 1858 she began serious work in this
medium. She spent a year in New York and Philadelphia, modeling,
drawing and studying anatomy at a Brooklyn hospital. She entered
her first exhibit in 1860 at the National Academy of Design in
New York.

She thought of Italy for study, but the Civil War stopped these
plans. Instead, she spent the next six years in the family here
in Belmont, Mass. where she worked incessantly.

Among her many works are a few that one might remember; Lady
Godiva undertaking her mission to free the peasants (a lifeùsize
representation), and the colossal "Africa," symbolizing a race
rising from bondage. These were exhibited in Boston in 1864 and
1865.

Her trip to Rome came later, and she produced some notable works.
However, her best work seems to be the one of Samuel Adams that
she was commissioned to render for the National Capitol in
Washington. This lifeùsize figure looks down from Statuary Hall.

A sculpture of Leif Ericson is now in the Smithsonian. She also
did Harriet Beecher Stowe, and several other famous figures.
At one time she entered a competition anonymously, where she won
first place for her likeness of Charles Sumner. When the judges
found a woman had won, they denied her the commission for the
work. The injustice of this rankled her the rest of her life.

In 1902 she completed "Sumner" and it is in Harvard Square in
Cambridge, Mass.

Anne Whitney was a thorough Bostonian. A small dynamic figure,
with short white hair, she was known for her satiric wit. She
lived until the age of 93.  She died in Boston.

She ranks as one of the distinguished sculptors of Victorian
America. More than 150 of her sculptures are catalogued, and
these are of over 50 subjects.

Mary Watson Whitney, astronomer, was born in Waltham, Mass., 11
Sept. 1847. Samuel Buttrick Whitney and Mary Watson (Crehore)
Whitney were her parents. Her father, a real estate dealer, was
descended from John of Watertown. Mary was the second child in a
family of five children.

An interest in mathematics sent her to Vassar College in 1865,
winning distinction in this subject and in physical science. She
chose to major in astronomy.

The death of her father in 1868, and the loss of an older brother
brought her back to Waltham, and for a while she taught in
Auburndale, Mass. to help her family financially. But, she spent
all her spare time in the study of her two favorite subjects.

In 1869 she participated in an observance of a solar eclipse in
Burlington, Iowa, from which came an invitation to attend classes
at Harvard College. And she later took post-graduate classes
there.

In 1873 her sister entered the University of Zurich, and the
whole family, including Mary, want along. Thus she had the
opportunity to study abroad, and in 1888 she became professor of
astronomy at Vassar.

She earned a reputation as a fine teacher, and a scientific
investigator. Soon students trained at Vassar were in demand all
over the country. During this time Mary Whitney pushed the cause
of women in the field of education.

She led a balanced life, and had a great sense of humor. She had
an interest in poetry and American poets.  She died of pneumonia
in Waltham in 1921.  Shortly before she died she said, "I hope
when I get to Heaven I shall not find the women playing second
fiddle."

Adeline Dutton Train, born 15 Sept. 1824, writer of fiction and
Verse. She was the daughter of Enoch Train and his first wife,
Adeline Dutton of New Hampshire, who was a ship owner and Boston
merchant. He was the owner of "The Flying Cloud," a famous
sailing packet.

After her marriage to Seth Dunbar Whitney on 7 Nov., 1843, she
moved to his hometown of Milton, Mass. and raised four children: 
Mary Adeline, Theodore Train, Marie Caroline, and Caroline Leslie
Whitney.

When the children were old enough for school Adeline set out to
work at her hobby, which she turned into a life s work. Although
some of her prose is not popular now, it was an important look at
the morals and the sentiments of the Victorian world in America.

Her idea was that young women should be happy with "hearth and
home," and to be satisfied with it. She was capable of telling a
good story, with a simple direct language, touched with Yankee
humor.

Harriet Beecher Stowe praised her work; John Greenleaf Whittier
was her friend and admirer. Thousands of young American women
read and loved her books.  She died in Milton 21 March, 1906,
mourned by many readers.  Same of her sketches appeared in
Frederick C. Pierce s "The Descendants of John Whitney." Articles
appeared about her in Ladies  Home Journal of October, 1888. She
wrote several antiùsuffrage pamphlets.

Have you check your ancestry? Possibly you are related to these
bright, intelligent women? More information on their Whitney
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Maine Genealogical Society, Membership #1265, 
Family Chart: 1265-1

1.  Calvin F(?) Whitney, b 7 April 1816, d 10 Jan 1895, bu
Rockville Cemetery, Rockport, Me.  Married 24 May 1847 to Nancy
Jane Clark, b 12 March 1826, d 31 Dec 1901, Rockville Cemetery.

2.  Merritt Austin Whitney, b. 20 Mach 1848 at Tremayne-Roxmont
Place, Rockport, d. Apr 1917 at Family Home, Rockport, Me., bu.
Rockville Cemetery, Rockport.  Married to Cora Hewett Harkness,
b. May 1858 at Rockville St. Rockport, Me, d 1933 at Rockport,
bu. Rockville Cemetery.  Her father was Orlando Hewett married to
Elvira Achorn b 1837, d 1862, bu Rockville Cemetery.

3.  William Emery Whitney, b. 7 June 1884 at Rockport, Me., d. 29
Nov 1968 at Camden Hospital, Camden, Me., bu. Rockville Cemetary,
married on 17 June 1907 to Christie Caldwerwood, b. 10 March 1884
at Hope, Me., d. 31 July 1966 at Camden Hospital, bu. Rockville
Cemetery at Vinalhaven, Me.  Her father: Frederick Hamlin Calderwood, b 3 May
1856, d 14 ___ 1929 at Vinalhaven, Me; mother: Lucy Jane Mills, b
6 April 1859, d. 7 Jan 1929 at Vinalhaven, Me., bu. John Carver
Cemetery, Vinalhaven; married 13 April 1883 at North Haven, Me.
Frederick's parents:  Willard Calderwood, b 30 July 1816, d 14
March 1861.  Married 9 March 1843 to Roxana Crockett, b 11 Oct
1813, d 14 June 1895, bu Calderwood's Neck Cemetery.  Lucy's
parents:  Stephen Mills, b 7 June 1831, d 6 Aug 1910, bu Mills
Cemetery, Zion, Vinalhaven, Me.  Married in Vinalhaven, Me. on 19
Jan 1854 to Rebecca Jane Philbrook, b 19 May 1835, d 19 Jan 1905
at Vinalhaven, Me, bu. Mills Cemetery, Zion, Me.

4.  Austin Calderwood Whitney, b. 4 May 1908 at Whitinsville,
Mass., married in Scranton, Pa. on 22 Feb 1936 to Helen Genevieve
McTierman.

WHITNEY WOMEN IN THE DAR LISTINGS

Mary Whitney married Amos Fisk (1739ù1802) Pvt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Joseph Fowler (1753ù1797) Pvt NY
Annah Whitney married David Furbush (1721ù1787) Pvt Mass
Beulah Whitney married Samuel Furbush (1750ù1829) Cpl Mass
Betsy Whitney married Deodate Gaylord ( 1760ù1840) Pvt Ct
Elizabeth Whitney married Rhomas Green (1753ù1836) Pvt NY
Susan Whitney married Benjamin Hale (1763ù1855) Pvt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Jonas Hemingway (1758ù1827) Pvt Mass
Mary Whitney married Jesse Hanford (1746ù1777) Pvt Ct
Jane Whitney married Daniel Hill (1752ù1834) Sgt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Joel Holcomb (1744ù1839) Pvt Mass
Mercy Whitney married Elijah Houghton (1739ù1819) Pvt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Justice Hough (1762ù1829) Pvt Mass
Elizabeth Whitney married Daniel Jackson (1763ù1841) Pvt Ct
Betty Whitney married Jacob Lobdell (1756ù1834) Pvt NY
Sarah Whitney married Thomas Lund (1739-1821) Pvt NH
Alice Whitney married Ensign Mann (1740ù1829) PS Mass
Sara Whitney married Samuel Mason (1749ù1839) Pvt Mass
Elizabeth Whitney married William McCune (1729ù1807) Capt Vt
Anna Whitney married Oliver Mead (1751ù1836) Pvt Mass
Anne Whitney married Samuel Merriam (1723ù1804) Pvt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Matthew Olmstead (1760ù1847) Pvt Ct
Huldah Whitney married Elias Palmer (1756ù1838) Ens NY
Tersah Whitney married Noah Palmer (1756ù1840) Cpl NY
Alice Whitney married Stephen Pelton (1768ù1843) Cpl Mass
Sarah (Whitney) Maynard married David Pierce (1742ù1821) Pvt NY
Abigail Whitney married John Reed (1756ù1825) Pvt Ct
Mary Whitney married Edward Richards (1740ù1799) Pvt Mass
Mary Whitney[2] married James Rollins (1731ù1818) Pvt NH
Mary Whitney married Lemuel Rounds (1756ù1836) Pvt Mass
Mary Whitney married Jonathan Sawin (1735ù1822) Pvt Mass
Lucy Whitney married Martin Severance Jr (1755ù1843) Pvt NH
Eunice Whitney married Isaac Smith (1761ù1828) Pvt Vt Mass
Mary Whitney[2] (Pierce) married William Stewart (1752ù1844) Lt
Ct
Susanna Whitney[2] married Edmund Stone (1743ù1829) Sgt Mass
Mary Whitney[1] married Micah Stone (1735ù1806) PS Md
Pamelia Whitney married Ebenezer Stowell (1758ù1837) Cpl Vt
Abigail Whitney married Benjamin Thompson (1751ù18451PVt NH
Anne Whitney married Gamaliel Truesdale (1741ù1778) Pvt NY
Sarah Whitney married Nathan Watkins (1736ù1815) Capt Mass
Hannah Whitney married Phineas Wetherbee (1744ù1790) Pvt Mass
Katherine Whitney married Lemuel Wheeler (1757ù1832) Sgt Mass
Sarah Whitney married Abraham Whitmore Sr (1710ù1784) PS Mass
Mary Whitney married Samuel Whitney (1758ù1831) Pvt Mass
Relief Whitney married Abel Wilder (1758ù1831) Pvt Mass
Mary Whitney married John Woodbridge Jr (1732ù1782) Maj Mass
Lydia Whitney married Stephen Bryant (1724ù1814) Pvt Mass

The above years in parenthesis indicate the years of the soldier
and his service, also state where enlisted.  These are found
among the holdings of the DAR in Washington.  Please note the
popular names for Whitney women, thus adding to the confusion
when researching them!

Whitneys of Iowa

William H. Whitney, retired to Fairfax Village, Linn County,
Iowa. He had for many years been a farmer in Troy, Wisconsin, and
in Rockford, Illinois. Aiding him in his labors as a successful
farmer was his uncle, Richard Montague. William Whitney was born
in Delaware County, New York, 19 August 1819. With his parents he
removed to Oneida County, New York, when he was eight years old.
His father Isaac, also a farmer, died in Wisconsin in 1850, where
they had bought land in 1839.

Isaac bought a tract of land in the midst of the wilderness, and
successfully cultivated the area for many years.

Isaac married Laura Montague in Hadley, Mass., 16 July, 1818,
where she was born. After their marriage they removed to the
state of New York. Isaac died 1 May, 1850, and Laura passed away
12 November, 1863. Both deaths occurred in Wisconsin.

The ancestor of Laura Montague was Richard, who settled in
Hadley, Mass. in the seventeenth century.

William Whitney was the first child of Isaac and Laura. On 6 May,
1846 he married Augusta H. Marsh, a native of Montague, Mass.,
and daughter of Enos Marsh, Jr., son of a Revolutionary soldier,
Enos Marsh, Sr. Augusta Marsh was born 24 April, 1826. Her Mother
was Rebecca Hawley, a native of Hadley, Mass. Her father had been
a teacher.

William and Augusta Whitney settled in Lafayette County,
Wisconsin, where they were content until William was struck with
"gold fever." His visit to the gold fields was via the Isthmus of
Panama. Upon his arrival in California he proceeded at once to
the mining area, where he remained for two years. His quest being
very successful, he returned to his home with enough gold to buy
a new home.

In the Spring of 1864 he moved to Iowa, and to Linn County where
he farmed until 1880, at which time he retired.  There were four
children born:
Harriet L. Whitney, married Wilford H. DeBerard of Fairfax
Village.
Frank W. Whitney, married Florence L. Cleaveland, and lived in
Fairfax Village.
Two other children passed away at an early age.

Joseph Whitney, located in Bowlder Township, Linn County, Iowa.
His parents were Ephraim and Mary (Livingston ) Whitney. Ephraim
was born in Maine, and Mary Livingston was a native of Kentucky.
After their marriage, Ephraim and Mary settled in Warren County,
Ohio, where they lived until 1844. At that time they removed to
Lee County, Illinois, where Ephraim died 16 May, 1883. They had
six children; Joseph, David, Caroline, Silas, Phebe A., and
Rebecca.

Joseph was born in Warren County, Ohio, 14 December, 1825. In the
Fall of 1842 the family moved to Lee County, Illinois, where he
resided until 1855. He entered a section of land in Linn County,
where he settled for the rest of his life.

Joseph Whitney married in Lee County, Illinois, March, 1850,
Martha A. Peterson, of New York State. After the birth of her
only child, she died 25 April, 1852.  Her son Henry B., died in
September of 1852.

In Dixon Illinois Joseph Whitney married Dorothy A. Peterson,
sister of his first wife. She was the daughter of Jonathan and
Dorothy (Smith) Peterson, and was born in Cayuga County, New
York, 16 April, 1833. Seven children were born to Joseph and
Dorothy:  Jonathan, Joseph W., George P., Martha L., Inez A.,
Carrie E., and Edwin E. Whitney.

Joseph married Etta Fields and became a farmer.

George married Celesta Coquillette, and was a farmer in Bowlder
Martha married Adolphus Atkins, and lived in Spring Grove Twp.
Inez married Wesley Wagner, and lived in Sioux City.

Carrie E. married Daniel Coquillette, and lived in Bowlder
Edwin E. lived on the original homestead Fremont County, Iowa
L.B. Hill, born in Huron County, Ohio 11 June, 1831, married 31
March, 1856, Miss Hannah Whitney of Erie County, Ohio.

Other Iowa Whitneys
Arthur C. Whitney, born Cedar Falls, 21 September, 1875, son of
Rev. Joseph C. and Martha (Batchler) Whitney, married Bertha C.
Rathburne 1 October, 1906 in Kingsley. They had the following
children; Pauline and Dora Jean. Arthur was by profession a
lawyer.

Joseph S. Whitney, attorney, was born in Pierson, Iowa, 29
October, 1888, the son of Rev. Joseph and Martha (Batchler)
Whitney. Their children were Joseph Leonard, and Betty Ann.

Frank Albert Whitney, was born in Pocahontas County, Iowa, 29
October, 1888, son of Charles R. and Louise (Blakeslee) Whitney.
He married Bessie Moore 6 June 1909 in Des Moines, Iowa. They had
Mary Frances, who married Glen Davis.

William Glen Whitney, a dentist, was born in Eldora, Iowa 21
January, 1890. He was the son of Edson G. and Ida M. (Horner)
Whitney, and married 19 June, 1918, Beatrice E. Aylesworth. They
had a son David Glenn.

James Grant Whitney, President of the Loan and Trust Company of
Cass County, Iowa, was born there 20 January, 1864. He was the
son of Franklin H. and Elinor (Graham) Whitney. He married Nellie
Milner 2 February, 1889. They had Elinor Marie, who married W.E.
Ash.

Milton E. Whitney, of Clinton, Iowa, was an insurance agent. He
was born in Vinton, Iowa 8 June, 1891. He was the son of Edgar D.
and Mary Louise (Falkner) Whitney. Alice Christiansen became his
wife 14 June, 1914. They had two children, De Witt and Louise
Lou.

John Ralph Whitney of Hancock, Iowa, was born in Mitchell County,
Iowa 12 October, 1876, the son of John Wayne Whitney and Martha
Abigail (Stevens) Whitney. He married Gertrude Elizabeth Howlett
27 February, 1900 in Erin Twp. They had sons Orville Newel,
Charles Stevens, Wayne Wendall, and daughter Elizabeth, who
married Sam Vander Ploeg. In 1879 the family moved to the town of
Britt, Iowa.

Charles Stevens Whitney, Superintendant of Schools in Hancock,
Iowa, was born in Kanawha, Iowa 12 July, 1903, the son of John
Ralph Whitney. Charles married Mildred Marie Steggall 5 August,
1937 in Nashua. They had Kay Annette.

Eva Marie Whitney, was born in Franklin County, New York in 1866.
She was a retired teacher in Iowa. Her parents were Cyrus Pierce
Whitney and Cynthia L. Davenport. She attended St. Lawrence
Academy, New York, and became a schoolteacher, moving to Iowa
where she taught for many years, retiring there.

William M. Whitney, was a farmer, born in Bureau, Illinois 17
November, 1865.  He was the son of Joseph and Katherine (Frease)
Whitney. In Downsville, 20 January, 1889 he married Jennie Flack.
They had Roland, Katherine, Pearl, Elsie and Gertrude.

Information requested on Asa Whitney of Maine, who married
Patience Weston. Their son Rev. Samuel Whitney married Hannah
Snow. Asa born about 1750, in area of Bangor, Maine. Arthur S.
Johnson, 2520 Aldmingham Pd., Toledo, Ohio, 43606.

Whitneys of Michigan

Saginaw County, Michigan, was the new home of Asa Whitney, as he
was the first farmer to buy land there in 1822, and began farming
in 1826.

Samuel A. Whitney, was a Patentee of U.S. Land in Brady Twp. 28
December, 1854.  He was born in Chester, Rutland County, Vermont
15 April, 1831. His parents were John and Sarah Whitney, born in
Mass. John served in the War of 1812.

Samuel grew up in Ohio, and attended Geauga Academy. His father
John died in 1867. Samuel spent one year in Texas where he taught
school. In February of 1854 he removed to Brady Twp. He was in
the Civil War. Maria Patterson became his bride 24 January, 1854.
She was the daughter of John Patterson of Cayuga County, New
York. They had:
John Whitney married Sarah Schroeder
James F. Whitney who married Luna Parker
Adeline E. Whitney married George Gates
Mary Whitney             Alice Whitney
Mr. Whitney was a schoolmate of James A. Garfield.

Jonathan Whitney of Allen Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, was
the son of Ami Whitney who was born in Mass. 18 January, 1781.
Ami, with his parents, Jonathan and Esther (Parkhurst) Whitney
removed from Mass. to Seneca, Ontario County, New York. Their
farm was called Indian Castle. Jonathan died in 1792. He had
served as a Captain in the Revolution, and was at the surrender
of General Burgoyne.

Esther Whitney died at Painted Post, New York, now Jefferson, New
York. Jonathan and Esther had nine children, and Ami was the
youngest.

Ami married Anna Amsden born in Mass. 7 December, 1784. They had
fifteen children. They were:

Theodore who died in New York State 30 November, 1850
Isaac died in Michigan October, 1876
Jasper lived in Wood County, Ohio
William lived in Geauga County, Ohio
Ami, who lived in Seneca County, New York (Junior)
Jonathan of Allen Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan 
Elizabeth E. the widow of John Lewis of Hopewell, New York 
Esther G. married James Wilson of Geneva, New York
Jonathan, was born in Seneca, New York, 3 November, 1816. He
migrated to Hillsdale County, Michigan about 1839. He married, on
the way, Anna J. Garrett, born in Ramsey, Isle of Man 10
November, 1823. Her parents arrived here 1828, and both of them
died in Niagara County, New York in the summer of 1840. Jonathan
and Anna lived in a log house in Allen Twp. in 1840, where they
had 280 acres of land. She died there 9 July, 1879.
They had four children:
William G. married Widow Bessie Kay of Allen Twp. 
Anna E. married John M. Watkins, and died 2 January, 1878
Jonathan C. married Fannie Ellis, and lived in Hillsdale, Mich.
Jennie S. married Archibald Wier, who was a farmer.

In Seneca, New York, 5 October, 1880, Jonathan Whitney married
for the second time to Ruth Hooper who was born there 25
December, 1821. Her parents were Rubert and Clara (Culver)
Hooper.

Washington Whitney, born in New York, Genesee County, 25 January,
1827, was the son of Isaac Whitney of Ontario County, New York,
son of Ami Whitney of Connecticut. Isaac, the second child,
married Jane Moore when he was 26. She was born in Phelps,
Ontario County, New York, the daughter of Washington and Susanna
(Rice) Moore of New York State.

Isaac lived in Genesee County, New York, and had nine children.
Two sons, Loren and Frank died in the Civil War.  In 1866 Isaac
noved to Hillsdale County, Michigan, dying there in Litchfield
County, age 71 in 1876. He left a widow who lived with his son
Albert.

Washington Whitney married in Genesee County, New York, Julia A.
Tuttle, 18 June, 1858. She was born in Genesee County 30 April,
1839, the eldest daughter of Aaron and Jemima (Burt) Tuttle of
Orange County, New York.  Children were:
Natta who married Robert Moore, Jr.          George B.
Ida married Frank Hewitt Frank               Carrie
Isaac Whitney was in the Civil War. They lived in Cambria,
Michigan.

William G Whitney was the son of old Jonathan, and was born in
Allen Twp., Michigan 13 December, 1840. He attended Hillsdale and
Albion College. He was in the Civil war. For several years he
lived in Knoxville.  He married Mrs. Bessie Kay, 23 April, 1874.
She was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Marshall, and the
widow of Thanas Kay. Thomas and Bessie had one daughter, Lottie.
By William G. Whitney she had:
Anna L. M. Whitney
Jennie May Whitney
Frederick G. W. Whitney

Whitneys of Indiana

In 1877, the Music Society of Indianapolis presented "Elijah" by
Mendelssohn. Myron W. Whitney was the soloist. He was declared
"the greatest living oratorio basso."

In the Crooked Creek Flood in Indiana in the late 1800 s, eleven
people died.  The damage was well over $100,000. In this disaster
the woollen mills of Whitney and Hendricks were destroyed.

In the Battle of Tippecanoe, Moses Whitney, former Captain of
Riflemen, supposedly served. However, later records show that he
resigned from the army in July of 1811. This is taken from the
Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1ù1031.

Whitneys of Virginia

From the William and Mary Records
Francis Whitney married Elizabeth Woodside 10 December, 1790

Rev. Duly Whitney married Mildred R. Thorniton of Kentucky. They
migrated to Sangamon County, Illinois, 1834.

The estate of Robert Rogers of Goochland County, Virginia (Will
made 1738 and proved 1740), divided his belongings between
Jeremiah Whitney and Susannah his wife, widow of said Rogers.

CUSTER CHRONICLES, Box 43, PALOS VERDES ESTS, CA 90274

RECORDS OF SOUTHBRIDGE MASS.

Arthur Whitney, son died Jan 1842, Reuben P Whitney
Ezra, dau of Mary An Whitney died 30 April 1819
Joseph son of Hannah Whitney died July 1849
Joseph Whitney, age 4 days, 16 July 1849
Joseph, child of RP Whitney died 16 July 1849
Male, 1 year, 6 months died 30 Sept 1830
William D Whitney died 30 Sept 1830
Mr Whitney died 6 August 1842
Son of Mr Whitney died of dysentary, 1 year, 6 months 6 August
1842
Maryan Whitney had Lucy 30 April 1819
Miss Whitney died of consumption 29 Oct 1843, age 32
Mrs. Whitney died of consumption 10 December 1847
Benben Whitney died 10 December 1847
Reuben P Whitney died December 1847
William Whitney died 16 July 1827
William Stephens Whitney born of Harriot Whitney 28 November 1825


MORE WHITNEY FAMILIES

John of Watertown, QV

Benjamin, 163?ù1723, to York, Maine, married Jane who died 1690.
Nathaniel, born 1680, of York, Maine and Gorham, Maine, married
Sarah Ford, who was from John Ford Of Kittery, Maine, married
Joanna Adrews daughter of Stephen.
Isaac born 1720, died 1800, removed to Saco, Maine in 1750, then
Biddleford 1758, to Buxton in 1770, married in 1765 Mrs. Hannah
Payne.
Barnabas, born 1766 in Gorham, Maine married in 1789 Sarah Walker
(1765ù1838).
Constant Hopkins, born Freeman, Maine 12 April, 1801, was lost at
sea. He was the first fruit merchant from Boston to Nassau, West
Indies. He married 1834, Mrs Caroline R. (Fox) Nichols
(1812ù1892).
Constant Freeman, born 1836, died 1916, was the owner of the
Norwood, Maine Express Company, and served in the Civil War. He
married, in 1855, Jane Colburn.


John of Watertown, QV

Deacon Joshua, born 1635, died 1719, was of Watertown, Mass., and
moved to Groton.  He married, 1672ù3 Abigail Tarball.
William, born 1678 died in 1754, of Watertown and Groton, married
Margaret Merick[2] who was born 1683.
Deacon John, born 1718, died 1793, was of Groton, Mass.,
Plainfield and Canaan, Ct. was a Patriot in the American
Revolution. He married Elizabeth Adams in 1744.
Elijah, born 1750, died 1821, and was of Lebanon and Canaan, Ct.
He married 1772 Chloe Beckley.
William, born 1784, died in 1858, and was of Norwich, Vt.,
married 1807 Prudence Brown (1790ù1856).
Joseph Paul, born 1825 died 1893, was of Norwich, Vt., New
Orleans and Chicago. He was a sea captain, and Mississippi River
Pilot, served in the Civil War. He married in 1854, Troy, Vt.,
Gertrude Hope (1833ù1912), of Camden County S.C.

Henry Whitney born about 1620 in England, died 1673 Norwalk, Ct.
QV

John, died 1720, married Elizabeth Smith, who died 1741, daughter
of Richard.
Richard, born 1687, was of Norwalk, Fairfield and Stratfield, Ct.
In 1709 married Hannah Darling, born circa 1689, and died 1774,
daughter of John.
Samuel, born 1711, died 1796 (Capt), married 1790 Amy Northrop
born 1722, died in 1788, and was from William.
Sarah, born 1751 married John Barlow, who was born 1744 in
Ridgefield. They moved to Ballston, New York about 1802. They
married about 1769.

John,[1] John,[2] Nathaniel,[3] Nathaniel[4]

Samuel, baptised 1711, died 1788, went from Weston to Shrewsbury
in 1743, married 1735 Elizabeth Hastings (1716ù1800).
Nathaniel (Capt), born 1749, died 1829, went to Marlboro, Vt. in
1770; was in the American Revolution. He married in 1771 Mary
Houghton (1751ù1844).
Solomon, born 1781, died in 1856, owned a carding mill and fabric
plant in Marlboro, Vt. and in Whitingham, Vt. In 1805 he married
Lucy Lyman,[1] (1753ù1829) daughter of Rev. Dr. Gershom of
Marlboro, Vt.
Emily, born in 1806, died in 1886, and married Henry Closson in
1830 (1799ù1880).


John Whitney, QV

Richard, baptised in 1623ù4 in England, was of Watertown, and
married in 1650 Martha Coldham.
Moses, born in 1655, was of Concord and Sudbury, and in King
Phillips War. He married in 1688, Sarah Knight of Stow who died
in 1755.
Jonas, born 1699, died 177? of Stow and Harvard, Mass. He married
Margaret Stratton.
Timothy, born 1729 died in 1803, was of Harvard and Petersham,
Mass. In 1752 he married Alice Whitney (1733ù2803), from
Jonathan,[7] Richard,[8] Richard,[9] John.[10]
Peter, born 1769, died in 1826, was a tailor in Chester, Mass.
married Mary Blair.
Solomon Blair (Sgt), born 1785, died in 1825, was in War of 1812,
taken prisoner to Albany, NY. He married 1806 to Mary Deer who
died 1865 in Detroit, Mi.
William Emerson, of Michigan, married 1847 Hannah Lapham Pratt,
born 1824, from Elijah of Collins, NY who married Buelah (Lapham)
Comstock.


John Whitney, QV[1]    John[2]

Joseph, born 1651, died 1702, married Martha Beach (1650ù1704)
from Richard.
John, born 1680, died 176? married Sarah Cutting, daughter of
John and Susannah (Harrington) Cutting.
Zachariah, born 1711, was of Weston, Mass. married in 1775
Priscilla Balles, who died in 1832.
Zunin ? born 1776, died in 1862, married 1801 Susannah Sanderson
(1782ù1865), who was the daughter of Isaac.
George Sanders, born 1819, died in 1863, was of Glens Falls, NY.
He married in 1844 Mary Evaline Barnard.
George Burton, born 1846, died in 1925. He was an Educator. In
1873 married to Lavina Syphus.


John Whitney, QV[1] Benjamin[2]
Jonathan, born 1680, married Susannah Fairbanks in 1700.
Jonathan, born 1705, died in 1755, married Lydia Jones in 1726.
Jesse, born 1730 died in 1815, was in the American Revolution,
married in 1757 Mary Cheney, born in 1736, daughter of William.
Lucy, born in 1765, married Joseph Chamberlain.


Henry, QV John

Henry,born in 1680 died in 1728, married 1710 Elizabeth Olmstead,
who lived to a great age.
Daniel, born about 1720, lived until 1810, was a farmer in
Ridgefield, Ct. He married Thankful Burt in 1741, daughter of
Benjamin.
Anne, born 1748, died after 1815, and married in 1783 Capt.
Thomas Burrow of the American Revolution.



FAMILIES OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Cyrus Whitney of Boston married Amelia Hollister of Hartford, 4
Nov. 1801.

David Whitney[2] married Prudence Merrill, daughter of Abraham.
She was born 22 Dec. 1690. Her first husband was Ebenezer
Sedgewick.


MARYLAND WHITNEYS

Arthur Whitney married 25 Dec 1795 Maria Weiss, daughter of
George. Somerset Co.
David Whitney married 13 May 1787 Sarah Conner. Prince George Co.
Gilbert Whitney married 25 Nov 1794 Ann Melony. Prince George Co.
Thomas Whitney married 5 March 1795 Susannah Newel. Baltimore Co.
George Whitney married 17 Feb 1799 Isabella Mulcallum. Baltimore
Co.
Esther Whitney married 11 Feb 1800 Matthias Hobbs. Somerset Co.
Susanna Whitney married 29 Nov 1800 Robert Oliver. Baltimore Co.
Sarah Whitney and Nocholas Kilman of Annapolis were married 29
April 1830.


Whitney Families of New York

Lydia Whitney, born 23 June, 1795, in Otsego, New York, married
in Mexico, New York, 12 Sept 1822, George Washington Fanning,
born in Brothertown, Paris Twp., Oneida County, New York, 23
June, 1795. (These dates may be wrong).


Miscellaneous Notes on Whitneys

Elizabeth Whitney of Ct. married 1735, Miles Riggs (1705-53),
sailor, probably of Newark, New Jersey.

Lyda Whitney (1694ù1790), married 1713ù4 Richard Haven
(1693ù1770), of Lynn, Mass. and Athol, Mass. Lyda was from John
and Sarah.

Mary Whitney (1695ù1726ù7) married 1711 John Fiske (1687ù1756).
She was the dau. of Joseph who married Martha Beach.

Joseph Whitney (1739ù1819) married, as his 2nd wife, Betsy
Phinney (1759ù1828) dan of C~1. Edmund and Elizabeth Phinney.

Thomas Whitney married Elizabeth Boardman Green. When?

Joshua Whitney (1749-1798), Sgt. in Ct. Revolutionary Forces,
married Hannah Green (1748ù1793).

Gen. Joshua Whitney (1773-1845) founded Binghamton, New York
1800, married in 1793 Rhoda Jewell who died in 1823.

Pame Whitney married General Thomas Gillespie Walterman (War of
1812).

Jonathan (1658-1735), of Watertown, married Sarah Hapgood, born
1667, data. of Shadrack Hapgood.

Daniel Whitney, born 1710 of Sudbory, married 1739 Thankful
Allen, born 1713, daughter of Elnathan and Mercy (Rice) Allen.


Levi Whitney (1739ù1809) of Shrewsbury, Mass., Rev. Soldier,
married in 1767, Rebecca Clark, daughter of Deacon Samuel of
Tuwnsend, Mass.

Sybil Whitney (1770ù1845), married Cyrus Smith (1768ù1828) of
Leominster and New Ipswich, Mass.

Cyrus Whitney of Boston married 4 Nov. 1801, Amelia Hollister of
Hartford, Ct.

David Whitney married, as 2nd husband, Prudence Merrill, dau. of
Abraham of Hartford, Ct.

Abraham Whitney (1752ù1831) married about 1792 Apphia Cocmnbs
(1760ù1833), possibly of Maine.

Sarah Whitney (1792ù1845) married in 1812, William Woodward
(1789ù1880),

Timothy Whitney, born 1678, married Margaret Bacon.

Caleb Whitney, born 1711, married Hannah Cheney.

Caleb Whitney, born 1740 married Elizabeth Hyde. He was in
Revolution.

Amariah (Amasa) Whitney, born 1767 married Sarah Trull.

Daniel Saunderson Whitney (1810-1893), Unitarian Minister,
married Hannah Sophia Cotton, daughter of Rev. Ward Cotton of
Boston.

Alice Gertrude Cotton Whitney, born 1851 married 1871, Hazen
JameS Burton.

Jane Whitney, born 1669, daughter of Benjamin, married Jonathan
Morse of Shelborn, Mass., son of Jonathan.

Deborah Whitney (1758-1838), data. of David who married Elizabeth
Hyatt, married, in Norwalk, Ct., Isaac Keeler (1759-1781).


Beers History of Wyoming County, New York, Published in 1880.
Lists the Following Whitneys

A.G. Whitney             A.J. Whitney        Aaron Whitney
Alvah Whitney            Carl Whitney        Canton Whitney
Charles Whitney          Elizabeth Whitney   George W. Whitney
John Whitney             Jonathan Whitney    Joshua Whitney
Joshua Whitney, Jr.      Lebbeus Whitney     Palmer Whitney
R. Whitney               Rufus Whitney       Washington Whitney
William G. Whitney


Whitneys of New York State

Parkhurst Whitney (mentioned elsewhere in this edition) lived in
Niagara Falls, New York. He was from John of Watertown, Benjamin
of Watertown and Sherborn, Mass., and Maine.

Jonathan[3] was of Milford, Mass, born in Sherborn 1670, and died
in Milford by his Will dated 2 February, 1753, and proved 11
February, 1755. He hcrnesteaded Chestnut Brook at Medway, Mass.
He married, about 1700 Susanna Whitney.

Jonathan[4] was of Milford, Mass., and was in the French-Indian
Wars. He was born 17 October, 1704, and died in Milford in 1755.
He married Lydia Jones 26 January, 1726. She was the daughter of
Thomas Jones of Hull, Mass.

Jonathan[5] of Old Castle, New York, was born in Milford, Mass.
4 August, 1737. He died in Old Castle in 1792. In 1760 he removed
from Milford to Conway, Mass. He was in the Revolutionary War. In
1760 he married Esther Parkhurst, the daughter of George of
Watertown, Mass.

Parkhurst[6] was born in Conway, Mass. 25 September, 1784, and
died in Niagara Falls, 26 April, 1862. He went from Old Castle,
the family home to Niagara in 1810. He was a Captain in the War
of 1812. He made the first survey of Goat Island, on the Niagara
River, between the two Falls. He entertained General LaFayette.
He married Celinda Cowing 10 October, 1805. She descended from
John Cowing of Scituate, Mass.

Solon M. Whitney[7] was a son of Parkhurst, and was born at
Niagara Falls, New York 7 October, 1815. He married Frances E.
Drake, daughter of Samuel H. Drake.

Drake Whitney[8] was of Niagara Falls, New York, born there 23
August, 1843.


Whitneys of Massachusetts

Southbridge, Mass. Records

Arthur P Whitney, son of Reuben P Whitney died January 1842
Ezra Whitney s daughter, Mary Ann died 30 April 1819
Joseph Whitney s daughter, Hannah died July 1849
Child of R.P. Whitney, Joseph died 16 July 1849
William D. Whitney, son of R.P. Whitney died 30 Sept. 1830
Mary An Whitney had Lucy 30 April 1819
Miss Whitney died of consumption 29 October 1843, age 32
Mrs. Whitney died of consumption 10 December 1847
Rueben P. Whitney died 10 December 1847
Mrs. Whitney died 10 December 1847, age 39
Reuben P. Whitney died 10 December 1847
William Whitney died 16 July 1827
William Stephen Whitney was born of Harriet Whitney 28 November
1825


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Whitneys of the Wyoming Valley

John R. Whitney, son of General Whitney of Binghamton, New York,
who was also Auditor General of the State of New York at one
time, was born in Binghamton. He married Catherine Schoonover,
and upon her death he married Sallie Spencer. The children of
John and Catherine:

Hannah, married John Farmer.
John, Jr. married Eunice Jane Farmer.
Joshua married Mehitable Head.
Hiram married Charlotte Appleby.

The children by John and Sallie:

Elisha Spencer, born 1836 married Sarah Ann Erskine.
Warren Wilson, born 1839.
Warner Spencer, born 1839.
Frank Rodman, born 184?.

Altogether, John R. Whitney had 24 children, and since there were
so many, it is hard to trace them. Most of them grew up in Lorain
County, Ohio.

Hiram Whitney, above, because of the early death of his nother
was raised by relatives in Tioga County, Pa. He married there,
Charlotte Appleby, who died 25 Jan., 1839 in Lorain County, Ohio.
Their children were:

John, born 1831 in Pa., died in 1833.
Henry, born 2 May, 1833, in Pa.
Hiram, Jr., born 1 Sept., 1835, married Hannah Shay,[1] Effie
Shay.[2]  He was born in Lorain, County, Ohio, and raised in Pa.
supposedly by relatives of his mother.
Elmina, born 1837, died 1838 in Lorain County, Ohio.

Elisha Spencer Whitney, another son of John R. and Sallie, was
born 1836 in Lorain County, Ohio, and married 1 Jan., 1859 in
Huron County, Ohio, Sarah Ann Erskine, who was born in 1831 in
West Union, Steuben County, New York.  They had six daughters,
one of whom was Mary Ann who married Vincent Presnitz Whitney.

Some Whitney Family Data

Benjamin Whitney, 4th generation, son of Daniel,[3] and Dorothy
Taintor.
Benjamin married Deliverance _________. Their children (only 4
listed in Bond  s Watertown) were as follows, and we may prove
more children:
Henry, born 8 Jan., 1745-6.
Sarah, born 1 Sept., 1749, known as Sally, married William
Kelley.[1]
Benjamin, Jr., born 2 Feb., 1751ù2.
Deliverance, born 20 Nov., 1757.
Esther, married Washington Burnham 21 April, 1799. He drowned,
and she remarried, and moved away. She had at least one child.
Polly, who married James Sargeant. Upon his death she remarried
to William Bemis.[2]

The Vermont Historical Gazetter, volume 5, part 2, page 162, says
"Benjamin Whitney was in the town of Dummerston before 1781. His
daughter Esther married Washington Burnham 21 April, 1799 (their
daughter Polly is mentioned). Washington Burnham drowned and his
widow married a second time and removed from the town. She had
two sisters Sally and Polly... The 1800 Vt. census also lists him
with 2 white males and 5 females, including head of family. In
the Vt. Land Petitioners 1778ù1811 Mrs. Shepherd Griffith, a
genealogist of New York State, and a descendant of Joshua and
Judith Clement, says "I find both Benjamin, Sr., and Benjamin,
Jr. I find many Whitneys. One petition names Benjamin Jr.,
Joseph, Joshua Whitney. Benjamin signed another petition at
Groton, Mass., 1 Feb., 1781. He and Seth Briggs signed another at
Dummerston, Vt., 29 May, 1781."
(See pp. 74 and 77, vol 5, pt 2, of the Vernont Historical
Gazetteer:  "He bought 1 Nov., 1781 lot no. 10 of Daniel Taylor
Esq. ..5 Oct, 1786, 100 acres of John Penhallow Esq. of
Portsrrouth, New Hampshire)."  Note, also the War records of
Benjamin in the Vermont war Records.

Henry Whitney, born 3 Dec., 1738, another son of Daniel and
Dorothy Taintor, or Tainter, died in 1781, noted in Bond s
Watertown, married Hannah Toombes, or Tomes, of Newton, Mass.
Note vital records of Newton. Their children:
Benjamin, born 10 March, 1769-70.
Lydia, died 28 Dec., 1776, age 3.
Anna, died 27 Dec., 1776, age 3.
Hannah, died 24 Dec., 1776, age 17 months.
Henry, born 19 Jan., 1779 in Concord, Mass. He married, in
Dummerston, Vt., Fanny Miller, daughter of Major William and
Hannah (Worden) Miller. Bond s Watertown does not recognize Henry
as the child of Henry and Dorothy. However, he is described in
the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, vol 5., part 2, p. 134 as
"nephew of Benjamin," born 12 April, 1723 (note previous page for
this). Henry died 9 August, 1853, in Aurora, New York.

A Family Bible For This Family
William Whitney, born 14 Jan., 1804
Lucy Caswell Whitney, 27 June, 1836
Washington Whitney, 27 June, 2836
Harriett Maria Whitney, 5 March, 1834
Infant daughter 12 August, 1836
Willington Whitney, 19 Sept 1840

William Whitney and Lucy Caswell Briggs, 1 Oct., 1829
Harriett Maria Whitney and George Miller Pinney of Rockdale, Pa 1
Feb., 1853
Washington Whitney and Sarah E. Britton, 23 Dec., 1852

Infant daughter died 12 August, 1836
Willington Whitney died 9 Feb., 1842
Harriett Maria Whitney Pinney died 25 Sept., 1865
Sarah E Britton Whitney died 24 April, 1884
Lucy Caswell Whitney died 25 May, 1885
Washington Whitney ?

THE BIBLE OF LUCY CASWELL BRIGGS WHITNEY, WIFE OF WILLIAM WHITNEY

William Whitney, born 14 Jan., 1804, Dummerston, Vt. died 28
August, 1870 in Pockford, Iowa, buried in Charles City, Iowa. He
married Lucy Caswell Briggs of Strongsville, Ohio, near
Cleveland, 1 Oct., 1829. She was born in Vt, 28 July, 1810, and
died 25 May, 1885. She married 2nd a Baptist minister in
Rockford, Illinois. Children of Lucy and William:
Washington born 27 June, 1831.
Harriett Maria, born 5 March, 1834, died 25 Sept., 1865. Married
1 Feb., 1853
George Pinney of Rockdale, Pa.
An infant daughter born 12 August, 1836, died same day.
Willington, born 19 Sept., 1840 died 1842.


QUERIES

Linus Whitney, found in the Genesee County, New York census for
1840, with one child, a boy under 10. He disappears from the
census, and is not found in the 1850 for that state or any other.
His son, John Linus was killed by stagecoach robbers while he was
on his way to the gold rush in California. Possibly the family is
related to 3 Whitney brothers who came to Virginia in the 18th
century. If you have any information please contact me. Mrs. Mary
(Whitney) Grumbling, P.O. Box 221, Forbestown, Ca., 95941.

Looking for information on the family and father of Newell
Whitney, who was born in Conneaut, Ohio in 1821, and married
Eliza Ann Fenton. The family moved to Mitchell, Iowa where Newell
had a son John Wayne Whitney. He married Martha Abigail Stevens.
Please contact Mr. Merle W. Baker, R.R.l, Box 219, Lincoln, Il.,
62656.

William H. Whitney, married Hannah McNaughton 13 Feb., 1816. Have
much information on Hannah s ancestors and their descendants.
Need information on William H. Whitney s ancestors. D. Gifford
Wilcox, 340 Greenbriar Dr., Tallmadge, Ohio, 44278.

Who was Sophia Ruggles, who married Harris Stratton in 1810,
probably Northfield, Mass. Harris born 29 Nov., 1791 Northfield,
and died 23 Sept., 1875 in Northfield Farms, Mass. Sarah Starr
Stratton, daughter of Sophia and Harris, born 24 Dec., 1812,
married Franklin Lord, born 1 March, 1808, Athol, Mass. Franklin
was the son of Thomas Lord and Desire Ward, and grandson of
Deacon Nehemiah Ward and Sarah Whitney, who married in Roxbury,
Mass., 4 Oct., 1773, moved to Athol, Mass. Contact with
information, John Alley Bobbins, Jr., 49 South Front St.,
Richmond, Maine, 04357.

Looking for information on the parents of William H. Whitney,
born 22 Feb., 1795. Hannah Whitney married David Wilcox. D.
Gifford Wilcox, 340 Greenbriar Dr., Tallmadge, Ohio, 44278.

Would like to find the parents of Lucinda Whitney who was born 25
May, 1789, possibly in Orange County, Vt. She married 17 Feb.,
1812, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vt. She and her husband moved
from Vermont to New York State, and on to Michigan about 1832.
Her birth date was arrived at from old family letters stating she
was so many years, months, days old at her death. Carleton L.
Fuhrman, 13455 25 Mile Road, Utica, Mi., 48087. (She married
Richard Carleton, of Tolland Twp Tolland County, Ct., 1812,
Editor).

Looking for the family of Gertrude Colorado Whitney, born 5 May,
1857 in Denver, Colorado, whose father probably was Squire or
Silas Edward Whitney, born about 1836 in New York State. Bob
Alexander, 1625 Van Home Lane, Redondo Beach, Ca., 90278.

Benjamin Whitney, born Oct., 1755, Ct., married Sarah Bassett,
born 1775 in Mass., died 1861, buried West Nina, New York
Cemetery, widow of John Farnsworth. Need her parentage. Benjamin
Whitney had 2 brothers, names please; both were in the
Revolution. Alice V. Whitney Peterson, P.O. Box 610, North East,
Pa., 16428.

If you did not send a revised or new query, it did not get in
this issue. Would you be kind enough to do just that? And would
be happy to print mere queries for you. That is the reason for
the publication.

For Mary Snedeker; looking through Dutch records we found Hendrik
Garret-son (Henry or Harry Garrison), and Ulster County, New York
has many of that family. I suggest that your Harry Garrison
Whitney is from that area. We did find that Whitneys had married
into those families around Albany and Kingston, New York. Editor.

Late Queries

Looking for information on Harry Garrison Whitney, or Hiram
Garrison Whitney, born in New York State. He married Doris
Snedeker. His daughters were Mayme and Dorothy who disappeared in
California about 1900-1915.  Harry Garrison Whitney went West for
gold and never returned. Mary L. Schachner, 202 E. Berkshire
Lane, Mount Pleasant, Il., 60056.

My grandfather, Alexander Whitney, was born in Canada, then cane
to the United States, settling in St. Lawrence Co., New York,
where he raised a family. My father, Harlow was one of the
children. He was born in New York State in 1900. There were many
children; Stanley, Boy, Harry, Eva, Mary Alice, Hazel, Harlow,
John, Florence, Nellie, and Grace. Alexander married Alice Mary
Daraway, born 1866 in Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Would like to
hear about this family. Celia J. Gariano, 14714 Dove Road, Grass
Valley, Ca., 95945.

Need to know parents of Stillman F. Whitney, born 1822, Guilford,
Maine, died there 1884. He married Anna S. Merrill, born 1833,
died 1905.  Write Norma Haney, 752 Glemar, Watsonville, Ca.,
95076.

Anyone having information on the burial place of my ancestor,
Joshua Whitney, and wife Susannah Hindes Whitney, please contact
me. One story relates that they went to Canada, another says they
are buried Bridgeport, Vt. Write Mrs. Phyllis Egge, 1022
Boulevard, Sturgis, South Dakota, 57785.


Glasford Whitney, born in Mass., New York, Pa., wherever. Settled
in Licking County, Ohio. Had son Milton Whitney, married a lady
named Black. Searched for many years. Benjamin Whitney, 2666 Lee
St., Simi Valley, Ca., 93065.

Henry Whitney, 1620 to ____?  Father of John Whitney who married
Elizabeth Smith 1674-5. Need nother s maiden name.  Mrs. Doris
Moser, 476 SS.E. 1st East Wenatchee, Wa., 98801.

Need parents of Benjamin Whitney, born 17 Sept., 1776, died 19
Jan., 1873, in Mass., Possibly married Mehitable Whitcombe, 23
Oct., 1797. Mrs. Shirley Whitney Pedigo, 22300 S.W. 147 Av.,
Goulds, Florida, 33107.

Jonas Whitney, born in Marlboro, N.H., 4 July, 1805, son of
Benjamin and Nancy Fuller Whitney moved to Ithaca, New York,
where he married Charlotte Forman, torn Dec., 1815 in Ithaca, New
York. Jonas died in Hematite, Mo. Their children were; Emily,
Charles, Mary Ellen, Ida Isabel, Hattie, Mary, William Henry and
Franklin. Need information on any of these, or all.  Gerald H.
Forman, 1508 West View Dr., Berkeley, Ca., 94705.

Jerusha Whitney was born in 1804. She married Anson Hopkins, son
of Samuel Hopkins. Probably they lived in Camillus or Amboy,
Onondaga County, New York. Their daughter, Helen Hopkins married
James Monroe Gere. Would like information about Jerusha s
parents. Mrs. Margaret Cass, 920 Andorra Road, Lafayette Hill,
Pa., 19444.

Phineas Whitney, born 16 Jan., 1761, Westminster, Mass., married
Elizabeth Rand in 1788. They lived in Westminster several years,
meved to Pittsford, Vt., where he died. Children; Thomas, John,
Lydia, Betsey, Nancy. Granted a Rev. pension in March, 1831.
Grant Whitney, 119 West Logan Street, Clarmnda, Iowa, 51632.

Need information on Charles Alfred Whitney, died about 1914.
Where? When?  He was born Lorain Co., Ohio, married Lillian
Rhodes (Emma Lucy). Mrs. Ann Glendening, 515 W. Herrick,
Wellington, Ohio, 44090.

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