Family:Whitney, Josiah Davis (1818-1902)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJosiah Davis8 Whitney (Jonas Prescott7, Josiah6, Josiah5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Jonas Prescott7 and Rebecca (Piper) Whitney, was born 7 Nov 1818, Ashby, MA.
He married, 5 Dec 1842, Lucy D. Chapin. She was born 21 Dec 1818.
He is a manufacturer of organ reeds; resided Brattleboro, VT.
Children of Josiah Davis8 and Lucy D. (Chapin) Whitney:
i. Jennie Lucy9 Whitney, b. 13 Jun 1844, Springfield, MA.[1] ii. Edwin Davis Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1856; m. 27 Apr 1881, Julia Spring Brooks; resided Brattleboro, VT. She was b. 22 Mar 1857; - Ch.: Harold Edward, b. 29 Feb 1884; Edwina Augusta, b. 18 Aug 1885; Alice Lucy, b. 5 Apr 1887; Merrill Brooks, b. 26 May 1891.
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), p. 476.
1.^ "_____ [Whitney], dau. of Josiah and Lucy, b. 13 Jun 1844," according to International Genealogical Index, batch numbers C541431-C541434, M541431-M541433.
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