Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1772-1827)

Benjamin⁷ Whitney (Lemuel⁶, Joshua⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Lemuel⁶ and Thankful (Griffeth) Whitney, was born 20 Jul 1772, Spencer, MA,^[1] and died 20 Mar 1827, Wadhams Mills, NY.

He married, Essex, NY, Betsey Bragg. She was born 1772, and died 22 May 1857.

Benjamin Whitney moved from Springfield to the town of Essex, NY, about 1810 and engaged in farming. He resided Springfield, VT, and Wadhams Mills, New York.

Children of Benjamin⁷ and Betsey (Bragg) Whitney:

i.	Alexander8 Whitney, b. 21 Jun 1798; m. Sophronia Streeter.
ii.	Phinehas Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1800; d. 28 Nov 1866.
iii.	Lucius Whitney, b. 29 Feb 1804; m.(1) Thankful French; m.(2) Minerva Smith.
iv.	Philena Whitney, b. -----; d. 12 Apr 1870; unmarried.
v.	Benjamin F. Whitney, b. -----; d. 2 Mar 1879; m.(1) Lovina Hodgkin; m.(2) Mrs. Mary Viall Sayre.
vi.	Betsey Whitney, b. -----; d. -----.

Census

• 1800, Springfield, Windsor Co., VT: Benjamin Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1810, Essex, Essex Co., NY: Benj. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.

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. 261.

1.^  "Benjamin [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Thankful, [born] July 20, 1772," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Massachusetts: The Systematic History Fund, 1909).

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