Family:Whitney, Charles (1797-1879)
Charles7 Whitney (Jonas6, Jonas5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Jonas6 and Elizabeth (Raymond) Whitney, was born 21 Mar 1797, Westminster, MA,[1] and died 12 Mar 1879, Monticello, MN.
He married, 8 May 1823, Westminster, MA, Sarah Howard,[2] daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Pollard) Howard. She was born 21 Aug 1798, and died 29 Feb 1888, Monticello, MN.
Charles Whitney, married Sally, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Pollard) Howard, and lived on the ancestral farm in Westminster, til after the decease of his father, when he disposed of the property and spent a few years elsewhere in town. He finally removed to Monticello, MN, where himself and wife died. He was a cooper by trade. He resided Westminster, MA and Monticello, MN.
Children of Charles7 and Sarah (Howard) Whitney:
i. Charles Orlando8 Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1830, Westminster, MA;[3] m. Mary C. Gordon. ii. Merrill Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1831, Westminster, MA;[4] d. 20 Jan 1863. iii. Henry J. Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1834, Westminster, MA;[5] resided Silver Creek, MN. iv. Sarah Howard Whitney, b. 23 Jun 1836, Westminster, MA;[6] d. 18 Mar 1858. v. William Harrison Whitney, b. 16 Jan 1840, Westminster, MA;[7] m. Mary J. McCurday.
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. 290-291.
1.^ "Charles [Whitney], s. Jonas and Elizabeth, [born] Mar. 21, 1797," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915).
2.^ "Charles [Whitney] and Sarah Howard, [married] May 8, 1823," according to Westminster Vital Records.
3.^ "Charles Orlando [Whitney], s. Charles and Sally, [born] Feb. 4, 1830," according to Westminster Vital Records.
4.^ "Merell [Whitney], s. Charles and Sally, [born] Dec. 24, 1831," according to Westminster Vital Records.
5.^ "Henry [Whitney], s. Charles and Sally, [born] Mar. 4, 1834," according to Westminster Vital Records.
6.^ "Sarah Howard [Whitney], d. Charles and Sally, [born] June 23, 1836," according to Westminster Vital Records.
7.^ "William Harrison [Whitney], s. Charles and Sally, [born] Jan. 16, 1840," according to Westminster Vital Records.
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