Family:Whitney, Daniel (1786-1869)

Daniel⁶ Whitney (Josiah⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Josiah⁵ and Sarah (Dwelly) Whitney, was born 25 Oct 1786, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 18 Apr 1869, New York, NY.

He married, 10 Mar 1808, Boston, MA, Hannah Shedd,^[2] of Waltham, MA.

Daniel Whitney was born in Massachusetts. He was a master mason builder, and moved with his family from Boston, MA, in 1825, on a sloop with all his worldly goods and family consisting of ten children. It took a week to make the trip. He resided in New York City, and died at the age of 82. He made all the arrangements for his funeral one year before he died - chose eight pall bearers from among his most intimate friends of long standing. He had a presentiment one year before he died that he would die that year. There are many elegant residences standing now that he erected. He was very active after the great fire of 1835. He resided Waltham and Boston, MA, and New York City, NY.

Children of Daniel⁶ and Hannah (Shedd) Whitney:

i.	Daniel J.7 Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1809; d. 10 Feb 1850, San Francisco, CA.
ii.	Hannah Maria Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1810; d. 25 Dec 1859, unmarried.
iii.	George Whitney, b. 30 Oct 1812; d. at sea.
iv.	Josiah M. Whitney, b. 19 Jan 1814; m. Mary Jane Ayers.
v.	Edward Oliver Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1816; m. Eliza Lawrence.
vi.	Lucy Jane Whitney, b. 16 Dec 1818; d. 11 Jan 1861; m. 19 Oct 1854, George B. Revere, b. 26 Jan 1823; d. 11 Dec 1882. Ch.: Susanna W., b. 23 Apr 1857; resided 572 No. Carey St., Brockton, MA; Paul, b. 20 Feb 1860; m. and resided West Bridgewater, MA. This was Mr. Revere's second marriage. By his first wife he had two ch. After Lucy Jane's death he m.(3) Yarmouth, ME, 4 Oct 1868, Arabella Groves; ch., Jennie Belle, b. 2 Aug 1869; d. 8 Sep 1870.
vii.	Susanna Whitney, b. 24 Feb 1821; d. Oct 4 1905; resided 58 Bank St., New York City. According to NY Times obituary of Oct 5 1905, a teacher then principal of Public School 41 in Greenwich Village.
viii.	Benjamin Shurtliff Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1822; d. 6 Aug 1850.
ix.	Abigail Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1824; m. Teodore Crowell; resided Dillsburg, PA. Ch.: Whitney, b. -----; resided Arlington, NJ.
x.	William Minott Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1827; m. Amelia Cook.
xi.	Warren Webster Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1829; m. Jenny A. Bard.
xii.	Sarah Louisa Whitney, b. 26 Sep 1831; d. 14 Aug 1832.

Census

• 6th Ward, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Daniel Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, and 2 females 16-25.

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. 185-186.

1.^  "Daniel [Whitney], s. of Josiah and Sarah, [born] Oct. 25, 1786," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Daniel [Whitney] and Hannah Shed, [married] Mar. 10, 1808," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 279.

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