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Whitney, of Solon, Tenn., who was, almost surely, of another family. Tradition says that he lived with his grandfather, when young; served in the Revolutionary War; and settled in Canada.
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Chil. of Uriah and Martha (Hart) Whitney.
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II. Samuel Platt Whitney, b. at Simsbury, Conn., 8 Nov. 1775; a farmer; moved, with his father, to East Granville, Mass., in 1795; married by Judah Holcomb, Esq., at her father's house in North Granby, Conn., 10 March 1799, to Lois Buttles, born at Granby, Conn., 18 March 1782, dau. of Jonathan1 and Lois (Viets) Buttles. They lived in East Granville, Mass., till 1834, and then settled in Montville, Ohio, where he died 15 Dec. 1871, aged 96 years 1 month and 7 days, and was buried at Montville Centre.
It is said that he was three days too young to vote for electors in 1796, but voted at every succeeding presidential election, till his death.
They celebrated their "diamond wedding," at the house of their son, John Viets Whitney, in Montville, 11 March 1870, when their descendants were reported to number as follows: 12 children, of whom 9 were living; 57 grandchildren, of whom 41 were living; and 56 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Whitney still lived, in Aug. 1874, at Montville, 92 years old.
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III. Lucy Whitney, b. in Simsbury, Conn., 1 May 1779; married in East Granville, Mass., 28 Nov. 1798, Jonathan Buttles, born at Turkey Hill, Simsbury, now Granby, Conn., 9 June 1778, son of Jonathan and Lois (Viets) Buttles.1 He was, at various times, shoemaker, schoolmaster, millwright, and turner; and was captain of a company of militia, minute-men, in the war of 1812. After dwelling in Granville, Mass., for three or four years, they moved to Berkshire Co., Mass., living principally in Loudon, now Otis, and in Becket, and, later in life, at the house of their daughter, Lois Hauver, in North Lee, where they died (she, of consumption, 5 Nov. 1848; he, 15 Sept. 1851), and were buried. By descent an Episcopalian, he became a member of the Wesleyan Church; of which also she was a worthy member.
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IV. Seth Whitney, b. in Simsbury, Conn., 19 Ap. 1781; died, when two or three years old, and was buried in Simsbury.
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V. Thaddeus Whitney, b. at Simsbury, Conn., 18 Dec. 1783; married Polly Pratt; married (2d) ----- Messenger or, according to another account, Polly Holcomb, dau. of Amasa Holcomb, of Hartland, Conn., where, it is said, she was living so late as 1873. He died in Granville, Mass., 30 Aug. 1855, aged 72 years, having had no children, and was buried there. She died at West Granby, Conn., 5 Jan. 1874.
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1 For pedigree, see opposite page.
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