Family:Whitney, Amos (1767-1844)
Amos5 Whitney (Seth4, Nathan3, John2, Henry1), son of Seth4 and Sarah (Mow) Whitney, was born 15 Dec 1767, Yorktown, NY, and died 2 Feb 1844, Yorktown, NY, aged 76 years 1 month 18 days.
He married, 1 Jan 1800, Yorktown, NY, Rosetta Lewis, daughter of Rev. Amzi and Betsey (-----) Lewis. She was born 3 Apr 1779, Waterbury, CT, and died 3 Sep 1868, Yorktown, NY, aged 89 years 5 months.
Phoenix says the following:
- Amos Whitney, b. at Yorktown, N.Y., 15 Dec. 1767; a farmer; married by Rev. Silas Constant, of Crompond, 1 Jan. 1800, to Rosetta Lewis, born at Waterbury, Conn., 3 Ap. 1779, dau. of Rev. Amzi and Betsey Lewis. They settled in Yorktown, on the west part of his father's farm, where his son, Silas Constant Whitney, resided in 1873; and there died (he, 2 Feb. 1844, aged 76 years 1 month and 18 days; she, 3 Sept. 1868, aged 89 years and 5 months), and were buried in the Crompond East graveyard, near where the old Congregational church once stood.
- Mrs. Whitney was a niece of Rev. Silas Constant's wife, and was married at their house. Mr. Constant's diary says, "10. Jan. 1800, Rosetta went to Mr. Whitney's to live." Amos Whitney was admitted a member of the church, 26 July 1788; and Rosetta Whitney, 27 March 1802.
Children of Amos5 and Rosetta (Lewis) Whitney:
i. Lewis6 Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1801, Yorktown, NY; settled in Harlem, N. Y., where he married Eunice Archer; was proprietor of a line of stages, running from Harlem to New York; and died in Harlem, 24 Oct. 1834, without children, aged 33 years and 6 days, according to his gravestone in Crompond East burial-ground. She died in Harlem, date unknown. ii. Amy Whitney, b. 5 Jan 1805, Yorktown, NY; m. Uriah Helms. iii. Seth Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1808, Yorktown, NY; m. Isabel Mallett. iv. Silas Constant Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1810, Yorktown, NY; m.(1) Ann Eliza Haight; m.(2) Sarah Matilda Ferris; m.(3) Mary Augusta Boyd. v. David Whitney, b. 26 Oct 1813, Yorktown, NY; m. Caroline Haight. vi. Sarah Jane Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1819, Yorktown, NY; m. William Edward Blakeney.
Census
- 1800, York, Westchester Co., NY: Amos Whitney, 1 male 26-44 and 1 female 16-25.
- 1810, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY: Amas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.
- 1820, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY: Amos Witney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 18-25, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY: Amos Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 60-69, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 10-14.
- 1840, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY: Amos Whitney, 1 male 70-79, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 20-29, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 30-39, 2 females 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 3 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY:
22 26 Silas Whitney 35 M - Farmer $5000 N.Y. Sarah M. " 27 F - " Elizabeth " 12 F - " Attended school Lewis " 3 M - " Seth " 38 M - Drover $1000 " Rosetta " 65 F - "
521 525 Saul Smith 61 M - Farmer $9150 $8745 N.Y. Oscar " 27 M - " Eben " 21 F - " Sally A. Williams 23 F - " Married in year Sarah E. Bugbee 14 F - " Thos. Finnigan 14 M - Ireland Silas C. Whitney 47 M - Farmer $1000 $2295 N.Y. Sarah M. " 35 F - " Lewis " 14 M - " Attended school Constant F. " 9 M - " Attended school Stewart H. " 6 M - " Attended school Rosetta " 75 F - " Seth " 50 M - Gentleman " John Gallay 19 M - Farmer Laborer Ireland
References
- All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 111-112 and pp. 321-322.
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