Family:Whitney, Arad (1789-a1860)

Arad⁷ Whitney (John⁶, Ephraim⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of John⁶ and Hannah (Bigelow) Whitney, was born 29 Apr 1789, Colrain, MA,^[1] and died after 1806.

He married Elmira H. -----. She died 22 Sep 1865 [sic: should be 1845], Fort Covington, NY, aged 38 years.

Children or Arad⁷ and Elmira H. (-----) Whitney (possibly incomplete):

i.	Charlotte P.8 Whitney, b. Oct 1826; d. 18 Dec 1827 aged 14 months, Fort Covington, NY.
ii.	Levi Whitney, b. ca. 1827; d. 7 Aug 1844, aged 17 years, Fort Covington, NY.
iii.	Mary A. Whitney, b. ca. 1833; m. Isaac Smith.
iv.	Louisa Whitney, b. ca. 1844; resided Glens Falls, NY.

Census

• 1830, Fort Covington, Franklin Co., NY: Whitney, Arad, 1 male 40-49 and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, Fort Covington, Franklin Co., NY: Arad Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Fort Covington, Franklin Co., MA:

1079 1111 Arad Whitney 60 M - Gunsmith $800 Mass. Mary " 17 F - N.Y. Attended school Louisa " 6 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Fort Covington, Franklin Co., MA:

73 73 Arad Whitney 70 M - Gunsmith $500 $300 Mass. Mary A. Smith 27 F - N.Y. Isaac Smith 26 M - Wheel Wright Do Loisa Whitney 15 F - Do Attended school

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. 308.

1.^  "Arad [Whitney], s. John and Hannah, [born] Apr. 20, 1789," according to Vital Records of Colrain, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1934).

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