Family:Whitney, Benjamin C. (1816-1867)

Benjamin C.⁸ Whitney (Henry⁷, Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Samuel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Henry⁷ and Betsey (Hard) Whitney, was born 17 Apr 1816, Newtown, CT, and died 19 Apr 1867, Sandy Hook village, Newtown, CT, aged 50 years.^[1]

He chose Thomas Peck, of Newtown, as his guardian, 5 Sep 1835, being then "a minor, about 19 years old".

He married, 8 Apr 1847, Charlotte Smith. She was born about 1822, CT, and died 6 Apr 1862, NJ.

Benjamin C.⁸ and Charlotte (Smith) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1850, Newtown, Fairfield Co., NY:

555 626 Martin Judson 58 M - Mill Wright $2000 Conn. Sarah " 54 F - " Anthony Gurly 10 M - " John Bassett 19 " - Hatter " Joseph " 28 " - " " Levi Morris 27 " - Merchant " Eli " 16 " - Clerk " Frederic K. Sanford 17 " - Comb Maker " Eleazer Judson 22 " - Carver " Benjamin C. Whitney 37 " - Teacher " Charlotte " 27 F - " Milo Wooden 27 M - Warp dresser "

• 1860, Newark Ward 12, Essex Co., NY:

[426 517] ----- -- - - Comb Factory $3000 Connecticut ----- -- - - Servant Ireland William McKenziee 19 M - Laborer do Benjamin C. Whitney 44 M - Packing Combs $900 $200 Connecticut Charlott 38 F - New Jersey Elizabeth B. Baldwin 19 F - Tailoress do Margaret S. Winans 18 F - Packing Combs do

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), p. 744.

• Census records.

1.^  "Benjamin [Whitney], d. 19 Apr 1867, ae 50," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Newtown 4:38.

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