Family:Whitney, Bradley Francis (c1796-c1837)

Bradley Francis⁷ Whitney (Silas⁶, Aaron⁵, Samuel⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Silas⁶ and Nancy (Russell) Whitney, was born about 1796, Red Mills, Southeast, NY, and died about 1837 or 1838, Chicago, IL.

He married Ann Birch, daughter of Silas Birch. She was born in Patterson, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

. . . a tanner and currier, and, in the latter part of his life, a farmer; . . . . He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He settled in Carmel, N. Y.; moved thence to Hennepin, Ill.; and died at Chicago, on his way east, to visit his relatives, about 1837 or 1838. His widow married again; and is supposed, by her first husband's brothers, to be dead.

Children of Bradley Francis⁷ and Ann (Birch) Whitney:

i.	(son)8 Whitney, b. 1820-1825; living 1830.
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. 1820-1825; living 1830.
iii.	(daughter) Whitney, b. 1820-1825; living 1830.
iv.	Hannah Whitney, b. about 1828, Carmel, NY; d. Hennepin, IL, aged 7 or 8 years, about 1836.

Census

• 1830, Patterson, Putnam Co., NY: Bradley F. Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 5-9, a female 40-49, 1 female 15-19, and 2 females 5-9.

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. 672 and p. 1468.

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