Family:Whitney, Charles (1787-1865)
Charles6 Whitney (Walter5, Samuel4, Richard3, John2, Henry1), son of Walter5 and Anah (Wells) Whitney, was born 5 Sep 1787, Fairfield, CT, and died 29 Oct 1865, Albany, NY. He was buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY.
He married, 22 Nov 1810, New Salem, NY, Jane White, daughter of John White. She was born 10 Jul 1794, Bethlehem, NY, and died 9 Jul 1854, Albany, NY, "aged 59 years, 11 months, and 29 days."
Phoenix says the following:
- "Charles Whitney, b. at Fairfield, Conn., 5 Sept. 1787; married on the Helderbergs, at New Salem, in Bethlehem, now New Scotland, N. Y., 22 Nov. 1810, Jane White, b. at Bethlehem, now New Scotland, 10 July 1794, dau. of John White. He was a farmer, tanner, shoemaker and harness-maker; settled near Clarksville, in New Scotland; and, in 1819, moved to Albany, N. Y., where he died, at 12 North Lansing Street, 29 Oct. 1865. She died in North Pearl Street, Albany, 9 July 1854, "aged 59 years, 11 months, and 29 days." They are buried in lot 159, section 92, in the Albany Rural Cemetery, where a headstone marks her grave."
Children of Charles6 and Jane (White) Whitney:
i. Catherine Eliza7 Whitney, b. 20 Nov 1812, New Scotland, NY; m. George Traver. ii. James Whitney, b. 26 May 1814, New Scotland, NY; m. Elizabeth Blackett Adams. iii. Mary Anna Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1816, New Scotland, NY; m. Linus W. McCabe. iv. Edward Robinson Boles Whitney, b. 8 Mar 1818, New Scotland, NY; m. Wealthy Maria Whipple. v. Abigail Whitney, b. 1 Mar 1820, New Scotland, NY; d. 10 Oct 1860, Albany, NY, of cancer; unmarried; a dressmaker; bur. Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY. vi. Hezekiah Wells Whitney, b. 5 May 1822, Albany, NY, m. Melissa Tefft. vii. Luke Whitney, b. 1824, Albany, NY; d. Albany, NY, aged about 20 months, of smallpox; bur. St. Peter's Church graveyard, Albany, NY. viii. George Whitney, b. 1826, Albany, NY; d. Albany, NY, aged about 1 year, in consequence of falling down stairs. ix. Catharine Eliza Whitney, b. 25 Mar 1832, Albany, NY; m.(1) Arthur Harley; m.(2) Robert Price.
Census
- 1820, Albany, Albany Co., NY: Whitney, Charles, 2 males 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 3 females 0-9; 4 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1830, Albany, Albany Co., NY: Charles Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 2 females 20-29, and 2 females 10-14.
- 1840, Albany, Albany Co., NY: Charles Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 5 males 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Albany, Albany Co., NY:
183 331 Charles Whitney 64 M - Harnes Maker Connecticut Jane " 58 F - N.Y. Illiterate Abigol " 30 F - do Cathern " 18 F - do Mary M. Gee 19 F - Ireland
249 Brick $2000 - Owen M. Merchant 57 M - Head Col. Co. N.Y. - 1 40 - - - - - - - - Charles Merchant 35 M - Son Albany - - 35 Copper P. Printer 1 - - - - - - Sarah E. Merchant 30 F - Dau " - - - M. Teacher - - - - - - - George William Merchant 22 M - Son Albany - - - Clerk - - - - - - - Martha Merchant 16 F - Dau " - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Charles Whitney 67 M - Head N.Y.S. - 1 - Agent 1 - - - - - - Abbey Whitney 35 F - Dau Albany - - - Dressmaker - - - - - - - Ellen J. Traver 25 F - Gdau " - - - " - - - - - - - Mary Murphy 19 F - - " - - - Servant - - - - - - -
541 573 Catherine Harley 28 F - C. S. Teacher N.Y. Kate A. 8 F - " Attended school Charles Whitney 73 M - " Abbey " 39 F - " Ellen Gillespie 19 F - " John " 35 M - Piano Tuner Ireland [15 other lodgers]
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. 250-251 and pp. 678-680.
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