Family:Whitney, Charles Hayden (1841-1871)

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Charles Hayden8 Whitney (David7, Isaac6, Abner5, Jonas4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, John1), son of David7 and Chloe H. (Farrington) Whitney, was born about May 1841, Brookline, MA, and died 31 Jan 1871, Brookline, MA, aged 29 years 8 months, of a bullet wound causing pulmonary consumption.[1]

He did not marry. While serving as a commissioned officer in Virginia with the 3rd North Carolina Colored Infantry, part of Wild's African Brigade, he was the father of one known child, Charles Henry9 Whitney, born 4 September 1864, by Mary Ann Banks, daughter of William and Matilda (-------) Banks, of Hanover Co., VA.[2]

He is listed in "Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 36th through 40th (NARA Publications #M1933): Charles H. Whitney, age 22.

He is listed in "Individual Muster-In Roll of Co. --, 3rd Regiment North Carolina Colored Infantry." Aged 22 years, at Fortress Monroe, VA, 2 Jan 1864. "Joined for duty and enrolled Dec. 24, 1863, Norfolk, VA, 3 years." On the Company Muster-Out Roll, dated 11 Feb 1867, Raleigh, NC, in remarks: "Enlisted as Pvt, 1st M. V. at Boston Mass. May 23/61. [NOTE: The 3rd NCCI was redesignated 37th USCT, February 1864.[3]]

He enlisted 24 Dec 1863 as Captain, Co. D, 37th Infantry U.S. Colored Troops, in the Civil War. Promoted to Brevet Major on 13 Mar 1865. Mustered out on 11 Feb 1867.[4] He was stationed in Fort Caswell, NC, in 1865.

He did not apply for a pension based on this service.

This record applies to him:

Name: Charles H Whitney Residence: Brookline, Massachusetts Occupation: Carriage Driver Age at enlistment: 20 Enlistment Date: 23 May 1861 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Brookline, MA State Served: Massachusetts Was Wounded?: Yes Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Massachusetts 1st Infantry Regiment on 23 May 1861. Mustered out on 15 Jun 1863. Transferred to Company 2nd, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 2nd Co 2nd Infantry Company on 15 Jun 1863. Mustered out on 23 May 1864. Birth Date: abt 1841 Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947 (Sargent)[5]

Charles H. Whitney applied 31 Mar 1870 for a pension as an invalid on service in Co. A., 1st Massachusetts Infantry, application #154,485, certificate #105,250.

Child of Charles Hayden8 Whitney and Mary Ann Banks, who were not married:

i. Charles Henry9 Whitney, b. 4 Sep 1864, Hanover Co., VA; d. 1948, Clearwater Beach, FL; m. about 1892, Margaret Farmer; m. 1906, Agnes Weyandt; m. 1912, Edna May Rinehart; m. about 1934, Phoebe Ann -------.

Notes

  • Note on the middle name

A 1998 email from John Casey, grandson of Charles Henry9 Whitney, has been cited in a previous version of this page as evidence that Charles Hayden8 Whitney's middle name was Henry. This interpretation is incorrect. Casey's email, preserved in the WRG mailing list archive, does not assert the middle name Henry. Rather, Casey was researching his maternal grandfather Charles Henry Whitney and inquired whether a Charles Henry Whitney found in the 1850 Massachusetts census might be the father.[6] Casey was identifying a candidate, not asserting a known middle name. The Whitney identified by Casey in the 1850 Massachusetts census was a different individual. The actual Charles Hayden Whitney appears in the 1850 census in Elmore, Vermont, enumerated as Charles Whitney, aged 9, consistent with his Brookline birth and his parents and siblings presence in Vermont at that time.

The correct middle name is Hayden, established by the following evidence:

First, Hayden was the maiden surname of his maternal grandmother, consistent with the common 19th century practice of using a mother's family name as a middle name.

Second, and most compellingly, Charles Hayden Whitney's brother George Stephen Glover8 Whitney named his son Charles Hayden9 Whitney, born less than ten months after Charles Hayden Whitney's death in January 1871. It was a clear memorial naming using the full name of his recently deceased brother. The name Hayden has passed continuously in that collateral line. Robert Hayden Whitney, grandson of Charles Hayden9 Whitney, is the direct source confirming the name's continuous transmission in the family.

The Casey email is retained as a historical record of the early research inquiry.

  • Amended Marguerite Ann Gee reference

The following account was provided by Marguerite Ann Gee, granddaughter of Charles Henry9 Whitney and Edna May Rinehart, in August 2011, and represents an early statement of the family tradition connecting Charles Henry9 Whitney to Charles Hayden8 Whitney. Quoted as written: He fathered my Grandfather Charles Henry Whitney in 1864 with Mary Ann Banks in Hanover County Va. Where he recruited Mary Ann Banks father William L Banks for the USCT and he is my Great Grandfather (William Banks) Charles Henry Whitney (my grandfather) born in Hanover County Va on 4 Sept 1864 and died in 1948 in Clearwater Beach Pinellas Florida and is buried in the Military Cemetery.

The core conclusion that Charles Hayden Whitney fathered Charles Henry Whitney with Mary Ann Banks in Hanover County, Virginia in 1864 has since been confirmed through documentary research and autosomal DNA evidence. However, the specific claim that Charles Hayden Whitney recruited William Banks into the USCT is not supported by any record. The William Banks found in Company D, 37th U.S. Colored Troops, is a 22 year old from a different county in VA.

Mary Ann Banks' father, William Banks, was approximately 62 years old when the Civil War began and does not appear on any known 37th USCT rosters. Furthermore, the Southern Claims Commission file for William Banks places him on his Virginia farm during the war. The recruitment claim should therefore be treated as an error within the family tradition and should not be used as evidence for the Whitney-Banks family connection.

Census

24 24 David Whitney 36 M - Farmer $1500 Vt. Chloe " 31 F - Mass. David " 13 M - " Attended school Charles " 9 M - " Attended school George " 4 M - " Attended school Aaron " 1 M - " 25 25 Isaac " 69 M - Farmer N.H. Polly " 65 F - "

  • 1860: not found.
  • 1860, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., VA, p. 65/387:

478 478 W. Banks 61 M M Farmer $400 $300 Virginia Matilda " 40 F M " M. A. " 16 F M " Elizabeth " 14 F M " Rob. " 14 M M " Tho. " 4/12 M M " John Stevenson 48 M - Ditcher Ireland

"M. A." was Mary Ann Banks

659 902 Paige, John S. 52 M W Clerk in Saloon $500 New Hamp. Male citizen over 21 -----, Hannah A. 50 F W Keeps house Mass. -----, Albert S. 24 M W Clerk in Provision store Mass. Male citizen over 21 Whitney, Charles A. 30 M W Saloon Keeper Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Aaron D. 20 M W Clerk in Law Office Vermont -----, William H. 22 M W Clerk in Stable Mass. Male citizen over 21 Hartnett, May 18 F W Dom. Servt. Mass. Hobart, David J. 24 M W Machinist New Hamp. Male citizen over 21

Charles "A." Whitney was actually Charles H. Whitney. He was born in Brookline, MA, not Vermont, however.

Matilda BANKS 63 Self F W MU VA Keeping House VA VA Robt. BANKS 33 Son M D MU VA Farmer VA VA Charlie WHITNEY 15 GSon M MU VA At Home VA VA

This was his son.

References

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 239, page 266.

2.^  The conclusion that Charles Hayden8 Whitney and Mary Ann Banks were the parents of Charles Henry9 Whitney is further supported by autosomal DNA evidence connecting descendants of Charles Henry Whitney and Margaret Farmer as well as the descendants of Charles Henry Whitney and Edna May Rinehart to the descendants of George Stephen Glover8 Whitney, establishing David Whitney as their common ancestor and confirming the family connection through which the name was transmitted.

3.^  History of Company D, 37th U. S. Colored Troops.

4.^  Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force 1861-1865, Index to Compiled Military Service Records.

5.^  U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Ancestry.com

6.^  E-mail 4 Jan 1998 from John Casey.

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