Family:Whitney, Cornelius (1753-1829)

Cornelius⁶ Whitney (William⁵, William⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of William⁵ and Arcoucher (Dutcher) Whitney, was born 31 Dec 1753, Salisbury, CT,^[1] and died 16 Nov 1829, Canaan, CT.

He married 9 Apr 1778, Hannah Green. Some sources call her "Hetty" instead of "Hannah", but she was Hannah in her pension application and in the 1840 census. She was born about 1759 and died between 1840 and 1850. After his death she lived at Sheffield, MA.

"Cornelius, CT Line, Hannah, W14136, sol d 16 Nov 1829, wid appl 7 Mar 1837 at Sheffield in Berkshire Co MA aged 77, wid stated sol had d at Canaan in Litchfield Co CT, sol & wid had m 9 Apr 1778.^[2]

He was in the Revolutionary war, and in 1809 sold land in Sheffield. He resided Canaan, CT, and Sheffield, MA.

Children of Cornelius⁶ and Hannah (Green) Whitney (probably incomplete, order uncertain):

i.	Eunice Whitney, b. say 1779, Canaan, CT.
ii.	Hannah Whitney, b. ca. 1781, Canaan, CT; d. 7 May 1820, Canaan, CT.
iii.	William Whitney, b. say 1790, Canaan, CT. It is probable that he was identical to William Whitney, b. say 1790, m. Rebecca Sparks.
iv.	Ruluff Dutcher7 Whitney, b. 3 Mar 1794; m. Bathsheba Fuller.
v.	Abigail Whitney, b. 1796, CT; d. 2 May 1868, Batavia, NY; m. ca. 1802, James Post.
vi.	Everett Whitney, b. 1800; m. and resided East Pembroke, NY, leaving son, Alphonso, who resided in Salisbury, CT.

Notes

What relationship E. Everett of Sheffield, MA, in 1840, had to widow Hannah Whitney, living in his household, is unknown.

Census

• 1790, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT: Cornelus Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 4 females.
• 1800, Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT: Cornelius Whitney, 1 male over 45, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 10-15.
• 1810, Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT: Cornelius Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, and 1 other free person.
• 1820, Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT: Cornelius Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 18-25, and 1 female over 45; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Canaan, Litchfield Co., MA: Hannah Whitney, 1 female 60-69.
• 1840, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., MA: E. Everett, 1 male 40-49, 3 males 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 80-89, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 10-14; this included Hannah Whitney, aged 81, widow of a Revolutionary War pensioner.

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. 213.

• Children listed in Pension Application see footnote.com

1.^  "Cornelius [Whitney], s. William & Arconche, b. 31 Dec 1753," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Salisbury 1:195.

2.^  Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. III (Waynesboro, TN: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992).

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