Family:Whitney, Edmund (1799-a1850)

Edmund⁶ Whitney (Joseph⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Joseph⁵ and Betty (Phinney) Whitney, was born 7 Dec 1799, Gorham, ME,^[1] and died after 1850, and probably before 1860, Jacksonville, FL.

He married, 5 Jun 1838, Telfair Co., GA, Mary McLean. She was born about 1814, SC, and died after 1860.

Children of Edmund⁶ and Mary (McLean) Whitney:

i.	Joseph Allen⁷ Whitney, b. ca. 1839-1840, Telfair Co., GA; not in family in 1860.

Census

1820: not found.
1830: not found.
1840, no township given, Telfair Co., GA: Edmund Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 10-14; 2 engaged in agriculture.
1850, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL:

25 25 Edmund Whitney 55 M Surveyor 500 ME Mary " 36 F SC Joseph Allen " 10 M GA Catherine McRony 19 F GA

Name of Slave Owner: Edmund Whitney Number of Slaves: 1 Age: 12 Sex: F Color: B

181 189 Mary Whitney 46 F - Seamstress 500 --- S.C.

1.^ "Edmund [Whitney], s. Joseph and Betty (Phinney), [born] Dec. 7, 1799," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).