Family:Whitney, John (1785-1857)

John⁶ Whitney (John⁵, John⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁵ and Amy (Howd) Whitney, was born 3 Nov 1785, Branford, CT, baptized 11 Dec 1785, Branford, CT, and died 15 Dec 1857, Brooklyn, NY, aged 72 years. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

He married, 1 Oct 1806, Northford, CT, Statira Farrell of Guilford, daughter of George and Margaret (Whitney) Farrell. She was born 13 Apr 1789, Branford, CT, and died 5 July 1875, Brooklyn, NY, of paralysis. She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

"John Whitney, b. at Branford, Conn., 3 Nov. 1785; bap. at Branford, 11 Dec. 1785; married, by Rev. Matthew Noyes, at Northford, Conn., 1 Oct 1806, to his cousin, Statira Farrell, of Guilford, born at Branford, 13 Ap. 1789, dau. of George and Margaret (Whitney) Farrell. He lived in New York City, and from 1828, for many years, dealt in ladies' shoes, at the corner of Broadway and Park Place, where the Broadway Bank now stands. He had previously lived in New Haven, Conn., and in Albany, Utica, and Geneva, N. Y. He died at Brooklyn, N. Y., 15 Dec. 1857, aged 72 years, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. She resided, in 1868, at 27 College Street, New Haven; and, in Nov. 1874, at 189 President Street (Carroll Park), Brooklyn, N. Y., with her grand-daughter. She died of paralysis, 5 July 1875, and was buried, 8 July 1875, in Greenwood Cemetery, from the residence of her son, Samuel Whitney, at 294 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y."

Children of John⁶ and Statira (Farrell) Whitney:

i.	George Lewis Whitney, b. 2 Sep 1807, Branford, CT; d. 27 Jun 1867, Detroit, MI; m.(1) 18 Jan 1831, Canandaigua, NY, Lucinda Barlow Williams; m.(2) 7 Aug 1862, Fremont, OH, Anna Roosevelt MacEnally.
ii.	Charlotte Whitney, b. 12 Oct 1810, New Haven, CT; d. after Jul 1875; m. 29 Aug 1833, New York, NY, Monson Lockwood.
iii.	Julia Ann Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1813, Albany, NY; d. 17 Aug 1835, Albany, NY, aged 21 years;[1] buried Clinton, CT; unmarried.
iv.	Emeline Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1814, Utica, NY; d. Jul 1815, Utica, NY.
v.	John Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1816, Utica, NY; d. 5 Jul 1834, Utica, NY; buried Clinton, CT; unmarried.
vi.	Samuel Whitney, b. 9 Nov 1819, Utica, NY; d. after Jul 1875; m. 5 Sep 1845, New York, NY, Abigail Sophia Arnold.
vii.	Emeline Whitney, b. 9 Dec 1822, Geneva, NY; died 11 May 1843, Bethel, CT, of consumption; buried Bethel, CT.
viii.	Henrietta Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1825, Geneva, NY; res. New Haven, CT, 1870; unmarried then.

Census

• 1820, Utica, Oneida Co., NY: John Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• (poss.) 1830, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY: John Whitney, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9. This is odd, because no male over the age of 5 is listed in this family.
• 1840: not found.
• (prob.) 1840, Clinton, Middlesex Co., CT: Statira Whitney, 1 male 15-19, 1 female 50-59, and 1 female 15-19.
• 1850, Brooklyn Ward 6, Kings Co., NY:

958 1725 John Whitney 63 M - None Connecticut Stalina " 60 F - Do Henrietta " 20 F - New York George Uhler 25 M - Tailor Do Richard Singleton 30 M - Importer Scotland Catherine Rowen 12 F - Ireland Ellen " 30 F - Do

• 1855 State, Brooklyn Ward 6, Kings Co., NY:

183 Mastic front Brick $5000 183 John Whitney 63 M - - Connt. 1 - 5 Bookkeeper 1 - - - - - - Statira Whitney 60 F - Wife Connt. 1 - 5 - 1 - - - - - - Henrietta Whitney 24 F - Dau New York - - 5 - 1 - - - - - - Rocrunt A. Prine 35 M - Brdr Main - - 1 Congl. Clergyman 1 - - - - - - Wm. Mollerman 20 M - Brdr German - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - Eliza Smith 22 F - Srvt Ireland - - 1 Servant - - 1 - - - -

• 1860, Statira and Henrietta not found.
• 1870, West Haven, New Haven Co., CT:

286 325 Whitney, Statira 79 F W Keeping House Conn. -----, Henrietta 31 F W Embroidering New York 326 Neagle, Lydia 73 F W Keeping House $27000 Conn.

• 1875 State, Brooklyn Ward 10, Kings Co., NY:

58 B. Stone $14000 87 Thomas A. Painter 46 M - ---- Mass. m Wholesale D. Goods - 1 - - 1 - A. D. Painter 40 F - Wife N.Y. Co. m - - - - 1 - L. L. Painter 18 F - Chld Kings " s - Thomas Painter 15 M - Chld Kings " s - Adalade Painter 11 F - Chld Kings " s - Florence M. Painter 2 F - Chld Kings " s - C. L. Blake 35 F - Sist N.Y. Co. w - A. L. Blake 13 F - Chld Illns. s - Statira Whitney 86 F - Brdr Conn. w - Maria McGuire 26 F - Srvt Ireland s Cook - - - 1 - - Annie McClaughry 30 F - Srvt Ireland s Seamstress - - - 1 - -

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. 253 and pp. 690-694.

1.^  "John [Whitney], his d., d. 17 Aug 1835, ae 21," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Clinton, Hurd Diary.

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