Family:Whitney, Jonathan (c1806-1848)
Jonathan7 Whitney (Eleazer6, Nathan5, Thomas4, Eleazar3, Thomas2, John1), son of Eleazer6 and Martha (Crozer) Whitney, was bornabout 1806, Halifax, VT, and died 30 Dec 1848, Halifax, VT, aged 42 years.[1]
He married, 16 Dec 1830, Royalton, VT, Betsey E. Button.[2] She was born about 1809, and died 1 Oct 1846, aged 37 years.[3]
Children of Jonathan7 and Betsey E. (-----) Whitney:
i. (daughter) Whitney, b. 1835-1840. Probably Josephine, b. ca. 1838, VT, d. after 1850, from 1850 census record below.
Census
- 1840, Halifax, Windham Co., VT: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male 80-90, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in agriculture; pensioner Eleazer Whitney, aged 85.
- 1850, Brookline, Windham Co., VT:
279 288 Rufus Stebbins 70 M - Farmer $4000 Mass. Clarissa " 52 F - Vt. Sarah " 26 F - do Christina " 21 F - do William " 17 M - do do Attended school Edwin " 13 M - do Attended school Webster " 9 M - do Attended school Josephine Whitney 12 F - do Attended school Hannah " 77 F - Mass.
This is probably his daughter Josephine, together with his great-aunt Hannah, unmarried.
References
1.^ Whitneyville Cemetery, Halifax, VT.
2.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.
3.^ Whitneyville Cemetery, Halifax, VT.
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