Family:Whitney, Levi (c1798-1870)
Levi Whitney, parentage unknown, was born about 1798, CT, and died 3 Sep 1870, aged 72 years, Sheffield, MA.[1]
He married, date and place unknown, Aurelia -----, daughter of Daniel and Mary (-----) -----. She was born about 1806, VT, and died 23 Oct 1860, Adams, MA, aged 56 years.[2]
Children of Levi and Aurelia (-----) Whitney:
i. Emily Whitney, b. ca. 1836, Pittsfield, MA, or VT, or NY; d. 15 Jan 1901, Sheffield, MA, aged 70 years, of pneumonia;[3] m. 28 Nov 1864, Sheffield, MA, Christopher Ferry, son of John and Bertha, laborer, b. ca. 1846, Sheffield, MA.[4] ii. Henry Whitney, b. ca. 1838, NY or MA; d. aft. 1860.
Notes
It is possible that his wife was Aurilla Smith, daughter of Daniel and Mary (-----) Smith, born 2 Sep 1806, Sudbury, VT.
Census
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Williamstown, Berkshire Co., MA:
247 259 Levi Whitney 48 M - Farmer Connecticut Orvilla " 45 F - " Emily " 15 F - Vermont Henry Whitney 13 M - N. York
108 119 Levi Whitney 38 M - Laborer Conn. Orilla Whitney 48 F - " Emeline Whitney 19 " - Vermont Henry Whitney 17 M - " New York
32 30 Levi Whitney 50 M - Day Laborer - - Ct. Aurelia " 54 F - Vt. Emily " 24 F - N.Y. Henry " 22 M - Farm " Mass.
252 264 Levi Whitney 55 M - Conn. M Laborer 1 - 1 - - Emily Whitney 28 F - Vermont M 1 - - - -
- 1870: not found.
References
- Census records.
1.^ "Levi [Whitney], aged 72, single, pauper, parents and birthplace unknown, of consumption, d. 3 Sep 1870," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Massachusetts Vital Records, Sheffield" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1987). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 229, page 59.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 138, page 25.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 516, page 127.
4.^ "Emily [Whitney], 27, d. of Levi and Aurelia, and Christopher Ferry, 18, s. of John and Bertha, laborer, m. 28 Nov 1864," according to Sheffield Vital Records.
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