Family:Whitney, Orrey (c1793-b1840)
Orrey Whitney (Aaron), son of Aaron and Sarah (Fitch) Whitney, was born circa 1793, at an unknown location, and died before 1840, Rome, Oneida Co., NY.
He married circa 1816, probably Rome, Oneida Co., NY, Catherine -----, daughter of unknown parentage. She was born circa 1796, at an unknown location, and died after 1840.
This family page was developed using census records of previously unknown Whitney individuals in the vicinity of Rome, NY. It is speculation that Orrey is the grown son of Aaron Whitney and that he was raised in the Elisha Walsworth household when the widow Sarah (Fitch) Whitney remarried. A search of records continues in an effort to develop this family page further.
Children of Orrey and Catherine (-----) Whitney (may be incomplete and is based on speculation from the census records):
i. (son) Whitney, b. say 1818, Rome, Oneida Co., NY. ii. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1821, Rome, Oneida Co., NY. iii. (son) Whitney, b. say 1823, Rome, Oneida Co., NY. iv. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1825, Rome, Oneida Co., NY. v. (son) Whitney, b. say 1827, Rome, Oneida Co., NY.
Census
- 1820, Rome, Oneida Co., NY: Orrey Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25. 1 engaged in Manufactures.
- 1830, Rome, Oneida Co., NY: Ony/Orney Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 60-69, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 0-4. [female 60-69 could be Orrey's mother after the death of her 2nd husband, Elisha Walsworth]
- 1840, Rome, Oneida Co., NY: Catherine Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 0-4.
References
- Census records.
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