Family:Whitney, Robert (c1790-a1850)
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Robert Whitney, parentage unknown but perhaps son of Thomas and Mary (-----) Whitney, was born about 1790, KY, and died after 1850.
He married Mary -----. She was born about 1796, KY.
Children of Robert and Mary (-----) Whitney (reconstructed from census records, not all may be their children):
i. (son) Whitney, b. ca. 1820, prob. KY, d. aft. 1840. ii. (son) Whitney, b. 1820-1825, prob. KY, d. aft. 1840. iii. George Whitney, b. ca. 1828, KY. iv. (daughter) Whitney, b. 1825-1830, prob. KY, d. aft. 1840. v. Margaret Whitney, b. ca. 1833, IN. vi. Minerva Whitney, b. ca. 1835, KY. vii. (son) Whitney, b. 1835-1840, prob. KY, d. aft. 1840.
Notes
Was he perhaps one of the unidentified sons of Thomas and Mary (-----) Whitney of Fayette Co., KY, just 50 miles to the east of Bullitt Co.?
There is a George M. Whitney, b. ca. 1830, KY, in Oregon, who may be a match to the son George above.
Census
- 1810: not found.. There were no Whitneys listed in Bullitt Co., KY.
- 1820, Shepherdsville, Bullitt Co., KY: Robert Whitney, 2 males 26-45, 1 female 16-26, 2 people engaged in manufacturing.
- 1830, Bullitt Co., KY: Robert Whitney, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 0-5, 1 female 30-40.
- 1840, Johnson Co., IN: Robert Whitney, 1 male 40-50, 2 males 15-20, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-5, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 0-5.
- 1850, Nineveh, Johnson Co., IN:
864 864 Robert Whitney 60 M - Farmer $1500 Ky. Mary " 54 F - " Minerva " 15 F - " George " 22 M - Student " Margaret " 17 F - Ind.
605 599 Andrew J. Adams 27 M - Farmer $400 Kentucky Julia " 23 F - Kentucky Mary A. Adams 3 F - Indiana Margaret E. " 1 " - " Sarah C. Kizer 18 " - Domestic Kentucky Robert Whitney 62 M - Farming $3000 $200 "
References
- Census Records
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