Family:Whitney, Samuel (1759-1814)
Samuel5 Whitney (Solomon4, David3, Joshua2, John1), son of Solomon4 and Sarah (Roberts) Whitney, was born 6 Jun 1759, Canaan, CT,[1] and died in 1814, Chittenden County, VT.
He married ----- -----. If the 1820 census record below pertains to this family, then her name was Mary -----, she was born between 1775 and 1794, and she died after 1820.
Samuel Whitney was born in Canaan, CT, and after the death of his father moved to Vermont, where he died quite suddenly of apoplexy. His wife died of consumption. He died in 1814; resided Chittenden County, VT.
Children of Samuel5 and ----- (-----) Whitney:
i. David6 Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1796; m. Margaret Karr.
Census
- 1790: not found.
- 1800, Essex, Chittenden Co., VT: Samuel Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
- 1810, Colchester, Chittenden Co., VT: Saml Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female over 45.
- (poss.) 1820, Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT: Mary Whitney, 1 male 0-9 and 1 female 26-44. Who the boy was is a mystery.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 117.
1.^ "Samuel [Whitney], s. Solomon & Sarah, b. 6 Jun 1759," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Canaan LR2:237.
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