Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1840)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchSamuel Whitney, parentage unknown, was born before 1775 (between 1730-1775).
Nothing is known of his wife.
13 June 1815—Bill Johnson, a boy of color aged 13 years, bound to Samuel Whitney as a blacksmith.[1]
Possible children of Samuel Whitney, based on a census reconstruction, possibly incomplete:
i. (son) Whitney, b. 1806-1824, probably NC. ii. (son) Whitney, b. 1806-1824, probably NC. iii. (son) Whitney, b. 1806-1824, probably NC. iv. (son) Whitney, b. 1806-1824, probably NC.
Notes
Was one of his sons perhaps Harry Whitney of New Bern, Craven Co., SC?
Census
- 1830, Newbern, Craven Co., NC: Samuel Whitney, 1 free colored male 55-100, 4 free colored males 10-24.
- 1840, Newbern, Craven Co., NC: Samuel Whitney, 1 free colored male 55-99, 1 free colored female 36-54, 1 male slave 55-99, 4 male slaves 5-9, 1 male slave under 5, 1 female slave 24-35, 2 female slaves under 5, 11 people total, 3 in manufacture or trades.
References
- Census records
1. [2] Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820).
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