Family:Whitney, Silas (s1790-a1850)

Silas⁷ Whitney (Leonard⁷, Solomon⁶, Solomon⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Leonard⁷ and Cate (Wheeler) Whitney, was born say 1790, and died after 1850.

He married, 30 Aug 1821, Canterbury, NH, Susannah Lovering.^[1] She was born before 1794, and died after 1850.

He is recorded as living in Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH, in 1837.

Ages in this family are a problem, since they vary from census to census.

Children of Silas⁷ and Susannah (Lovering) Whitney (census reconstruction):

i.	(son)8 Whitney, b. 1810-1820.
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. 1810-1820.
iii.	Mary E. Whitney, b. ca. 1830, NH; d. 1894; m. 3 Feb 1855, Tuftonborough, NH, Franklin L. Hersey.[2]
iv.	Ann M. Whitney, b. ca. 1827, NH; m.(1) 27 Jan 1848, NH, John M. Bartlett;[3] m.(2) 19 Jan 1864, Tuftonborough, NH, John Haley.
v.	Charles H. Whitney, b. ca. 1832, NH; m. 25 Aug 1856, Tuftonboro, NH; m. C. M. Lovering.[4]
vi.	William S. Whitney, b. ca. 1836, NH.
vii.	James L. Whitney, b. ca. 1842, NH; d. 24 Jan 1865, Tuftonborough, NH.

Census

• 1820, Canterbury, Rockingham Co., NH: Silas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840, Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH: Silas Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 5-9, and 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, and 2 females 10-14; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH:

80 81 Silas Whitney 52 M - Farmer $800 N.H. Susan " 52 F - " Charles W. " 18 M - " " Attended school William " 14 M - " Attended school James L. " 8 M - " Attended school Mary E. " 28 F - " Lucy Peavey 62 F - " Insane Pauper

• 1860, Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH:

29 28 Susan Whitney 59 F - $600 $200 New Hampshire William S. " 24 M - Day Laborer " Eunice J. Leathers 9 F - " Attended school

• 1870, Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH:

173 172 Hersey, Franklin L. 42 M W Farmer $3500 $1100 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary E. 38 F W Keeping House N.H. -----, Charles E. 14 M W Attending School N.H. Attended school -----, Fred A. 6 M W " " N.H. Attended school Whitney, Susan 67 F W Keeping House N.H. 173 Hersey, Ann 76 F W Keeping House N.H.

References

• Archive:Whitney Whistler, Volume 1, Number 3.
• Archive:Whitney Whistler, Volume 5, Number 2.
• James Otis Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1919, Volume 2, Genealogies and Appendix (Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press, 1912).
• Census records.

1.^  "Silas Whitney & Susannah Lowing, m. 30 Aug 1821, NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

2.^  "Mary E. Whitney (b. 1861) & Franklin L. Husey, m. 3 Feb 1885, Tuftonboro, Carroll Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

3.^  "Ann M. Whitney & John M. Bartlett, m. 27 Jan 1848, NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  "Charles H. Whitney (b. 1834) & C. M. Lovering, m. 25 Aug 1856, Tuftonborough, Carroll Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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