Family:Whitney, Thomas (1791-1844)

Thomas⁵ Whitney (Richard⁵, Richard⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Richard⁵ and Ruth (Wilson) Whitney, was born 25 Oct 1791, Chariton, NY, and died 8 Feb 1844, Chautauqua, NY.

He married, 23 or 24 Jan 1814, Stockbridge, MA, Temperance Kennedy Davis,^[1] of Stockbridge, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Holley) Davis, of Lee. She was born 27 Mar 1791, Lee, MA, and died 4 Aug 1872, Chautauqua, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

. . . a farmer; . . . . They dwelt in Westmoreland, N. Y., till 1821, then settled in Chautauqua, N. Y., and there passed the remainder of their lives. . . . . They were buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

Children of Thomas⁶ and Temperance Kennedy (Davis) Whitney:

i.	Thomas Alonzo7 Whitney, b. 9 Nov 1814, Westmoreland, NY; m. Delilah Wilcox.
ii.	Richard Whitney, b. 28 Oct 1816, Westmoreland, NY; d. 5 May 1845, Chautauqua, NY; bur. Magnolia Cemetery; m. 1840, Busti, NY, Amanda Gale, daughter of Seymour and Samantha (Guthrie) Gale, b. 5 Apr 1816, d. ca. 1855, OH. They had no children. She wasn't found in the 1850 Census.
iii.	Norman Kibbe Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1819, Westmoreland, NY; m. Anna Cecilia Ferris.

Census

• 1820, Verona, Oneida Co., NY: Thomas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY: Thomas Whitney, 1 male 70-79, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 10-14, 1 female 60-69, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 10-14.
• 1840, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY: Thomas Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 3 males 20-29, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 10-14; 4 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY:

U.S. Census, New York, Chautauqua County, Chautauqua, p. 273 178 188 Norman K. Whitney 31 M - $2500 N.Y. Anna C. 24 F - " Thomas A. 35 M - " Temperance K. 57 F - Mass. Ruth 85 F - "

• 1855 State, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY:

4 Framed $200 4 Alonzo T. Whitney 40 M - - Oneida - - 34 Farmer 1 - - - - 1 - Temperance Whitney 64 F - Moth Mass. - 1 34 - - - - - - - - Caroline Simpson 9 F - Srvt Sweden - - 2 - - - 1 - - - -

• 1860, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY:

522 513 Alonzo J. Whitney 45 M - Farmer New York Temperance 69 F - Housekeeper Mass. 523 514 Norman K. Whitney 41 M - Farmer $5520 $1600 New York Anna C. " 34 F - Housekeeper " Mary A. " 12 F - " Attended school Jerome Breck 38 M - Shoemaker $100 " 524 515 Richard Whitney 62 M - Farmer $7120 $11000 " Adaline J. " 60 F - Housekeeper " George W. " 32 M - Physician " Elizabeth A. " 25 F - Housework " William H. " 21 M - Farm Work " Thomas J. " 17 M - " " Attended school

• 1870, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., NY:

607 591 Whitney, Thomas 55 M W Farmer $6420 $2500 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Delilia 35 F " Keeps House " -----, Temperance 78 " " Housekeeper Massachusetts

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 192-193 and pp. 531-532.

1.^  "Thomas [Whitney], and Temperance Davis, m. 23 Jan 1814," according to LDS International Genealogical Index], batches C502421 and M502422.

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