Family:Whitney, William (1800-b1837)
William7 Whitney (David6, Benjamin5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, John1), son of David6 and Susanna (Huntington) Whitney, was born 10 Feb 1800, Tunbridge, VT,[1] and died between 1833 (when a child was born) and 1837 (when his widow remarried).
He married Eliza Hall, daughter of Nathaniel and Olive (Wallis) Hall. She was born 8 Sep 1806, Tunbridge, VT, and died 28 May 1888. She married secondly, 15 Oct 1837, her brother-in-law, Benjamin7 Whitney.
He resided Tunbridge, VT.
Children of William7 and Elizabeth (Hall) Whitney:
i. Anna8 Whitney, b. 5 May 1828, Tunbridge, VT;[2] d. young. ii. Eliza Whitney, b. 19 Jul 1830, Tunbridge, VT;[3] d. young (according to Pierce); d. after 1850. iii. Olive Whitney, b. 7 Feb 1832, Tunbridge, VT;[4] m. Charles Curtis; resided Fort Atkinson, WI. Children: a. Orson Curtis, b. -----.
iv. Susannah Whitney, b. 13 Nov 1833, Tunbridge, VT;[5] m. 13 May 1855, James G. Griffith, Tunbridge, VT.[6] He resided Macon, IL.
Census
- 1830, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: William Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-4.
- 1850, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:
40 43 Cyrus Whitney 48 M - Farmer $6000 Vt. Betsey C. " 43 F - " David " 84 M - Farmer Mass. Eliza " 20 F - Vt. Olive " 18 F - " Attended school, insane Ernest " 7 M - " Attended school John Ballou 22 M - Farmer "
These were daughters Eliza and Olive, living with their uncle Cyrus.
39 42 Benjamin Whitney 52 M - Farmer $1300 Vt. Eliza " 43 F - " Susannah " 16 F - " Attended school William " 11 M - " Attended school Azro " 10 M - " Attended school Wealthy D. " 7 F - " Attended school Clara A. " 5 F - "
This was daughter Susannah, living with her uncle and step-father Benjamin.
- 1860, daughter Eliza not found.
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. 373.
1.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
2.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
3.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
4.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
5.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
6.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.
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