Family:Whitney, Asa (c1767-a1800)
Asa6 Whitney (John5, John4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of John5 and Elizabeth (Sawtell) Whitney, was bapt. 8 Feb 1767, Shirley, MA.[1]
Asa Whitney of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont for the consideration of ten pounds lawfull money ... paid by Eleazer Harlow of said Westminster ... the whole of the west half of the original ninety acre lot of land number one in the sixth range of ninety acre lots in Rockingham being equally divided by a northerly and southerly line through the middle of said lott ... this sixth day of March Anno Domini 1798. Signed by Asa Whitney, witnessed by Polly Hall and Lot Hall.[2]
Children of Asa6 Whitney, order of birth uncertain:
i. son7 Whitney, b. 1790-1800. ii. son7 Whitney, b. 1790-1800. iii. daughter7 Whitney, b. 1790-1800.
Census
- 1791, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT: Asa Whitney, 1 male over 16.
- 1800, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT: Asa Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, and 1 female under 10.
- 1810: Not found in Vermont. May have died or moved west. There are two Asa Whitneys listed in New York.
References
- GEDCOM file WITNEY12 imported on 10/03/1997, downloaded from ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/gumby/.
1.^ "Asa [Whitney], s. John and Hannah (Sawtell), bp. Feb. 8, 1767, B.R.," according to Vital Records of Shirley, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918).
2.^ VIT VT Wind Rockingham Book 2, FHL Microfilm 0028757, p. 545.
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