Family:Whitney, Cyrus (1774-a1820)

Cyrus⁶ Whitney (Samuel⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Samuel⁵ and Abigail (Cutler) Whitney, was born 24 Dec 1774, and died after 1820.

He married, 28 Dec 1795, Boston, MA, Mary Brewer.^[1]

He resided Geneva, New York.[sic: probably should be "Genoa", NY. - RLW]

Children of Cyrus⁶ and Mary (Brewer) Whitney:

i.

Emily7 Whitney, b. ca. 1803, CT; m. before 1830, David B. Downing; resided Geneva, NY [sic: probably should be "Genoa", NY. - RLW], Erie, PA, and Oxford, OH. Ch.: Margaret, b. ca. 1832, NY; Jeremiah, b. ca. 1836, NY; Millie Amelia Downing, b. 11 Feb 1837, Erie, PA; d. 1 May 1926; George, b. ca. 1839, PA; Emily, b. ca. 1841, OH; Dennis, b. ca. 1845, OH.

Census

• 1800: not found.
• 1810: not found.
• 1820, Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY: Cyrus Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1820, Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY: David Downing, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 16-17, and 2 females 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture. Enumerated on the same page, 2 lines above Cyrus Whitney. This was his son-in-law.
• 1830: 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. 191.

• 1850 Census, Oxford, Erie Co., OH.

1.^  "Cyrus [Whitney] and Mary Brewer, [married] Dec. 28, 1795," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 133.

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