Family:Whitney, Emory (1791-1876)

Emory⁷ Whitney (Jacob⁶, Richard⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Jacob⁶ and Lois (Hapgood) Whitney, was born 1 Oct 1791, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 3 Feb 1876, Le Roy, NY.

He married firstly, 27 May 1817, Lydia Locke. She was born 7 Dec 1791, and died May 1835.

He married secondly, Feb 1836, Thankful G. Morey. She was born 2 May 1806, and died 26 Mar 1883.

He was a cordwainer. He resided Le Roy, NY.

Children of Emory⁷ and Lydia (Locke) Whitney:

i.	Daniel Ward8 Whitney, b. 18 Nov 1820; m.(1) Sarah Ann Manning; m.(2) Mrs. Mary Ann (Henry) Ball.
ii.	Lydia Lorache Whitney, b. 8 Feb 1823; m. 21 Oct 1844, Frederick Fitch Bishop; resided Turtle Point, PA. He was b. 6 Sep 1820; is a farmer. She has the old family Bible of Mary Patch's. Children: a. (daughter) Bishop, b. 15 Aug 1845; d. 16 Aug 1845. b. Emery Leroy Bishop, b. 19 Nov 1846; d. 2 May 1894; m. 10 Oct 1877, ----- -----; res. Turtle Point, PA. c. Wilder Whitney Bishop, b. 30 May 1850; d. 2 Jul 1858. d. Mary Maria Bishop, b. 31 May 1854; m. 17 Jul 1877, ----- Simar; res. Port Allegany, PA. e. Emily Lorache Bishop, b. 15 Nov 1856; m. 30 Apr 1878, ----- Simar; res. Port Allegany, PA. f. Fannie Lydia Bishop, b. 23 Aug 1861; d. 15 Dec 1880.
iii.	Maria Eunice Whitney, b. 18 Dec 1826; m. 23 Feb 1852, Loring G. Blanchard. He was b. 1819; d. 22 Feb 1890; was a farmer. Children: a. Mary J. Blanchard, b. 29 Apr 1854; m. ----- Troxell; res. Detroit, MI. b. George W. Blanchard, b. 19 Sep 1856. c. Mattie M. Blanchard, b. 1 Jan 1864.

Children of Emory⁷ and Thankful G. (Morey) Whitney:

iv.	Emory M.8 Whitney, b. 1846; d. aft. 1875; unmarried; resided Klinger Lake, MI.

Census

• 1820, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA: Emery Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 26-44; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA: Emery Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY:

200 220 Emery Whitney 58 M - Shoe Maker Mass. Thankful Whitney 43 F - N.Y. Emery M. Whitney 4 M - N.Y. Eunice M. Whitney 23 F - Mass.

• 1860, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY:

291 293 Emery Whitney 68 M - Sliver Maker $100 Massachusetts Thankfull Whitney 52 F - New York Emery M. Whitney 14 M - New York Attended school

• 1870, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY:

339 332 Whitney, Emory 77 M W Shoe Maker $250 $180 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 " Thankful 63 F W Keeping House New York

• 1870, Emory, Jr., not found.
• 1875 State, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY:

96 Framed $300 95 Emery Whitney 83 M - ---- Mass. m Shoe Maker - 1 - - 1 - Thankful Whitney 70 F - Wife Saratoga m - Emery M. Whitney 29 M - Son Genesee s Farmer - 1 - - - -

• 1880, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY:

Thankful WHITNEY 75 Self F W W NY Keeping House VT VT Emery WHITNEY 34 Son M S W NY Painter & Shoe Maker MA NY

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), pp. 325-326.

1.^  "Emery [Whitney], s. of Jacob and Lois, [born] Oct. 1, 1791," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

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