Family:Whitney, Erastus (1790-1869)

Erastus⁷ Whitney (Isaac⁶, Jonathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Isaac⁶ and Caroline (Harman) Whitney, was born 16 Jul 1790, Suffield, CT,^[1] and died 15 Feb 1869, Greenwich, NY.

He married, 15 Jun 1815, Rupert, VT, Thurza Harmon. She was born 27 Oct 1790, and died 5 Dec 1858.

He resided Greenwich NY.

Children of Erastus⁷ and Thurza (Harmon) Whitney:

i.	Isaac A.8 Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1816; m.(1) Jane Waters; m.(2) Hattie Crowl.
ii.	Oliver H. Whitney, b. 27 Jun 1820; m. 6 Jun 1877, Frances Ellen Toomey, b. 16 Jan 1837; res., s.p., Maquoketa, IA.
iii.	Willard Wedlock Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1823; m. Fanny P. Orton

Census

• 1810: not found.
• 1820, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY: Erastus Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY: Erastus Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 4 females 10-14, 3 females 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY: Erastus Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1nad 1 female 40-49; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY:

522 533 Erastus Whitney 60 M - Mechanic $700 Ct. Thurza " 59 F - " Willard W. " 27 M - " N.Y. Oliver H. " 30 M - Teaching "

• 1855 State, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY:

62 Wood $200 102 Framed $200 105 Erastus Whitney 64 M - - Washington 1 - 39 Carpenter 1 - - - - 1 - Thurza Whitney 64 F - Wife Do 1 - 39 - - - - - - - -

• 1860, Greenwich, Washington Co., NY:

1668 1610 Erastus Whitney 70 M - Carpenter $1000 $250 Conn. Elsey Harmon 59 F - Vermont

• 1860, son Oliver not found. A possibility is in Albany Ward 4, NY.
• 1870, Brookfield, Clinton Co., IA:

95 95 Whitney, O. H. 49 M W Farmer $10000 $300 New York Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Brookfield, Clinton Co., IA:

O. H. WHITNEY 59 Self M M W NY Farmer CT CT Frances E. WHITNEY 42 Wife F M W IRE Keeping House IRE IRE Eva CREVELING 24 Oth F S W PA Servant PA PA

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. 420.

1.^  "Erastus [Whitney], s. [Isaac & Caroline], b. 4 Jul 1790," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Suffield NB1:218; Kent Library 216.

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