Family:Whitney, Henry (1793-c1819)

Henry⁷ Whitney (Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Samuel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Samuel⁶ and Huldah (Stilson) Whitney, was born 14 Feb 1793, Newtown, CT,^[1] and died about 1819 (but in the 1820 census), in or near Newtown, CT.

He married, about 1814, Betsey Hard, of Newtown. No record of her has been found after his death.

Phoenix says the following: "Henry Whitney, b. in Newtown, Conn., 14 Feb. 1793; married about 1814, Betsey Hard, of Newtown; died about 1819, probably in, or near, Newtown."

Children of Henry⁷ and Betsey (Hard) Whitney:

i.	Benjamin C.8 Whitney, b. 17 Apr 1816, Newtown, CT; m. Charlotte Smith.

Census

• 1820, Newtown, Fairfield Co, CT: Harry Whitney, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 281 and pp. 744.

1.^  "Henry [Whitney], [s. Samuel], b. 14 Feb 1793," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Newtown 1:88.

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