Family:Whitney, Isaac John (1803-1885)
Isaac John7 Whitney (Isaac6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Isaac6 and Susannah (Bryan) Whitney, was born 20 Dec 1803, Watertown, CT, was baptized Sep 1807, Watertown, CT, and died 4 Sep 1885, Brockport, NY.
He married, 7 May 1845, Clarkson, NY, Martha Ann Rowell, daughter of Dr. Elijah and Sally (Eastman) Rowell. She was born 18 May 1818, Clarkson, NY, and died 3 Mar 1891.
He resided Brockport, NY, Main and Union Sts.
Phoenix says the following:
- "Isaac John Whitney, b. in Watertown, Conn., 20 Dec. 1803; bap. in Watertown, in Sept. 1807; moved with his mother, when thirteen years old, to Westerlo, N. Y., and thence, in Dec. 1829, to Clarkson, N.Y.; a farmer; married, in May 1845, at Clarkson, Martha Ann Rowell, dau. of Dr. Elijah and Sally (Eastman) Rowel, of Clarkson, where she was born 15 May 1818. He lived in Clarkson, till Ap. 1870, and then moved to Brockport, N. Y., settling at the corner of Main and Union Streets, where he was still living in 1874."
Children of Isaac John7 and Martha Ann (Rowell) Whitney:
i. Charles Clement8 Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1846, Clarkson, NY; m. Marion Maria Brooker. ii. Mary Louise Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1854, Clarkson, NY; d. 5 Sep 1856, Clarkson, NY, and was buried in the Clarkson Cemetery. iii. John Rowell Whitney, b. 12 Dec 1858, Clarkson, NY; m. Josephine Gibson.
Census
- 1830, Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY: Isaac J. Whitney, 1 male 20-29 and 1 female 50-59.
- 1840, Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY: Isaac J. Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, and 1 female 60-69; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY:
39 41 John Whitney 46 M - Farmer $5400 Conn. Martha " 32 F - N.Y. Charles " 4 M - [N.Y.]
296 Framed $1000 314 Isac J. Whitney 51 M - - Conn. 1 - 26 Farmer 1 - - - - 1 - Martha " 37 F - Wife N.H. - - 26 - - - - - - - - Charles " 9 M - Chld Monroe - - 9 - - - - - - - - Mary " 7m F - " " - - 7m - - - - - - - - Peter Sherman 20 M - Srvt Monroe - - 4m Laborer - - - - - - - Phebe Orinda 13 F - " " - - 13 - - - - - - - -
82 80 John Whitney 56 M - Farmer $5500 $5500 Connecticut Martha " 42 F - New York Charles " 14 M - " Attended school John " 1 M - " Sarah Dismot 12 F - " Attended school
571 600 Whitnery, Issac I. 66 M W Retired Farmer Connecticut Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha A. 52 F " Keeping House New Hampshire -----, John R. 4 M " At School New York Attended school Rowell, Mary 42 F " $1500 $3500 "
Isaac J. WHITNY 75 Self M M W CT Retired Farmer CT CT Martha A. WHITNY 62 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NH NH Mary S. ROWELL 51 SisL F S W NY NH NH John R. WHITNY 21 Son M S W NY CT CT
- 1880, Charles 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), pp. 280-281.
- 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. 282; and p. 745.
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