Family:Whitney, Richard (1759-1844)

Richard⁵ Whitney (Richard⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Richard⁴ and Esther (Clark) Whitney, was born 6 Dec 1759, Ridgefield, CT, and died 10 May 1844, Magnolia, NY, in his 85th year.

He married, 8 Apr 1784, Lenox, MA, Ruth Wilson, daughter of David and Sarah (-----) Wilson of Lenox. She was born 16 Mar 1765, Ridgefield, CT, and died 28 Oct 1851, Magnolia, NY, aged 87 years.

Phoenix says the following:

Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a farmer; bore the title of Captain, and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; married, 8 Ap. 1784, at Lenox, Mass., Ruth Wilson, born at Ridgefield, 16 March 1765, dau. of David and Sarah Wilson of Lenox. They settled in that part of Ballston, N.Y., which was set off, 17 March 1792, as Chariton, and about 1793 moved to Brothertown, afterward Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and thence, after a few years, to Westmoreland, and from there, in 1821, to Magnolia, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where they dwelt the rest of their lives. He died, 10 May 1844, in his 85th year; she, 28 Oct 1851, aet. 87. They were buried at Magnolia.

Children of

i.	Henry6 Whitney, b. 14 Jan 1786, Lenox, MA; m. Aurelia Fenton.
ii.	Electa Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1788, Chariton, NY; m. Norman Kibbe.
iii.	Thomas Whitney, b. 25 Oct 1791, Chariton, NY; m. Temperance Kennedy Davis.
iv.	Richard Whitney, b. 16 Jul 1795, Paris, NY; m. Adeline Jones.

Census

• 1790, Ballstown, Albany Co., NY: Richard Whitney, 1 males over 16, 1 males 0-15, and 2 females.
• 1800, Adams, Berkshire Co., MA: Richard Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 female over 45, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 0-9.

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. 65 and pp. 192-193.

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