Family:Whitney, Sarah (1775-1859)

Sarah⁷ Whitney (Joshua⁶, Thomas⁵, William⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), daughter of Joshua⁶ and Hannah (Green) Whitney, was born 8 May 1773, Nobletown, Columbia Co., New York and died 17 Dec 1859, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York.

She married 3 Dec 1799, William Guthrie, son of William Guthrie and Susanna. He was born 4 Dec 1767 in Washington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, and died 14 Mar 1813 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York.

They lived in Bainbridge.

Children of Sarah⁷ and William Guthrie:

i.	William Guthrie, b. 12 Aug 1800 in Bainbridge, d. 16 Apr 1880, m. 1850 to Sarah.
ii.	Gershom Hyde Guthrie, b. 14 Jan 1802 in Bainbridge, d. 28 Mar 1845, m. 5 Jun 1836 to Elizabeth.
iii.	Sarah Guthrie, b. 5 Nov 1803 in Bainbridge, d. 27 Oct 1833, m. 12 Dec 1823 to Zachariah Tarble.
iv.	Susan Guthrie, b. 25 Jan 1805 in Bainbridge, d. 15 Nov 1867, m. Philo Kirby.
v.	Olive8 Guthrie, b. 6 Aug 1806 in Bainbridge, d. 17 Apr 1874 in Lisle, Broome Co., New York, m. 1831 to Allen Randall.
vi.	Emaline Guthrie, b. 11 Aug 1808 in Bainbridge, d. aft. 1850, m. 2 Jun 1848 to Samuel Stowe.
vii.	George Whitney Guthrie, b. 15 Feb 1810 in Bainbridge, d. 30 May 1883, m. 1855 to Emma Gosson.
viii.	Ophelia Guthrie, b. 31 Aug 1812 in Bainbridge, d. Jun 1844, m. Washington L. Lane.

References

1.Whitney, Hallam S., and Weeks, Dr. F. E., comp., Whitney Genealogy of the Brothers, Judge Joshua and Gen. William Whitney of Binghamton, N.Y. (1932), typescript, NEHGS Library, call number Manuscripts G WHI 6956..

2.Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 214.

3.Broome Republican, 18 Dec 1859 (Sarah Whitney Guthrie's obituary)

4.Lawrence R. Guthrie, American Guthrie and Allied Families, (Chambersburg, PA: 1933), pp. 84-86.

5.William and Sarah (Whitney) Guthrie's grave at Kirby Cemetery, Bainbridge, New York.

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