Family:Whitney, Sidney (1824-a1880)

Sidney⁸ Whitney (Cheeney⁷, Nathan⁶, Jonathan⁵, Jonathan⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Cheeney⁷ and Olive (Colwell) Whitney, was born 20 Aug 1824, Seneca Castle, NY, and died after 1880.

He married, 16 May 1850, Amelia Van Gelder. She was born 4 Sep 1824, and died after 1880.

He resided Seneca Castle, NY.

Children of Sidney⁸ and Amelia (Van Gelder) Whitney:

i.	Willis9 Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1854; d. after 1880; unmarried.
ii.	Burritt Gray Whitney, b. 27 Feb 1859; d. after 1880; unmarried. Both sons live at home and work on the farm. Burritt is a good blacksmith. Willis has invented a corn husker but has never got it patented; both are ingenious boys.

Census

• 1850, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY:

14 14 Sidney Whitney 25 M - Farmer $2610 N.Y. Married in year Amelia do 20 F - " Married in year Peter Snow 26 M - " Illiterate Sarah St. John 16 F - Canada

• 1855 State, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY:

37 Frame $500 37 Sydney Whitney 30 M - - do 1 - 30 Farmer 1 - - - - 1 - Amelia do 24 F - Wife do 1 - 24 - 1 - - - - - - Willis do 7m M - Chld eo - - - - - - - - - - -

• 1860, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY:

1113 1117 Sydney Whitney 35 M - Farmer $3480 $1150 " Amelia " 29 F - " Willis " 5 M - " Burret " 1 M - "

• 1870, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY:

159 163 Whitney, Sidney 46 M W Farmer $5000 $5000 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Amelia 40 F W Keeping house " -----, Willis 15 M W Farm Laborer " Attended school -----, Burrett 9 M W At school " Attended school

• 1880, Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., NY:

Sidney WHITNEY 55 Self M M W NY Farmer NY NY Amelia WHITNEY 49 Wife F M W NY Keeping House MA NY Willis WHITNEY 25 Son M S W NY Farm Laborer NY NY Burrett WHITNEY 21 Son M S W NY Farm Laborer NY NY

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. 585.

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