Family:Whitney, William F. (s1817-a1865)

William⁷ Whitney (Luther⁶, Israel⁵, Elijah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Luther⁶ and Melinda (Wetherbee) Whitney, was born say 1817, Harvard, MA, and died after 1865, but before 1872.

He "of Harvard, Mass." married, 1 Jan 1840, Rocky Hill, CT, Jane A. Flint "of Rocky Hill",^[1] daughter of John and Mary (Ackley) Flint.^[2] She was born say 1819, and died 12 Oct 1872, Kingston, NY, aged 51 years. She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.^[3]

He resided Harvard, MA, but removed about 1861 to Kingston, NY.

The Kingston and Rondout Directory, 1864: Kingston: Whitney, W. F., boots and shoes, 78 N. Front, h. Ford.^[4]

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1865: Whitney, William F., Kingston, retail dealer, no. 234, quantity of valuation -, rate of tax $10.00, amount of tax on particular articles $6.67, total $6.67.^[5]

Kingston and Rondout Village Directory and Ulster County Business Directory for 1869-1870, p. 60: Kingston Directory: Whitney, W. M., Mrs., h. John n. Wall.^[6]

Kingston, New York, City Directory, 1871: Whitney, Jane, Mrs., hair dresser, John n. Wall.^[7]

Children of William⁷ and Jane A. (Flint) Whitney:

i.	Francis F.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1841, MA; Private, 15th New York Infantry in the Army in 1865; enlisted 1863 in Kingston, aged 22 years, single, in the Navy; d. before 1872.
ii.	Josephine M. Whitney, b. 4 Oct 1843, MA; d. 3 Sep 1902, Brooklyn, NY; bur. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY; m. ca. 1858, William Henry Hawxhurst.
iii.	Caroline F. Whitney, b. 2 Oct 1844, Harvard, MA.[8] Her name was alternately Caroline P. Whitney.

Census

• 1850: not found.
• 1860: not found.
• 1865 State, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY:

Stone $5000 226 Robert Tootell 32 M ---- Ulster 5 1 - - - Tailor - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah " 32 F Wife Dutch. - 1 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah " 14 F D " - - - - 1 -- - - - - - - - - - - - Charles " 12 M S " - - - - 1 -- - - - - - - - - - - - Lilly " 9 F D Ulster - - - - 1 -- - - - - - - - - - - - Dora " 1-10/12 F D " - - - - 1 -- - - - - - - - - - - - 227 William F. Whitney 47 M ---- Mass. 4 1 - - - Shoe Merchant - - - - - - - - - - - Jane A. " 44 F Wife Conn. - 1 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Francis F. " 22 M S Mass. - - - - 1 -- - - - - - - - - 1 - -

• 1870: 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), p. 356.

1.^  "William F. [Whitney], of Harvard, Mass., m. Jane A. FLINT, of Rocky Hill, 1 Jan 1840, by Rev. C. CHAPIN, Wethersfield 3:94, Rocky Hill 1:99," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records. Also, "William F. [Whitney], of Harvard, Mass., m. Jane A. FLINT, 1 [Ja]n 1840," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Rocky Hill (Stepney) Church 1:145.

2.^  U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, The Hartford Times, published 25 Jan 1840, from Ancestry.com. Also, Henry R. Stiles, Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, p. 322.

3.^  Obituary of Jane A. Whitney, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 Oct 1872, from Ancestry.com.

4.^  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, from Ancestry.com.

5.^  U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, from Ancestry.com.

6.^  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, from Ancestry.com.

7.^  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, from Ancestry.com.

8.^  "Caroline F. [Whitney], d. of Will[ia]m and Jane A., [born] Oct. 2, 1844," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 11, page 185.

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