Family:Whitney, Israel (1775-1843)

Israel⁶ Whitney (Israel⁵, Elijah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Israel⁵ and Hannah (Mead) Whitney, was born 18 Apr 1775, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 17 Jun 1843, Harvard, MA.

He married, 17 Jul 1803, Boston, MA, Phoebe S. Jennison,^[2] daughter of William and Phebe (Baldwin) Jennison. She was born 2 Jun 1781, Boston, MA, and died 3 Dec 1868, Boston, MA, aged 87 years 5 months, of fracture of humerus and old age.^[3]

He was born in Harvard on the old homestead, where he resided until he was 20 years of age. He bought his time of his father for £20 and started for Boston to seek his fortune. He engaged in the shoe business and was quite prosperous. His store was on Court street. During the war of 1812 he enlisted and was soon commissioned an officer in his regiment. He took an active part in this war much to the detriment of his business and great pecuniary loss. The result was a general breakdown from which Mr. Whitney never recovered from this misfortune. He had a sterling and able wife, who at the helm managed admirably, and with the assistance of the sons came out all right. He resided Roxbury, MA.

Children of Israel⁶ and Phoebe (Jennison) Whitney:

i.	William7 Whitney, b. 15 Nov 1803, Boston, MA;[4] bur. 18 Sep 1835, Cambridge, MA;[5] m. (int. 10 Sep 1831, Cambridge, MA), Adeline Richardson "of Brookfield,[6] daughter of James and Betsey (Bennett) Richardson, b. 9 Apr 1810, Brookfield, MA, d. 15 Aug 1895, Cambridge, MA. One Mrs. William Whitney was bur. 12 Aug 1838, Cambridge, MA, aged 26 years.[7] Ch.: William8 Whitney, b. ca. 1834, bp. 1 Oct 1837, Cambridge, MA, aged 3 years,[8] who d. in the west, ae. 45.
ii.	Eliza Whitney, b. 9 Apr 1805, Boston, MA;[9] d. 20 Jun 1890; unmarried.
iii.	Henry Whitney, b. 15 Sep 1806, Boston, MA;[10] d. 1 Sep 1808, Harvard, MA, aged 2 years.[11]
iv.	Charles Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1809; "of Norwich, Ct." m. 23 Jan 1840, Worcester, MA, Elizabeth P. Day;[12] b. 24 Nov 1816; d. 5 Sep 1891, s. p. When eleven years of age he worked in a shoe store, but soon left for Malden, MA, where he remained for seven years. Wishing to acquire a more complete education he attended an academy at Stow for three years. At his graduation he engaged in teaching, and later in surveying. He followed civil engineering and surveying until 1891. He had purchased a fruit farm in New Jersey, upon which he resided for twenty years. This he disposed of and has since resided in Roxbury.
v.	Charlotte Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1809; d. 4 Dec 1879; m. Frances McKenna. He d. 1874. Ch.: Andrew, Alfred, and John.
vi.	Harriett Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1811; unmarried; resided 12 Thornly St., Dorchester, MA.
vii.	Martha A. Whitney, b. 2 Dec 1813; d. 18 Dec 1876; m. Warren O. Rogers; s. p.
viii.	Henry A. Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1815; m. Hannah Stickles.
ix.	Alfred Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1817; d. 7 Jun 1834.
x.	Caroline Whitney, b. 30 Sep 1820; d. 1822.

Notes

The John Trowbridge with wife Adeline in whose family William Whitney [Jr.] is found in 1850, is alleged to have married, 4 Jan 1840, Adeline Richardson. William's mother was also named Adeline Richardson. It would seem that William's mother may not be the one who died in 1838, but that she survived and remarried. That leaves the question of who might have been the Mrs. William Whitney who died in 1838, aged 26 years.

Census

• 1810, Ward 5, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Israel Whitney, 3 males 26-45, 2 males 16-26, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 1 male 16-26, 1 female 10-16, 2 females under 10.
• 1820, Ward 6, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Israel Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, 3 females 0-9; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Israel Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 80-89, 1 female 40-49, 3 females 20-29, and 2 females 15-19.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Ward 9, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:

554 1004 Warren A. Rogers 40 M - Printer $3000 Mass. Martha A. " 36 F - " Teresa P. Whitney 67 F - " Harriet " 38 F - " Margt. Welsh 21 F - Ireld.

This was daughter Martha A., daughter Harriet, and apparently widow Phebe, listed as "Teresa P.".

• 1850, Westfield, Richmond Co., NY:

252 289 John Trowbridge 38 M - Gentleman $156000 Massachusetts Adeline do 37 F - do Attended school Elinor do 8 F - do Attended school John do 6 M - do Adeline do 5 F - do Gertrude do 3 F - do William Whitney 16 M - $5000 Massachusetts Catherine Hagan 20 F - Ireland

This was grandson William Whitney, Jr.

• 1850, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:

531 886 Charlotte McKenna 36 F - Mass. Eliza Whitney 40 " - do Alfred McKenna 7 M - do Attended school Harriet J. " 5 F - do Attended school John J. " 3 M - do Mary Lynch 19 F - Ireland

This was daughters Charlotte and Eliza.

• 1850, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA:

1061 1467 Jacob Allen 73 M - Mass. Sybil " 70 F - " Bridget Hovey 25 F - Domestic Ireland Charles Whitney 41 M - Surveyor Mass. Elizabeth P. " 32 F - " William Rethford 26 M - Clerk England Sarah " 20 F - Maine

• 1860: not found.
• 1860, grandson William not found.
• 1860, Worcester Ward 6, Worcester Co., MA:

1396 2077 Wm. H. Jacobs 39 M - Pattern Maker $5000 $800 Conn. Martha P. " 39 F - " Martha E. " 10 F - Mass. Attended school 2078 Chas. Whitney 50 M - Civil Engineer " Elizabeth " 42 F - " 2079 Sarah A. Batcheller 40 F - $600 $200 " Hiram W. " 19 M - Shoemaker R.I. Mary L. " 14 F - Mass. Attended school Wm. H. " 10 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Boston Ward 5, Suffolk Co., MA:

544 1869 Rogers, Warren 60 M W Printer Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha 57 F W Keep house Mass. Whitney, H. J. 58 F W None Mass. -----, Martha 17 F W None New Jersey Ward, Charles 20 M W Jeweler England Parents foreign born

• 1870, Mullica, Atlantic Co., NJ, p. 18:

165 141 Whitney, Charles 59 M W Civil Engineer $2800 $2000 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Elizabeth P. 54 F W Keeping House "

• 1870, daughter Eliza and grandson William not found.
• 1880, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:

Warren A. ROGERS 70 Self M W W MA Foreman In Printing Office MA MA Eliza WHITNEY 75 Oth F S W MA At Home MA MA Harriet WHITNEY 65 Oth F S W MA Keeping House MA MA Jennie STOCKTON 17 Oth F S W ENGLAND Domestic Servant ENG ENG

• 1880, grandson William not found. A possibility is a William Whitney in Santa Fe, NM, aged 45, a railroad conductor, married, but living alone.
• 1880, Elwood, Atlantic Co., NJ:

Charles WHITNEY 71 Self M M W MA Retired Engineer MA MA Elizabeth P. WHITNEY 63 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA

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. 198.

1.^  "Israel [Whitney], s. of Israel and Hannah, [born] Apr. 18, 1775. (Apr. 18, 1776). G.R.1.)," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Israel [Whitney] and Phebe Jennison, [married] July 17, 1803," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903, p. 201.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 213, page 208.

4.^  "William [Whitney], s. Israel and Phebe, [born] Nov. 15, 1803," according to Record Commisioners of the City of Boston, A Report of the Record Commisioners of the City of Boston, Containing Boston Births From A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800, vol. 24 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894), p. 352.

5.^  "William [Whitney] and Adeline Richardson of Brookfield, int. Sept. 10, 1831," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

6.^  "William [Whitney], bur. Sept. 18, 1835," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

7.^  "William [Whitney], Mrs., bur. Aug. 12, 1838, a. 26y.," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

8.^  "William [Whitney], s. of wid. Adeline, bp. Oct. 1, 1837, a. 3y. C.R.2," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

9.^  "Eliza [Whitney], d. Israel and Phebe, [born] Apr. 9, 1805," according to Ibid., p. 353.

10.^  "Henry [Whitney], s. Israel and Phebe, [born] Sept. 15, 1806," according to Ibid., p. 354.

11.^  "Henry [Whitney], s. of Israel and Phebe, [died] Sept. 1, 1808, a. 2 y. G.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

12.^  "Charles [Whitney], of Norwich, Ct., and Elizabeth-P. Day, [married] Jan. 23, 1840," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Births 1714-1848; Marriages 1747-1848; Deaths, 1826-1848), Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol. 12 (1894).

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