Family:Whitney, John (1793-1849)

John⁷ Whitney (Phinehas⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Phinehas⁶ and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney, was born 18 Mar 1795, Westminster, Massachusetts, and died 6 Jan 1849, Waterford, Washington County, Ohio.

He married 1 Mar 1821, Washington County, Ohio, Sarah Chapman, both of Waterford, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Cooley) Chapman. She was born 23 Apr 1803, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and died 7 Nov 1885, Posley, Page County, Iowa, aged 83 years.

She married secondly, 1853, George Fosset Brown, son of Moses and Mary (Owen) Brown, born 9 May 1801, Cayuga Lake district, New York, died in 14 Jul 1868, Posley, Page County, Iowa. He had married firstly, Julia Ann Parcel (1809-1851).

Sarah was a half-sister of John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman.

1827 Tax List, Waterford Twp, Washington Co., OH--people listed are John

1831 Tax List, Waterford Twp, Washington Co., OH--People listed John Whitney

1839 Tax List, Waterford Twp, Washington Co., OH--People listed John Whitney

John WHITNEY listed on the 1840 Census, Washington County, Ohio in Waterford Twp.? According to the census there was 2 males under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, and 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 20-30.

Deed: 21 Aug 1840; vol. 31, p. 545; John Whitney and Sarah of Monroe Co. to John Anderson of Washington Co.; $1050; W 1/2 NE 1/4 of Sec 16 Twp 2 R 5, 80 acres; NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 10 Twp 2 R 5, 40 acres

Deed: 1 Mar 1843; vol. 34, p. 90; John Whitney of Washington Co. to Nathaniel Chapman of New Kingman Co.; $127; 100 acres; W 1/2 of Lot 14 in Elk Run; known as Stevens Lot; AND part of Lots 10 and 16 in Twp 5 R 10 of Ohio Company Purchase.

John was buried in Round Bottom Cemetery, Washington County, OH.

"Biography of Henry R. Whitney the son of John and Sarah Chapman Whitney (History of Page County, Iowa) stated John and Sarah Chapman Whitney were the parents of eleven children. Have information on all the children you have mentioned except Mary Jane. Sarah married in 1853 as her second husband George Fosset Brown. They migrated about 1857 to Henry County, Illinois, where she purchased property. Later they purchased property in Page County, Iowa, where George F. Brown died. Sarah returned to Ohio, where she was buried in 1883 in Beverly, Washington County, Ohio as wife of George F. Brown." according to a message from Una A. Bowman

In 1850 Washington Co., Waterford Twp. there is a Sarah Whitney enumerated as Head of Household. Amirrlah, John R., Boulston, Henry, Eliza S., George B., and James G. are listed with her.

If she appears in the 1880 Census, the record of it hasn't been found.

From Biographical Album of Johnson & Pawnee Counties Nebraska. In a biographical sketch of John R. Whitney is the following paragraph:

"The 5th of July, 1832, witnessed the birth of our subject in Washington County, Ohio, at the modest home of his parents, John and Sarah (Chapman) Whitney. They were of New England birth and parentage, and came of a patriotic race, who were found in the ranks of the American soldiery during the struggles of the infant Republic in its assertion of independence. Nathaniel Chapman, a maternal uncle of our subject, especially distinguished himself in the War of 1812. To John and Sarah Whitney there were born eleven children, of whom the following survive, namely: William, a resident of Henry County, Ill.; Advent, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mary J., living in Colorado; Amarilla, the wife of Randolph Coburn, of Morgan County, Ohio; John R., our subject; Boilston S., of Page County, Iowa, where Henry and George B. also reside; Eliza S., now Mrs. Johnson, who risides in Bennet, Lancaster Co., Neb. The two deceased are Nathaniel and James G., who diedin Dakota and Ohio, when about fifty and thirty-three years, respectively. Nathaniel was a physician, and James a minister. The father departed this life at his home in Ohio, Jan. 6, 1849, when middle aged. The mother twenty years later contracted a second marriage, with George Brown, of Ohio, was again left a widow, and remained so until her death. She died at the home of her daughter in Ohio, Nov. 7, 1885, when nearly eighty-three years of age."

Children of John and Sarah (Chapman) Whitney:

i.	William Whitney, b. 13 May 1823, Waterford, OH; m. Jane Cheffey.
ii.	Mary Jane Whitney, b. 26 May 1825, Waterford, OH; m. Madison Smith.
iii.	Amarilla Chapman Whitney, b. 22 Mar 1830, Waterford, OH; m. Randolph Coburn.
iv.	Boylston Samuel Whitney, b. 31 Mar 1831, Waterford, Ohio; m.(1) Margaret Bush; m.(2) Keziah W. Bush.
v.	John Reed Whitney, b. 5 Jul 1832, Waterford, OH; m.(1) Lucinda Maltby Heiner; m.(2) Julie Elrod Biggs.
vi.	Nathaniel Chapman Whitney, b. 15 May 1834, Waterford, OH; m. Catherine A. Shires.
vii.	Henry H. Whitney, b. 18 Jun 1838, Waterford, OH; m. Elizabeth Anderson.
viii.	Advent Whitney, b. about 1840, Waterford, OH; m.(1) Rebecca Hall; m.(2) ;Leonora/Sophia Knox.
ix.	Elizabeth Shaw Whitney, b. 1840, Waterford, OH; m. Abraham William Johnson.
x.	George B. Whitney, b. about 1842, Waterford, OH; d. about 1915, Posley, Page Co., IA.
xi.	James G. Whitney, b. about 1844, Waterford, OH; d. 16 Aug 1874. Served in the Civil War.

Children of George Fosset and Julia Ann (Parcel) Brown, if any, unknown.

George Fosset and Sarah (Chapman)(Whitney) Brown had no children.

References

Almost all information from the research of Lynne Albers, on these three web pages:

1. "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Phinehas and Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney.
2. "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of John and Sarah (Chapman) Whitney.
3. "Online Family Tree, by Ancestry.com", family group sheet of Abraham William and Elizabeth Shaw (Whitney) Johnson.

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