Family:Whitney, Francis Rowland (1830-a1868)

Francis Rowland⁷ Whitney (Jacob Hasbrook⁶, Elias⁵, Jeremiah⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Jacob Hasbrook⁶ and Catharine (Wixon) Whitney, was born 9 Dec 1830, 70 King Street, New York, NY, and died after 1868.

He married 8 Apr 1863, 48 Charlton Street, New York, NY, Sophronia Arnold Terrel, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (-----) Terrel. She was born 27 Nov 1825, Wallkill, NY, and died after 1868.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a printer . . . . He lived at 42 Watts Street, New York, in 1868. The following notice of him is from the Monmouth Enquirer, published at Freehold, N.J., 31 Jan. 1867. "Francis R. Whitney is a true and faithful soldier of the late war for the Union; he enlisted at the outbreak of the Rebellion, in the 49th Illinois Regiment, and served under Grant, in the west; he was severely wounded at the terrible battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburgh Landing, and at Fort Donelson. His wounds are of such a nature that they cannot be entirely cured. This gallant soldier is a steady and industrious man, and a printer by profession."

Children of Francis Rowland⁷ and Sophronia Arnold (Terrel) Whitney:

i.	George Washington Francis Whitney, b. 15 May 1864, 48 Charlton Street, Richmond Hill, New York, NY.
ii.	John Thomas Whitney, b. 27 Jan 1868, 42 Watts Street, New York, NY; not in family in 1870.

Census

• 1850, New York Ward 9 District 2, New York Co., NY:

401 868 Thedore Magnes 28 M - Cord Manufacture England Phebe A. " 23 F - N.Y. George " 30 M - Cord Do England Rowland Witney 19 M - Printer N.Y. Susan Magnes 5 F - N.Y. Attended school Lewin " 3 M - N.Y. Sarah A. Lake 23 F - N.Y.

• (poss.) 1860, New York Ward 15 District 3, New York Co., NY:

447 544 Ann McDowd 50 F - Boarding House New Jersey Deaf ... Frank Whitney 27 M - Clerk New York ...

• 1870, New Lots, Kings Co., NY:

1157 1596 Whitney, Francis K. 39 M W Painter $200 New York Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 -----, Sophonia 44 F W Keeping House New York -----, Georg W. 6 M W New York Stephens, Sarah 20 F W at Home New York

"Parents foreign born" must be an error.

• 1880: not found.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 867 and p. 1759.

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