Family:Whitney, Josiah (1781-1813)

Josiah⁶ Whitney (Abraham⁵, Abraham⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Abraham⁵ and Rebecca (Dudley) Whitney, was born 18 Aug 1781, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 26 Feb 1813, Harvard, MA, aged 31 years.^[2]

He married 6 Feb 1803, Harvard, MA,^[3] Sally Puffer, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Fairbanks) Puffer. She was born 3 Mar 1784, Harvard, MA, and died 12 Nov 1875, Harvard, MA. She married secondly, 17 Apr 1814, Harvard, MA, Ezra Wetherbee,^[4] son of Josiah and Lucy (Haskell) Wetherbee. He was born 2 Oct 1771, Princeton, MA, and died 10 Jun 1849, Harvard, MA.

He resided Harvard, MA.

Children of Josiah⁶ and Sally (Puffer) Whitney:

i.

Luke7 Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1803, Harvard, MA.[5] Probably he was the Luke Whitney of the following records: d. after 1880; m.(1) ----- -----, d. before 1850; m.(2) before 1870, Aurilla -----; of Springfield, Bradford Co., PA, in 1850, Cayuta, Schuyler Co., NY, in 1870, and Van Etten, Chemung Co., NY, in 1880. Children, both by first wife: a. Luke Franklin8 Whitney, b. ca. 1829, MA; d. after 1880; m.(1) 1849-1850, Electa -----, d. after 1870; m.(2) 12 Jan 1870, Livingston Co., IL, Mary C. (-----) Wheeler. b. Julia A. Whitney, b. ca. 1830, MA; m. 1 Sept 1849, Philander Brooks of Springfield, PA. c. Horatio Whitney, b. ca. 1832 or 1834, MA; d. after 1880; m. Catherine -----. Also called Horace; of Springfield, PA, 1850; of Van Etten, Chemung Co., NY, in 1860, 1870, and 1880. d. Brunett Whitney, b. ca. 1837, MA.

ii.

Jefferson Whitney, b. 29 Nov 1804, Harvard, MA;[6] d. 22 Feb 1813, Harvard, MA, aged 8 years.[7]

Children of Ezra and Sally (Puffer)(Whitney) Wetherbee:

i.	Josiah Quincy Wetherbee, b. 10 May 1815, Harvard, MA; d. 2 Dec 1909, Hempstead, Middlesex, England; m. 2 May 1848, Emma Faulkner.
ii.	Albert Wetherbee, b. 19 Aug 1817, Harvard, MA; d. 2 May 1867, Cincinnati, OH; m. 19 Sep 1839, Harvard, MA, Mary Malvena Davis.
iii.	Harriet Newell Wetherbee, b. 27 Dec 1819, Harvard, MA; d. 20 Jun 1865; m. 16 May 1855, Boston, MA, Calvin Clark.
iv.	Abigail Wetherbee, b. 11 Dec 1822, Harvard, MA; d. 2 Jul 1867; m. 12 May 1843, Harvard, MA, Trumbull Bull.

Census

• 1810: not found.. Enumerated in Harvard was a different Josiah⁷ Whitney.
• 1820, Ezra Wetherbee, Harvard, MA.
• 1830, Ezra Wetherbee not found.
• 1840, Ezra Wetherbee, Harvard, MA.
• 1850, Sally Wetherbee, aged 67, Harvard, MA, residing with daughter Harriet N. Wetherbee.
• 1850, Springfield, Bradford Co., PA:

216 217 Luke F. Whitney 21 M - Sawyer Mass. Married in year Electa " 23 F - Pa. Married in year Luke " 46 M - Laborer Mass.

• 1860, Sally Wetherbee, aged 76, Harvard, MA, residing with daughter Abigail (Wetherbee) Bull.
• 1860, Van Etten, Chemung Co., MA:

1145 1070 Horatio Whitney 28 M - Miller $700 $250 Mass. Catharine " 32 F - New York Luke F. 6 M - Do Delphene " 5 F - Do William L. 2 M - Do Julia A. " 2/12 F - Do

• 1860, son Luke not found.
• 1860, Long Point, Livingston Co., IL:

1031 1038 Francis Whitney 30 M - Farmer 2400 200 Massachusetts Electa " 32 F - Pennsylvania Howard " 9 M - do Attended school Elmore " 6 M - do Attended school Fidella Whitney 2 F - Ills.

• 1870, Cayuta, Schuyler Co., NY, p. 9/454:

75 75 Whitney, Luke 67 M W Miller Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Aurilla 51 F W Keeping House $1700 -- Pennsylvania

• 1870, Long Point, Livingston Co., IL, p. 149/839-150:

1031 1038 Francis Whitney 30 M - Farmer $2600 $200 Massachusetts Electa " 32 F - Pennsylvania Howard " 9 M - do Attended school Elmore " 6 M - do Attended school Fidella Whitney 2 F - Ills.

• 1870, Van Etten, Chemung Co., NY, p. 24:

210 207 Whitney, Horace 43 M W Farmer $1000 $500 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Catherine 41 F W Keeps House New York -----, B. F. 16 M W Maller New York Attended school -----, Mary 15 F W New York Attended school -----, William 12 M W New York Attended school -----, J. A. 10 F W New York Attended school -----, S. J. 6 F W New York -----, Harriet 4 F W New York

• 1880, Van Etten, Chemung Co., NY:

William WHITNEY 22 Self M M W NY Miller NY NY Hattie WHITNEY 18 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Luke WHITNEY 77 GFat M W W MA MA MA

• 1880, Long Point, Livingston Co., IL:

Frank WHITNEY 50 Self M M W MA Farmer MA VT Mary WHITNEY 50 Wife F M W PA Keeping House KY KY Ida WHEELER 18 SDau F S W MN Keeping House PA PA

• 1880, Van Etten, Chemung Co., NY:

Ratio WHITNEY 47 Self M M W MA Miller MA MA Cathrine WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Hattie WHITNEY 13 Othe F S W NY MA NY Almond WHITNEY 8 Othe M S W NY MA 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. 200.

1.^  "Josiah [Whitney], s. of Abraham and Rebekah, [born] Aug. 18, 1781," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Josiah [Whitney], [died] Feb. 26, 1813, a. 31 y. G.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Josiah [Whitney] and Sally Puffer, [married] Feb. 6, 1803," according to Harvard Vital Records.

4.^  "Sally [Whitney] and Ezra Wetherbee, [married] Apr. 17, 1814," according to Harvard Vital Records.

5.^  "Luke [Whitney], s. of Josiah and Sally, [born] Apr. 22, 1803," according to Harvard Vital Records.

6.^  "Jefferson [Whitney], s. of Josiah and Sally, [born] Nov. 29, 1804," according to Harvard Vital Records.

7.^  "Jefferson [Whitney], [died] Feb. 22, 1813, a. 8 y. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

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