Family:Whitney, Henry (c1820-a1900)

Henry Whitney, parentage unknown but perhaps the son of William Whitney of Jefferson Co., MS and one of his slaves, born May 1817 or about 1820, Mississippi. He was a farmer.

He married, perhaps about Dody or Dolly (-----). She was born Apr 1840 or about 1843, Mississippi.

Henry and his family were all listed as 'black' in the 1870 and 1880 census. At least one descendant has been DNA tested and is a match for the immigrant Henry Whitney.

The 1900 census shows Henry and Dolly residing in Red Lick Precinct, Jefferson Co., MS. She was listed as having had 13 children, 5 of whom were still living. Also living with the family were Mariah Whitney, b. Jan 1877, MS, gran dau., and Allene _____, b. Feb 1884, MS, gran dau.

Children of Henry Whitney:

i.	unknown Whitney, born ca. 1857, MS. I am unable to make out her name on the 1870 census.
ii.	Isac Whitney, born ca. 1866, MS.
iii.	Hannah Whitney, born ca. 1868, MS.
iv.	Henry Whitney, born May, 1870, MS.
v.	Harry Whitney, born ca. 1872, MS.
v.	Howard? Whitney, born ca. 1876, MS.

Census

• 1870, Township 8, Jefferson Co., MS, p. 147.
• 1880, E.D. 61, Beat 2, Jefferson Co., MS, p. 66.
• 1880 Arkansas Census - Mariah Whitney, Gdau
• 1900, E.D. 81, Red Lick Precinct, Beat 2, Jefferson Co., MS, p. 19.

Notes

There was just one Whitney family in Jefferson County, Mississippi in 1820, about the time that Henry Whitney was born, as follows:

1820 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., MS, p. 59

William Whitney 100021-20020-0200-4000-0110

William, aged 45+

2 males, aged 26-45

2 females, aged 26-45

1 male, aged 0-10

2 females, aged 0-10

2 engaged in agriculture

1 black female, aged 26-45

1 black female, aged 14-26

4 black males, aged 0-14

References

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