Family:Whitney, Ami (1781-1867)

Ami & Anna (Amsden) Whitney

Ami⁶ Whitney (Jonathan⁵, Jonathan⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹) son of Capt. Jonathan⁵ and Esther (Parkhurst) Whitney was born 12 or 18 Jan 1781, Conway, MA;^[1] died 14 Dec 1867, Seneca Castle, NY, at age 86, gravestone.^[2]

Ami married 7 Dec 1800, Hopewell, NY, Anna Amsden, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Gates) Amsden. Thus far it is only a trail of e-mail addresses.** Date of the marriage comes from an unpublished typewritten manuscript entitled "Some Descendants of Isaac Amsden of Cambridge, MA: by Murray M. Brown, copywright 1934. This manuscript is in the possession of Mr. Bill Bombard of Boston, MA, who has kindly shared the Amsden data with several researchers, and is the person to whom the e-mail trail was traced. In the manuscript Mr. Brown thanks "some individual contributors and town clerks in general." but does not specifically identify any one source for any specific datum. For 1934, this is not surprising; d. at Prob. Flint Creek, NY.

A duplicate record says Jan 16th. There is an Ami Whitney and an Ami Whitney Jr. in Seneca, Ontario Co., NY in the 1850 Census Index.**Amsden Genealogy ([email protected]) shows his birthdate as 18 Jan 1781. Author queried.

Children of Ami⁶ and Anna (Amsden) Whitney:

i.	Theodore7 Whitney, born 2 Jan 1802, Flint, New York; m. Experience Warner.
ii.	Jasper Whitney, b. 8 Nov 1803; m. Elizabeth Ganwer.
iii.	Isaac Amsden Whitney, b. 17 Sep 1805; m. Jane Moore.
iv.	William G. Whitney, b. 17 May 1807; m. and res. Litchfield, Michigan.
v.	Anna Whitney, b. 24 Aug 1809; d. 1809.
vi.	Charles Whitney, b. 11 Sep 1810; d. 11 Oct 1825.
vii.	Ezra Whitney, b. 6 Oct 1812; d. 30 Jul 1816.
viii.	Ami Whitney, b. 22 Jun 1814; m.(1) Ann Shearman; m.(2) Rebecca C. Rippey.
ix.	Jonathan Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1816; m. and d. 12 Jul 1892, Allen, Michigan.
x.	(daughter) Whitney (twin), b. 5 Feb 1819; d. 1819.
xi.	(daughter) Whitney (twin), b. 5 Feb 1819; d. 1819.
xii.	Esther Ann Whitney, b. 28 May 1820; d. 29 Sep 1821.
xiii.	Elizabeth A. Whitney, b. 5 Kam 1922; m. 29 Jan 1845, John Lewis; res. Hopewell, New York.
xiv.	Esther Gates Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1823; m. 5 Sep 1844, Franklin M. Hooper; res. Fort Jones, California. He was b. 12 Nov 1817; d. 11 Feb 1875. Ch.: Ella Elizabeth, b. 3 Jun 1847; m. 3 Mar 1865, Joseph Short; res. Fort Jones; Cora Esther. b. 12 Sep 1849; d. 12 Nov 1850; Frank Whitney, b. 7 Aug 1860; m. 27 Sep 1890; res. Fort Jones; Esther Ruth, b. 29 May 1862; m. 31 Dec 1887, ----- Eller; res. Etna Mills, California; Robert Culver, b. 12 May 1865; res. Fort Jones.
xv.	Anna H. Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1826; m. 25 Oct 1849, James Wilson; res. Geneva, New York. A son is Captain William Wilson, M. A., at Geneva, New York.

Census

• 1810, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY: Ami Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 4 males 0-9, and 1 female 16-25.

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. 235.

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