Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1772-1827)

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Benjamin7 Whitney (Lemuel6, Joshua5, Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Lemuel6 and Thankful (Griffeth) Whitney, was born 20 Jul 1772, Spencer, MA,[1] and died 20 Mar 1827, Wadhams Mills, NY.

He married, Essex, NY, say 1796, Betsey Bragg. She was born about 1774, MA, and died 22 May 1857, Essex, NY.

Benjamin Whitney moved from Springfield to the town of Essex, NY, about 1810 and engaged in farming. He resided Springfield, VT, and Wadhams Mills, New York.

Children of Benjamin7 and Betsey (Bragg) Whitney:

i. Alexander8 Whitney, b. 21 Jun 1798, Springfield, VT; m. Sophronia Streeter.
ii. Phinehas Whitney, b. 25 Dec 1800, Springfield, VT; d. 28 Nov 1866.
iii. Lucius Whitney, b. 29 Feb 1804, Springfield, VT; m.(1) Thankful French; m.(2) Minerva Smith.
iv. Betsey Whitney, b. say 1806; d. after 1820.
v. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1809; d. after 1820.
vi. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1811; d. after 1820.
vii. Benjamin Franklin Whitney, b. ca. 1813, NY; d. 2 Mar 1879, Wadhams, Essex Co., NY; m.(1) Lovina Hodgkin; m.(2) before 1870, Mary (Viall) Sayre; she had married firstly, 20 Mar 1856, Ticonderoga, NY, Alpheus Orlando Sayre (1820-1860). Step-daughter Eliza M. "Lillie" Sayre, m. John Cross.
viii. Philena Whitney, b. ca. 1814, NY; d. 12 Apr 1870; unmarried.
ix. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1817; d. after 1820.

Census

1173 1215 Franklin Whitney 37 M - Farmer $2000 [N.Y.] Lavina 30 F - [N.Y.] Betsey 76 F - Mass. Harriet Phelps 13 F - N.Y. Attended school Nelson Downey 13 M - [N.Y.] Attended school Newton Hays 23 M - Laborer [N.Y.] Naaman Wheeler 23 M - [N.Y.]

1175 1217 Phineas Whitney 48 M - Farmer $3500 [Vt.]

450 449 P. F. Whitney 47 M - Farmer $3000 $900 N.Y. Lavinia A. " 36 F - N.H. Lucinda " 14 F - N.Y. Attended school John Martin 16 M - Farm Laborer " Attended school

Phineas Whitny 50 M - Farmer $10000 $1300 Vt. Orlando " 33 M - " N.Y. Sophrona " 57 F - " Adaline " 24 F - " Philena " 46 F - " [sic] Marsha Perry 16 F - " Daniel Finnet 16 M - Farm Laborer " Ezra Smith 22 M - " " Orren Bennet 45 M - " "

  • 1870, Essex, Essex Co., NY:

34 27 Whitney, Franklin 58 M W Farmer $5000 $2500 N.Y. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 38 F W Keeping house N.Y. Sayre, Lillie 13 F W Attending School N.Y. Attended school Whitney, Lucinda 22 F W At home N.Y. Sherman, Harvey 16 M W Laborer N.Y.

John CROSS 24 Self M M W NY Farmer NH NH Eliza CROSS 22 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Mary WHITNEY 48 MotL F W W NY Without Occupation NY NY Etta BAIRD 18 Othe F S W NY School Teacher NY NY William EGGLESTON 17 Othe M S W NY Farm Laborer NY VT

References

1.^  "Benjamin [Whitney], s. Lemuel and Thankful, [born] July 20, 1772," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Massachusetts: The Systematic History Fund, 1909).


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