Family:Whitney, Benjamin (c1794-a1824)

Benjamin Whitney, (Samuel Kellogg, Benjamin), son of Samuel Kellogg and Grace (Fairweather) Whitney, was born about 1794, CT, and died after 1824.

He married Abigail Fancher, daughter of Square and Abigail (Abbott) Fancher. She was born 2 Oct 1795, Pound Ridge, NY, and died after 1824.

Children of Benjamin and Abigail (Fancher) Whitney:

i.	Lewis Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1814, CT, Wilton, CT; d. after 1850; m. Angeline -----, b. ca. 1813, CT, d. after 1850.
ii.	William Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1816, Wilton, CT; m. Hannah Metcalf St. John.
iii.	Harriet Whitney, b. 15 May 1817, Wilton, CT.
iv.	Legrand Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1820, Wilton, CT; d. ca. 1864; m. ca. 1840, Esther Whitlock.
v.	Samuel Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1822, Wilton, CT; d. 13 Jun 1874, New Canaan, CT; m. 24 Oct 1841, New Canaan, CT, Amanda Elizabeth Everett.
vi.	James Whitney, b. 16 Apr 1824; d. 1 May 1893; m. 15 Nov 1848, New Canaan, CT, Sarah A. Tuttle, b. ca. 1829, CT, daughter of Samuel P. Tuttle.

Notes

While researching The Whitney family of Connecticut, David Williams Patterson collected information on this Whitney family. This material is currently located in the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT and is a bound manuscript of about 150 pages. It has not yet been examined by members of the Whitney Research Group.

Census

• 1820, Wilton, Fairfield Co., CT: Benj^m Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 4 males 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850, New Canaan, Fairfield Co., MA:

359 379 Lewis Whitney 36 M - Shoemaker Ct. Angeline " 37 F - " Orin " 9 M - " Attended school Sarah " 5 F - " Attended school Mary " 3 F - " Lewis Tucker 25 M - Shoemaker " Clarissa " 17 F - " Jesse " 19 M - Shoemaker " William Greath 18 M - Shoemaker Ireland Levina Whitlock 17 F - Ct. Harvey " 28 M - "

• 1850, Darien, Fairfield Co., MA:

203 237 Legrand Whitney 32 M - Shoe M. Ct. Hester " 30 F - " Frances " 7 F - " Maria Whitlock 18 F - "

• 1850, New Canaan, Fairfield Co., MA:

170 185 Sand. Whitney 28 M - Farmer $1500 Ct. Amanda E. " 26 F - " Mary J. " 5 F - " Attended school Martha A. " 3 F - " Attended school Irvin G. " 10/12 M - " Abigal C. Everett 56 F - " Samuel O. " 17 M - Farmer " 186 James E. Jones 30 M - Labr. " Harriet N. " 29 F - " Ann A. " 7 F - " Attended school

• 1850, New Canaan, Fairfield Co., MA:

176 193 James Whitney 26 M - Shoe M Ct. Sarah E. " 21 F - " Harriett D. " 10/12 F - " Francis Hanowell 28 F - Mass. Elizabeth " 7 F - " Attended school

References

• 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. 1571

• Ancestry World Tree.

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