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Seventh Generation.
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Chil. of Selleck and Betsey (Knapp) Whitney.
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1187
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I. Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Stamford, Conn., 14 Nov. 1806; married at Albany, N.Y., 9. Jan. 1827, by Rev. Henry R. Weed, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany, to William Alvord,1 an importer of foreign woods, a manufacturer of furniture, and a dealer therein at wholesale, son of William and Lucy (Clayborn) Alvord, of Rutland, Vt., where he was born 25 Feb. 1801. He dwelt in Albany from 1825 till his death, which took place 17 Dec. 1837, at Savannah, Ga., where he was buried. She died in 1870, at the house of her son William, in San Francisco, Cal.
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II. James Knapp Whitney, b. at Albany, N.Y., 15 May 1810; died 19 May 1811.
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III. Catharine Ann Whitney, b. at Albany, N. Y., 27 July 1812; married there, 1 May 1832, by Rev. William Bud Sprague, D. D., pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Albany, to James Wilson Green,2 of New York City, a lawyer, son of Richard and Sally (Webb) Green, of East Haddam, Conn., where he was born 20 March 1809. They dwelt in New York for several years; in Richmond, Ind., seven years; in New York again, till 1 May 1846; and then settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., where she died, in Adams Street, 21 Aug. 1849, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. He was living at 543 Henry Street, Brooklyn, in June 1877,
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1 ANCESTRY OF WILLIAM ALVORD.
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ALEXANDER ALVORD, b. in Eng. ab. 1620; m. 29 Oct. = MARY VORE, dau. of Richard and Ann Vore; an orig.
1646, at Windsor, Conn.; d. at Northampton, Mass., 3 | memb. of the First Church of Northampton; d. bef.
Oct. 1687. | 1683.
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EBENEZER ALVORD, b. at Northampton, Mass., = RUTH BAKER, b. at Northampton 6 May 1668, and died there 4
23 Dec. 1665; m. in 1691, at N.; and died | March 1706; dau. of Joseph and Ruth (Holton) Baker; g. dau.
there 29 Nov. 1738. | of Edward Baker, and of William Holton.
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JOSEPH ALVORD, b. at Northampton, = CLEMENCE WRIGHT, b. at Northampton, in Nov. 1703; d. 25 March 1776;
March 1697; m. 30 July 1730; died | dau. of Dea. Ebenezer and Hannah (Hunt) Wright, and g. d. of Samuel
1 Jan. 1786. | and Elizabeth (Burt) Wright.
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ELISHA ALVORD, b. at Northampton, 15 March 1731; m. 27 Oct. 1757; dwelt at = MARY HAMILTON. She died at
N., where he was proprietors' clerk; and died 23 Nov. 1807, at Cazenovia, N.Y. | Northampton, 2 Jan 1794, aged
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WILLIAM ALVORD, b. at Northampton, 31 = LUCY CLAYBORN, b. 5 May 1776, at Rutland, Vt.; m. 13 Sept. 1798; d.
March 1766; bap. 6 Ap. 1766; settled | 21 Aug. 1862, at Rutland. Her father, James Clayborn, b. 30 July
at Rutland, Vt.; and there died 27 Nov. | 1739, a volunteer under Stark, dist. himself in the battle of Bennington, 16
1853. | Aug. 1777; and died 12 June 1813.
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WILLIAM ALVORD, = MARY ELIZABETH WHITNEY, BENJAMIN ALVORD, b. at Rutland, Vt., 18 aug. 1813; paymaster-
No. 3942 general of U. S. Army, from 1 Jan. 1872, with rank of Brig.
Gen. from 22 July 1876.
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2 For pedigree, see opposite.
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