Family:Whitney, Joshua (1769-1810)
Joshua5 Whitney ([prob.] Joshua4, Cornelius3, Joshua2, John1), probably son of Joshua4 and [?Joanna?] (-----) Whitney, was born 1769, Providence, RI, and died said 22 Aug 1810, Aurelius, NY [but see will below].
He married, 1786, Phebe Parker. She was born said 1770, and died after 1820.
He resided Granville, Fleming, and Aurelius, NY.
PROBATE: LDS Film #0861024; NY; Cayuga Co; Surrogate's Records, Box 4 (unpaged); Estate of Joshua B. Whitney, decd.
- 21 Aug 1817
- Will of Joshua B. Whitney of Aurelius, Cayuga Co..to my beloved wife Phebe Whiteny, all my personal property ... oldest son Chauncy P. Whitney, $5 ... my son Joshua Whitney, $400 ... to my dau. Sally Tompkins, $5 ... 3 daus. and 3 sons Polly Whitney, Susan Whitney, Laura Whitney, John Whitney, Enos Whitney, Willard Whitney, to each a share of real estate ... exrs. Joshua Whitney & Daniel Calkins, Esquire.
- (signed) Joshua B. Whitney
- Witnesses:
- Asahel Cooley
- Chauncy Parker
- Joseph L. Perry
- Inventory appr. by Lyman Loomis & Elijah Sheldon
Also in Box 4, letters of 24 Feb & 12 Mar 1929 (yes, 112 years later) from desc. Chloe Webster Jacques (Mrs. W. C.) (no return address) asking for info on Joshua Whitney & wife Phebe Parker who came from Granville, [Washington Co] NY, to Fleming, Cayuga Co, in 1804 ... names children Chauncy P., Joshua, Willard Washington, Polly Matilda, & Susan (later Mrs. Solomon Matthews). Polly Matilda married Cheslie Webster in Pontiac, MI, in 1823.[1]
Children of Joshua5 Whitney:
i. Chauncey Parker6 Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1789; m. Sally Edson. ii. Joshua Whitney, b. ca. 1791; m. and had a son Leonard. iii. Sally Ann Whitney, b. say 1794; d. after 1850; m.(1) ca. 1812-1816, William Tompkins, d. 25 Oct 1816, Varysburg, Town of Sheldon, Genesee Co., NY; m.(2) say 1827, David Herrington. iv. Polly Matilda Whitney, b. say 1797; m. 1823, Pontiac, MI, Cheslie Webster. v. John Whitney, b. say 1800. vi. Susan Whitney, b. say 1803; d. after 1850; m. 1823, Pontiac, MI, Solomon J. Matthews; res. Troy, Oakland Co., MI. vii. Enos Whitney, b. say 1805; m. before 1830, ----- -----; res. Livonia, Livingston Co., NY, 1830; one daughter b. 1825-1830; in Oakland Co., MI Terr., in 1832. viii. Laura Whitney, b. say 1807. ix. Willard W. Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1810; m. Laura Wheeler Pearsall.
Census
- 1790, Granville, Washington Co., NY: Joshua Whitney 3d, 2 males over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 3 females.
- 1800, Granville, Washington Co., NY: Joshua Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
- 1810, Aurelius, Cayuga Co., NY: Joshua Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 16-25, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 0-9.
- 1820, Aurelius, Cayuga Co., NY: Phebe Whitney, 2 males 26-45, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25, and 2 females 10-15; 3 engaged in agriculture.
- 1820, Livonia, Ontario Co., NY: Joshua Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44; 1 engaged in agriculture. This was his son.
- 1830, widow Phebe not found.
- 1830, son Joshua not found.
- 1830, Livonia, Livingston Co., NY: Enos Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4.
- 1840, son Joshua not found.
- 1850, son Joshua and grandson Leonard not found.
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. 114.
1.^ "Ancestors and Friends" Ancestry World Tree at Ancestry.com.
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