Family:Whitney, Frank (1850-a1880)
Frank10 Whitney (Nelson9, Alonzo Adams8, Abraham Johnson7, James6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Nelson9 and Susan Caroline (Parcel) Whitney, was born 31 Aug 1850, Whitneyville, PA, and died after 1880.
He married, 18 May 1872, Whitneyville, PA, Adeline Schieffelin, daughter of Alfred and Catharine (Ferry) Schieffelin. She was born 31 Dec 1850, and died after 1880.
He resided Whitneyville, PA.
Phoenix says the following:
- "Frank Whitney, b. at Whitneyville, Penn., 31 Aug. 1850; a farmer; married at Whitneyville, 18 May 1872, by Rev. G. S. Transue, Methodist Episcopal, to Adeline Schieffelin, who was born at Charleston, Penn., 31 Dec. 1850, dau. of Alfred and Catharine (Ferry) Schieffelin, g. dau. of Jacob Schieffelin, g. g. dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Lawrence) Schieffelin, of New York, and g. g. g. dau. of Jacob and Regina Margaretta Kraften (Ritschaurin) Schieffelin, who came from Germany to America in 1735. They settled at Whitneyville, and were living there in May 1876. He is a sergeant in the 12th Reg. of Penn. Militia."
Children of Frank10 and Adeline (Schieffelin) Whitney:
i. Claude Lorraine11 Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1873, Whitneyville, PA.
Census
Alfred SCHIEFFELIN 52 Self M W W NY Farmer NY NY Addie WHITNEY 28 Dau F M W NY K. House NY PA Frank WHITNEY 29 SonL M M W NY Farmer NY NY Claude WHITNEY 7 GSon M S W NY PA PA
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. 662.
- 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. 2243; and p. 2458.
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