Family:Whitney, Gershom Turney (1812-a1874)
Gershom Turney7 Whitney (Ephraim6, Aaron5, Samuel4, Richard3, John2, Henry1), son of Ephraim6, was born 9 May 1812, Patterson, NY, and died after 1874.
He married firstly, Sarah Davis, daughter of Matthew Davis.
He married secondly, Sarah -----, b. ca. 1807, NY.
Phoenix says the following:
- They moved to Mexico, Ohio; and thence to Kansas Station, Ohio; where he was living, with a second wife, in 1874, but could not be induced to furnish any records.
Children of Gershom Turney7 and Sarah (Davis) Whitney:
i. Gershom Turney8 Whitney, b. Pawling, NY; d. Poughkeepsie, NY, aged 5 or 6 years. ii. Jane Whitney; apparently the female 0-4 in the 1840 census, so b. 1835-1840. iii. Albert Whitney. iv. George Whitney. v. William H. Whitney, b. ca. 1848, NY; m. 9 Dec 1868, Wyandot Co., OH, Mary Emma Smith. vi. Joseph Whitney, b. Feb 1852, NY; m.(1) Sarah Salinda Kinsey; m.(2) Rosa Ann Baker.
Census
- 1830, Beekman, Dutchess Co., NY: Matthew Davis & Gershom Whitney, 1 male 50-60, 1 male 15-20, 1 female 50-60, 1 female 20-30, 4 total.
- 1840, Hunter, Greene Co., NY: Gersham T. Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 15-19, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Southeast, Putnam Co., NY:
365 380 Geshum Whitney 38 M - Wagonmaker N.Y. Sally wf 43 F - " Illiterate William H. 2 M - "
69 69 G. F. Whitney 48 M - Waggon Maker $125 N.Y. Sarah 52 F - " William H. 11 M - " Attended school Joseph 8 M - " Attended school Andrew 12 M - O.
78 65 Whitney, Gershom 53 M W Wagon Maker $500 -- New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 63 F W Keeping House New York Illiterate -----, William 22 M W Wagon Maker New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Joseph 18 M W Wagon Maker New York -----, Mary 22 F W Keepng House Pennsylvania -----, Charlotte 7/12 F W Ohio Born in Nov
References
- All data imported from 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. 674 and p. 1473.
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