Family:Whitney, James (1800-1854)

James⁷ Whitney (James⁶, Ezra⁵, James⁴, John³, Jonathan², John¹), born 6 Mar 1800; married Prudence Allard; born -----; died Mar., 1839; married 2d, 9 Sep 1839, Lavina Lee; born 14 Feb 1821. She married 2d Rufus Burden, of Sutton. He was a carpenter and joiner. Lavina L. Burden, of Sutton, appointed guardian of Floretta A. Whitney, minor Child of James Whitney, Woodstock, Connecticut, 15 Feb 1870. Ch. Floretta, born Apr. 30, 1854. He died 30 Aug 1854; resided Woodstock, Connecticut.

Children of James⁷ Whitney:

i.	Daniel J.8 Whitney, born 9 Jun 1840; married Nancy Child and Miranda White.
ii.	Chandler B. Whitney, born 23 Jun 1843; married Harriett Cowles and Clara G. Cowles
iii.	Perley Lyon Whitney, born 30 Apr 1854; killed by the cars in Worcester, 27 Aug 1869.
iv.	Mary Jane Whitney, born 16 Aug 1845; married 21 Mar 1866, Putnam Dwight King; born 16 Jan 1842, in Sutton, Massachusetts. Resided Sutton, Massachusetts. Wholesale flour dealer. Ch.; Dwight E., born 27 Apr 1867; married and resided S.
v.	Floretta Ann Whitney, born 30 Apr 1854; married 11 Oct 1871, Theodore L. Chase; resided 17 Bellevue St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Ch: Perley W., born Mar 16, 1876, Florence Maud (adopted), born 26 Mar 1886.
vi.	Louisa Maria Whitney, born E. Woodstock; died 30 May 1850.
vii.	Hanrietta B. Whitney, born E. Woodstock, 1849; died 25 May 1850.

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 367-368.

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