Family:Whitney, John Merrick (1792-1867)

John Merrick's Locations

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John Merrick⁶ Whitney (James Rex⁵, Caleb⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of James Rex⁵ and Polly (Holland) Whitney, was born 4 Jun 1792, Franklin, GA,and died 18 Nov 1867.

He married, 19 Oct 1818, Clarissa Montgomery. She was born 21 Apr 1798, and died 9 Jun 1871.

He resided Fayette, MS.

Children of John Merrick⁶ and Clarissa (Montgomery) Whitney:

i.	Alexander M.7 Whitney, b. 19 Jan 1817, Adams Co., MS; d. 5 Oct 1842; m. and resided in Louisiana; was clergyman in the M. E. Church. "Alexander M. Whitney was born of respectable parents, in Adams County, Minnesota [sic], January 16, 1817. He was reared in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. While a youth he was sent to Augusta College, where he received a good English education. He was exemplary in his moral deportment from childhood. At the age of eighteen he was awakened to a sense of his sinfulness, and as a seeker of salvation, united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayette, Jefferson County, to which place his father had removed. On the 5th of October, 1842, he expressed great comfort in listening to Sister Dunwody read the Holy Scriptures. With her he had conversed a short time before on what was the most desirable frame of mind to die in. He said he preferred the frame of prayer rather than praise. Soon after the reading of the Scriptures just referred to be requested all present to join him in prayer. He himself commenced; and with unwonted appropriateness and unusual energy he prayed ten or fifteen minutes, in a tone quite as loud as usual. In his prayer he earnestly besought his heavenly Father to give him dying grace. He closed, and said, "Amen." He then asked his physician if he considered him in full possession of his faculties, who answered, "Certainly." He then expressed gratitude to God, asked Sister Dunwody if she recollected their late conversation, requested that his parents should be written to, and almost immediately died."[1]
ii.	William H. Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1818; d. 14 Nov 1835, Augusta, KY.
iii.	John Snodgrass Whitney, b. 19 Apr 1820; m. Malissa A. Coleman.
iv.	Catherine L. Whitney, b. 23 Jun 1823; d. 21 May 1824, Fayette, MS.
v.	Emily Whitney, b. 13 May 1825; m. 16 Oct 1845, Rev. Horace M. Booth, b. 23 Oct 1815; 5 ch.; resided Rockport, TX.
vi.	Samuel Franklin Whitney, b. 19 Aug 1827; m. Mattie Emanuel..
vii.	Charles Wesley Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1829; m. Sarah C. F. Darden.
viii.	Catherine L. Whitney, b. 12 Dec 1831; d. 22 Jan 1923.
ix.	James Jefferson Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1834; m. Josephine Darden.
x.	William H. Whitney, b. 19 Apr 1836; d. 28 Jul 1841, Fayette, MS.
xi.	Prosper King Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1838; m. Helen S. McCaleb.
xii.	Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 31 May 1841; d. 12 Jan 1857, Holly Springs.

Census

• 1820, Natches, Adams Co., MS: John M. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-17, 3 males 0-9, 2 females 16-25, 1 male free black over 45, and 2 male free blacks 14-25.
• 1830, no township listed, Jefferson Co., MS: John M Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 3 males 10-14, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 1 male slave 55-99, 4 males slaves 24-35, 7 male slaves 10-23, 11 male slaves 0-9, 2 female slaves 36-54, 4 female slaves 24-25, 6 female slaves 10-23, and 10 female slaves 0-9.
• 1840, no township listed, Jefferson Co., MS: J. M. Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 3 males 20-29, 2 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 1 male slave 55-99, 4 male slaves 36-54, 10 male slaves 24-35, 10 male slaves 10-23, 10 males slaves 0-9, 3 female slaves 36-54, 5 female slaves 24-35, 12 female slaves 10-23, and 8 female slaves 0-9; 40 engaged in agriculture.
• 1840, no township listed, Choctaw Co., MS: A. M. Whitney, 1 male 20-29; 1 engaged in learned professions or engineers.
• 1850, East 8 Township, Jefferson Co., MS:

152 152 Jno. M. Whitney 59 M W Planter 10000 Mi. Mary Whitney 61 F W Mi. F. S. Whitney 23 M W Planter Mi. J. J. Whitney 16 M W Student do Attended school C. L. Whitney 18 F W do P. K. Whitney 13 M W do Attended school Mary E. Whitney 9 F W do Attended school

• 1860, Fayette P.O., Jefferson Co., MS:

231 226 John M. Whitney 68 M - Planter $15000 $75000 Mississippi C. Whitney 62 F - Do Lucy Whitney 12 F - Do Attended school

• 1860, daughter Catherine not found.
• 1870, Township 9, Jefferson Co., MS, p. 61/93-62:

524 523 Clarisa Whitney 73 F W -- Miss. Whitney, L. R. 38 F W -- " -----, Hattie 16 F W At School " -----, Mary C. 12 F W At School Miss.

L. R. may be her daughter Catherine; Hattie and Mary are granddaughters, daughters of son John.

• 1870, daughter Catherine not found.
• 1880, daughter Catherine 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), pp. 216-217.

• Suplemented by tombstone information from Fayette, MS.

1.^  Maxwell Pierson Gaddis, Last Words and Old-Time Memories, pp. 111-112.

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