Family:Whitney, John Merrick (1792-1867)

John Merrick⁶ Whitney (James Rex⁵, Caleb⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), born Franklin, Georgia, 4 Jun 1792; married 19 Oct 1818, Clarissa Montgomery, born 21 Apr 1798; died 9 Jun 1871. He died 18 Nov 1867; resided Fayette, Mississippi.

Children of John Merrick⁶ Whitney:

i.	Alexander M.7 Whitney, born 19 Jan 1817; married and resided in Louisiana; was clergyman in the M. E. Church.
ii.	William H. Whitney, born 15 Aug 1818; died Augusta, Kentucky, 14 Nov 1835.
iii.	John S. Whitney, born 19 Apr 1820; married Malissa A. Coleman.
iv.	Catherine L. Whitney, born 23 Jun 1823; died Fay., 21 May 1824.
v.	Emily Whitney, born 13 May 1825; married 16 Oct 1845, Rev. Horace M. Booth, born 23 Oct 1815; 5 ch.; resided Rockport, Texas.
vi.	Samuel F. Whitney, born 19 Aug 1827; married Mattie Emanuel.
vii.	Charles W. Whitney, born 15 Oct 1829; married Sarah C. F. Darden.
viii.	Catherine L. Whitney, born 12 Dec 1831.
ix.	James J. Whitney, born 11 Jan 1834; married Josephine Darden.
x.	William H. Whitney, born 19 Apr 1836; died 28 Jul 1841, at F.
xi.	Prosper K. Whitney, born 23 Sep 1838; married Helen S. McCaleb
xii.	May Elizabeth Whitney, born 31 May 1841; died Holly Springs, 12 Jan 1857.

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. 216-217.

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