Family:Whitney, Nathan (s1787-1844)

Nathan⁶ Whitney (Benjamin⁵, Daniel⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Benjamin⁵ and Sarah (Ketcham) Whitney, was born say 1787, Warwick, NY, and died 1844, Madison, MI.

He married, Romulus, NY, Anna Caton, daughter of John Dunning and Deborah (Doble) Caton. She was born at Goshen, NY, and died Dec 1835, Romulus, NY.

Phoenix says the following:^[1]

"Nathan Whitney, b. in Warwick, N. Y.; a farmer; married at Romulus, N. Y., Anna Caton, who was born at Goshen, N. Y., dau. of John Dunning and Deborah (Doble) Caton, of Romulus. He went to Madison, Mich., where he died, in 1844, and was buried. She died in Romulus, in Dec. 1835."

Children of Nathan⁶ and Anna (Caton) Whitney:

i.	William Canfield Whitney, b. 31 Jan 1808, Romulus, NY; d. 1843, Barre, NY.
ii.	Anson Shay Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1809, Romulus, NY; m. Mary Jane McMurphy.
iii.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 1811, Romulus, NY; d. after 1875.
iv.	George Haight Whitney, b. Romulus, NY; d. Spottsylvania, VA.
v.	Rosetta Whitney, b. Romulus, NY; d. in MI.
vi.	Edward Whitney, b. Romulus, NY; d. after 1880; res. Vergennes, VT, in 1874.

Census

• 1810: not found.
• 1820, Romulus, Seneca Co., NY: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-0, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-15, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Charlestown, Sullivan Co., NH:

33 38 Edward S. D. Whitney 25 M - Shoe Maker N.Y. Jane M. " 25 F - Vt. Geo. G. " 1/12 M - N.H.

• 1860, Alabama, Genesee Co., NY:

263 249 Edward F. Whitney 35 M - $200 N.H. Jane M. Whitney 35 F - Vermont George " 11 M - N.H. Attended school John Whitney 9 M - N.H. Attended school Ellen " 7 F - N.Y. Attended school Marietta " 5 F - " Attended school Jane A. " 3 F - " Flora J. " 3/12 F - "

• 1870, Middlebury, Addison Co., VT:

434 455 O'Leary, Jerry 56 M W Quarryman Ireland Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 " Mary 53 F W Keeping house $200 Ireland Parents foreign born " Johanna 17 F W Works in Cotton Mill Vermont Parents foreign born " Jerry Jr. 14 M W At home Vermont Parents foreign born, Attended school " Elizabeth 13 F W " Vermont Parents foreign born, Attended school " Catharine 10 F W " Vermont Parents foreign born, Attended school 456 Whitney, Edward 50 M W Works in Cotton Mill $500 New York Male citizen over 21 " Jane 45 F W Keeping house Vermont " Ellen 17 F W At home New York " Maryette 15 F W Works in Cotton Mill " " Ada 8 F W " Attended school

• 1880, Middlebury, Addison Co., VT:

Edward T. D. WHITNEY 65 Self M M W MI Day Laborer NOT KNOWN NOT Jane M. WHITNEY 56 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT VT Jennie WHITNEY 22 Dau F S W NY House Servt. MI VT

• 1900, West Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:

386 407 Millard, Charles A. Head W M Sep 1858 41 m18 Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Farm Laborer, Owns free house -----, Jane A. Wife W F Aug 1857 42 m18 0ch 0lv New York Michigan Vermont Whitney, Jane M. MiL W F Sep 1824 75 wid 8ch 4lv Vermont Vermont Vermont None

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. 184 and pp. 502-503.

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