Family:Whitney, Stephen (1778-1854)

Stephen⁶ Whitney (Samuel⁵, John⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Samuel⁵ and Mary (St. John) Whitney, was born 14 Aug 1778, NY, and died 13 Oct 1854, Henderson, NY, aged 76 years 2 months.

He married, 3 Mar 1806, Paris, NY, Sally Finney, daughter of Sylvester and Rebecca (Rice) Finney. She was born 1 Jun 1780, CT, and died 26 Sep 1852, Henderson, NY, ages 72 years.

Phoenix says the following:

. . . a farmer . . . . They settled, soon after marriage, in Henderson . . . . They were buried in the Carpenter Cemetery, in Henderson, about a mile north of their dwelling-house.

Children of Stephen⁶ and Sally (Finney) Whitney:

i.	Sabra7 Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1807, Henderson, NY; m. Lyman Tuttle.
ii.	Emeline Whitney, b. 26 Apr 1809, Henderson, NY; d. 22 Feb 1815, Henderson, NY; buried in the Carpenter Cemetery, Henderson, NY.
iii.	William Whitney, b. 21 Mar 1811, Henderson, NY; d. 27 Aug 1812, Henderson, NY; buried in the Carpenter Cemetery, Henderson, NY.
iv.	Nancy Maria Whitney, b. 26 Mar 1812, Henderson, NY; d. 13 Jun 1875, Henderson Harbor, NY; m. 24 Feb 1860, Camden, NY, Capt. John Silliman Warner, by Rev. Mr. Rowley, Presbyterian. He was a master-mariner, who was born in Schaghticoke, N. Y., 1 Aug. 1804, son of William Wilson and Mary (Parish) Warner. From 1817 to 1862, he was engaged in navigating Ontario, and the other great lakes; was master of a vessel from 1825; and of steamers after 1843. He was the first commander of the Vandalia, built at Oswego, N. Y., said to be the first vessel, built for business, with a screw-propeller. They resided, in 1874, at Henderson Harbor, where she died, without children, 13 June 1875. She was buried in Henderson.
v.	Marcus Whitney, b. 2 Apr 1814, Henderson, NY; a farmer; resided in 1874 with his brother George, in Henderson, NY, unmarried.
vi.	George Gale Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1817, Henderson, NY; m. Sally McNitt (Hawkins) Becker.
vii.	Harriet Ann Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1820, Henderson, NY; m. Daniel Moore Snow.
viii.	Helen Mar Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1823, Henderson, NY; lived at Henderson Harbor, with her sister, Mrs. Nancy Maria (Whitney) Warner, in 1874, unmarried.

Census

• 1800: not found.

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. 170-171 and pp. 465-466.

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