Family:Whitney, Sylvester (1785-1855)

Sylvester⁶ Whitney (Matthias⁵, Joshua⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), born Hancock, Massachusetts, 14 Aug 1785; married at Granville, New York, Laura Yale, born Wallingford, Connecticut, 1795; died 26 Feb 1865, at Batavia, New York. He died 25 Feb 1855; resided Riga, Batavia, and Oakfield, New York.

Children of Sylvester⁶ Whitney:

i.	Mary7 Whitney, born 13 Aug 1811; married ----- Woodhull.
ii.	Sylvester Whitney, born 13 Feb 1813; resided Akron, New York.
iii.	Almira Whitney, born 28 Mar 1815; married William Woolcott; resided Oakfield New York; a son, Wm L. Walcott, resided Oakfield.
iv.	Celestia Whitney, born 8 Jun 1817; married ----- Starkweather.
v.	Laura Whitney, born 25 Aug 1819; married 22 Oct 1840, John Martin; resided Akron, New York. He was born Johnstown, New York, 5 Feb 1810; died Dec. 24, 1824, was a farmer. Ch:George E., Oakfield, New York, born July 25, 1841; John S., Oakfield, New York, born 9 Apr 1844; Hiram N. born 17 Jun 1854; Edwin E., Newstead, New York, born 11 Jun 1860; died 8 Aug 1860; Minnie C, Newstead, New York, born 12 Sep 1862; address, Akron, Erie County, Oh.
vi.	Matilda Whitney, born 11 Apr 1822; married Samuel Knickerbocker.
vii.	Nelson Whitney, born 11 Mar 1826; married Ellen F. Miller.
viii.	Silas Whitney, born April 2, 1828; married Mary J. Bogart.

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), p. 220.

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