Family:Whitney, Sylvester (1785-1855)

Sylvester⁶ Whitney (Matthias⁵, Joshua⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), son of Matthias⁵ and Dorcas (Vaughan) Whitney, was born 15 Aug 1785, Hancock, MA,^[1] and died 25 Feb 1855, Oakfield, NY.

He married, Granville, NY, Laura Yale. She was born 1795, Wallingford, CT, and died 26 Feb 1865, Batavia, NY. He resided Riga, Batavia, and Oakfield, NY.

Children of Sylvester⁶ and Laura (Yale) Whitney:

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

Census

• 1810: not found.
• 1820, Riga, Genesee Co., NY: Sylvester Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 4 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Riga, Monroe Co., NY: Sylvester Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 15-19, 2 females 10-14, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY: Sylvester Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 2 males 10-14, 1 female 40-49, 2 females 20-29, 1 female 15-19; 4 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY:

124 137 Sylvester Whitney 64 M - Farmer $5000 Mass. Nelson " 24 M - Farm Laborer N.Y. Laura " 59 F - Ct. Sarah " 28 F - Ohio Sylvester " Jr. 37 M - Farmer $2500 N.Y. Carmi Wilbur 58 M - Farm Laborer Mass. Walter G. " 11 M - N.Y. Attended school

• 1860: not found.
• 1860, Elba, Genesee Co., NY:

182 187 Sylvester Whitney 47 M - Farmer $5750 $500 New York Sarah Whitney 38 F - Housekeeper Ohio Nelson Whitney 34 M - Farmer New York Carmi Wilber 73 M - Farmer Massachusetts Maria Grover 22 F - Help New York

• 1870, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY:

445 422 Whitney, Sylvester 57 M W Farmer $5000 $1800 New York Male citizen over 21 " Sarah 48 F W Keeping House " " Nelson 44 M W Farmer " Male citizen over 21 " Ellen F. 30 F W Keeping House "

• 1880, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY:

Sylvester WHITNEY 67 Self M M W NY Farming MA CT Sarah WHITNEY 58 Wife F M W OH Keeping House MA NY

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), p. 220.

1.^  "Sylvester [Whitney], s. of Mathias and Dorcas, b. 14 Aug 1785," according to Holbrook, Jay Mack, Massachusetts Vital Records, Hancock (Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987).

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