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, daughter of Joel and Rachel (Moss) Yale. She was born 3 Aug 1791, 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, Fort Ann, NY; d. 10 Dec 1896, Akron, NY; m. bef. 1850, Sarah -----, b. ca. 1822, d. after 1880; 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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