Family:Whitney, Samuel (1793-1845)

Samuel⁶ Whitney (John⁵, John⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁵ and Amy (Howd) Whitney, was born 28 Apr 1793, Branford, CT, and died 15 Dec 1845, Lahainaluna, Maui, Sandwich Islands.

He married, 3 Oct 1819, Pittsfield, MA, Mercy Partridge, daughter of William and Jemima (Bidwell) Partridge. She was born 14 Aug 1795, Pittsfield, MA, and died after 1868, Waimea, Kauai, Sandwich Islands.

Phoenix says the following:

"Samuel Whitney, b. at Branford, Conn., 28 Ap. 1793; a clergyman; joined the church at Northford, Conn., 27 March 1812; was dismissed, about 1817, to the church in Yale College, where he studied for two years; married, 3 Oct. 1819, at Pittsfield, Mass., Mercy Partridge, dau. of William and Jemima (Bidwell) Partridge, of Pittsfield, where she was born 14 Aug. 1795. The A. B. C. F. M. having accepted his offer of service as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands, they embarked at Boston, Mass., 23 Oct 1819, in the brig Thaddeus, and arrived at Kailua, Hawaii, 4 Ap. 1820. He was licensed by the Hawaiian Association, 28 Feb. 1823, and ordained by the same, at Kailua, 30 Nov. 1825. They settled at Waimea, Kauai, where she was yet living in 1868. He died, 15 Dec. 1845, after 25 years of devoted service, at Lahainaluna, in the Island of Maui, and was buried there."

Children of Samuel⁶ and Mercy (Partridge) Whitney:

i.	Maria Kapule' Whitney, b. 19 Oct 1820, Waimea, Kauai, Sandwich Islands; d. after 1868; m. 29 May 1848, Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands, Rev. John Fawcett Pogue.
ii.	Samuel Worcester Whitney, b. 18 Mar 1822, Waimea, Kauai, Sandwich Islands; "Rev." d. after 1900; m.(1) 9 Jun 1853, Westport, NY, Catharine Eudocia Kent; m.(2) 21 Dec 1858, New Bedford, MA, Harriet Ellen Hitch.
iii.	Henry Martyn Whitney, b. 5 Jun 1824, Waimea, Kauai, Sandwich Islands; d. after 1868; m. 27 Jun 1849, Catharine Olivia March.
iv.	Emily Elizabeth Whitney, b. 9 Jan 1827, Waimea, Kauai, Sandwich Islands; d. after 1867; m. 23 Aug 1853, New Haven, CT, Rev. Salmon McCall.

Census

• 1850, St. Georges Parish, Accomack Co., VA:

1133 1133 Edwd. J. Young 38 M - Physician 29000 Va. Sarah E. 33 F - " Sarah P. 10 F - " Edward 6 M - " Bettie 4 F - " Samuel Whitney 28 M - Presby. Clergyman Sandwick Islands

• 1850, Henry not found.
• 1860, Flushing, Queens Co., NY:

Male Institute 542 673 Elias A. Fairchild 34 M - Professor $25000 $8000 New Jersey Emily H. Northrup 32 F - " Allen P. " 34 M - Professor Vermont Franics F. " 7 F - Student New York Charles A. " 5 M - " Agnes " 3 F - " Frederick " 1 M - " Samuel W. Whitney 39 M - Clergyman Sandwich Islands Peter Winter 33 M - Professor Germany Homer A. Thompson 34 M - Professor Vermont David L. " 23 M - Professor Ohio Keturah " 59 M - New Jersey Electa " 25 M - " Jane Hankins 45 F - New York [59 students and 13 employees]

• 1860, New Bedford Ward 1, Bristol Co., MA:

595 868 George W. Backus 32 M - Teamer - $200 Mass. Sarah " 27 F - " Walter H. " 3 M - " Harriet E. Whitney 24 F - Weaver " William H. Lothrop 26 M - Sail Maker "

• 1860, Henry not found.
• 1870, New York Ward 20 District 11, New York Co., NY:

171 335 Whitney, Samuel W. 48 M W Clergyman England Parents foreign born, male citizen over 21 " Harriet E. 36 F W Mass.

• 1870, Henry not found.
• 1880, Thompson District 2, Sullivan Co., NY:

Saml. W. WHITNEY 58 Self M M W SANDWICH ISLANDS Clergy Man CT MA Harriet E. WHITNEY 47 Wife F M W MA House Keeping MA MA

• 1880, Henry not found.
• 1900, 221 West Johnson Street, Nugent Home, Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia Co., PA:

333 335 Ballentine, George D. Inmate W M May 1826 74 w33 3lv Canada Ireland Ireland Clergyman, Immigrated 1853, papers, House . . . Whitney, Samuel W. Inmate W M Mar 1822 78 m42 San. Wich Island Conn. Mass. Clergyman, Immigrated 1832, naturalized

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), pp. 253-263 and pp. 695-696.

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