Family:Whitney, Laban (1815-1895)

Laban⁷ Whitney (Laban⁶, Elias⁵, Elias⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Laban⁶ and Olive (Green) Whitney, was born 6 Jan 1815, Bellingham, MA.^[1]

He married, 10 Apr 1841, Mary Sickles. She was born 20 Dec 1821, and died 13 Dec 1877.

He is a bootmaker; resided Stockport, NY.

Children of Laban⁷ and Mary (Sickles) Whitney:

i.	Melissa8 Whitney, b. 15 Dec 1842, Queensman, NY; d. 30 Mar 1901, Medway, MA, aged 58 years 3 months 15 days, of progressive paralysis;[2] m. Silas A. Read; resided Caryville, MA.
ii.	Lydia Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1844, NY; m. 10 Feb 1868, Richard Aspin; resided Stockport, NY.
iii.	Lemuel W. Whitney, b. 19 Aug 1846, Bellingham, MA;[3] resided Chatham, NY.
iv.	Fanny Darling Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1848, Milford, MA;[4] m. ca. 1868, George William Hoes; resided Valatie, NY.
v.	Hannah Whitney, b. 20 Feb 1850, MA; m. Thomas Houston; resided Stockport, NY.
vi.	John S. Whitney, b. 27 Jan 1853, MA; m. before 1880, Eliza Cufman or Luffman; resided Chatham, NY.
vii.	William H. Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1855, MA; m. before 1880, Carrie Jefers; resided Stuyvesant Falls, NY.
viii.	Elsie Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1857, NY; m. ca. 1887, George E. Brierly; resided Cohoes, NY.
ix.	Alice Whitney, b. ca. Dec 1859, NY; apparently died young.
x.	Alice Whitney, b. 23 Aug 1864, NY; resided Chatham, NY.

Census

• 1850, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

412 564 Laban Whitney 35 M - Boot Maker Mass. Mary " 28 F - N.Y. Melissa " 7 F - " Attended school Lydia W. " 5 F - " Attended school Samuel " 4 M - Mass. Fanny " 2 F - " Hannah " 6/12 F - " Hannah Sicklin 18 F - N.Y.

• 1855, Blackstone, Worcester Co., MA:

119 121 Laban Whitney 32 M W Boot maker Mass. Mary Whitney 34 F " N. York Alice Whitney 13 F " Mass. Lydia Whitney 11 F " do Samuel Whitney 9 M " do Fanny Whitney 7 F " do Hannah Whitney 6 F " do John Whitney 3 M " do William H. Whitney 7m M " do

• 1860, Albany Ward 1, Albany Co., NY:

192 410 George H. Read 27 M W Memental decorator $100 New York Sarah " 27 F " " John " 8 M " " Attended school George " 6 " " " Attended school Clara " 4 F " " William " 1 M " " 411 Aaron Sagaman 30 " " Jewellery Peddler $200 Germany Jeanette " 22 F " " Harris " 2 M " New York Harman " 4/12 M " " 412 Laban Whitney 45 " " Shoe Maker $100 Massachusetts Mary " 48 F " New York Melissa " 17 " " " Attended school Lydia " 16 " " " Attended school Lemuel " 13 M " Massachusetts Attended school Fanny " 12 F " " Attended school Hannah " 10 " " " Attended school John " 7 M " " Attended school William " 5 " " " Attended school Elsie " 3 F " New York Alice " 6/12 " " " 413 Moses Hoffman 30 M " Peddler $300 Germany Rebecca " 25 F " "

• 1870, Stuyvesant, Columbia Co., NY:

107 122 Whitney, L. 55 M W Shoemaker Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 Mary S. 49 F W Keeping house New York Illiterate John S. 17 M W Work in Cotton Mill Massachusetts William H. 15 M W " " " " " Elsy 12 F W " " " " New York Attended school Alice 7 F W " at Home " Attended school

• 1870, son Lemuel not found.
• 1880, Valatie, Columbia Co., NY:

Laban WHITNEY 65 Self M W W MA Cobbler MA MA John S. WHITNEY 27 Son M M W MA Works In Cotton Mill MA MA Eliza WHITNEY 25 DauL F M W NY Works In Cotton Mill NY NY

• 1880, son Lemuel not found.
• 1880, Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY:

William WHITNEY 25 Self M M W NY Work In Cotton Mill NY NY Corrie WHITNEY 23 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY

• 1880, Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY:

Thomas HOUSTON 36 Self M M W NY Carder NY IRE Hannah HOUSTON 26 Wife F M W NY Keeping Huse NY NY Solman HOUSTON 7 Son M S W NY NY NY Thomas HOUSTON 1 Son M S W NY NY NY Mary HOUSTON 89 Moth F W W IRE At Home IRE IRE Alice WHITNEY 17 Othe F S W NY Works In Cotton Mill NY 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. 420.

1.^  "Laban [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Jan. 6, 1815," according to Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 518, page 63.

3.^  "Lemuel [Whitney], s. of Laban and Mary, in Bellingham, [born] Aug. 19, 1846," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917).

4.^  "Fanny D. [Whitney], d. of Laban and Mary, [born] July 2, 1848," according to Milford Vital Records.

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