by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 254 - 259
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3837. i. JACOB, b. -----; d. young.
3838. ii. ANNIE, b. -----; m. Hiram FOWLER, of W. Ch.: Samuel, Eliza
and John.
3839. iii. BETSEY, b. in 1804; m. in Worcester in 1832, Luther LEGG, b. Jan.,
1794; res. W. Ch.: Lucy, d. unm.; Perley, b. Nov. 14, 1832; res.
unm. in Upton, Mass., and Mira, d. unm. Betsey d. 1892. He
was a farmer, and d. 1872.
3840. iv. SEBRA, b. -----; m. Samuel KING; res. W. Ch.: Emory, Davis,
Lawson and Curtis.
1832. JOSEPH WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Nov. 27, 1767; m. Polly STOCKWELL; d. Oct. 29, 1844. He d. Aug. 4, 1843; res.
Grafton, Mass.
3841. i. JOSEPH H., b. Mar. 29, 1803; m. Damaris H. RICE and Sarah
INGRAHAM.
3842. ii. DANIEL S., b. Nov. 24, 1804; d. Dec. 19, 1832. He made his will
Oct. 20, 1832. It was probated Feb. 5, 1833. Mentions father
Joseph, brother Nath'l G., sister Hannah R., sister Harriett W.
Nath'l WHITNEY, exec.
3843. iii. POLLY J., b. Oct. 29, 1806; m. Jan. 1, 1829, Solomon L. PRENTICE, b.
1802. She d. -----; res. Grafton, Mass. Ch.: Ann M., b. Mar.
18, 1830; Sarah R., b. Feb. 2, 1833; Mary E. b. July 10, 1835; d.
Aug. 9, 1837.
3844. iv. NATHANIEL G., b. July 4 1810; m. Charlotte THOMPSON.
3845. v. HANNAH R., b. Aug. 25, 1812; m. Nov. 6, 1834, John C. CODY.
3846. vi. HARRIETT R., b. Jan 19, 1817.
1836. ELI WHITNEY (Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
boro, Dec. 8, 1765; m. Jan., 1817, Henrietta Frances EDWARDS, June, 1768; d. Apr. 16,
1870. She was dau. of Hon. Pierpont EDWARDS, gr. at Princeton Coll. in 1768; was a law-
yer in New Haven, Conn., soldier in the Revolution, member of the Continental
Congress, and judge of the U. S. court for Conn. at the time of his death. He was a
frequent member of the Conn. Legislature, was the first grand master of the Masonic
fraternity in Conn. She was a granddaughter of Rev. Jonathan EDWARDS, president
of New Jersey college.
Eli WHITNEY, inventor, born in Westboro, Mass., Dec. 8, 1765; died in New
Haven, Conn., Jan. 8, 1825. During the Revolutionary war he was engaged in making
nails by hand. Subsequently, by his industry as an artisan and by teaching, he was
able to defray his expenses at Yale, where he was graduated in 1792. In the same
year he went to Georgia under an engagement as a private tutor, but on arriving
there found that the place had been filled. He then accepted the invitation of the
widow of Gen. Nath. GREENE to make her place at Mulberry Grove, on Savannah
river, his home while he studied law. Several articles that he had devised for Mrs.
GREENE's convenience gave her great faith in his inventive powers, and when some
of her visitors regretted that there could be no profit in the cultivation of the green
seed-cotton, which was considered the best variety, owing to the great difficulty of
separating it from the seed, she advised them to apply to WHITNEY, "who," she said,
"could make anything." A pound of preen-seed cotton was all that a negro woman
could, at that period, clean in a day. Mr. WHITNEY up to that time had seen neither
the raw cotton nor the cotton seed, but he at once procured some cotton, from which
the seeds had been removed, although with trouble, as it was not the season of the
year for the cultivation of the plant, and began to work out his idea of the cotton-
gin. He was occupied for some months in constructing his machine, during which
he met with great difficulty, being compelled to draw the necessary iron wire him-
self, as he could obtain none in Savannah, and to manufacture his own iron tools.
Near the end of 1792 he succeeded in making a gin, of which the principle and
mechanism are exceedingly simple. Its main features are a cylinder four feet long,
and five inches in diameter, upon which is set a series of circular saws half an inch
apart and projecting two inches above the surface of the revolving cylinder. A
mass of cotton in the seed, separated from the cylinder by a steel grating, is brought
in contact with the numerous teeth in the cylinder. These teeth catch the cotton
while playing between the bars, which allow the lint, but not the seed, to pass.
Beneath the saws is a set of stiff brushes on another cylinder, revolving in a opposite
direction, which brush off from the saw teeth the lint that these have just pulled
from the seed. There is also a revolving fan for producing a current of air to throw
the light and downy lint that is thus liberated to a convenient distance from the
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revolving saws and brushes. Such are the essential principles of the cotton gin as
invented by WHITNEY, and as it is still used, but in various details and workmanship
it has been the subject of many improvements, the object of which has been to pick
the cotton more perfectly from the seed, to prevent the teeth from cutting the staple,
and to give greater regularity to the operation of the machine. By its use the planter
was able to clean for market, by the labor of one man, one thousand pounds of cotton
in place of five or six by hand. Mrs. GREENE and Phinehas MILLER were the only ones
permitted to see the machine, but rumors of it had gone through the state, and before
it was quite finished the building in which it was placed was broken into at night and
the machine was carried off. Before he could complete his model and obtain a
patent, a number of machines, based on his invention, had been made surreptitiously,
and were in operation. In May, 1793, he formed a partnership with Mr. MILLER, who
had some property, and went to Connecticut to manufacture the machines, but he
became involved in continual trouble by the infringement of his patent. In Georgia
it was boldly asserted that he was not the inventer, but that something like it had
been produced in Switzerland, and it was claimed that the substitution of teeth cut
in an iron plate for wire prevented an infringement on his invention. He had sixty
lawsuits pending before he secured a verdict in his favor. In South Carolina the
legislature granted him $50,000, which was finally paid after vexatious delays and
lawsuits. North Carolina allowed him a percentage for the use of each saw for five
years, and collected and paid it over to the patentees in good faith, and Tennessee
promised to do the same thing, but afterwards rescinded her contract. For years,
amid accumulated misfortunes, lawsuits wrongfully decided against him, the destruc-
tion of his manufactory by fire, the industrious circulation of the report that his ma-
chine injured the fiber of the cotton, the refusal of congress, on account of the south-
ern opposition, to allow the patent to be renewed, and the death of his partner, Mr.
WHITNEY struggled on until he was convinced that he should never receive a just
compensation for his invention. In 1791 the amount of cotton that was exported
amounted to only 189,500 pounds, while in 1803, owing to the use of his gin, it had risen
to more than 41,000,000 pounds Despairing of ever gaining a competence, he turned
his attention in 1798 to the manufacture of fire-arms near New Haven, from which he
eventually gained a fortune. He was the first manufacturer of fire-arms to effect
the division of labor to the extent of making it the duty of each workman to perform
by machinery but one or two operations on a single part of the gun, and thus made
interchangeable the parts of the thousands of arms in process of manufacture at the
same time. His first contract was with the U. S. government for 10,000 stand of
muskets, to be finished in about two years. For the execution of this order he
took two years for preparation and eight more for completion. He gave bonds for
$30,000, and was to receive $13.40 for each musket, or $134,000 in all. Immediately
he began to build an armory at the foot of East Rock, ten miles from New Haven, in
the village of Whitneyville, where, through the successive administrations, from that
of John ADAMS, repeated contracts for the supply of arms were made and fulfilled to
the entire approbation of the government. The construction of his armory, and
even of the commonest tools which were devised by him for the prosecution of the
business in a manner peculiar to himself, evinced the fertility of his genius and the
precision of his mind. The buildings became the model by which the national
armories were afterwards arranged, and many of his improvements were taken to
other establishments and have become common property. His advance in the man-
ufacture of arms laid this country under permanent obligations by augmenting the
means of national defense. Several of his inventions have been applied to other
manufactures of iron and steel and added to his reputation. He established a fund
of $500 at Yale, the interest of which is expended in the purchase of books on me-
chanical and physical science. In 1817 he married a daughter of Judge Pierpont
EDWARDS. Robert FULTON said that "ARKWRIGHT, WATT, and WHITNEY were the three
men that did the most for mankind and any of their contemporaries," and MACAULAY
said: "What Peter the Great did to make Russia dominant, Eli WHITNEY's invention
of the cotton-gin has more than equaled in its relation to the power and progress of
the U. S." See "Memoir of Eli WHITNEY," by Denison Olmsted (New Haven, 1846).
He d. Jan. 8, 1825; res. New Haven, Conn.
3847. i. FRANCIS EDWARDS, b. Nov. 23, 1817; m. Dec. 1, 1842, Charles L.
CHAPLAIN. She d. May 7, 1849. He was b. Oct. 17, 1816; d. Mar.
7, 1892. Ch.: Henrietta E., b. Feb. 10, 1843; res. 259 Church
St., cor. Grove, N. H., Ct.; Wm. R. J., b. Feb. 7, 1844; Francis
EDWARDS, b. May 28, 1847; res. with Henrietta; Elizabeth S., b.
Dec. 19, 1848; res. with Henrietta; Charles F., b. May 4, 1859.
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3848. ii. ELIZABETH FAY, b. -----; d. -----.
3849. iii. ELI, b. Nov. 24, 1820; m. Sarah P. DALLIBIE.
3850. iv. SUSAN EDWARDS, b. Jan., 1821; d. Sept., 1823.
1838. BENJAMIN WHITNEY (Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Sept. 13, 1768; m. Sibbel BLAKE; d. Sept. 29, 1827. He d. Dec. 28, 1842; res. West-
boro, Mass.
3851. i. GEORGE HARLOW, b. Mar. 11, 1805; d. s. p.
3852. ii. CAROLINE SUSANNA, b. Dec. 17, 1806; d. Oct. 27, 1837.
3853. iii. SIBBEL BLAKE, b. Jan. 7, 1809; d. s. p.
3854. iv. ELI, b. July 10, 1812; m. in Fitchburg, Mass. He d. there and his
widow and daughter Louise, reside there now.
3855. v. BENJ. FOSTER, b. Sept. 30, 1816; d. s. p.
1842. MOSES WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 26, 1767; m. May 4, 1789, Bernice LOCKE, b. Apr. 11, 1768, in
Pelham, Mass; d. Nov. 28, 1855.
He was a farmer and resided in Marlboro, Vt. In going from Bennington, Vt.,
to Hoosick, N. Y., with a span of horses and a loaded wagon, when on the bank of
the river the wagon slid upon some ice off the road down a steep bank, when he was
thrown from his seat and so badly injured that he only survived thirty-six hours and
died in Hoosick. His son Zenas was with him at the time and rendered every possi-
ble assistance for his relief. The remains were taken to Marlboro for burial. He
d. Jan. 19, 1834; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Hoosick, N. Y.
3856. i. WILLIAM AYRES, b. Jan. 20, 1790; m. Cynthia MERRILL.
3857. ii. RUSSELL, b. May 17, 1792; m. Polly LAMB.
3858. iii. TORRY, b. July 1, 1794; m. Betsey LAMB.
3859. iv. STEPHEN, b. July 26, 1796; m. Annice WINCHESTER.
3860. v. BARNARD, b. Feb. 5, 1799; m. Lydia BUELL.
3861. vi. MOSES ALLIS, b. June 11, 1802; m. Amanda MORGAN and Louisa
L. FLETCHER.
3862. vii. BRITTANIA, b. Oct. 18, 1805; m. June 28, 1832, Waters GILLET, of
Wilmington, Vt.; had 8 ch.; they settled in Whitingham.
3863. viii. BERNICE, b. May 11, 1808; d. June 10, 1824.
3864. ix. ZENAS H., Jan. 12, 1812; m. Polly INGRAHAM.
1844. GUILFORD WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 2, 1769; m. Feb. 6, 1793, Anna LOCKE, b. May 18, 1771; d. Apr.
8, 1843; she m. Mr. FINNEY, of Oberlin, O.
Guilford WHITNEY was born in Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 2, 1769; was married there and
continued to reside there until 1816, when the family removed to Strongsville, O.
He was at once admitted to the church and elected deacon, which office he held until
his death in 1831. His widow married Mr. FINNEY, of Oberlin, O. He d. Jan. 29,
1831; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Strongsville, O.
3865. i. HOLLIS, b. Dec. 30, 1793; m. Charlotte WALLIS and Sarah BURNETT.
3866. ii. BERNICE, b. Aug., 24, 1795; m. 1815, John WILLARD. She d. May
26, 1833. Ch.: Eliza, b. 1815; m. Thos. SCOTT, res. Ill.; Franklin,
b. Aug. 3, 1817; m. Cynthia BRIGGS, res. Minn.; Philander, b. July
26, 1819; d. July 6, 1849; Martin, b. Sept. 1822; m. Lucy SAWTELL,
res. Wis.; Matilda, b. Aug. 16, 1825; m. Franklin BRIGGS; Caro-
line, b. Feb 25, 1829; d. 1830; Sarah, b. July 20, 1830; d. 1834;
John, b. May 18, 1833; d. 1836.
3867. iii. VINA, b. July 27, 1797; d. Apr. 1, 1802.
3868. iv. BETSEY, b. Dec. 3, 1799; d. Apr. 15, 1802.
3869. v. VINA, b. June 19, 1802; m. June 24, 1819, G. STRONG, b. June 25,
1797. She d. June 2, 1842. Ch.: Annie, b. Apr. 30, 1823; m.
Robt. ASHLEY; Mary D., b. July 3, 1825; m. Wm. ASHLEY; Samuel
S., b. May 12, 1827; David M., b. Aug. 22, 1829; Clarinda, b. Apr.
13, 1831; d. 1831; Harriett E., b. May 23, 1832; Vina, b. July 1,
1834; Lavinia, b. Apr. 7, 1837; d. 1841; Newton G., b. Dec. 31,
1838; Jubel, b. July 30, 1840; d. 1840; Betsey L., b. May 31, 1842;
d. Aug. 20, 1842.
3870. vi. FLAVEL, b. Sept. 30, 1804; m. Clarinda TUTTLE, Electa HERVEY,
Amelia ALLEN, and Mrs. Catherine Amanda BARNES.
3871. vii. JUBEL, b. Aug. 6, 1806; m. Abigail GILBERT.
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3852. viii. LUCY, b. Aug. 4, 1808; d. Mar. 30, 1816.
3873. ix. SAMUEL FRANKLIN, b. July 28, 1811; d. Dec. 14, 1813.
3874. x. BETSEY, b. Sept. 25, 1814; m. Dec. 31, 1832, Willard Wilkinson, b.
Aug. 12, 1813. Ch.: Bela B., b. Oct. 28, 1833; Abigail Jane, b.
Aug. 25, 1840; Emily, b. May 12, 1836.
1846. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Apr. 18, 1772; m. Apr. 7, 1792, Susanna KIMBALL, b. Mendon, Mass.,
July 24, 1769; d. -----. They joined the Mormons and died in that colony and were
buried in Kirkland. He d. Feb., 1846; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Kirkland, O.
3875. ii. NEWEL KIMBALL, b. Feb. 5, 1795; m. Elizabeth Ann SMITH,
Emmeline B. WOODWARD, and Anna HOUSTON.
3876. i. CATY, b. July 3, 1793.
3877. iii. REBECCA A., b. July 4, 1797.
3878. iv. BURDICK, b. July 18, 1799.
3879. v. PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 7, 1801.
3880. vi. SAMUEL FRANKLIN, b. Mar. 17, 1804. He d. in Kirkland, O,
leaving a son, Samuel F., Jr., who resides at Mentor Plains,
Lake Co., O., and the latter's dau., Mrs. A. G. REYNOLDS, res.
at Painesville, O.
3881. vii. SUSANNA K., b. Nov 30, 1806.
3882. viii. CLARK LYMAN, b. May 6, 1809.
3883. ix. PHEBE K., b. June 26, 1812.
3884. x. CAROLINE, b. Mar. 10, 1816.
1849. SIMCI WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Marlboro, Vt., Apr. 10, 1781; m. Silence TUCKER, of Shrewsbury, Mass., dau. of Daniel,
b. Apr. 9, 1785; d. Dec. 2, 1846. He d. Sept. 10, 1847; res. Marlboro, Vt.
3885. i. ANNIS, b. -----; m. Sept. 15, 1825, Apollos HALLIDAY.
3886. ii. BARILLA, b. -----; m. July 8, 1823, Nathan Jacobs, Jr.
3887. iii. SAMUEL NOYES, b. -----.
3888. iv. MIRANDA, b. -----; m. Guilford SEAVER.
3889. v. MARTIN, b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Electa BUELL.
3890. vi. HENRY, b. -----; m. Maria BUEL.
3891. vii. SILENA, b. 1815; d. Jan. 3, 1829.
3892. viii. MARY ANN, b. -----; m. Myrtle RICE, of Cavindish, Vt.
3893. ix. CYNTHIA BERNICE, b. -----; m. Henry ALLEN, of Shrewsbury,
Mass.
1852. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John).
b. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 7, 1781; m. Dec. 9, 1805, Lucy LYMAN, b. June 6, 1786; d. at
Springfield, Mass., Mar. 1, 1829, dau. of Rev. Dr. Gershon C. LYMAN, m. 2d, June 17,
1829. Mrs. Sybil (ARMES) GOODENOW, d. July 12, 1873.
Solomon WHITNEY was born in Marlboro, Vt., March 7, 1781; received the general
education of those early times, working on the farm most of the time, yet developing
quite a mechanical skill in painting, glazing, and working in wood. Dec. 9, 1805, he
married Miss Lucy LYMAN, daughter of the Rev. Gershon C. LYMAN, pastor of the
Congregational church at Marlboro, of which he was early an influential and con-
sistent member. Here he lived, worked, reared, and educated his family until
about the year 1831, when he moved to Whitingham, Vt., and purchased a farm one
mile west of the middle of the town, near Sadawga Pond. Later he purchased a
carding mill and cloth dressing establishment, where he make a success in carding
the wool and dressing the homespun goods for the people of that vicinity. Here he
met with an accident that made him a cripple for life. In going into the wheel-pit
for some purpose while the big wheel was in motion, he slipped and one foot was
caught in the great wooden cogs which cut and mangled foot and leg clear to the
body. He was taken out and cared for by the best physician to be had, but for long
and weary days his life was despaired of. But wonderful as it seems, his strong
physical constitution, combined with as strong a will, brought him out with compara-
tively a good leg, a trifle short, and stiff in the ankle. A few years later he sold his
cloth dressing and wool carding establishment and built a chair factory on his own
farm, getting a ready sale for all the goods he could make. And here he spent the
last years of his life, a thoroughly good man and consistent Christian, loved and
respected by all. He was a thorough musician for those days, both vocal and instru-
mental, for years the leader of the choir in his church, and a member of a musical
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band. In politics a Whig, a Freesoiler, an Anti-slavery man, and had he lived would
have been a Republican, for he was always open to conviction and ever heralded all
measures of reform with enthusiasm. He d. Feb. 18, 1856; res. Marlboro and Whit-
ingham, Vt.
3894. i. EMILY, b. Oct. 6, 1806; m. June 1, 1830, Henry CLOSSON, b. Feb. 1
1799, in Springfield, Vt., d. April 24, 1880. Hon. Henry CLOSSON
was born in Springfield, Vt., Feb. 1, 1799, and was the youngest
son of a family of 9 children. His father, Ichabod CLOSSON, was
a farmer, his land lying on what is now known as "Parker's
Hill." He died May 9, 1808, of quick consumption, brought on by
exposure in clearing land. At his father's death Henry CLOSSON
was taken in charge by his maternal uncle, Noah SAFFORD, likewise
of Springfield. Under him, much against his own will, he
learned the carpenter's trade. In the summer of 1817 Mr.
Safford went to Rochester, N. Y., to fulfill a contract he had
obtained, taking his prentice with him. At the end of the sum-
mer, however, he finally yielded to the prayers of his nephew,
and bestowed on him his freedom and $10 besides. With this
amount Henry CLOSSON set out on foot from Rochester for
Springfield. The last day's journey brought him from Man-
chester, Vt., to Springfield, with his capital stock reduced to
$1.50. He studied during the rest of the fall in Isaac HOLTON's
law office; the same now occupied by J. W. PIERCE. In the win-
ter he taught school, as he did for several years after. The
ordinary pay for a 12 weeks' term was $36; once he received $40.
In 1818 he attended Chester academy for three terms. In his
twentieth year he commenced the study of law in the office of
Judge Asa KEYS, then of Putney, Vt., and continued with him
until admitted to the bar at Newfane, Vt., March term, 1824.
The same year he began practice at Mr. Clemens, Mich. There
he remained till 1826, when he moved to Lodi, N. Y., where he
practiced for the next two years. He then removed to Whit-
ingham, Vt., where he remained five years. During this time he
married, June 1, 1830, Miss Emily WHITNEY, of Marlboro, Vt.
In 1835 he returned to Springfield, and there remained through
life in the practice of his profession. He was town clerk from
1836 to 1844, and state's attorney for the county in 1830-32. In
July, 1856, at the death of Judge DUTTON, he was appointed by Gov.
FLETCHER probate judge for the district of Windsor. At the next
election he was elected to the office, and annually thereafter for
twelve years, till 1868. He was a member of the legislature in
1839 and 40, and a member of the constitutional convention of
1870, and a delegate to different nominating conventions of his
party. For many years previous to his death he had been clerk
of the Congregational society of Springfield. He died April 26,
1880, aged 81 years 2 months 26 days. Ch.: Henry Whitney,
b. June 6, 1832; m. Olivia Burk; d. June, 21, 1866; m. 2d, Julia
Wardsworth TERRY; res. Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.; Colonel
U. S. A.; Emily SAFFORD, b. Sept. 26, 1833; m. Albert Melvin
FELLOWS, res. Parsons, Kan.; Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1844; m.
Henry Martyn ARMS, res. Springfield, Vt.; Gershon Lyman, b.
Apr. 20, 1838; m. May 21, 1862, Lina Wells LOVELAND; cashier
First National Bank, Springfield, Vt.
3895. ii. DIANA, b. Feb. 20, 1808, d. s. p. Dec. 20, 1812.
3896. iii. ELECTA, b. May 31, 1812; m. June 21, 1831, Enoch JACOBS, b. June
30, 1809. She d. Nov. 27, 1887. There are four children living,
viz.: Electa, b. Feb. 19, 1833, single; Enoch George, b. Nov. 24,
1839, widower; Chas. Edward, b. Aug. 20, 1845, carpenter, wife
and six children; Emily, b. July 6, 1851; m. to Prof. FALKINBURG,
in 1872, teacher; 3 boys and 1 girl; res. Mount Airy, O. Mr.
JACOBS, was born in Marlboro, and went to Brooklyn, N. Y., in
1827; moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1843. He engaged in the man-
ufacture of iron mostly for southern trade and when the war
broke out lost heavily. He went into the army as correspondent
for the Cincinnati Commercial and gave the first published
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account of the battle of Mill Spring, was also in the battle at
Fort Donalson, soon after lost the use of his right arm; was
elected justice of the peace in Cincinnati, served three years,
went to San Domingo with the Govt. commission in 71 and was
appointed U. S. consul to Montevideo in 72.
3897. iv. LYMAN HUBBARD, b. July 2, 1814; m. Emeline GOODNOW.
3898. v. HENRY, bu July 12, 1817; d. Springfield, Mass., Mar. 15, 1828.
3899. vi. FRANK H., b. June 25, 1822; d. Apr. 22, 1831.
3900. vii. JANE MATILDA, b. Dec. 15, 1823; d. Sept. 14, 1847.
3901. viii. JULIA ANN, b. Jan. 17, 1827; d. Feb. 9, 1827.
3902. ix. ANN ROSS, b. Mar. 18, 1830; m. Stephen FRENCH; res. Orange,
Mass.
3903. x. SOLOMON, b. Mar. 10, 1832; m. Sarah CHASE and Lucy J. (CROSBY)
COZARD.
3904. xi. LUCY LYMAN, b. Nov. 18, 1809; m. May, 1831, Milo R. CROSBY, of
Wilmington, and she d. there May 21, 1848.
1856. LUTHER WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Oct. 2, 1777; m. Jerusha -----; res. Whitney's Grove, Han-
cock Co., Ill.
3905. i. PAMELA, d. Nov. 20, 1803.
3906. ii. CHLOE.
3907. iii. COOLEY, d. unm.
3908. iv. EDSON -----; murdered by a Spaniard in St. Louis, Mo.
3909. v. DELIA.
3910. vi. HORACE.
1862. NATHANIEL WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Marlboro, Vt., May 24, 1779; m. in Brattleboro, Vt., 1802, Sally STEWART, dau.
of Gen. John of Brattleboro, b. Sept. 19, 1778; d. Apr. 18, 1848; m. 2d, Nov. 30, 1848;
Mrs. Lucy (HOUGHTON) HATCH, dau. of Philemon and widow of Ezra HATCH. He d.
July 27, 1852; res. Marlboro, Vt.
3911. i. CHARLES, b. July 2, 1803; d. Aug. 5, 1805.
3912. ii. EMORY STEWART, b. Feb. 28, 1805; m. Sarepta HALE.
3913. iii. HARRIETT MARIA, b. Feb. 27, 1807; d. Nov. 5, 1812.
3914. iv. LURISSA NEWTON, b. Jan. 17, 1809; m. May 9, 1837, Henry
GOODNOW; b. Oct. 1, 1809; res. Whitingham. He was a prominent
merchant and citizen. They had eleven children and only two
are now living, Charles S. and Henry S. They both res. in
Whitingham; the former has been chairman of the board of
selectmen for years; is an extensive farmer. Henry has been
postmaster for several years and is a retail dealer in musical
instruments.
3915. v. CHARLES STEWART, b. Apr. 5, 1811; m. Mar. 25, 1837, Cynthia
CROUCH; res. Adrian, Mich.
3916. vi. HARRIET MARIA, b. Mar. 28, 1813; res. Marlboro.
3917. vii. GEO. WASHINGTON, b. May 2, 1815; m. Mar. 17, 1840, Mehitable
CRONK. He d. Feb. 18, 1943; res. Whitingham, Vt.
3918. viii. INFANT SON, b. -----; d. July 16, 1817.
3919. ix. JOHN STEWART, b. Oct. 12, 1818; m. Ann WHITE and Hannah
BARNEY.
3920. x. NATHANIEL PACKARD, b. Mar. 18, 1821; m. -----.
1882. PHINEHAS WHITNEY, (Phinehas, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Mar. 10, 1788, m. Martha MATTISON; m. 2d, Deborah PALMER. H d. Sept. 2,
1847; res. German Flats, N. Y.
3921. i. MARTHA, b. -----.
3922. ii. COLE MATTISON, b. Feb. 23, 1814; m. Catherine GETTMAN.
3923. iii. MONDANA, b. -----; m. Jacob SECKNER; res. Cedarville, N. Y.
3924. iv. POLLY, MARIETTA, b. -----; m. Rudolph GETTMAN; a son b. res.
Ilion, N. Y.
3925. v. PHINEHAS GORTON; a son res. Frankfort, N. Y.
3926. vi. EMERGENCY, b. -----.
3927. vii. ESTHER, b. -----; m. Jeremiah FOLTS; res. West Winfield, N. Y.