Family:Whitney, Barnabas (1777-1846)

Barnabas⁶ Whitney (Timothy⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Timothy⁵ and Alice⁵ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 13 Apr 1777, Petersham, MA, and died 27 Jul 1846, Boston, MA.

Marriage intentions were published -- Sep 1804, Blandford, MA, for him "of Blandford" and Henrietta Heliman "of Granville".^[1] Intentions of marriage were published 2 Sep 1804, Granville, MA, for him "of Blandford" and Hariot Huliman.^[2] He married, 16 Sep 1804, Harriett Heileman. She was born Jun 1783 and died 26 Sept 1849.

He was born in Harvard, MA, and received an excellent education at the common and private schools. At an early age he engaged in teaching, which profession he followed all his life. He was principal of the schools in Blandford, MA, Berkshire, New Haven, Monckton, and Cheshire, VT, and later taught writing school in Boston, where he died. He resided Blandford and Boston, MA.

Children of Barnabas⁶ and Harriett (Heileman) Whitney:

i.	Frances Amelia7 Whitney, b. 29 May 1805; d. 15 Feb 1883; m. 5 Dec 1833, Dr. Lucian W. Caryl. He was b. 27 Feb 1806; d. 15 Apr 1837. Was a practicing physician. Ch.: Harriett E., b. 21 Nov 1834; resided 82 Myrtle St., Boston, MA.
ii.	Frederick H. Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1807; m. Abigail B. Bumstead.
iii.	Mary Ann Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1812; d. 2 Oct 1890; m. 25 Dec 1834, Judson Niles Farrar. He was b. 20 Mar 1808. Was cashier in a bank. Resided Abingdon, MA. Ch.: Mary A. Cox, b. 22 Sep 1835; d. 22 Sep 1857; Lucian W., b. 24 Mar 1839; d. 18 Aug 1859; Judson C., b. 28 Apr 1841; d. 23 Sep 1841; Granville Heileman, b. 16 Sep 1844; d. 19 Sep 1847; Nathaniel B., b. 15 Jun 1847; Harriett Amelia, b. 5 Dec 1854; Granville Robinson, b. 9 Sep 18--; d. 19 Apr 1883.
iv.	Harriett Heileman Whitney, b. 9 Dec 1814; m. 28 May 1835, Joseph Wait. He was son of Marmaduke and Amelia Heileman Wait, and was born in Randolph, VT, 24 Mar 1806. For many years he was a merchant in Burlington, and later engaged in business in New York, residing in Jersey City, where he d. 22 Feb 1869. Mrs. Wait, after the death of her husband, moved to Chicago to reside with her son, Horatio L., where she d. 10 Apr 1891. She was a woman of lovely character and beautiful presence. Ch.: Horatio Loomis, b. 8 Aug 1836; m. 1860, Clara Conant Long, resided 4919 Madison Ave., Chicago, IL. He is master in chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and was born in New York City. His father was a merchant in that city. His grandfather, Marmaduke, served in the second war with England, and his great-grandfather, Joseph Wait, of Vermont, was a colonel in the first war, serving under Gen. Ethan Allen. Horatio was educated at Columbia College grammar school. Went to Chicago in 1856. Read law with Joseph N. Baker, but before being admitted to practice the civil war broke out. He entered the navy and remained there for nine years, joining the European squadron after peace was declared. Mr. Wait left the navy in 1870, and the same year was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Chicago, soon finding a good business on his hands. In 1876 he was appointed master in chancery, and since that date has made a specialty of chancery practice. He ignores politics entirely, attends exclusively to the study and duties of his profession. A gentleman who knows Mr. Wait well, thus wrote to the editor of the Bench and Bar of Chicago: "Mr. H. L. Wait is a polished gentleman, a scholar of unusual attainments, and a conversationalist of marked ability. He has also been an extensive traveler. As a lawyer he is well read, of excellent judgment, and of unimpeachable integrity. He has for some years occupied the position of master in chancery in Chicago of the Circuit Court of Cook County, by the appointment of the judges of that court." He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, and a man of high standing in the community: ch., James Joseph, b. 1 Mar 1861. He graduated at the Hyde Park school in 1878, and entered the New York. Nautical School Ship "St. Mary's" the same year. Made a voyage to Lisbon, Portugal, and Maderia, graduating in 1879, receiving the first medal. Sailed from New York. In 1879, made a voyage to Shanghai, China, and Iloilo, Philippian Islands. On the return voyage the ship was disabled in a gale by the springing of her rudder head. Put into Cape Town, Africa, for repairs, and returned home in 1880. At present he is freight contracting agent for the North Chicago Rolling Mills. Henry Heileman, b. 27 Oct 1869; resided at home; Maria Amelia, b. 28 Sep 1843; resided Chicago; unmarried; Isabelle Helieman, b. 20 July 1847; resided Chicago; unmarried.
v.	Katherine Whitney, b. 30 Oct 1809; d. 4 Feb 1893, unmarried.
vi.	Calista Stuart Whitney, b. 11 Nov 1818; d.s.p. 17 Nov 1840, Boston; m. Apr 1840, Boston, Andrew J. Loud; d. Aug 1878. He was a banker.

Census

• 1810, Berkshire, Franklin Co., VT: Barnabus Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.

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), pp. 174-175.

1.^  "Barnabas [Whitney], of Blandford, and Henrietta Heliman of Granville, int. -- Sep 1804 (3:21)," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital Records, Blandford (Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987).

2.^  "Barnabas [Whitney] of Blandford and Hariot Huliman, int. Sept. 2, 1804," according to Vital Records of Granville, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914}.

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