Family:Whitney, Seth (1808-1886)

Seth⁶ Whitney (Amos⁵, Seth⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Amos⁵ and Rosetta (Lewis) Whitney, was born 25 Dec 1808, Yorktown, NY, was baptized -- --- ---- by Rev. Silas Constant, of Crompond, and died 27 Apr 1887, Yorktown, NY.

He married, Stuyvesant Landing, NY, Isabel Mallett, daughter of David and Pamelia (Carpenter) Mallett. She was born 25 Jun 1845, Crompond, Yorktown, NY, and died after 1880.

Phoenix says the following:

"Seth Whitney, b. at Yorktown, N. Y., 25 Dec. 1808; bap. by Rev. Silas Constant, of Crompond, date not recorded; married at Stuyvesant Landing, N. Y., Isabel Mallett, born in Crompond, Yorktown, 25 June 1845, dau. of David and Pamelia (Carpenter) Mallett. He is a farmer, and lives in Yorktown, on a part of his grandfather's old homestead."

Children of Seth⁶ and Isabel (Mallett) Whitney:

i.	Rosetta Whitney, b. 12 Jun 1867, Yorktown, NY.
ii.	Charlie Etta Whitney, b. 13 Mar 1869, Yorktown, NY.

Census

• 1850, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY:

22 26 Silas Whitney 35 M - Farmer $5000 N.Y. Sarah M. " 27 F - " Elizabeth " 12 F - " Attended school Lewis " 3 M - " Seth " 38 M - Drover $1000 " Rosetta " 65 F - "

• 1860, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY:

521 525 Saul Smith 61 M - Farmer $9150 $8745 N.Y. Oscar " 27 M - " Eben " 21 F - " Sally A. Williams 23 F - " Married in year Sarah E. Bugbee 14 F - " Thos. Finnigan 14 M - Ireland Silas C. Whitney 47 M - Farmer $1000 $2295 N.Y. Sarah M. " 35 F - " Lewis " 14 M - " Attended school Constant F. " 9 M - " Attended school Stewart H. " 6 M - " Attended school Rosetta " 75 F - " Seth " 50 M - Gentleman " John Gallay 19 M - Farmer Laborer Ireland

• 1870, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY:

345 369 Whitney, Seth 61 M W Farmer $3000 $20000 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Isabella 23 F W Keeping house New York -----, Rosetta 3 F W New York -----, Mina 1 F W New York

• 1880, Yorktown, Westchester Co., NY:

Seth WHITNEY 71 Self M M W NY Retired Grocer NY NY Bell WHITNEY 34 Wife F M W NY House Keeping NY NY Rosetta WHITNEY 12 Dau F S W NY NY NY Minnie WHITNEY 9 Dau F S W NY NY NY

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), p. 321 and p. 849.

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