Family:Whitney, Bezaleel (1808-1876)

Bezaleel⁷ Whitney (James⁶, Ezra⁵, James⁴, John³, Jonathan², John¹), son of James⁶ and Clarissa (Gould) Whitney, was born 16 Apr 1808, QC, VT, or CT, and died 30 Apr 1876.

He married, 22 Aug 1830, Craftsbury, VT, Abigail Collins.^[1] She was born about 1808, either in Canada or VT, and died after 1870.

Children of Bezaleel⁷ and Abigail (Collins) Whitney:

i.	Ruth8 Whitney, b. ca. 1838; m. C. W. Williams; resided Wolcott, VT.

Census

• 1830, Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT: Berzeal Whitney (difficult first name to read), 2 males 20-29 and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT: Bezaleel Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT:

462 462 Bezaleel Whitney 42 M - Carpenter $900 C.E. Abigail 42 F - Canada Ruth 12 F - Vt. Attended school

• 1860, Brookfield, Orange Co., VT:

1189 1268 Sewall Blanchard 60 M - Farmer $1500 $900 Vermont Phila " 56 F - " Phila " 36 F - " Bezaleel Whiting 52 M - Carpenter " Abagail " 53 F - Canada Abram Benjamin 23 M - "

• 1870, Braintree, Orange Co., VT:

128 127 Whitney, Bezeleel 62 M W Farmer $1100 $1055 Connecticut Male citizen over 21 -----, Abigail 62 F W Keeping House Vermont Williams, Bezeleel 12 M W At School " Attended school

Bezaleel Williams was his grandson, son of C. W. and Ruth (Whitney) Williams. See 1860 Census of Wolcott, Lamoille Co., VT.

References

• Census records.

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

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