Family:Whitney, Silas (1803-1854)
Silas8 Whitney (Silas7, Silas6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Silas7 and Hannah (Cushing) Whitney, was born 28 Apr 1803, Ashburnham, MA, and died 26 Sep 1854, aged 51 years 7 months. He was buried in Methodist Church Cemetery, Quogue, NY.[1]
Marriage intentions were published 21 Mar 1826, West Boylston, MA, for him "Jr." "of Marlboro" and Olive Knight.[2] He married, 22 Apr 1826, West Boylston, MA, Olive K. Knight, daughter of Elijah and Eunice (Lovell) Knight. She was born 17 Feb 1807, Worcester, MA, and died 5 Jun 1895, Worcester, MA, aged 88 years 3 months 19 days, of apoplexy.[3]
Apparently there was a divorce, since he remarried before Olive's death. In the 1880 census, she reported herself as single, but at death, she is listed as widow of Silas.
He married secondly, about 1836, Jemima Corwin,[4] daughter of Seth and Sarah (Post) Corwin. She was born 22 Aug 1809, Southold, NY, and died 27 Sep 1884, East Quogue, NY. She married secondly, between 1856 and 1860, William H. Dayton, as his second wife.
He resided West Boylston, MA, and Southampton, NY.
Children of Silas8 and Olive K. (Knight) Whitney:
i. Hannah Cushing9 Whitney, b. 22 Oct 1826, West Boylston, MA;[5] d. 20 Jun 1875, Worcester, MA; m. 14 or 23 Aug 1845, West Boylston, MA, Jonathan Barnard, b. ca. 1824, son of Windsor and Phebe (Beamon) Barnard.[6] Children: a. Nellie Jane Barnard, b. 17 Sep 1866, Worcester, MA; m. Edward Bloom; resided 468 Wayne St., Jersey City, NJ.
ii. Jonathan Lovell Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1828, West Boylston, MA;[7] m. Hannah T. Moore.
Children of Silas8 and Jemima (Corwin) Whitney:
iii. Mary Ann Whitney, b. ca. 1834, NY; d. 1899, Sag Harbor, NY; bur. Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY; m. 27 Nov 1855, East Quogue, NY, James Madison Payne. iv. Silas9 Whitney, b. ca. 1837, NY; m. Mary Fay. iv. Charles Lewis Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1840, NY; m. Mary Ann Williamson. iv. Harriet Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1842, East Quogue, NY; d. 7 May 1907, Southampton, NY; m. ca. 1860, East Quogue, NY, John W. Benjamin. v. Elizabeth J. Whitney, b. Oct 1844, East Quogue, NY; d. ca. 1916, Southampton, NY; m.(1) 21 Oct 1861, Southampton, NY, William Henry Goodale; m.(2) ca. 1888, Henry W. Payne. vi. George Whitney, b. ca. 1845, NY. vii. John H. Whitney, b. Aug 1847, East Quogue, NY; m.(1) Martha Darraugh/Darrow; m.(2) Ann S. (-----) Hill. viii. Monroe Whitney, b. ca. 1849, NY; d. aft. 1860. viii. Sarah J. Whitney, b. Jul 1852, East Quogue, NY; m. ca. 1869, Abijah A. Smith.
Census
- 1830: not found.
- 1840, Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY: Silas Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1840, West Boylston, Worcester Co., MA: Olive Whitney, 1 female 30-39, 4 females 15-19, and 1 female 10-14.
- 1850, Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY:
315 339 Silas Whitney 47 M - Laborer Mass. Jemima " 40 F - N. York Silas " jun 13 M - do Attended school Harriet " 9 F - do Attended school Elisabeth " 6 F - do Attended school George " 5 M - do Attended school John " 2 M - do Monroe " 8/12 M - do Arthur Townsend 16 M - do do Aaron Tooker 9 M - do
157 190 Olive Whitney 43 F - $800 Mass. 191 Eunice Knight 69 F - " Harriot " 38 F - " Hannah Pierce 21 F - "
161 203 Olive K. Whitney 48 - Massachusetts
936 1024 Jno. Benedict 70 M - Farmer $2500 -- Conn. Asher M. 39 M - N.Y. Huldah 35 F - " Robt. Benedict 16 M - N.Y. Attended school Jno. 15 M - " Attended school Walter 13 M - " Attended school Frank 8 M - " Attended school Infant 1/12 M - " Infant 1/12 M - " Elizabeth Whitney 16 F - Domestic " Attended school
789 869 Lewis J. Cornin 40 M - Farmer $3000 N.Y. Sarah 38 F - " Sarah J. 11 F - " Robt. Williamson 19 M - Farm Laborer Ireland Monroe Whitny 11 M - N.Y.
1453 1954 Jonathan Barnard 35 M - Express Man $700 Mass. Hannah " 33 F - " Joseph Whitney 25 M - Student " Olive Whitney 53 F - Nurse "
Joseph Whitney was Silas's nephew Joseph Holbrook9 Whitney, son of his brother David.
105 122 Barnard, Jonathan 45 M W Express Agent $8000 $500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Hannah C. 43 F W Keeping House " -----, Nellie J. 3 F W At home " Whitney, Olive 63 F W Nurse " Earle, Sarah 33 F W Clerk in Dry Goods " Titus, Caroline 21 F W Dressmaker " Sargent, Isaac 45 M W Proof Reader " Male citizen over 21 -----, Elizabeth 33 F W No occupation "
Jona BARNARD 53 Self M W MA Express Mass. MA MA Nellie J. BARNARD 13 Dau F S W MA At School MA MA Olive WHITNEY 73 Oth F S W MA At Home ME ME
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. 458.
1.^ Find A Grave memorial #31168196, Silas Whitney.
2.^ "Silas [Whitney] Jr. of Marlboro and Olive Knight, int. March 21, 1826," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of West Boylston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (1911).
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 456, page 777.
4.^ International Genealogical Index, at FamilySearch.org.
5.^ "Hannah Cushing Jones [Whitney], d. Silas Jr. and Olive, [born] Oct. 22, 1826," according to West Boylston Vital Records.
6.^ "Hannah C. [Whitney] (d. Silas and Oliver [Olive], a. 18) and Jonathan Barnard, [married] Aug. 14, 1845," according to West Boylston Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 19, page 202.
7.^ "Jonathan Lovell [Whitney], s. Silas and Olive, [born] March 14, 1828," according to West Boylston Vital Records.
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