Family:Whitney, William Ayers (1790-1872)

William Ayers⁸ Whitney (Moses⁷, Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Moses⁷ and Bernice (Locke) Whitney; born Marlboro, Vermont, 20 Jan 1790; married 28 Sep 1813, Cynthia Merrill, of Rowe; born 18 Mar 1786; died 13 Mar 1853. He died 2 Aug 1872; resided Milford, Pennsylvania, Rowe, Massachusetts, and Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Children of William Ayers⁸ and Cynthia (Merrill) Whitney:

i.	David Merrill9 Whitney, born 16 Jun 1814; married Emily Eddy.
ii.	Sylvester Nash Whitney, born 21 Aug 1815; died -----.
iii.	Ebenezer Merrill Whitney, born 8 Apr 1817; died -----.
iv.	Edwin Dexter Whitney, born 10 Dec 1819; died -----.
v.	Chloey Taylor Whitney, born 24 Aug 1820; married 16 Jun 1841, Dwight Haynes Hicks; born 13 Jan 1818. Ch.: Frederick Dwight, born 11 Aug 1846 (single); resided Waltham, Massachusetts; born in Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Emma Breckridge, born 14 Jun 1848, at Rowe, Massachusetts; married George Frederick Wellington (still living) 14 Jun 1868, at Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; Frank Ashton, born at Rowe, Massachusetts, April 20, 1856 (single); still living.
vi.	Edwin Dexter Whitney, born 14 Feb 1822; resided Almena, Van Buren County, Michigan.
vii.	Orra O. Whitney, born 24 Feb 1824; resided Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

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. 437-439.

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