Family:Whitney, Silas (1736-1813)

Silas⁶ Whitney (David⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of David⁵ and Mercy (Goodnow) Whitney; born prob. 1737; married in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Mar 1758, Jane Pearson, of that place.

He was born probably in 1737. In 1758 he went to No Town (Princeton) and purchased land. He was a blacksmith and followed that trade. His wife, whom he married soon after going to No Town, was from Shrewsbury, where they were married. In 1763 he moved to Winchendon, and soon after, in Feb 1773, to Rindge, New Hampshire, from which place he was warned out of town. While residing in Winchendon he kept hotel at the center, and in 1764 was chosen church warden and surveyor of boards and shingles. Later he moved to Clarendon, Vermont. In the county of Worcester, Massachusetts, Registry of Deeds, lib.57, fol.50. There is a record of a deed of Silas Whitney and wife Jane, of Princeton, to one Jones, 2 Jul 1762. This is the land he had purchased four years before. Resided Princeton and Winchendon, Massachusetts, Rindge, New Hampshire. Clarendon, Vermont.

Children of Silas⁶ and Jane (Pearson) Whitney:

i.	Love7 Whitney, b. 18 Dec 1758, Princeton, MA; bapt. 10 Jun 1759, Rutland, MA.
ii.	David Whitney, b. 31 Aug 1760, Princeton, MA; bapt. 12 Oct 1760, Rutland, MA; m.(1) Sarah Wilson; m.(2) ----- Mason.
iii.	Silas Whitney, b. 12 Jun 1762, Princeton, MA; bapt. 15 Aug 1762, Rutland, MA; resided Saint Armand, Quebec, where he died and was buried. He may have been the Silas Whitney who was a petitioner in 1788, Chittenden Co., VT.
iv.	Oliver Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1764, Winchendon, MA; m. Abigail Crampton.
v.	Bartholomew Whitney, b. 30 Jun 1766, Winchendon, MA; m. Lois -----; resided Clarendon, VT, and had a son, Joel, b. 9 Sep 1791.
vi.	Jane Whitney, b. 6 Jun 1768, Winchendon, MA.
vii.	Phebe Whitney, b. 1 Dec 1770, Winchendon, MA.
viii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 1771 or 1772, Winchendon, MA; married Eunice Whitney and Martha Parmetuer.
ix.	Mercy Whitney, b. 1772, Rindge, NH.
x.	Benjamin Whitney, b. 16 Dec 1777, Rutland, VT; m. Mary -----.
xi.	Solomon Whitney, b. -----.
xii.	Lucy Whitney, b. -----; m. ----- Brown.

Census

• 1771, Winchendon, MA (tax list): Silas Whitney
• 1791, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Silas Whitney, 2 males over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 6 females.
• 1791, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Bart Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 1 female. This was a son.
• 1791, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Silas Whitney Jr, 1 male over 16 and 2 females. This was a son.
• 1800: not found.

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. 189-190.

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