Family:Whitney, Aaron Wilkes (1781-1833)
Aaron Wilkes6 Whitney (Ebenezer5, David4, Joseph3, John2, Henry1), son of Ebenezer5 and Ruth (Raymond) Whitney, was born 17 Oct 1781, Norwalk, CT,[1] and died 3 Nov 1833, Bridgeport, CT, by suicide.
He married, 5 Jul 1804, Wilton, CT, Sarah Bennett, daughter of David and ----- (Olmstead) Bennett of Wilton. She was born 16 Jun 1780, Wilton, CT, and died 2 Mar 1866, Wilton, CT. She apparently was the "Mrs. Sally Whitney, of Fairfield" who married, 16 Feb 1838, Stratfield, CT, Dea. Justus Silliman, "of Weston".[2] His daughter Marinda married her son Raymond.
Phoenix says the following:
- . . . a shoemaker . . . . They settled in Wilton, where he was ordained, about 1825 to 1828, as a minister of the Baptist Church. They afterward moved to Bridgeport, Conn., and there died; he, 3 Nov. 1833, by suicide; she, 2 March 1866. They were buried in the old Stratfield Cemetery, in Fairfield, near Bridgeport.
Children of Aaron Wilkes6 and Sarah (Bennett) Whitney:
i. Raymond7 Whitney, b. 16 May 1805, Norwalk, CT; m. Marinda Silliman. ii. Roswell Whitney, b. 24 Aug 1807, Wilton, CT; m. Eliza Whitlock. iii. Bennet Whitney, b. 23 Mar 1810, Wilton, CT; m. Susan Curtis. (See Archive:Rutgers University Manuscript Collection). iv. Caroline Whitney, b. 20 Jan 1812, Wilton, CT; m. Jonathan Lacy Gilbert. v. Zenas Whitney, b. 27 Jul 1814, Wilton, CT; m. Drusilia Perry. vi. Sarah Esther Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1817, Wilton, CT;[3] m. Henry Blakeman. vii. Emily Ann Whitney, b. 22 May 1821, Wilton, CT; m. Burton Washburn Leonard. viii. Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 18 Aug 1825, Wilton, CT;[4] m. Benjamin Hunt Osborn.
Census
- 1810, Wilton, Fairfield Co., CT: Aaron W. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
- 1820, Wilton, Fairfield Co., CT: Wilks W. Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 male 26-44, and 2 females 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Wilton, Fairfield Co., CT: Aaron W. Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4.
- 1840, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT: Sally Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 60-69, 3 females 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT:
42 47 Roswell Whitney 43 M - Foundry & M Shop $3000 Conn. Eliza " 40 F - " Augusta S. " 8 F - " Attended school Mary E. " 9 F - N.Y. Attended school 43 48 Raymond " 45 M - " " " " $3000 Conn. Malinda " 44 F - " Charles L. " 12 M - " Attended school 44 49 Junius Foster 43 M - Pvt Car Agt Fuo Mass. Electa " 43 F - N.Y. 50 Sally Whitney 70 F - $1000 Conn.
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), pp. 139-140 and pp. 385-387.
1.^ "Aaron Wilks [Whitney], s. Eben[eze]r & Ruth, b. 17 Oct 1781," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Norwalk LR18:27.
1.^ "Sally [Whitney], Mrs., of Fairfield, m. Dea. Justus SILLIMAN, of Weston, [16 Feb 1838], by Rev. Enoch E. CHASE, in Stratfield," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Fairfield 1-M:65.
3.^ "Sarah E. [Whitney], m. Henry BLACKEMAN, 30 June 1846, by Rev. William REID," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Bridgeport 1:70.
4.^ "Mary E. [Whitney], of Bridgeport, m. Benjamin H. OSBORNE, of Trumbull, 2 Mar 1846, by Rev. William REID," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Bridgeport 1:70.
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