John WHITNEY

Abt 1777 - 1849  (72 years)

• Name	John WHITNEY  [1]
  	"Whitney Genealogy": They dwelt in Warwick till 1801, when they settled on the west side of Cayuga Lake, at a place still known as Whitney's Landing, in romulus, New York, on three hundred acres of the south part of lot number 92, which he bought, 5 June 1800, for nine hundred dollars. He was commissioned by Gov. George Clinton, 2 March 1804, as captain in the Cayuga County reg. of Militia, under "Lieut. - Col. Wilhelmus Mynders," and held the position till after the war of 1812, in which he, with his company, served three months on the Niagara frontier. She died in 1824 at Romulus. He married 92d), about the middle of Nov. 1825, at Ovid, NY, Magdalena Wheeler, born near New Brunswick, NJ, in 1778, dau. of James and Magdalena (Duryee) Wheeler, of New Brunswick, and widow of William Walworth. they moved, 26 May 1831, to Adrian, Mich., where he was one of the founders of the Baptist Church, and for many years, one of its deacons. he was a member of the convention that formed the constitution of the State of Michigan. He died in Adrian, 9 June 1849, aged 73 years, and was buried on his own farm, in what is now known as the Adrian Centre Cemetery. She died at Adrian, 14 march 1857, aged 80 years, and was buried beside her husband. Her gravestone calls her name Magdalen Whitney. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1777	Warwick, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jun 1849	Adrian, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Adrian Centre Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I69419	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin WHITNEY,   b. 1 Jun 1750, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1825 or 1826, Shelby, New York (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah KETCHAM   d. 1831, Shelby, New York
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Orange County, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F27975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary SAYRE   d. 1824, Romulus, New York
  Marriage	Abt 1798  [1]
  Family ID	F27970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Magdalena WHEELER,   b. 1778, New Burnswick, New Jersey d. 14 Mar 1857, Adrian, Michigan (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1825	Ovid, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F27971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Adrian Centre Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00094] S. 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" , (Privately Printed, New York - 1878).