Henry Whitney

Henry Whitney

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Henry6 Whitney (Stephen5, Henry4, Josiah3, John2, Henry1), son of Stephen5 and Harriet (Suydam) Whitney, was born on 23 August 1812, New York, New York, and died on 21 March 1856, New Haven, Connecticut. He was buried in the New Haven Cemetery.

He married firstly, on 27 January 1835, New York, New York, Hannah Eugenia Lawrence, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Beach) Lawrence. She was born on 27 January 1815, New York, New York, and died on 16 March 1844, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was buried in the New Haven Cemetery.

He "of New Haven" married secondly, on 25 July 1850, Norwich, Connecticut, Maria Lucy Fitch "of Norwich," daughter of Edwin and Lucy Billings (Meech) Fitch. She was born on 1 September 1827, Bozrah, Connecticut, and died on 15 May 1886, Milford, Connecticut. She married secondly, on 20 November 1862, New York, New York, Nathan Adolphus Baldwin, son of Adolphus and Lucy (Higgins) Baldwin. He was born on 18 March 1824, Milford, Connecticut, and died on 20 May 1898, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Phoenix says the following:

"Henry Whitney, born at 25 Pearl Street, New York, on 23 August 1812; was graduated at Yale College in 1830, and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1837, where he continued to reside until his death, living for a year in "Maple Cottage," Trumbull Street, until the fine mansion which he built for himself on Whitney Avenue (now occupied by his son Stephen) was completed; married, 27 January 1835, by Rev. Dr. Lyell, at the residence of her parents, 498 Broadway, New York, to Hannah Eugenia Lawrence, born in New York, on 27 January 1815, daughter of Isaac Lawrence and his wife Anna, daughter of Rev. Abraham Beach, D.D., minister of Trinity Church, New York. She died on 16 March 1844, in New Haven, and was buried in the New Haven Cemetery. He married (2d), on 25 July 1850, at Norwich, Connecticut, Maria Lucy Fitch; and died in New Haven on 21 March 1856, and was buried in the New Haven Cemetery.

She married (2d), on 20 November 1862, at New York, Nathan Adolphus Baldwin, of Milford, Connecticut, where they resided in June 1877. They have one child, Natalie Augusta Baldwin, born at Milford on 26 December 1864."

Children of Henry6 and Hannah Eugenia (Lawrence) Whitney:

i. Isaac Lawrence7 Whitney, born on 15 November 1835, New York, New York; died on 7 December 1835, New York, New York; buried in the vault beneath the Whitney Chapel, GreenWood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
ii. Harriet Whitney, born on 2 March 1838, New Haven, Connecticut; m. Charles Henry Berryman.
iii. Cornelia Lawrence Whitney, born on 27 November 1839, New Haven, Connecticut; m. John Gerard Hecksher.
iv. Stephen Whitney, born on 20 October 1841, New Haven, Connecticut; m. Margaret Lawrence Johnson.
v. Hannah Eugenia Lawrence Whitney, born on 10 March 1844, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 15 September 1845, New Haven, Connecticut; buried in New Haven Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.

Children of Henry6 and Maria Lucy (Fitch) Whitney:

vi. Maria7 Whitney, born on 26 May 1851, New Haven, Connecticut; m. Robert Cambridge Livingston.
vii. Caroline Suydam Whitney, born on 17 November 1852, New Haven, Connecticut; m. (1) on 18 October 1871, New York, New York, John Noble Alsop Griswold, born on 11 February 1849, New York, New York, son of George and Lydia (Alley) Griswold. He died on 8 December 1871, Hamburg, Germany. She m. (2) on 2 June 1874, Milford, Connecticut, Cornelius Fellowes, born on 8 March 1840, Louisville, Kentucky, son of William and Caroline (Davis) Fellowes; resided 570 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, September 1877.

Henry Whitney, of New Haven, Connecticut, HouseHisTree
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Henry Whitney, third son of Stephen and Harriet (Suydam) Whitney, of New York City, was born on August 23, 1812. He began the study of law in the Yale Law School, and was admitted to the bar in New Haven in September, 1832, but never engaged in practice, or in any business, being the prospective heir of a large fortune, which he did not, however, live to enjoy. He married, on January 27, 1835, Hannah Eugenia Lawrence, daughter of Isaac and Cornelia (Beach) Lawrence, of New York City, and settled on an ample estate in the outskirts of New Haven, where he indulged his taste for agriculture and the breeding of fine stock. Mrs. Whitney died of consumption on March 16, 1844. in her 30th year, and he next married, on July 25, 1850, in Norwich, Maria Lucy Fitch, of New Haven. He died suddenly in New Haven, on March 20, 1856, in his 44th year. By his first wife he had two sons and three daughters, of whom the elder son and the youngest daughter died in infancy. By his second wife he had two daughters. Stephen Whitney, Ph.B. (Yale 1908), is a grandson.

from "Biographical notices of graduates of Yale College, ..."

Son of Stephen Whitney

Married 27 January 1835 to Hannah Eugenia Lawrence (1815–1844).

They were the parents of:

• Isaac Lawrence Whitney (1835 – 1835)
• Harriet Whitney (1838 – 1912) w/o C H Berryman
• Cornelia Lawrence Whitney (b.1839)
• Stephen Whitney (b.1841)
• Hannah Eugenia Lawrence Whitney (1844 – 1845)

He remarried 25 August 1850 in Norwich, Connecticut to Maria Lucy Fitch (1827-1886). They were the parents of 2 daughters: Maria Whitney (b.1851) Caroline Suydam Whitney (b. 1852)

In 1862, Maria was remarried to Nathan Adolphus Baldwin (1824-1898) and had one child.

Spouse: Hannah Eugenia Lawrence Whitney (1815 - 1844)

Burial: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (1881)
Author: Baldwin, C.C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895
Subject: Baldwin family
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio [Leader printing company]
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
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