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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] New York Whitney Info
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:09:38 -0400


Information On Whitney Families obtained from the Broome County, N.Y. Historical Society family files.

Thomas, son of William (2) and Mary Whittemore Whitney, was born in Killingly, Connecticut, Feb 28, 1729; died, Killingly, 1776.

Married: Elizabeth Boardman

Children: Joshua (2)

William (3)

Joshua (2) Whitney, born in Connecticut, Nov 24, 1748

married: Hannah Greene, daughter of Ebenezer Greene, born

Fairfeild, Conn., Sept. 14, 1748

Children born in Conn.:

1) Joshua (3) - was 14 in 1787

2) Sarah, m. Wm. Guthrie esq., of Bainbridge, N.Y. and grandmother of Wm.D. Guthrie, President of N.Y. Bar Association.

3) Thomas (2) , m. Polly Gilbert

4) William (4), founder of Whitney's Point, N.Y.

5) John, m. Polly Bortell

6) Hannah, m. Deacon Samuel Stowe of Chenango Point, N.Y.

After the Revolution, Joshua (2) moved to Hillsdale, N.Y. for a short time.

One child born Hillsdale, N.Y.

Lucy m. Franklin Morse of Vestal, N.Y.

Joshua (2) Then made his way through the catskills and in 1787 settled in what was then Montgomery Co., N.Y., about 2 miles above the junction of the Susquehanna, The district was later known as Whitneys' Flats.

Children of Joshua (2) born in Whitneys' Flats:

Olive, m. Christopher Eldredge, who came from Stonington, Conn. He amassed a considerable fortune in real estate, lumber and as a merchant.

Children:

6 sons and 1 daughter



Joshua (3) Whitney, born 1773, eldest son of Joshua (2) and Hannah Greene Whitney

became founder of Binghamton, N.Y. Died Jan. 21, 1823

Married: Rhoda Jewell, born 1774. His first wife?

Children, born at present site of Binghamton:

1) Parmela m. General Thomas J. Waterman, Aug 20, 1813

He was born in Conn. and a graduate of Yale. A lawyer.

Children: 6 sons and 4 daughters

2) Washington, born 1803, july 22, Twin of Vincent who married

Caroline Park

3) William (5?) born?

Note: General William Whitney came 1787 and settled on west bank of the Chenango river. He was Uncle of Joshua and took over management of Binghamton at Joshua's death.


Joshau (4) Whitney, born Dec. 17, 186_

Married: Sarah Evans



Info obtained from a Family Bible that was given to Broome Co. N.y.

Births

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William Whitney b. 1804, July 14

Lucy Caswell Briggs Whitney b. July 28, 1810

Washington Whitney b. June 27, 1836

Harriet Maria Whitney b. March 5, 1834

An Infant Daughter b. Aug 12, 1836

Willington Whitney b. Sept 19, 1840



Marriages

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William Whitney and Lucy Caswell Briggs Oct 1, 1829

Harriet maria Whitney and George Miller Pinney of Rockdale P.A. Feb 1, 1853

Washington Whitney and Sarah E. Britton Dec 23, 1852



Deaths

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an Infant Daughter d. Aug 12, 1836

Willington Whitney d. Feb 9, 1842

Harriet Maria (Whitney) Pinney d. Sept 25, 1865

William Whitney d. Aug 28, 1870

Sarah E. (Britton) Whitney d. April 24, 1884

Lucy Caswell (Briggs) Whitney d. May 25, 1885

Washington Whitney d. ?



_______________________________________________________________________

Bicentennial Edition

Broome Co. N.Y. Republican Year Book 1976

Pioneers Extraordinary

JOSHUA WHITNEY II

When we look at the urban sprawl that is now the Triple Cities, it is difficult to imagine that less than 200 years ago there was nothing but forest. William Bingham, who had purchased the land that included much of the present Towns of Kirkwood, Conklin, Vestal, Union and the City of Binghamton, was very busy with his duties as Senator for Pennsylvania, and it is believed that he never saw his land.

Joshua Whitney's father, a native of Connecticut, had come to this area with his 12 year old son in 1785. In 1798 he journeyed to Philadelpia and won management of the Bingham Patent, but died of yellow fever before reaching home.

It was left to his young son to carry on the task, and carry on he did. In a glowing 1924 story, a local historian said of him:" He was vigorous in mind and body, of a large frame, capable of long endurance. He could swing an axe, swim, ride a horse through the wilderness with a herd of cattle with blazed trees for signposts. When there was no way out of difficulty, he hewed a way. How he obtained his education is not recorded. The forests, the rivers, the clearings, the privations, hardships, opportunities of pioneer life, and above all, the Bingham patent ---- they all helped."

Whitney created Chenango Point. later Binghamton, from the wilderness on the east bank of the Chenango. He urged those who had already settled upstream in Chenango Village to join him in Binghamton, which he began laying out at the turn of the 19th century.

He put men to work clearing the way for a village, hired a surveyor, and Old Post Road to Great Bend became Court St, Water St. was first surveyed then Washington St., then Susquehanna and Front Sts. The land which is now Courthose Square was set aside, and in 1802 the first Court House was erected. It was 36 by 24 feet, made of logs. and housed jail cells anda sheriff's residence, as well as a court room.

Within Six years the village had grown. There was a mail service, there were streets and houses, and there was a continuing influx of new settlers. Most of the buildings were crude log cabins, but a settlement had been carved out of the wilderness, and most of the credit must go to Joshua Whitney. Whitney is buried in Spring Forest Cemetery, where his monument still stands, a tribute to his energy, farsightedness and pioneer spirit.


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