Laura Whitney1

F, #864, * 13 Nov 1787, + a 1875
FatherEnos Whitney1 * 10 Aug 1761, + 8 Oct 1846
MotherEunice Avery1 * 22 May 1760, + 20 Oct 1838
     Laura Whitney was born on 13 Nov 1787 in Wallingford, Connecticut.1 Laura was baptized on 29 Sep 1799 at Northford, Connecticut.1 She married Leonard Tiffany, son of John Tiffany and Ruthey Clapp, on 22 Feb 1819 at Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania.1 She died a 1875.1

Other information:
She and Leonard Tiffany moved in 1831 to Gibson Township after 12 years in Mount Pleasant.1 She moved in 1866 to Susquehanna Depot and was still living there on 1 Jan 1875.1

She is listed in the following census:
1810 Fed. census (6 Aug): Household of Enos Whitney, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Laura Whitney was probably included in the Free Females 16-25 years of age.2
1820 Fed. census (7 Aug): Household of Leonard Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Laura Whitney was probably included in the Free Females 26-44 years of age.3
1840 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Leonard Tiffany, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Laura Whitney was probably included in the Free Females 50-60 years of age.4
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Leonard Tiffany, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.5
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Laura Tiffany, Susquehanna Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Household consists of Laura and her son George (40, b. PA) and his wife Polly (33, b. PA.)6

Name variants: Laura Tiffany (married name.)

Citations

  1. [S138] S. Whitney Phoenix, Whitney Family of CT, p.264. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008731200
  2. [S108] Fed. Census: 1810. Connecticut, New Haven County, Wallingford, page 421: line 18 (NARA: M252, Roll 2, Page 421). Household of Enos Whitney.
  3. [S108] Fed. Census: 1820. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 49 (NARA: M33, Roll 112, Page 49). Household of Leonard Tiffany.
  4. [S108] Fed. Census: 1840. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 360: line 10 (NARA: M704, Roll 476, Page 360). Household of Leonard Tiffany.
  5. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 277: line 27-31 (NARA: M432, Roll 829, Page 277). Household of Leonard Tiffany.
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. Household of G.L. Tiffany. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6Q89-R4F> : 22 May 2014), Pennsylvania > Susquehanna > Susquehanna > image 17 of 70; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).