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Rev. Samuel Whitney, Jr. 6 [m]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born July 14th, 1781 No Image On File
Birthplace USA
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Parents
Father [345_sa_f]Samuel Whitney 5 No Image On File
Mother [345_sa_m]Mary (?) Whitney 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[345] - Hope (Blish) Whitney 6
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Children by this spouse:
I [615] Daniel Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
II [616] Norman Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
III [617] Samuel Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
IV [618] Demis Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
V [619] Harriet Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
VI [620] John Whitney 7 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
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Personalized History Timeline, 1781 to 1881
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 27
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 53
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 39
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from before birth until age 2
1775-1782:
British war in India from before birth until age 1
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 0
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 2
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 3
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 5
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 5
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 6
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 6
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 6
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 6
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 7
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 7
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 7
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 7
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 7
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 7
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 7
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 7
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 7
1789:
US Army Established at age 8
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 8 to age 15
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 8
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 9
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 9
1790:
1st official US census at age 9
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 10
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 10
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 11
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 11 to age 34
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 11
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 12
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 12
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 13
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 13
1794:
US Navy Established at age 13
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 15
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 15
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 15 to age 19
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 15
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 17
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 17
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 17 to age 19
1798:
Lithography at age 17
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 18
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 19
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 19
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 19 to age 28
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 19
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 21
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 22
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 22
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 22
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 23
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 23 to age 25
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 24
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 24
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 26
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 27
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 27
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 28
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 28 to age 35
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 29
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 29
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 31
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 31 to age 33
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 31
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 34
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 34
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 34
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 35
1816:
Stethoscope at age 35
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 35
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 36
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 36
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 36 to age 44
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 36 to age 43
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 36
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 36 to age 42
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 37
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 37
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 38
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 38
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 38
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 39 to age 49
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 39
1821:
1st US women's college at age 40
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 40
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 40
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 40 to age 48
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 41
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 43
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 43
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 43 to age 47
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 45
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 46
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 46
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 46
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 47
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 47
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 47 to age 55
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 48
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 48 to age 70
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 49
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 49 to age 56
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 49 to age 79
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 51
1833:
Telegraph at age 52
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 52
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 53
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 54
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 54
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 54 to age 61
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 55
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 55
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 55
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 56 to age 59
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 56 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 56
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 56
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 57 to age 58
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 58 to age 61
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 60 to age 63
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 61
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 63
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 64 to age 67
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 64 to age 68
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 64
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 64
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 65 to age 67
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 65
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 67
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 67
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 67
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 67 to age 75
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 68 to age 71
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 68
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 69
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 69
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 69
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 69
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 69
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 70
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 71 to age 78
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 72
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 72 to age 75
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 73
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 73
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 73 to age 75
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 76 to age 85
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 76
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 76 to age 79
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 77
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 77
1859:
Oil Well at age 78
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 78
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 78
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 79
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 79
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 80 to age 84
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 80
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 80
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 80
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 80
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 80 to age 84
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 80
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 80 to age 84
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 80
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 80
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 80
1862:
US Homestead act at age 81
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 82
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 82 to age 98
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 82
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 82
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 82
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 82
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 83
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 83
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 84
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 84
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 84
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 85 to age 87
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 85
1867:
Dynamite at age 86
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 86
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 86
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 86
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 86
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 87 to age 97
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 88
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 88
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 88
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 88
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 88 to age 95
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 89 to age 90
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 89
1870:
US black men can vote at age 89
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 90
1873:
Color Photographs at age 92
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 92 to age 97
1876:
American Centennial at age 95
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 95
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 95
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 95
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 96 to age 99
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 96
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 97
1879:
Zulu war at age 98
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 98
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 100 until after line end
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 100
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 100 until after line end
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 100

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