Whitney family

The Whitney family is an American family notable for their social prominence, wealth, business enterprises and philanthropy, founded by John Whitney (1592–1673) who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. The historic family mansion in Watertown, known as The Elms, was built in 1710.^[1]

Prominent descendants of John Whitney

• Amos Whitney (1832–1920)
• Anne Whitney (1821–1915)
• Asa Whitney (1797–1872)
• Asa Whitney (canal commissioner) (1791–1874)
• Benson Whitney (born 1956)
• Charlotte Anita Whitney (1867–1955)
• Charles Andrew Whitney (1834-1912)
• Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992)
• Courtney Whitney (1897–1969)
• Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968)
• Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857–1911)
• Eli Whitney (1765–1825)
• Eli Whitney Debevoise II (born 1953)
• Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986)
• Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930)
• Hassler Whitney (1907–1989)
• Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923)
• James Scollay Whitney (1811–1878)
• Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975)
• John Hay Whitney (1905–1982)
• Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819–1896)
• Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921)
• Newel Kimball Whitney (1795–1850)
• Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931)
• Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916)
• Payne Whitney (1876–1927)
• Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903–2008)
• Richard Whitney )1888–1974)
• Wheelock Whitney I (1894–1957)
• Wheelock Whitney II (born 1926)
• Wheelock Whitney III (born 1949)
• William Collins Whitney (1841–1904)
• William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894)
• Willis Rodney Whitney (1868–1958)

By marriage:

• Mary Elizabeth Altemus (1906–1988)
• Charles T. Barney (1851–1907)
• Betsey Cushing (1908–1998)
• Henry F. Dimock (1842–1911)
• Leonard Knight Elmhirst (1893–1974)
• Helen Julia Hay (1876–1944)
• Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949)
• Marie Louise Schroeder (born 1925)
• Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918)
  • Whitney Willard Straight (1912–1979)
  • Beatrice Whitney Straight (1914–2001)
  • Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004)
• Adeline Dutton Train (1824–1906)
• Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942)
• George W. Headley (1908–1985)
• William Healey Dall (1845-1927)

References

1. William Richard Cutter. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3 (Boston: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908) pp. 1400-1401. https://books.google.com/books?id=qaK9Vz1UdDcC

External links

• Whitney Research Group – dedicated to the scholarly research of Whitney families around the world and throughout history.
• July 25, 2008 Bloodhorse.com article titled "The Whitney Handicap: a look at a treasured American family"