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Lydia Whitney
b.19 Jan 1769
d.1771
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Lydia Whitney |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
19 Jan 1769 |
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| Death? |
1771 |
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References
- ↑ Source:Whitney, Henry Austin. Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, p. 23, says "Lydia, b. Jan. 19, 1769 ? d. a child of two years old." This conflicts with the birth of Abigail Whitney 22 Apr 1768 and Samuel Austin Whitney b. 19 Sep 1769 which are both found in Concord VRs. The Concord record appears to have been recorded after the fact since 7 children from 1768 to 1776 are recorded in a single group. Lydia's absence, while noteworthy, may possibly be explained by her death prior to the date of recording as well as meaning there are no contextual clues to confirm that data which is found. No original record for Lydia's birth and death is not found. Note that the author is the great grandson of the father Samuel Whitney.
Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney: The Descendants of John Whitney, p. 91, solves the problem by reporting Lydia's birth as 19 Jun 1769, which is suspicious, but possible in the absence of the original record. However, he then changes the birth of Samuel Austin to 27 Sep 1770 in direct conflict of Concord VRs and offers no explanation, suggesting this is all assumption on his part to make his presentation look good, instead of looking for the true cause of the conflict.
The Whitney Research Group keeps Pierce's date for Lydia, while rejecting his date for Samuel A. Whitney. This creates a conflict between Lydia's and Samuel's births. There is no appearance in any of these sources that they had access to any information on Lydia beyond Whitney's original 1857 presentation.
One would assume Whitney's data might have come from family records, since outside the 7 births in Concord, none of the births are found in VRs, which he presumably got from somewhere. There are so many children born very close together, that it is hard to even speculate on a possible resolution to birth conflicts without knowing and having access to the original records used by Whitney. Pierce's data appears to suffer from a lack of integrity and should not be trusted.
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