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Whitney family

February 16, 2024

For other people with this surname, see Whitney (surname).

The Whitney family is a prominent American family descended from English immigrant John Whitney (1592–1673), who left London in 1635 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. The historic family mansion in Watertown, known as The Elms, was built for the Whitneys in 1710.[1] The Whitneys today occupy a distinguished position in American society as a result of their entrepreneurship, wealth, and philanthropy. They are also members of the Episcopal Church.[2]

Whitney family
CountryUnited States
Place of originEngland
FounderJohn Whitney
Connected familiesPaget family
Vanderbilt family
Estate(s)The Elms
Watertown, Massachusetts

Throughout the existence of the United States, successive generations of the Whitney family have had a significant impact on its history. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 enabled cotton seeds to be removed 50 times faster, a breakthrough which led the country to become home to 75% of the world's cotton supply.[3] This caused the demand for slaves to increase rapidly, with Yale law professor Paul Finkleman writing that "slaves were a profitable investment before the cotton gin and an even more profitable investment after its invention".[4] In 1844, Asa Whitney launched a campaign for a railway linking the country's west to the east that ultimately resulted in the first transcontinental railroad.

Upon taking office as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in 1885, William Collins Whitney oversaw the American fleet's widespread adoption of steel ships, an event essential to the United States becoming a leading world power. During the 20th century, family members continued to exercise massive influence over the country's economy through conglomerates such as Pan Am, J.H. Whitney & Company, and Freeport-McMoran. Beginning with William Collins Whitney, members of the Whitney family would become major figures for more than a century in the breeding and racing of Thoroughbred horses.[5][6]

Prominent descendants of John Whitney edit

 
Eli Whitney Jr. (1765–1825)
 
William Collins Whitney (1841–1904)

By marriage:

Family network edit

Associates edit

Businesses edit

Philanthropy and non-profit organizations edit

Buildings, estates and historic sites edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cutter 1908, pp. 1400–1401.
  2. ^ W. Williams 2016, p. 176:The names of fashionable families who were already Episcopalian, like the Morgans, or those, like the Fricks, who now became so, goes on interminably: Aldrich, Astor, Biddle, Booth, Brown, Du Pont, Firestone, Ford, Gardner, Mellon, Morgan, Procter, Vanderbilt, Whitney. Episcopalian branches of the Baptist Rockefellers and Jewish Guggenheims even appeared on these family trees.
  3. ^ "Eli". US National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The cotton gin: A game-changing social and economic invention". National Constitution Centre. March 14, 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Racing Proud of Whitney Heritage: Three Generations of Family Prominent on American Scene; Among Founders of Jockey Club, Campaigned Abroad; Owned Two Derby Winners". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1956-05-05. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  6. ^ "Marylou Whitney Stables LLC". Equibase.com. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  7. ^ a b Hendrick 1920, p. 138.
  8. ^ a b c Burnley 1901, p. 226.
  9. ^ Ingham 1983, pp. 1614–1615.
  10. ^ "WILLIAM C. WHITNEY PASSES AWAY" (PDF). New York Times. 1904-02-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  11. ^ Ingham 1983, pp. 1612–1614.
  12. ^ NYT 1904, p. 2.
  13. ^ Ingham 1983, p. 1614.
  14. ^ Harrison, Bruce. The Family Forest Descendants of Sir Robert Parke. Lulu.com. p. 238. ISBN 9781411686304. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Birth of the Paper Giant | Great Northern Paper". Greatnorthernpaperhistory.com. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  16. ^ "Mr. Barney's Career. Prominent All His Life in Finance, Art, and Realty Operations", The New York Times, November 15, 1907.
  17. ^ Ingham 1983, p. 1615.
  18. ^ "Glen Cove's multi-talented Clarissa Watson dies in France". Herald Community Newspapers. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  19. ^ Chin, Jessica (2017-07-03). "Greentree Foundation maintains community roots with grants - The Island Now". The Island Now. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  20. ^ "JOHN HAY WHITNEY DIES AT 77; PUBLISHER LED IN MANY FIELDS". The New York Times. 9 February 1982. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  21. ^ Nemy, Enid (2019-07-19). "Marylou Whitney, Social Queen of the Racing World, Dies at 93". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  22. ^ Dahler 2020, p. 110.
  23. ^ "The Whitney Museum of American Art". The Art Story.org. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

Bibliography edit

  • Burnley, James (1901). Millionaires and Kings of Enterprise: The Marvellous Careers of Some Americans who by Pluck, Foresight, and Energy Have Made Themselves Masters in the Fields of Industry and Finance. Harmsworth Brothers, Limited.
  • Cutter, William Richard (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Bostaon and Eastern Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  • Dahler, Don (2020). Fearless: Harriet Quimbly, A Life Without Limit. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-64896-131-1.
  • Hendrick, Burton Jesse (1920). The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
  • Ingham, John N. (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders: V-Z. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23910-X.
  • W. Williams, Peter (2016). Religion, Art, and Money: Episcopalians and American Culture from the Civil War to the Great Depression. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469626987.

External links edit

  • 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"

February 16, 2024
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For other people with this surname see Whitney surname The Whitney family is a prominent American family descended from English immigrant John Whitney 1592 1673 who left London in 1635 and settled in Watertown Massachusetts The historic family mansion in Watertown known as The Elms was built for the Whitneys in 1710 1 The Whitneys today occupy a distinguished position in American society as a result of their entrepreneurship wealth and philanthropy They are also members of the Episcopal Church 2 Whitney familyCountryUnited StatesPlace of originEnglandFounderJohn WhitneyConnected familiesPaget familyVanderbilt familyEstate s The ElmsWatertown MassachusettsThroughout the existence of the United States successive generations of the Whitney family have had a significant impact on its history Eli Whitney s invention of the cotton gin in 1793 enabled cotton seeds to be removed 50 times faster a breakthrough which led the country to become home to 75 of the world s cotton supply 3 This caused the demand for slaves to increase rapidly with Yale law professor Paul Finkleman writing that slaves were a profitable investment before the cotton gin and an even more profitable investment after its invention 4 In 1844 Asa Whitney launched a campaign for a railway linking the country s west to the east that ultimately resulted in the first transcontinental railroad Upon taking office as U S Secretary of the Navy in 1885 William Collins Whitney oversaw the American fleet s widespread adoption of steel ships an event essential to the United States becoming a leading world power During the 20th century family members continued to exercise massive influence over the country s economy through conglomerates such as Pan Am J H Whitney amp Company and Freeport McMoran Beginning with William Collins Whitney members of the Whitney family would become major figures for more than a century in the breeding and racing of Thoroughbred horses 5 6 Contents 1 Prominent descendants of John Whitney 2 Family network 2 1 Associates 2 2 Businesses 2 3 Philanthropy and non profit organizations 3 Buildings estates and historic sites 4 References 4 1 Bibliography 5 External linksProminent descendants of John Whitney edit nbsp Eli Whitney Jr 1765 1825 nbsp William Collins Whitney 1841 1904 Amos Whitney 1832 1920 Anne Whitney 1821 1915 Asa Whitney 1791 1874 canal commissioner Asa Whitney 1797 1872 Benson Whitney born 1956 Charlotte Anita Whitney 1867 1955 Charles Andrew Whitney 1834 1912 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1899 1992 Courtney Whitney 1897 1969 David Whitney Jr 1830 1900 Dorothy Payne Whitney 1887 1968 Edward Baldwin Whitney 1857 1911 Eli Whitney 1765 1825 Eli Whitney Blake 1795 1886 inventor Eli Whitney Blake Jr 1836 1895 scientist Eli Whitney Debevoise II born 1953 Flora Payne Whitney 1897 1986 Whitney Tower 1923 1999 Flora Miller Biddle born 1928 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 Josephine Whitney Duveneck 1891 1978 Josiah Dwight Whitney 1819 1896 Mary Watson Whitney 1847 1921 Newel Kimball Whitney 1795 1850 Orson F Whitney 1855 1931 Parkhurst Whitney 1784 1862 Pauline Payne Whitney 1874 1916 Olive Lady Baillie Olive Cecilia Paget 1899 1974 Anglo American heiress landowner and hostess Dorothy Wyndham Paget 1905 1960 British racehorse owner and sponsor of motor racing William Payne Whitney 1876 1927 Phyllis Ayame Whitney 1903 2008 Richard Whitney 1888 1974 Wheelock Whitney I 1894 1957 Wheelock Whitney Jr 1926 2016 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 Kathleen Blatz born 1954 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 British industrialist and politician Marie Louise Schroeder 1925 2019 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 Dorothy Laverne Whitney born 1930 Alfa Vanderbilt Winther 1924 2008 Family network editAssociates edit Henry Lawrence Burnett Roscoe Channing Merian C Cooper Herbert Croly William Lukens Elkins 7 8 Catharine Littlefield Greene Daniel Guggenheim 9 Daniel S Lamont 10 Oliver Hazard Payne Benjamin Franklin Pearson Francis A Pratt Benno C Schmidt Sr David O Selznick Kenneth A Spencer Charles Shipman Payson Sherman Pratt Thomas Fortune Ryan 11 12 W E D Stokes Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy Juan Trippe Clarissa Watson Peter A B Widener 7 8 Langbourne Meade Williams Jr Richard Thornton Wilson Jr Businesses edit American Tobacco Company 13 Art in America Burnett amp Whitney 14 Cataract House Hotel Dominion Iron amp Steel Company Dun amp Bradstreet Foshalee Plantation Freeport Texas Company Great Northern Paper 15 Greentree Stable Hudson Bay Mining amp Smelting Company International Herald Tribune J H Whitney amp Company Manhasset Stable Marineland of Florida Metropolitan Steamship Company Metropolitan Street Railway Company 8 Minnesota North Stars Minnesota Vikings Minute Maid Company The New Republic New York Loan amp Improvement Company 16 New York Mets Pan Am Pratt amp Whitney Measurement Systems Selznick International Pictures Spencer Chemical Company Technicolor Corporation West End Street Railway Westbury Stable Western Airways Whitney Armory Whitney Real Estate Corporation 17 Philanthropy and non profit organizations edit Almeric Paget Massage Corps American Philological Association Association of Junior Leagues International Country Art Gallery amp Art School 18 Dartington College of Arts Dartington International Summer School Greentree Foundation 19 Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Jockey Club United States John Hay Whitney Foundation 20 Markey Cancer Center National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame The New School for Social Research North Shore University Hospital Payne Whitney Gymnasium Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic Saratoga Performing Arts Center 21 Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Whitney South Sea Expedition William C Whitney Foundation Whitney Gallery of Western Art Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Stakes NYRA Buildings estates and historic sites editBelmont Park 22 Breuer Building Brookdale Farm C V Whitney Farm Dartington Hall David Whitney House Eli Whitney Gun Factory The Elms 1 Greentree Greenwood Plantation Joye Cottage Llangollen Farm Payne Whitney House Saratoga Race Course Waters Farm Whitney Studio Gallery 23 Whitney Park Willard Straight HallReferences edit a b Cutter 1908 pp 1400 1401 W Williams 2016 p 176 The names of fashionable families who were already Episcopalian like the Morgans or those like the Fricks who now became so goes on interminably Aldrich Astor Biddle Booth Brown Du Pont Firestone Ford Gardner Mellon Morgan Procter Vanderbilt Whitney Episcopalian branches of the Baptist Rockefellers and Jewish Guggenheims even appeared on these family trees Eli US National Archives August 15 2016 Retrieved 13 April 2021 The cotton gin A game changing social and economic invention National Constitution Centre March 14 2022 Retrieved 6 March 2023 Racing Proud of Whitney Heritage Three Generations of Family Prominent on American Scene Among Founders of Jockey Club Campaigned Abroad Owned Two Derby Winners Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives 1956 05 05 Retrieved 2019 02 22 Marylou Whitney Stables LLC Equibase com 2019 02 21 Retrieved 2019 02 22 a b Hendrick 1920 p 138 a b c Burnley 1901 p 226 Ingham 1983 pp 1614 1615 WILLIAM C WHITNEY PASSES AWAY PDF New York Times 1904 02 03 p 2 Retrieved 2023 02 20 Ingham 1983 pp 1612 1614 NYT 1904 p 2 Ingham 1983 p 1614 Harrison Bruce The Family Forest Descendants of Sir Robert Parke Lulu com p 238 ISBN 9781411686304 Retrieved 3 November 2017 Birth of the Paper Giant Great Northern Paper Greatnorthernpaperhistory com Retrieved 2013 08 06 Mr Barney s Career Prominent All His Life in Finance Art and Realty Operations The New York Times November 15 1907 Ingham 1983 p 1615 Glen Cove s multi talented Clarissa Watson dies in France Herald Community Newspapers 10 April 2012 Retrieved 2022 08 26 Chin Jessica 2017 07 03 Greentree Foundation maintains community roots with grants The Island Now The Island Now Retrieved 2017 12 28 JOHN HAY WHITNEY DIES AT 77 PUBLISHER LED IN MANY FIELDS The New York Times 9 February 1982 Retrieved 1 December 2016 Nemy Enid 2019 07 19 Marylou Whitney Social Queen of the Racing World Dies at 93 New York Times Retrieved 2023 02 19 Dahler 2020 p 110 The Whitney Museum of American Art The Art Story org Retrieved December 27 2014 Bibliography edit Burnley James 1901 Millionaires and Kings of Enterprise The Marvellous Careers of Some Americans who by Pluck Foresight and Energy Have Made Themselves Masters in the Fields of Industry and Finance Harmsworth Brothers Limited Cutter William Richard 1908 Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Bostaon and Eastern Massachusetts Boston Massachusetts Lewis Historical Publishing Company Dahler Don 2020 Fearless Harriet Quimbly A Life Without Limit Princeton Architectural Press ISBN 978 1 64896 131 1 Hendrick Burton Jesse 1920 The Age of Big Business A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry New Haven Connecticut Yale University Press Ingham John N 1983 Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders V Z Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press ISBN 0 313 23910 X W Williams Peter 2016 Religion Art and Money Episcopalians and American Culture from the Civil War to the Great Depression University of North Carolina Press ISBN 9781469626987 External links editWhitney 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whitney family amp oldid 1207032076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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