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Whitney family

The Whitney family is a prominent American family descended from English emigrant 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.

Prominent descendants of John Whitney
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) ==Descendants of James Scollay Whitney==
Descendants of James Scollay Whitney
James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878) m. 1886 Laurinda Collins (1810-1908) • Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923) m. 1878 Margaret Foster Green (1856–1932) • William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) m. 1869 Flora Payne (1842-1893), m. 1896 Sibyl Randolph • Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930) m. 1896 Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) • Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986) m. 1920 Roderick Tower (div. 1925), m. 1927 George Macculloch Miller III • Pamela Tower (1921–2013) m. Jay Ketchum Secor (1912–1960) 1941 (div. 1950), m. Thomas LeBoutillier (1913–1979) • John LeBoutillier (born 1953) • Whitney Tower (1923–1999) • Flora Miller Biddle (born 1928) • Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992) m. 1923 Marie Norton (1903-1970) (div. 1929), m. 1931 Gwladys Crosby “Gee” Hopkins (div. 1940), m. 1941 Eleanor Searle (c. 1908–2002) (div. 1957), m. 1958 Marie Louise Schroeder (1925–2019) • Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916) m. 1895 Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949) • Olive, Lady Baillie (1899-1974) m. 1919 Charles John Frederick Winn (1896–1968) (div. 1925), m. 1925 Arthur Wilson-Filmer (1895–1968) (div. 1930), m. 1931 Adrian Baillie, 6th Baronet (1898-1947) (div. 1944) • Gawaine Baillie, 7th Baronet (1934-2003) m. Margot Beaubien 1966 • Dorothy Paget (1905-1960) • William Payne Whitney (1876–1927) m. 1902 Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) • Joan Whitney (1903-1975) m. 1924 Charles Shipman Payson (1898-1985) • Lorinda Payson (1930-2025) m. 1951 Vincent de Roulet (1925-1975) • John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) m. 1931 Mary Elizabeth Altemus (div. 1940), m. 1942 Betsey Roosevelt (née Cushing) (1908-1998) • (adopted stepdaughter) Sara Roosevelt Whitney (1932-2001) m. 1953 Anthony di Bonaventura (1929-2012) (div. 1972), m. 1973 Ronald A. Wilford (1927-2015) • Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) m. 1911 Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), m. 1925 Leonard Knight Elmhirst (1893–1974) • Whitney Willard Straight (1912–1979) m. 1935 Lady Daphne Margarita Finch-Hatton (1913–2003) • Beatrice Whitney Straight (1914–2001) m. 1942 Louis Dolivet (1908–1989) (div. 1949), m. 1949 Peter Cookson (1913–1990) • Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004) m. 1939 Belinda Crompton (1920-2015) (div. 1969), m. 1974 Nina Gore Auchincloss (1937-), m. 1998 Katharine Gould • Dorothy Straight (1958-) • Susan Collins Whitney (1845–1939) m. Henry F. Dimock (1842–1911) • Lorinda Collins "Lily" Whitney (1852–1946) m. Charles T. Barney (1851–1907) ==Family network==
Family network
Associates People closely aligned with or subordinate to the Whitney family include: • Henry Lawrence BurnettRoscoe ChanningMerian C. CooperHerbert CrolyWilliam Lukens ElkinsCatharine Littlefield GreeneDaniel GuggenheimDaniel S. LamontOliver Hazard PayneBenjamin Franklin PearsonFrancis A. PrattBenno C. Schmidt Sr.David O. SelznickKenneth A. SpencerCharles Shipman PaysonSherman PrattThomas Fortune RyanW.E.D. StokesIlya Andreyevich TolstoyJuan TrippeClarissa WatsonPeter A.B. WidenerLangbourne Meade Williams Jr.Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. Businesses Companies in which the Whitney family have held a controlling or otherwise substantial interest include: • American Tobacco CompanyArt in AmericaBurnett & WhitneyCataract House HotelDominion Iron & Steel CompanyDun & BradstreetFoshalee PlantationFreeport Texas CompanyGreat Northern PaperGreentree StableHudson Bay Mining & Smelting CompanyInternational Herald TribuneJ.H. Whitney & CompanyManhasset StableMarineland of FloridaMetropolitan Steamship CompanyMetropolitan Street Railway CompanyMinnesota North StarsMinnesota VikingsMinute Maid CompanyThe New RepublicNew York Loan & Improvement CompanyNew York MetsPan American World AirwaysPratt & Whitney Measurement SystemsSelznick International PicturesSpencer Chemical CompanyTechnicolor CorporationWest End Street RailwayWestbury StableWestern Airways • Whitney Armory • Whitney Real Estate Corporation Philanthropy and non-profit organizationsAlmeric Paget Massage CorpsAmerican Philological AssociationAssociation of Junior Leagues InternationalCountry Art Gallery & Art SchoolDartington College of ArtsDartington International Summer SchoolGreentree FoundationHelen Hay Whitney FoundationJockey Club (United States)John Hay Whitney FoundationMarkey Cancer CenterNational Museum of Dance and Hall of FameNational Museum of Racing and Hall of FameThe New School for Social ResearchNorth Shore University HospitalPayne Whitney GymnasiumPayne Whitney Psychiatric ClinicSaratoga Performing Arts CenterWhitney Laboratory for Marine BioscienceWhitney South Sea ExpeditionWilliam C. Whitney FoundationWhitney Gallery of Western ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Stakes (NYRA) ==Buildings, estates and historic sites==
Buildings, estates and historic sites
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