Sarah Williston Whitney was born 21 January 1800 in Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts to Payson Williston (1763-1856) and Sarah Birdseye (1763-1845) and died 1 July 1833 Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869) 1818 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896) | |||
| Elisabeth Noble Whitney (1822-1863) | |||
| Sarah Birdseye Whitney (1824-1864) | |||
| William Dwight Whitney (1826-1826) | |||
| William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894) | 9 February 1827 Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States | 7 June 1894 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin (1824-1912) |
| Margaret E Whitney (1829-1836) | |||
| Maria Whitney (1830-1910) | |||
| Edward Payson Whitney (1833-1858) | |||
Siblings