Family: Richard Whitney / Esther Clark (F7739)

• Father | Male Richard Whitney

  
  

  Born	29 Mar 1722	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	18 Nov 1772	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Buried
  Married	18 Dec 1745	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Father	Henry Whitney | F7740 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Olmstead | F7740 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Esther Clark

  
  

  Born	Between 1722 and 1725
  Died	Apr 1810	Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Henry Whitney

  
  

  Born	28 Feb 1746	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Esther Whitney

  
  

  Born	20 Oct 1748	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male William Whitney

  
  

  Born	31 Dec 1750	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Abigail Whitney

  
  

  Born	28 Mar 1753	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Jerusha Whitney

  
  

  Born	Jun 1755	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Jul 1840
  Buried
  Spouse	David Gates | F7341
  Married	22 Dec 1774	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Betty Whitney

  
  

  Born	16 Jul 1757	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Richard Whitney

  
  

  Born	6 Dec 1759	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Josiah Anson Whitney

  
  

  Born	18 Jan 1762	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Nathan Whitney

  
  

  Born	2 Jun 1765	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Elizabeth Whitney

  
  

  Born	24 Mar 1769	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: From THE WHITNEY FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT, AND ITS AFFILIATIONS Stephen Whitney Phoenix (Available on Google books) (Page 28) Richard Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 29 Mary 1722; a farmer, married 18 Dec. 1745, at Ridgefield, ESTHER CLARK. They settled at Ridgebury, Conn., where he died 18 Nov. 1772, "aged about 50 years," according to the church record, while the town record says, 18 Nov 1773. She was married (second), 1 Jan 1777, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Daniel Whitlock, of Wilton, in Norwalk, Conn. She died ___Apr. 1810, in Westmorland, New York.