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Henry Whitney

Male 1715 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry Whitney  [1
    Born 29 Jul 1715  Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • III. Henry Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 29 July 1715; a farmer; married, 5 Dec. 1755, at Ridgefield, Elizabeth Lobdell1, dau. of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Benedict) Lobdell, of Ridgefield, where she was born 21 Sept. 1733. They settled in Ridgefield, and there died; he, 9 or 10 July 1794, of cholera morbus; she, 15 Aug. 1816, at the house of her dau. Rebecca (Whitney) Olmstead. They were buried in Titicus Cemetery. In 1873, one of his descendants said: "My great-grandfather, Henry Whitney, while cutting wood in the morning before sunrise, heard music, and, looking up, saw some witches in a hog's trough, go sailing along over-head, singing: 'Hoity cock, hoity cock, day breaks on;'" and genealogists are compelled to read and consider many traditions and legends which are not better than this. Another tradition says that when he was eighteen years old, he was at Ebenezer Lobdell's house, saw a babe in the cradle, and said, "I will wait till this little girl is a woman and take her for my wife," a pledge which he redeemed when he was forty years old.

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    Person ID I22366  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Henry Whitney,   b. 21 Feb 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Olmstead,   b. Abt 1690, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Jun 1710  Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1342] Edwards, Ralph--"Gates Carlos" Updated 2008-12-01, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gatescarlos).