John Whitney

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'John WHITNEY was probably born before his father went to Southold, as the fact that he was of full age before 20 Jan 1665/66, is indicated by the following vote: 'At the towne meeting held the 20th of Jan. 1665, grante unto John WHITNE the sonne of Henry WHITNEY oinse unto his father's home lott extending from the Brow of the hill lying by the hiweigh leading to the Rodds cartpath by the sayd Falls.' He settled, with his father, in Norwalk, followed his business, of millwright, and miller; succeeded him in the possession of the mill and homestead; and married 17 Mar 1674/75, Elizabeth SMITH, dau. of Richard Smith. [Phoenix p11]

'Whitney, John, Norwalk, only son of Henry, married 17 Mar 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard SMITH, probably of L.I . Had John, born 12 Mar 1677; Joseph, 1 Mar 1679, Henry, 21 February 1681; and Richard, 18 Apr 1687; but no more known of him except that he was a miller, had good property and his children perpetuated the name in that region.' [Savage p530]

Savage was INCORRECT in listing a child of John and Elizabeth (SMITH) WHITNEY. John and Elizabeth did NOT have a child named Samuel. This error was repeated in various publications, including several Connecticut town histories and the books by S. Whitney Phoenix. 'Saml. WHITNEY of Stratford' (who married Anne LABOREE) was the son of Nathaniel WHITNEY and Sarah HAGAR - and thus a descendant of John and Elinor WHITNEY of Watertown. Proof lies in the probate records of Samuel's father, Nathaniel WHITNEY, Middlesex County, MA, File No. 24731.

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The WHITNEY FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS AFFILIATIONS
By Stephen Whitney Phoenix
1878
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John married Elizabeth Smith on 17 Mar 1674 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born about 1655 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I. John Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 12 March 1676-7; a miller; married, 4 March 1709-10, Elizabeth Finch, dau. of Joseph Finch, of Greenwich, Conn. They settled in Norwalk, where he died 3 Feb 1712-13. He reconveyed the mills, 31 Jan. 1712-13, during his last illness, to his father, who gave the fulling-mill to the widow, 28 Feb. 1712-13. No record of her death has been found.

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4 II. Joseph Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 1 March 1678 [1678-9]; a mill-wright; married in Norwalk, 6 July 1704, Hannah Hoyt, "the daughter of Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt," of Norwalk.1 She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, in 1725. After the death of his brother, John Whitney, he came in possession of the grist-mill, by deed from his father, stipulating to pay all of his debts, and give him one half of all tolls which the mill should earn during his father's lifetime. His will was dated 21 March 1740-41; and he probably died in Norwalk, in 1741. His great-grandson, James Whitney, when eighty years old, wrote an interesting letter, in which he speaks of him as follows: "He was a very excentric man, and I heard many ancedotes of him. One was as follows; he was called upon to name a stree running from the foot of Pudding Lane to the bridge at the head of the harbor, by the mill; and this was his answer, --

From Hyatt's hill to Thacher's mill, Was once a lonesome valley; Since it's become a place of fame, We'll call it Petticoat Alley, and it went by that name when I was a boy, I believe over one hundred years later."

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III. Henry Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 21 Feb. 1680 [1680-81]; a weaver; married, 14 June 1710, at Norwalk, Elizabeth Olmstead,2 dau. of "the late Lieut. John" and Mary (Benedict) Olmstead, of Norwalk, and g. dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict. His father had already given to him, 18 Oct 1709, "my now Dwelling House, Barn and Home Lott, containing found acres of land." He returned to his father, 19 Oct. 1709, a life-lease of the same, as follows: For and in Consideration of Love, good will and Affection, which I have and do bear towards my Honoured and Well Respected Father, Mr. John Whitney, of the aforesaid Town and County, Do give and grant, and by these presents do fully & absolutely give and grant unto him, my said Father, John Whitney, the free use and Improvement of one half of ye now Dwelling House, Barn & Home Lott that he now dwells in & Improves, During ye Term of his Natural Life, as also, ye Improvement of Half of said House, & what convenience my be needful in ye Barn unto my Honoured Moather, if she survive my said father, During her continuance of Widowhood. He sold this property, 8 July 1712, to his brother, John Whitney, subject to the foregoing lease; and removed, among the early settlers, to Ridgefield, Conn., where we find his ear-mark recorded 1 Dec. 1712. Here he was chosen townsman, 17 Dec. 1717; fence-viewer, 5 Dec. 1720, 19 Dec. 1723, 14 Dec. 1724, and 22 Dec 1726.


The Townsmen Do Order that ye White Oak Tree standing near Henry Whitne's be recorded their Sign Post.
Recorded Janry 7th 1727-7, Per me
THOMAS HAWLEY, Registr. He died at Ridgefield, 26 April 1728, and was, doubtless, buried in the old graveyard, south of the village, where only two gravestones yet stand, neither of which is his. In exchanging land with Joseph Northrup, Sen., of Ridgefield, 26 Ap. 1727, he styled himself "Henry Whitne, Senr., of Ridgfield, in ye County of Fairfield, in ye Colony of Connecticutt, in New England, Weaver." Four days before his death, 22 Ap. 1728, he conveyed land to Rev. Thomas Hawley, and, probably on account of weakness, signed the deed by his mark. Many grants of land were made by the town, on his right, to his heirs, from 16 May 1729 to 1742, and, perhaps, even later. It is said that his widow lived to a great age, and died at Ridgefield, but no record of her death has been found.

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Henry married Elizabeth Olmstead on 14 Jun 1710 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Lt. John Olmstead and Mary Benedict) was born about 1690 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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IV. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn.,about 1684; married Joseph Keeler, a carpenter, son of Samuel and Sarah (St. John) Keeler; g. son of Ralph Keeler and of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John; and g. g. son of Matthias St. John and Timothy Stanley.1 He was born at Norwalk about 1683. They settled at Ridgefield, where we find early mention of him. At a Town Meeting held in Ridgefield Decembr 27th Anno Dom. 1715 . . . . it was voted by ye Mjority yt Joseph Keeler shall have two shilling as money pr day for making and mending Conveniences for ye setting of Minister and people at ye house of meeting and yt he shall be allowed for Nails and what board will not do for after service. He was elected lister, 19 Dec 1716; scaler of weights and measures, 8 Dec. 1718, 21 Dec. 1721, 13 Dec. 1725, and 27 Dec. 1727; townsman, 21 Dec. 1719, and 20 Dec. 1722; surveyor, 21 Dec. 1721; toler, 13 Dec. 1725; a member of the "committee to run and finish ye Dividend Line between Norwalk and Ridgefield, according to agreement with Norwalk." 27 Dec 1725; and, 5 Sept. 1726, one of "a Committee for the Town for the takeing care of, and carrying on the work of the meeting house by any necessary bargains, or laying out of the severall Sums and Taxes which form time to time shall be raised therefor, and that as their prudence and best discretion shall direct them and that till the meeting house be well compleated and finished." The building of this house was ordered 19 Dec. 1723. He made an agreement with the town as to which days he should grind for them, 7 Dec. 1733; was the town miller 16 Dec. 1636 [sic]; a Justice of the Peace as early as 1735, and for several years after that date. He took the freeman's oath 9 Dec. 1728.

Both died at Ridgefield; he, 29 Nov. 1757, according to the town record, (while his gravestone says 30 Nov. 1757), aged 74; she, 17 March 1763, aged 79 years. They were buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, where their gravestones were visited in 1875; but his, having been used in trapping woodchucks, was broken in pieces.

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V. Richard Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 18 Ap. 1687; a millwright; married, 7 Ap. 1709, at Fairfield, Conn., Hannah Darling, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Beers) Darling, of Fairfield, where she was born about 1689. Their marriage is recorded also at Norwalk. His father gave him thirteen acres of land at Horse Pound Hill, and twenty-six acres at Drum Hill, with three acres of swamp east of Horse Pound Hill, seven acres of land to take up in the unsequestered land, and "one pair of stears past three years old," 18 Oct. 1709; and, at the same date, sold him three acres of land, with a house-frame thereon, at Belden's Hill. They dwelt at Norwalk for several years; then settled in that part of Stratfield Society, which lay in the town of Fairfield.. He proposed to build a grist-mill on Sasco River, "where the sawmill stood," and asked the town to give him a small piece of land on which to set a house. His request was granted by town-meeting, 27 Ap. 1713, and a committee appointed to lay out the land and stipulate the conditions of the grant. Another town-meeting, 6 Aug 1716, granted him liberty to flow so much of the town-commons as should be needed for the mill. His mill appears to have been built before 24 Aug. 1716, when the committee laid out, and 12 Sept. 1716, formally conveyed to him, land on the east side of Sasco River, near to his mill, on his engagement "to keep a good and sufficient grist mill on said river, att or near the place where his now grismill now standeth, when it can be done with labour; and to grind all sorts of grain for two quarts a bushell into good & sufficient meal, if the grain be good; and also to keep a sufficient house over said mill to secure all such grain as shall be brought to said mill, with a good lock and key continually to said house; and to grind all such grists of all sorts of grain as shall be brought by any Inhabitant of said town to said mill seasonably and before hee or they shal grind for a stranger." He was living at Stratfield as early as 18 Oct. 1714, when he sold land in Norwalk, to "William Jarvis of Huntington, on ye Island of Nassau," and again, 21 Jan. 1725-6, when he sold to his brother, Joseph Whitney, a "Fifty pounds Right of commonage" in the undivided lands of Norwalk. He was a juror at Fairfield, 24 Dec. 1734. The date of his death has not been found. She died at Fairfield, 20 Oct. 1774.

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VIII. Eleanor Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 27 Jan. 1693, O.S.; 6 Feb. 1694, N.S.; married, 13 June, 1717, Jonathan Fairchild, a fuller and cloth-dresser, of Norwalk, who was born 10 Oct 1692. He owned a L50 right in the commonage of Norwalk, 4 Dec. 1721; and they were members of the First Congregational Church, in Norwalk, in 1725. His will, dated 2 June 1769, and proved 2 Dec. 1772, disposed of his home-lot, buildings, and fulling-mill, at the upper end of Norwalk, on Mill Brook, which, in the inventory of 12 Dec. 1772, were prized at L100; with fifteen acres of land at Toilsome, prized at L40; and four accres at New Dam Bogs. He died at Norwalk, 28 Nov. 1772. She died at Norwalk, 25 Jan 1777, aged 81 years, 11 months, and 19 days; from which facts, the date of her birth has been computed. They were buried in one of the old cemeteries at Norwalk.

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IX. Nathan Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; a farmer; married about 1715, Sarah -----, whose history is unknown. They settled in Ridgefield, Conn., on a piece of land conveyed to him, 5 Feb. 1718-19, by Joseph Keeler, Henry Whitney, and Matthew St. John, "for, and in consideration of that brotherly Love and fraternall affection we have and do bare Towards our well beloved brother, Nathan Whitney, of ye otwn of Ridgfield, aforesd." At a town meeting, 20 Dec. 1720, "by a Major vote Nathan Whitne was Cleared of all his rates, for ye ensueing year." He took the freeman's oath, 9 Dec. 1728, at Ridgefield, where they were living as late as 1739. The dates of their death are not known.

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X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 Jun 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ----- (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec. 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec. 1723, and 13 Dec. 1725; collector of the minster's 76 rates, 19 Dec 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octbr. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth -----, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, 25 Jasn. 1764, and was buried there. After the settlement of Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Smauel Smith"--each from his former place of residence.

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XI. Josiah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not known; married, 30 Oct. 1729, at Norwalk, Eunice Hanford, dau. of "Mr. Eleazer Hanford," and Hannah, his wife, and g. dau. of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Miles) Hanford, of Norwalk. They settled in Norwalk, where he died as early as 1750. He was of legal age to sell land as early as 25 Jan. 1721-22, and was named in the deed after his brothers--an indication that he was younger than they. No record of her birth or death has been found. She had L82 16s. 7d. from her father's estate, about 1737. In that year, 19 May, John Reed, "for and in behalf of his wife Hannah, and as guardian to his son-in-law, Eleazor Hanford, and his daughter-in-law, Mary Hanford, minors," quit claim to Josiah Whitney, of Norwalk, and his wife Eunice, their shares in 58 acres of land "belonging to the estate of Mr. Eleazer Hanford, late of sd Norwalk, deceased, situate nar Pimpewauge, above the Split Rock farm that was Mr. Joseph St. John's, late of Norwalk, deceased." Probably John Reed married Hannahy, widow of Eleazer Hanford and mother of Josiah Whitney's wife. The final distribution of the dower of Eleazer Hanford's widow, 1 May 1759, shows that Eunice Whitney had already deceased.

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II. Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Dec. 1714, according to the town-record, but the true date was, probably, 1713; married, 29 Ap. 1736, at Ridgefield, Daniel Sherwood, a miller, who was born in Ridgefield, 21 Nov. 1714, son of Daniel and Ruth Sherwood, of Ridgefield. She and her husband received her part of her father's estate, L47 11s. 1d., old tenor, 5 Feb. 1744-5. He bought land in Ridgefield, of his brother, Nathan Sherwood, 18 March, 1747. His farm lay in Ridgebury Society, next to the Colony line, and was bounded "east by the brook running through Mopoo's Bog." He sold portions of this land to hsi sons, Henry, Ebenezer, and Daniel, 17 Jan. 1763; ten acres, for L7 each. He died before 10 Ap. 1770.

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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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IV. John Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Jan. 1717; married, 15 June 1746, at Ridgefield, by Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Hephzibah Olmstead, dau. of Richard and Mary (Betts) Olmstead; g. dau. of John Olmstead and of Samuel Betts, of Wilton, Conn. She died in Ridgefield, 20 May 1753, of consumption, having been able to walk about the house the day before her death. He married (2d) Thankful Benedict,1 who was born 23 June 1727, youngest child of Benjamin and Mary Benedict. By the settlement of his father's estate, 28 March 1744, and a division made by him and his brother Daniel Whitney, 4 Feb. 1745, he had the south half of his father's homestead in Ridgefield, which he sold, 14 Feb. 1753, with "dewlling house, barn, shop, fruit trees and fences," to Abraham Betts, of Norwalk, for L1200, old tenor. A deed of 20 March 1771, shows that he then lived in Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y. He signed a deed, 14 Feb. 1793, in which he called himself of "the County of Serry Togue and State of New York." He lived, in the latter part of his life, with his son Ezra, at, or near, Johnstown, New York. He is known to have visited his son Samuel, in Paris, now Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y., about 1797, when he was eighty yeears old, but neither the place nor the date of his death, or that of his second wife, have been reported; but she died first.

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V. Betty Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 7 Nov. 1718; married, 25 Jan. 1741/2, at Ridgefield, Daniel Smith1, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Collins) Smith, of Ridgefield, where he was born 6 Oct 1719. They settled in Ridgefield, and there died; she, 13 Oct. 1798, "aged 79 years, 11 months, and 6 days"; he, 22 Aug. 1799, "aged 80 years." In the record of her death, he was called "Daniel Smith, 2d," and in that of his death, "Mr. Daniel Smith."

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V. Daniel Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 Ap. 1720, though the record says 1719; a farmer; married, 8 Aug. 1741, in Ridgefield, Thankful Burt, who was born in Ridgefield, 1 Sept. 1721, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Belden) Burt.2 They settled in Ridgefield; their residence there can be traced by the births of their children to the latter part of the year 1752, and by deeds, almost continuously from 1744 to 1760. He joined with his four brothers in dividing their father's estate, 28 March 1744; divided the homestead with his brother John, 4 Ap. 1745, he taking the north half; deeded his land to his four brothers, and took deeds from them, 18 Ap. 1750; had land laid out to him by the proprietors, 23 Feb. 1750-51; bought and sold land, 30 March 1752; sold his house and land to Vivus Dauchy, 14 March 1753; had land laid out, 26 June 1753; sold all of his common and undivided land to Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, 24 Feb. 1757; bought seven acres of land at Blacksmith Ridge, 5 March 1757; joined, 24 May, 1759, with his wife, Thankful Whitney, and her brothers and sisters, Christopher Burt, Daniel Burt, Seaborn Burt, and Sarah Cornwell, of Ridgefield, and Benjamin Burt, of Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y., in dividing the estate "which our Honrd. father Benjamin Burt Decd, Died Seized of." He sold his land at "Blacksmith Ridge Bridge," 11 Jan. 1760, and soon moved to Warwick, Orange County, N.Y. Eager's History of Orange County, pp. 422-425, gives an account of Daniel Burt, and (after showing that he settled in Warwick in 1746, sold out and went back to Conn., and then returned to Warwick in 1760) says: "When Daniel Burt returned to the county in 1760, Daniel Whitney came with him, married his sister, and located." We have seen that the marriage was nearly nineteen years earlier.Daniel Whitney finally, at what time is not known, moved to Romulus, Seneca Co., N.Y., and there died in 1808, 1809, or 1810 (as variously reported), "aged over 80 years." He was really about 90 years old. His home was in the south-east corner of the town of Romulus, near Whitney's Landing, probably with his grandson, John Whitney.

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VII. Richard Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 29 March 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 (2d), 1 Jan. 1777, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Daniel Whitlock, of Wilton, in Norwalk, Conn. She died -- Ap. 1810, in Westmoreland, New York.

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Richard married Esther Clark on 18 Dec 1745 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Esther was born between 1722 and 1725; died in Apr 1810 in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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181 I. Henry Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Feb. 1746-7; a tanner and currier; married, 17 Jan. 1770, at Ridgefield, Ruth Scribner, born 1 Jan. 1752, new style, dau. of Uriah Scribner. They settled in Ridgebury Society, about a mile south of the church, on the same place on which their grandson, George Van Rensselaer Hunt, was living in 1874. He died in Ridgebury, "of the prevailing fever," 14 Feb. 1813, aged 66 years. At his marriage, he was called Henry Whitney 2d; and at his death, Captain Henry Whitney. She joined the Congregational Church, in Ridgebury, 6 May 1792, and died there, 12 Aug. 1835, aged 83 years, 7 months and 11 days. They were buried in Ridgebury Cemetery.

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182 II. Esther Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 20 Oct. 1748; married, 29 Jan. 1771, at Ridgefield, Jeremiah Chase. They were early settlers in Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., living near Sauquoit. The time of their settlement is not known, but in 1797, they had been there for several years. He died in Paris, and was buried there. She moved, perhaps before 1810, to Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y., and there died, at the house of her son, Lewis Chase.

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183 III. William Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 31 Dec. 1750; a farmer; settled in his native place, in Ridgebury Society, on a part of the homestead which was conveyed to him, 8 Ap. 1772, by his father, Richard Whitney, "for ye sum of ten pounds & for ye love and good will that I have unto my son William Whitney of said Ridgefield." He had an ear-mark for his animals recorded in Ridgefield, 17 Ap. 1772, and 18 Dec. 1773. He married in Ridgefield, 11 Aug. 1773, Sarah Bundy, who was born in Ridgefield, 13 Aug. 1754, "only dau." of John and Sarah (Nichols) Bundy.1 He sold his Ridgebury lands, 7 Feb. 1778, and 9 Ap. 1778, to his brother Henry Whitney, of Ridgefield; and removed to Lee, Mass., and settled about a mile south-west of the village of North Lee. They worshipped in the Congregational Church, at North Lee, of which, after 6 June 1792, Rev. Alvan Hyde, D.D., was pastor. In 1797, they moved to Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., whence they removed to Ellisburgh, N.Y.; arriving there 16 Feb. 1805, and settled about a mile above, or north-east of, the present village of Ellisburgh, where they died; he, 2 June 1820; she, 28 Dec. 1828. They were buried in the Ellisburgh Cemetery, and their graves are unmarked.

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184 IV. Abigail Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 March 1753; married Ephraim Clark, of North Salem, N.Y. They afterward lived in some part of Conn., one tradition says in Stratford.

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Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 25 or 28 June 1755; married, 22 Dec. 1774, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to David Gates, of the same place, a farmer, born in June 1753, possibly the youngest child of Samuel and Rachel (Hayes) Gates. They moved, about 1789, to Hinesburgh, Vt, where he died of consumption, 19 June 1793, and was buried in the Hinesburgh Cemetery. In 1797 she removed, with some of her children, to Paris, N.Y., but returned to Hinesburgh in the winter of I 797-8, and in 1802 married Lawrence Delong, a farmer, of a town adjoining Hinesburgh. She died at St. Albans, Vt., 29 or 31 July 1840, in her 86th year, and was buried at St. Albans Bay, Vt. In her last years she dwelt with her daughter, Mrs. Betsey (Gates) Brooks, at St. Albans, Vt.

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Jerusha married David Gates on 22 Dec 1774 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. David was born in Jun 1753 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 19 Jun 1793 in Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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186 VI. Betty Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 16 July 1757; married, 11 Dec. 1783, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Jacob Lobdell,1 "of Courtlandt's Manor, N.Y.," son of Ebenezer and Deborah Lobdell, of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born about 1756 or 1757. They settled on a farm, about a mile north of the Episcopal Church in North Salem. The farm was, in 1874, owned by two of his grandsons, and the old thatched barn was still standing, more than a hundred years old. She died in North Salem, 8 May 1795, in the 37th year of her age, and was buried in the North Salem Cemetery, near the Episcopal Church, where her gravestone is still standing. He died in North Salem, 27 Feb. 1834, aet. 77, and was buried about ten rods from his wife, in the same cemetery. He had a second wife, Mary Morehouse,2 who died in North Salem, date unknown, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and when Long Island was evacuated by the American army, he crossed at sunrise in the last boat.

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VII. Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a farmer; bore the title of Captain, and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; married, 8 Ap. 1784, at Lenox, Mass., Ruth Wilson, born at Ridgefield, 16 March 1765, dau. of David and Sarah Wilson of Lenox. They settled in that part of Ballston, N.Y., which was set off, 17 March 1792, as Chariton, and about 1793 moved to Brothertown, afterward Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and thence, after a few years, to Westmoreland, and from there, in 1821, to Magnolia, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where they dwelt the rest of their lives. He died, 10 May 1844, in his 85th year; she, 28 Oct 1851, aet. 87. They were buried at Magnolia.

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188 VIII. Josiah Anson Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Jan. 1762;1 a millwright; served in the Revolutionary War, and though he was only thirteen years old when it began, tradition says that he served six years, and "held a Captain's commission under Gen. George Washington." He married, about 1786 or the beginning of 1787, at Danbury, Conn., Rebecca Olmstead. Perhaps Danbury was their dwelling place for the first ten years; but in the early part of 1797, they were living in Paris, N.Y., and, about 1800, they moved to Westmoreland, N.Y., where she died, and was buried. He married (2d), 20 Sept. 1802, Sally Leet, who was born in Guilford, Conn., where also the marriage took place.

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X. Nathan Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 2 June 1765; a shoemaker; married, 16 Dec. 1787, at Danbury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church of Ridgebury, to Hannah Taylor, dau. of John and Abigail (Mygatt) Taylor, of Danbury, where she was born, 7 Nov. 1765. They dwelt in Ridgebury till 1797; then settled in Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and, about 1814, moved to Richfield, N.Y., and thence, in Nov. 1823, to Cohocton, N.Y.; and from there to Bath, N.Y., where they died, at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Maria (Whitney) Cook; she, 7 Feb. 1860, in her 95th year; he, 7 June 1860, aged 95 years and 5 days. He bore the military title of Captain.

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189 IX. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 24 March 1769; married Timothy Hunt, a mason and farmer, son of Gilbert and Hannah (Gorham) Hunt,2 of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born, 5 Nov. 1771. In 1799 they settled in Ridgefield, where he died, 13 Jan. 1835, in his 64th year. She died in Danbury, Conn., 12 Dec., 1867, aged 98 years, 8 months and 18 days. They were buried in the North Salem Cemetery. An obituary, signed J. H. F., says: "She retained her faculties to the last, and in her last hour bore testimony to the value of our comforting form of faith. She had been a Universalist more than fifty years, and was a member of the lamented Hillyer's parish during his entire pastorate in North Salem, N.Y. She trusted in her Redeemer with childlike simplicity, and in her life bore testimony to the salutary influence of our religion. The funeral was attended in the Universalist church in North Salem, where the tearful eyes and mournful faces of the people revealed the affectionate regard in which the aged saint was held."

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