Jerusha Whitney

1755 - 1840  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Jerusha Whitney  [1, 2]
  Birth	Jun 1755	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Jul 1840
  Notes	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. http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0061-0065.html
  Person ID	I22336	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Richard Whitney,   b. 29 Mar 1722, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 18 Nov 1772, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Esther Clark,   b. Between 1722 and 1725   d. Apr 1810, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York (Age ~ 88 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1745	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  	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.
  Family ID	F7739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Gates,   b. Jun 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 19 Jun 1793, Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1774	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Children	1. Esther Gates,   b. 28 Feb 1776, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ira Gates,   b. 4 Jun 1777, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 18 Jan 1860, Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York (Age 82 years)   3. Electa Gates,   b. 11 Apr 1779, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   4. Betsey Gates,   b. 7 Apr 1781, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lucy Gates,   b. 20 Sep 1783, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   6. David Gates,   b. 6 Feb 1786, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1755 - Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Marriage - 22 Dec 1774 - Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S425] The Whitney Family of Conneticut (www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/). [S1342] Edwards, Ralph--"Gates Carlos" Updated 2008-12-01, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gatescarlos).