Henry Whitney

1746 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Whitney
  Birth	28 Feb 1746	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	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. http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0061-0065.html
  Person ID	I22337	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

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Feb 1746 - Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth