Jerusha Whitney

1714 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jerusha Whitney  [1]
  Birth	18 Dec 1714	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	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. http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0021-0025.html
  Person ID	I22365	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Whitney,   b. 21 Feb 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Olmstead,   b. Abt 1690, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Marriage	14 Jun 1710	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F7740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1714 - Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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