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Male 1746 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry Whitney 
    Birth 28 Feb 1746  Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
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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.

      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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1772, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Esther Clark,   b. Between 1722 and 1725   d. Apr 1810, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1745  Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
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