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  • Name William Whitney 
    Birth 31 Dec 1750  Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
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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.

      http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0061-0065.html
    Person ID I22339  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.
    Family ID F7739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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