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  • Name Richard Whitney 
    Birth 6 Dec 1759  Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
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    • VII. Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a farmer; bore the title of Captain, and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; married, 8 Ap. 1784, at Lenox, Mass., Ruth Wilson, born at Ridgefield, 16 March 1765, dau. of David and Sarah Wilson of Lenox. They settled in that part of Ballston, N.Y., which was set off, 17 March 1792, as Chariton, and about 1793 moved to Brothertown, afterward Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and thence, after a few years, to Westmoreland, and from there, in 1821, to Magnolia, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where they dwelt the rest of their lives. He died, 10 May 1844, in his 85th year; she, 28 Oct 1851, aet. 87. They were buried at Magnolia.

      http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0061-0065.html
    Person ID I22342  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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