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Joseph Whitney

Male 1678 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Joseph Whitney  [1
    Birth 1 Mar 1678  Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • 4 II. Joseph Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 1 March 1678 [1678-9]; a mill-wright; married in Norwalk, 6 July 1704, Hannah Hoyt, "the daughter of Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt," of Norwalk.1 She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, in 1725. After the death of his brother, John Whitney, he came in possession of the grist-mill, by deed from his father, stipulating to pay all of his debts, and give him one half of all tolls which the mill should earn during his father's lifetime. His will was dated 21 March 1740-41; and he probably died in Norwalk, in 1741. His great-grandson, James Whitney, when eighty years old, wrote an interesting letter, in which he speaks of him as follows: "He was a very excentric man, and I heard many ancedotes of him. One was as follows; he was called upon to name a stree running from the foot of Pudding Lane to the bridge at the head of the harbor, by the mill; and this was his answer, --

      From Hyatt's hill to Thacher's mill, Was once a lonesome valley; Since it's become a place of fame, We'll call it Petticoat Alley, and it went by that name when I was a boy, I believe over one hundred years later."

      http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0011-0015.html
    Person ID I22356  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Whitney,   b. Abt 1645, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Nov 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1655, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1674  Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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