Jerusha Whitney

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.

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