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The Whitney Family of Connecticut
by S. Whitney Phoenix
(New York: 1878)
Transcribed by Robert L. Ward.
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scenery and the attractions of the country; and of the most unswerving integrity.
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VIII. Archibald Whitney, b. at Derby, Conn., in March 1780; baptized in the Congregational Church at Derby, 14 May 1780; a wholesale grocer in New York City, where he married, 2 Sept 1801, Nancy Brower, dau. of Theophilus and Mary (Bogart) Brower,1 of New York, where she was born 29 Jan. 1785. In 1802, he formed a copartnership with Elijah Hurnphreys,1 which continued under the name of Humphreys and Whitney, until 1814. From 1816 to 1825, he was a partner with his nephew, Giles Marlborough Whitney, in the firm of A. & G. Whitney. The City Directory shows that his place of business was at 22 Burling Slip, 1802-8; at 175 Front Street 1809-10; at 169 Front Street 1811-14; at 35 Water Street, 1815; at 50 Front Street, 1816-19; and at 59 Front Street 1820-5; while he resided, in 1802-4, at 31 Frankfort Street; in 1805-9, at 43 Frankfort Street; in 1810, at 14 Vandewater Street; in 1811-14, at 23 Frankfort Street; in 1816-7, at 5 Bridge Street; and in 1818-24, at 17 Bridge Street He then moved to Derby, where he died or apoplexy, 28 (gravestone and church record say, 18) Sept 1842, and was buried in the old Episcopal Cemetery. She joined the Congregational Church at Derby, 29 May 1831; the record calls her "Mrs. Ann Whitney". She died, 22 Nov. 1869, at Derby, and was buried near her husband.
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1 I must say something about Elijah Humphreys. He was originally from Connecticut, as I have said. . . . In 1803 Elijah Humphreys formed a partnership with Archibald Whitney, at No. 21 Burling Slip. They did a large grocery business. . . . I ought to mention that Elijah Humphreys had been brought up by Theophilus Brower, the great grocer of his day, at No.5 Burling Slip. Brower started after the war, andin 1789 was doing a large business. Elijah was with him in 1795 to 1803.--Scoville's Old Merchants of New York City, p. 197.
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