Archive:History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, [New Haven, Conn., The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company] 1930-[31?].
[vol. I, p. 688]
Whitney, Henry
His English origin is unknown, the ancestry assigned to him in the splendid genealogy by Phoenix having proved false.
A miller; bought at Southold, L. I., 8 Oct. 1649, with Edward Treadwell and Thomas Benedict. He rem. by 1658 to Huntington, L. I.
He m. (1) -----; m. (2) Sarah, widow of Edward Ketchum of Stratford. In 1660 he objected to Joseph Whitman as suitor to his dau. [stepdau.] Sarah Ketchum. He rem. abt. 1662 to Jamaica, L. I., and by 1665 to Norwalk, where he d. in 1673.
Will 5 June 1672; wife; son John; Thomas Benedict, Sr., Walter Hoyt, and Thomas Fitch, Sr., my beloved brethren and friends, overseers. Inv. 8 Nov. 1673.
Child [by first wife]:
| + | John. |
Whitney, John
A miller; had a grant of land in Southold, L. I., 1666; rem. to Norwalk with his father. He m. (rec. Norwalk) 17 Mar. 1674/5, Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Richard; she d. after 3 Apr. 1741.
Adm'n. granted, 11 Oct. 1720, to son-in-law Joseph Keeler.
Children, recorded at Norwalk:
| John, b. 1 Mar. 1676/7, d. at Norwalk, 3 Feb. 1712/3; miller; m. 4 Mar 1709/10, Elizabeth Finch, dau. of Joseph of Greenwich. | |
| Joseph, b. 1 Mar 1678 [1678/9], d. at Norwalk in 1741; mill-wright; will 21 Mar. 1740/1; m. 6 Jul 1704, Hannah Hoyt, dau. of Zerubbabel. | |
| Henry, b. 21 Feb. 1680 [1680/1], d. at Ridgefield, 26 Apr. 1728; weaver; m. 14 June 1710, Elizabeth Olmstead, dau. of Lt. John. | |
| Elizabeth, b. abt. 1684, d. at Ridgebury, 17 Mar. 1763 ae. 79 (g. s.); m. Joseph Keeler. | |
| × | Richard, b. 18 Apr. 1687. |
| Samuel, b. abt. 1688, d. at Stratford, 6 Dec. 1753 in 66 yr. (g. s.); m. at Stratford, 18 Jan. 1721/2, Ann Laborie, who m. (2) 23 July 1759, Benjamin Banks of Greenfield. | |
| Ann, b. abt. 1691, d. at Sharon, 9 May 1773 ae. 82 (g. s.); m. 13 Oct. 1709, Matthew St. John. | |
| Eleanor, b. [27 Jan. 1693/4], d. at Norwalk, 25 Jan. 1777 ae. 81 yrs. 11 mos. 19 days (g. s.); m. 13 June 1717, Jonathan Fairchild. | |
| Nathan, res. Ridgefield; m. Sarah Platt, dau. of John, b. 30 May 1697. |
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| Sarah, d. at Ridgefield, 22 Oct. 1720; m. 13 June 1717, Samuel Smith. | |
| Josiah, d. at Norwalk by 1750; m. 30 Oct. 1729, Eunice Hanford, dau. of Eleazer. |
[vol. II, p. 1040]
Whitney, Richard, s. of John [Vol. I, p. 688]
Born 18 Apr. 1687.
He m. (rec. Norwalk) 17 Apr. 1709, Hannah Darling, dau. of John, b. abt. 1689, d. at Greenfield, 20 Oct. 1774 ae. 85.
He built a mill at Sasco River, but by 1714 settled in Stratfield.
Children, two rec. Norwalk, one Stratford, two Stratfield:
| Elijah, b. 16 Apr. 1710, d. at Norwalk before 1741; m. 6 Jul 1734, Rebecca Seymour, dau. of John. | |
| + | Samuel, b. 5 Oct. 1711 (or 1712 by Greenfield rec.). |
| Richard, b. 1 Sept. 1715, bapt. at Stratfield, 22 Apr. 1716; m. at Stratfield, 4 Dec. 1750, Experience Beardsley, dau. of John, b. 26 Feb. 1724/5, d. 11 July 1780. | |
| John, b. 17 Jan. 1719/20, d. at Branford, 29 Mar. 1805 ae. 85; ship-carpenter; m. at Branford, 19 Jan. 1750/1, Deborah Smith. | |
| Daniel, b. 24 Apr. 1723, d. at Stamford; cooper; m. at Greenwich, 7 Nov 1745, Hannah Clawson. |
Whitney, Samuel, s. of Richard. Capt.
Born 5 Oct. 1712; d. at Greenfield, 20 Feb. 1796 in 84 yr. (g. s.); m. (1) 14 May 1740, Amy Northrop, b. 9 Nov. 1722, d. 22 Nov. 1788 ae. 66 (g. s.); m. (2) Sarah, widow of Joseph Middlebrook, Jr., and dau. of David Williams.
Will 26 May 1791, proved 7 Mar. 1796; wife Sarah, mentioning jointure; five sons, Samuel, Aaron, Ransford, Walter, Josiah; gr. son Sherwood Whitney, son of late son Silas; gr. son and gr. dau., children of late son Peter; daus. Sarah and Ami had rec'd full portions; son Samuel and friend Daniel Banks, Exec'rs.
Children [by first wife], rec. Fairfield and Greenfield:
| + | Samuel, b. 17, bapt. 23 Feb. 1740/1. |
| Silas, b. 16, bapt. 21 July 1742, d. at North Stratford in 1768; m. 4 Dec. 1766, Esther Sherwood, b. 2 Mar. 1744/5. Widow Esther Whitney m. 24 Nov. 1778, Timothy Sanford, and d. at Redding, 10 Mar. 1826 ae. 80.* | |
| + | Peter, b. 6, bapt. 8 Jan. 1743/4. |
| Aaron, b. 25, bapt. 29 Sept. 1745, d. at Patterson, N. Y., 20 Jan. 1824; rem. to Frederickstown, N. Y., abt. 1800 to Southeast, N. Y., abt. 1850 to Delaware County, to Fishkill, and in old age to Patterson; m. (1) Hannah Turney, who d. at Fishkill, Mar. 1809; m. (2) Sarah (Kelly) Gay. |
* Only child: Sherwood, b. 22 Sept. 1767, d. at Fairfield, Vt., 28 Feb. 1848; m. 1 Dec. 1787, Abigail Lobdell, b. 30 July 1770, d. 23 June 1851.
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| Amy, b. 6, bapt. 22 June 1747, living at Weston 1817; m. (1) 3 Nov. 1768, Silas Haynes of North Branford; m. (2) Josiah Lyon. | |
| Nehemiah, b. 9 or 10 Aug., bapt. 3 Sept. 1749, d. by 1781, unm. | |
| Sarah., b. 16, bapt. 19 May 1751; m. 10 Jan. 1769, John Barlow. | |
| Ransford, b. 10 Mar. 1753; res. Derby, Bethany, and Watertown; m. at Derby, 26 Sept. 1773, Ruth Canfield, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Stilson), b. 20 Feb. 1750. | |
| Lyman, b. 22 Oct. 1755, d. 25 Jan 1756. | |
| Levi, b. 11 July 1757, d. 24 Jan 1777 in 20 yr. | |
| Ebenezer, b. 10 Nov 1758, bapt. at home, d. 11 Nov. 1758 ae. 1 day. | |
| Walter, b. 23 Jan. 1760 (Pension rec.), bapt. 3 Feb. 1760 (ae. abt. 10 days), d. at Albany, N. Y., 18 July 1846 in 87 yr.; rem. 1788 to New Milford, 1789 to Bern, N. Y.; res. also Bethlehem, New Scotland, Watervliet, and Meredith, N. Y.; m. 21 Apr. 1784, Anah Welles, b. 23 Aug. 1759, d. at Albany, 30 Jan. 1845 ae. 85-5-7. | |
| Josiah, bapt. 1 Aug. 1762 (ae. abt. 9 days); m. at Derby, Mar. 1785, Hannah Steele, dau. of Bradford and Mary (Perkins), b. 4 Aug. 1766. |
Whitney, Samuel, s. of Samuel.
Born 17 Feb. 1740/1; d. at Greenfield, 2 Mar. 1820 ae. 79 (g. s.); m. (1) 7 Nov. 1765, Marianna Banks, b. 22 Dec. 1745, d. 5 [June or July] 1770 (Perry Diary); m. (2) Rebecca -----,* b. abt. 1744, d. 5 Apr. 1802 in 58 yr. (g. s.).
Children [by first wife], rec. Greenfield:
| Samuel, bapt. 2 Nov. 1766, d. y. | |
| Hannah, b. 6, bapt. 13 Nov. 1768, d. at Weston, 18 Jan. 1824; m. 23 Feb. 1790, Abel Downs. |
Children [by second wife], rec. Greenfield:
| Lyman, m. 4 Aug. 1794, Mabel Wheeler; dau. of Daniel. | |
| Marianna, b. 26 Mar., bapt. 29 May 1774, d. at Easton, 12 Sept. 1819 ae. 42 (g. s.); m. John Baldwin. | |
| Rebecca, bapt. 7 June 1776; m. Hiram Smith. | |
| Levi, b. [16 Nov. 1778], bapt. 21 Feb. 1779, d. 15 Dec. 1852; rem. 1811 to Philipstown, N. Y.; m. at Westport, 18 Nov. 1810, Harriet Sherwood, dau. of Squire and Eleanor (Bradley), b. 9 Oct. 1791, d. 28 May 1873. | |
| Sarah, m. 27 June 1820, Moses Ogden. | |
| John, b. abt. 1784, d. at Greenfield, 26 Feb. 1828 ae. 44 (g. s.); will 13 Feb., proved 8 Mar. 1828, gave all to son Samuel; m. 21 Dec. 1820, Julia-Ann Banks. | |
| Huldah, m. at Weston, 8 Oct. 1801, Reuben-Bradley Banks. |
* The Whitney Gen. calls her Banks.
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Whitney, Peter, s. of Samuel.
Born 6 Jan. 1743/4; Capt. Peter d. at Fairfield, 7 Nov. 1790 ae. 46 (g. s.); m. at Fairfield, 27 Apr. 1788, Grace Bulkley; dau. of William, b. abt. 1770. She m. (2) 2 Sept. 1792, Ephraim Robbins, and d. 7 Oct. 1820 ae. 51 (g. s.).
Dower distributed, 10 Nov. 1807, to his widow Grace Robbins.
Children, bapt. Trinity Church:
| Elizabeth, bapt. 29 Oct. 1790; m. 24 Dec. 1808, Abel Beers. | |
| Peter, bapt. 30 Jan. 1791, d. Aug. 1806 ae. 16 (g. s.). |
Whitney [Unplaced].
- ABIGAIL m. 29 Nov. 1749, Joseph Betts. [Greens Farms Church]
- MARY wife of JOSEPH d. at Greenfield, 11 Apr. 1825 ae. 74 (g. s.).
- STEPHEN m. Sept. 1789, Sarah Thorp. [Easton Church]
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