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N.Y. They then settled at Wyoming, Penn., and were living there at the time of the battle of Wyoming, 3 July 1778, when they fled to Warwick. He afterward returned to Wilkes-Barre, to look after his property, took the measles, and died there. She supported herself and children at Warwick by teaching, till the end of the Revolutionary War; and in 1783 married Thomas Burrows, who was born in Coventry, England, and, when about twenty-one years old, came to America. He served in several campaigns, during nearly seven years, in the Revolutionary War, and at its close had reached the rank of Captain. Tradition makes him a member of "John Livingston's regiment," which we cannot find, and severely wounds him "at the taking of Ticonderoga," when nobody was hurt. Another tradition calls him a sea-captain.
After marriage, they settled in New York City, and the Directory notes him, spelling his name Burras till 1798, as boatman, Wine St. Bowery, 1794; shiprigger, same place, 1795; rigger, Bedlow St., 1798, 1799 and 1800; and seaman, Pump St., 1803; though tradition makes him a partner with Solomon Townsend, ironmonger, and says that he died of yellow fever about 1799 to 1801. She then returned, with her children, to Warwick, and, after some years, moved, with her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth (Truesdell) Carpenter, to Elmira, N.Y., and there died. While in New York, they attended St. Paul's Church.
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V. Benjamin Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 1 June 1750; a farmer; married, in Orange Co., N.Y., Sarah Ketcham. He lived in Warwick, N.Y., after 1760, until the close of the Revolutionary War, during which he was one of a company of militia, under Capt. Minthorn. They moved to Romulus, N.Y., and from there to Shelby, N.Y., where he died in 1825 or 6, and she in 1831--both at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Sarah (Whitney) Goldsborough. They were buried in Shelby, at Weatherwax Corners. Tradition tells of his mills and other property at Wyoming, Penn., having been burned at the time of the Wyoming Massacre, but he was then only eighteen years old.
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VI. Elizabeth Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Nov. 1752; married, it is said, ----- Scofield, settled at Warwick, N.Y., and moved to New York City, where he died. She then returned to Warwick, married ----- Smith, and settled at Shawangunk, Ulster Co., N.Y., but is thought to have died in Romulus, Seneca Co., N.Y.
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VII. Abijah Whitney, b. in Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y., 10 or 11 July 1754; a weaver and farmer; married, 7 Aug. 1777, in Warwick, Elizabeth Ellsworth, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 4 July 1761, dau. of William and Sarah (Brower) Ellsworth. They settled in Warwick, where he was a deacon. He died in Warwick, 24 May 1802, and was buried there. She died, 27 Feb. 1829, in New York City, and was buried there, in a vault.
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