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and 8 days; he, 10 Nov. 1868, aged 95 years, 9 months, and 12 days. They were buried in the cemetery near Gregory's Point.
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IV. Asa Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 17 Aug. 1776; a silversmith and watchmaker; married, 7 Oct 1797, at Norwalk, Catharine Leggett, who was born 26 June 1778. They settled in New York City, and the City Directory places him at 104 Gold Street 1798; 27 Roosevelt Street, 1799 to 1801; 274 Water Street, 1802 to 1803; 290 Water Street, 1804 to 1806; 338 Water Street, 1807 to 1811, with house at 123 Cherry Street in 1811 and 1812. He died in this house, 8 Dec. 1812. She dwelt there still in 1813, but is not again named in the Directory. She probably died there, 3 Dec. 1813, though the family-record says 1814. They were buried in the "cernetery of the Brick Meeting-House" on Christie Street. Their home was probably at Norwalk till 1811; though his business was at New York.
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V. Lucretia Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 19 July 1778; drowned in a well, 22 May 1781, at Norwalk.
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VI. Clarissa Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 21 Feb. 1780; married, 1 Jan. 1801, at Norwalk, Lockwood Hoyt, a teacher and farmer, born in Wilton, Conn., 20 Aug. 1771, son of Isaac and Phebe (Mott) Hoyt, of Wilton parish. They settled in Wilton, where he died, 28 Aug. 1807, and was buried, She married (2d), 14 Aug. 1808, at Wilton, Lewis Blackman, a shoemaker, born in Stamford, Conn., 19 Oct 1785, son of Elijah and Eliza (Hoyt) Blackman, of Stamford. They dwelt at Wilton till Ap. 1820, and then moved to Brighton, now Rochester, Monroe Co., N.Y. In the Spring of 1822, he went west to look for a new home, and died, it is thought in Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 March 1822. Another account says that he had bought land on Rock River, Ill., which he started to see, in Ap. 1822, and has never been heard from since. She moved to Henrietta, Monroe Co., N.Y., and there married (3d), in Feb. 1832, Jacob Wright, a farmer, who was born in 1770, in the State of Pennsylvania, and died in Henrietta. She left Henrietta in 1836, and dwelt with her children, going from one to another, as suited her pleasure. In the Summer of 1860, she went to Dansville, Ingham Co., Mich., to live with her daughter, Mrs. Charlotte (Hoyt) Cobb, where she died 7 July 1869, in her 90th year, and was buried in the Dansville Cemetery. She was an active, useful Christian woman.
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VII. Aaron Wilkes Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 17 Oct 1781; a shoemaker; married, 5 July 1804, at Wilton, Conn., Sarah Bennet, dau. of David and ----- (Olmstead) Bennett of Wilton, where she was born 16 June 1780. They settled in Wilton, where he was ordained, about 1825 to 1828, as a minister of the Baptist Church. They afterward
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