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- March 3 1730-31; Left. Matthew St. John was chosen for the Society Clark for the year Insewing, or untel ther is another.
He continued to fill this office till 1745, when he settled in Sharon, Conn., having bought, 5 March 1745, of Samuel Comstock, of Sharon, for £655, old tenor, a farm about two miles north of Sharon Village. The church record of his removal, dated June 1745, calls him Captain. Soon after his removal, he was chosen by the church of Sharon to be their third deacon.
They died at Sharon; he, 3 Aug. 1755, in his 69th year; she, 9 May 1773, aged 82 years; and were buried in the old cemetery, at the head of "Sharon Street," where their gravestones are yet legible.
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VIII. Eleanor Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 27 Jan. 1693, O.S.; 6 Feb. 1694, N.S.; married, 13 June, 1717, Jonathan Fairchild, a fuller and cloth-dresser, of Norwalk, who was born 10 Oct 1692. He owned a £50 right in the commonage of Norwalk, 4 Dec. 1721; and they were members of the First Congregational Church, in Norwalk, in 1725. His will, dated 2 June 1769, and proved 2 Dec. 1772, disposed of his home-lot, buildings, and fulling-mill, at the upper end of Norwalk, on Mill Brook, which, in the inventory of 12 Dec. 1772, were prized at L100; with fifteen acres of land at Toilsome, prized at £40; and four accres at New Dam Bogs. He died at Norwalk, 28 Nov. 1772. She died at Norwalk, 25 Jan 1777, aged 81 years, 11 months, and 19 days; from which facts, the date of her birth has been computed. They were buried in one of the old cemeteries at Norwalk.
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IX. Nathan Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; a farmer; married about 1715, Sarah -----, whose history is unknown. They settled in Ridgefield, Conn., on a piece of land conveyed to him, 5 Feb. 1718-19, by Joseph Keeler, Henry Whitney, and Matthew St. John, "for, and in consideration of that brotherly Love and fraternall affection we have and do bare Towards our well beloved brother, Nathan Whitney, of ye town of Ridgfield, aforesd." At a town meeting, 20 Dec. 1720, "by a Major vote Nathan Whitne was Cleared of all his rates, for ye ensueing year." He took the freeman's oath, 9 Dec. 1728, at Ridgefield, where they were living as late as 1739. The dates of their death are not known.
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X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 Jun 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ----- (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec. 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec. 1723, and 13 Dec. 1725; collector of the minster's
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