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at 16 Jackson Street, 30 Jan. 1845, aged 85 years, 5 months, and 7 days; he, at 26 DeWitt Street, in consequence of a fall, 18 July 1846, in his 87th year. They were buried at the head of State Street, but now rest in one grave, in lot 159, section 92, on Long Ridge, in Albany Rural Cemetery, covered by a large slab of marble, which, besides the usual inscriptions, bears the American Eagle, the motto "E Pluribus Unum," and various military insignia, to commemorate his service in the Revolutionary War. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. The census of 1840 exaggerates his age to 87 years.
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XIII. Josiah Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1762, at Fairfield, Conn., where we find him living, 1 June, 1796; a teacher; lived at Southport, and is said not to have married. This is probably an error, for the Steele Genealogy, p. 31, shows that Josiah Whitney, of Greenfield, married Hannah Steele, dau. of Capt. Bradford and Mary (Perkins) Steele, of Derby, Conn., where she was born 4 Aug., 1766. The record of the Congregational Church of Derby, Conn., shows that Josiah Whitney married Hannah Steele in March 1785. He was capt. of a military company at Greenfield Hill, Conn., in Oct. 1793. She was living in Derby 28 Nov., 1804, perhaps a widow, as her husband was not mentioned.
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Chil. of John and Deborah (Smith) Whitney.
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I. Hannah Whitney, b. at Branford, Conn., 7 Dec. 1751; bap. at Branford, 29 Ap. 1753; probably died young.
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II. John Whitney, b. at Branford, Conn., 13 Ap. 1754; bap. there, 19 May 1754; was a freeman of Branford, in 1799; a shipbuilder and captain of a vessel in the West India trade, at a time when more vessels, in that trade, were owned in Branford, than in New Haven. Tradition says that he served on a privateer in the Revolutionary War, was captured, and enjoyed a pension for his services. He was married in Branford, by Rev. Philemon Robbins, Congregational, 18 Dec. 1776, to Amy Howd. She joined the Congregational Church in Branford, 27 June 1784; and died in Branford, of apoplexy, 24 Oct. 1809, aged 55 years. He married (2d), at Branford, 26 June 1810, Hannah Lamphier, widow of Rosewell Chidsey, of East Haven.1 They joined the Branford Cong. Church, under the ministry of Rev. Timothy P. Gillett, 6 Jan. 1822. He died in Branford, 8 Sept. 1835, "aged 82." She died in Branford, "of Fitts", 15 July 1844, "aged 90." They were buried in the old graveyard at Branford, near the gate, about a quarter of a mile east of their house.
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1 See Dodds' East Haven Register, p. 113.
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