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III. Daniel Whitney, b. at Stamford, Conn., 10 May 1754; bap. there, 2 June 1754; a cooper; married by Abrm. Davenport, Assistant, at Stamford, 19 June 1776, to Hannah Selleck, born at Stamford, 29 March 1761, dau. of Peter and Martha (Whiting) Selleck. They lived, during the whole of their married life, about two miles west of the village of Stamford, in a house occupied by Widow John Selleck in 1868. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and enjoyed a pension, as did his wife after his death, for his services. He died, on Sunday morning, 6 Aug. 1826, aged 72 years, 3 months and 2 days. His widow, who was a remarkably vigorous woman, and able, when over eighty years old, to walk from Stamford Landing, two and a half miles, to her home, died in Stamford, 24 Feb. 1849, aged 87 years, 10 months and 24 days; and was buried near her husband, in a graveyard south of the village, near the river and the railway, where their gravestones may still be found, by one willing to encounter the weeds and mosquitoes. She was a Communicant in the Episcopal Church.
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IV. Justus Whitney, bap. at Stamford, 12 June 1757; married by "Charles Webb, Esq.," in Stamford, 2 July 1781, to Nancy Lines, born in Stamford, 28 Feb. '757, dau. of David and Mary (Cheson) Lines, who were married in Stamford, 14 Jan. 1747-8. They settled in Stamford, and there died of consumption; she, in 1817; he, one year later.
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V. Darling Whitney, b. at Stamford, Conn., 25 Sept. 1758. It is said that he enlisted, when eighteen years old, in the American army, and served at West Point, and later, went with a tory to whom he was apprenticed, to Long Island, and remained there, never finishing his trade, but settling as a farmer, at East Woods, now the village of Woodbury, Oyster Bay, L.I. The records of St. George's Episcopal Church at Hempstead, L I., show that Darling Whitney, of Hempstead, married, 14 Jan. 1779, Sarah Valentine, of Oyster Bay, born 29 Dec. 1757, daughter, it is thought, of Robert Valentine, of Oyster Bay, and great grand dau. of Richard Valentine, who came from Lancashire, England. She died at East Woods, 3 July 1821. He married a second wife, Catharine -----, date not given, who survived him, and died, it is thought, at Albany, N.Y. He was a Major in the War of 1812, and was for some time stationed at Fort Greene, in Brooklyn, N.Y., under Gen. Johnson. In May 1819, he sold his farm to his son, and removed to New York City, where he engaged in trade as a grocer. He died at the corner of Attorney and Stanton Streets, New York, 14 Nov. 1834, and was buried in Fountain Hill Cemetery, Oyster Bay, L I.
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VI. John Whitney, bap. in the Congregational Church of Stamford, Conn., 5 Sept. 1762; died of consumption, unmarried, after the Revolution.
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