Family:Whitney, Peter (1744-1790)

Peter⁵ Whitney (Samuel⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Samuel⁴ and Amy (Northrup) Whitney, was born

He married

Phoenix says the following:

Peter Whitney, b. at Fairfield, Conn., 6 Jan. 1743-4; bap. at Fairfield, 8 Jan. 1743-4; was, in early life, a seaman, then captain of his own vessel, and later in life, a trader in Southport, Conn. He is said to have been pilot of a sloop of war, built by the State of Connecticut, in the Revolutionary War. He married, 27 Ap. 1788 [his daughter's family-record says, 1 May], Grace Bulkley, born about 1769, dau. of William and ----- (Burr) Bulkley, of Green's Farms, Conn. He made a will 28 Oct. 1790, and again 31 Oct. 1790; and died at Southport, 7 Nov. 1790, of "black jaundice," according to the record of Rev. Philo Shelton, Episcopal, who buried him, 9 Nov. 1790, in the old graveyard in Fairfield, where his gravestone still stands. His widow was married (2d), at Fairfield, 2 Sept 1792, by Rev. Philo Shelton, to Ephraim Robbins. She died in Fairfield, 7 Oct 1820, of fever, and was buried by the side of her first husband, Capt. Whitney, whose gravestone bears an inscription to the memory of her and their son Peter Whitney.

By her second husband she had several children, to wit.: Pamelia Robbins, d. 20 Nov. 1820, in her 27th year; Priscilla Robbins; Charles Robbins, lived and died in Boston; William Robbins; George Robbins; and Edgar Robbins.

Children of

i.	6 Whitney, b.
ii.	Whitney, b.
iii.	Whitney, b.
iv.	Whitney, b.
v.	Whitney, b.
vi.	Whitney, b.
vii.	Whitney, b.
viii.	Whitney, b.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 85-86 and pp. 247-248.

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