Family:Whitney, Sophia (1774-1816)

Sophia⁵ Whitney (Josiah⁴, David³, Joshua², John¹), daughter of Josiah⁴ and Lois (Breck) Whitney,^[1] was born 28 Jul 1774, Pomfret, CT,^[2] died 27 Jul 1816.

She married, 28 Nov 1799, Brooklyn, CT, Capt. Elisha Lord^[3] as his second wife, son of Dr. Elisha and Athalia (Ripley) Lord. He was born 20 Dec 1759, Pomfret, CT, and died 10 Sep 1826, Pomfret, CT. He had married firstly, 6 Dec 1792, Brooklyn, CT, Lucy Danielson, daughter of William and Sarah (Williams) Danielson, born 11 Oct 1764, Killingly, CT, and died 22 Apr 1796, Brooklyn, CT.

Elisha Lord was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, Mayflower passenger, in the following line:

Gov. William Bradford, m. Alice Carpenter

William Bradford, m. Alice Richards

Hannah Bradford, m. Joshua Ripley

David Ripley, m. Lydia Cary

Athalia Ripley, m. Elisha Lord

Elisha Lord, m.(2) Sophia⁵ Whitney

Children of Capt. Elisha and Lucy (Danielson) Lord:

i.	William Danielson Lord, b. 20 Apr 1796, Brooklyn, CT; d. 6 Jul 1801, Brooklyn, CT.

Children of Capt. Elisha and Sophia⁵ (Whitney) Lord, probably incomplete:

ii.	Lucy Lord, b. 12 Oct 1800, Brooklyn, CT; d. 4 Nov 1800, Brooklyn, CT.
iii.	Elisha Lord, b. ca. 1805, Brooklyn, CT; m.(1) 4 May 1829, Pomfret, CT, Dolly Sumner Dresser; m.(2) 14 Sep 1846, Pomfret, CT, Arethusa Janes.
iv.	Robert Lord, b. ca. 1807, Brooklyn, CT; no further record.

References

• Pomfret VRs

• Brooklyn VRs

• Killingly VRs

• L.D.S. International Genealogical Index

• Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 61.

1.^  Her parentage is proven by her birth record.

2.^  "Sophia [Whitney], d. Rev. Josiah & Lois, b. 29 Jul 1774," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 2:85a.

3.^  "Sophia [Whitney], m. Elisha LORD, 28 Nov 1799," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Brooklyn 1:70. Also, "Capt. Elishan LORD & Sophia WHITNEY, [married] 28 Nov. 1799," according to Bailey, Frederick W., ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906), Brookllyn, 1:44.

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