Henry WHITNEY

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"Whitney Genealogy": In 1873, one of his descendants said: "My great-grandfather, Henry Whitney, while cutting wood in the morning before sunrise, heard music, and, looking up, saw some witches in a hog's trough, go sailing along over-head, singing: 'Hoity cock, hoity cock, day breaks on;" and genealogists are compelled to read and consider many traditions and legends which are not better than this. Another tradition says that when he was eighteen years old, he was at Ebenezer Lobdell's house, saw a babe in the cradle, and said, " I will wait till this little girl is a woman and take her for my wife," a pledge which he redeemed when he was forty years old.

Henry married Elizabeth LOBDELL on 05 Dec 1755 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Ebenezer LOBDELL and Rebecca BENEDICT) was born on 21 Sep 1733 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Aug 1816 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Whitney Genealogy": .....His father had already given to him, 18 Oct.1709, "my now Dwelling House, Barn ad Home Lott, containing four acres of land." He returned to his father, 19 Oct. 1709, a life-lease of the same, as follows:

For and in Consideration of Love, good will and Affection, which I have and do bear towards my Honoured and Well Respected Father, Mr. John Whitney, of the aforesaid Town and County, Do give and grant, and by these presents do fully & Absolutely give and grant unto him, my said Father, John Whitney, the free use and Improvement of one half of ye now Dwelling House, Barn & home Lott that he now dwells in & Improves, During ye Term of his Natural Life, as also, ye Improvement of Half of said House, & what convenience may be needful in ye Barn unto my Honoured Mother, if she survive my said father, During her continuance of Widowhood.

He sold this property, 8 July 1712, to his brother, john Whitney, subject to the foregoing lease; and removed, among the early settlers, to Ridgefield, Conn., where we find his ear-mark recorded 1 Dec 1712. Here he was chosen townsman, 17 Dec 1717; fence-viewer, 5 Dec 1720, 19 Dec 1723, 14 Dec 1724, and 22 Dec 1726.

The Townsmen Do Order that ye White Oak Tree standing near Henry Whitne's be recorded their Sign Post. Recorded Janry 7th 1727-7, Per me
Thomas Hawley, Registr.

He died at Ridgefield, 26 April 1728, and was, doubtless, buried in the old graveyard south of the village, where only two gravestones yet stand, neither of which is his. In exchanging land with Joseph Northrop, Sen., of Ridgefield, 26 Apr. 1727, he styled himself "Henry Whitney, Senr, of New England, Weaver." Four days before his death, 22 Apr 1728, he conveyed land to Rev. Thomas Hawley, and probably on account of weakness, signed the deed by his mark. Many grants of land were made by the town, on his right, to his heirs, from 16 May 1729 to 1742, and, perhaps, even later. It is said that his widow live to a great age, and died at Ridgefield, but no record of her death has been found.....

Henry married Elizabeth OLMSTEAD on 14 Jun 1710 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John OLMSTEAD and Mary BENEDICT) was born about 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1728 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Son of Henry Whitney

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"Whitney Genealogy": John Whitney was probably born before his father went to Southold, as the fact that he was of full age before 20 Jan. 1665/66, is indicated by the following vote:

At a Towne meting held the 20th of Jan. 1665, granted vnto John Whitne the sonne of Henry Whitney......oinse unto his father's home lott extending from the.....Brow of the hill lying by the hi...wwigh Leading to the .....2 Rodds....cartpath by the sayd Falls.


He settled, with his father, in Norwalk; followed his business, of millwright and miller; succeeded him in the possession of the mill and homestead; and there married, 17 march 1674-5, Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Richard Smith.

At a town meeting December 27th 1677. At ye aforesayd meting it was voted and agreed on between the towne and the miller, John Whitne, that the towns men are to carrry their corne to the mill upon the third and sixt dayes of the weak, comonly called Tuesday & Fryday, which days he is to Attend to grindle in & if the sayd John can clere the mill of the corne that is brought in the aforesaid two days, or before, then the Rest of the dayes of ye wee he may take to atend his own ocatins, but if he cannot clere the mill of the corne sesonably brought in, he must clere it before he leaues.

He built a fulling-mill at Norwalk, which he gave, 14 Ap 1707, to his son John Whitney, with needful conveniences of land and water,

to Injoye use and improve, so long as there shall be a grist or corne mill maintained by the sd John Whitney, Senr., or his heirs for to grind the Inhabitants corne, According to his covenant with the sayt Towne and noe longer. This I do Grant unto my sayd sonn so long as he or his heires shall se cause to maintaine a fulling Mill there where it now standeth and no Longer; provided also that in case the sayd John Whittney son of sayd John Whitney, senior, shall marry, and he Decease, and leave a widow, she shall Injoy the privilledges above mentioned so long as she shall remain his widow, & noe longer, and then to return to his Eldest brother surviving; and in case he shall Refuse, then the next surviving, and so successively to all the Brethren of the sayd John Whittney Junior.

He sold to his son, John Whitney, 8 July 1712, in consideration of a bond to pay certain sums of money the grist-mill, and land belonging thereto, taking, 9 July 1712, a life-lease of the premises. His son reconveyed the whole property, three days before his death; and a month later, the father secured the fulling-mill to the widow during the minoriy of her son, with remainder tohim. He finally sold the grist-mill, 20 May 1713, to his son, Joseph Whitney, for which Joseph was to pay his father's debts, give him one half of all grain that should be received for toll at the mill during the father's life, if demanded; "and, after ye decease of ye said John Whitney, to maintain his mother, Elizabeth Whitne (if she survive) Honourably During her natural life, if she remaine ye sd John Whitne's widdow," and within four years after JohnWhitney's death, pay to his heirs L50 "in Provision pay at price currant equivalent to two thirds of said sum in money."

He probably died, at Norwalk, in 1720, as his son-in-law, Joseph Keller, was appointed administrator of his estate, 11 oct. 1720. His widow was a member of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk in 1725, and was living as late as 3 Apr 1741, when her son Joseph Whitney, in a codicil to his will, provided for her future support; but the date of her death is not known.

John married Elizabeth SMITH on 17 Mar 1675 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1656; died after 03 Apr 1741 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Richard Smith and Bathsheba Rogers

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Dec 1649, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
• Death: 22 Dec 1704, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" shows that John Olmstead is the son of Richard.

John married Mary BENEDICT on 17 Jul 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn.. Mary (daughter of Thomas BENEDICT and Mary BRIDGUM) was born between 1652 and 1653; died about 1693 in Stamford, Fairfield County,Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 04 Dec 1656, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
• Birth: Abt 1657
• Birth: 04 Dec 1666, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
• Death: Aft 1704

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of James Olmstead and Joyce Cornish
• Baptism: 15 Feb 1612, Fairstead, co. Essex, England

Nicholas married Sarah LOOMIS before 28 Sep 1640 in England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph LOOMIS and Mary WHITE) was born in 1617/8 in Braintree, England; died in 1667. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 28 Aug 1689, Wethersfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

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Thomas came to New England at the age of 21, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay. He afterwards removed to Southhold, Long Island; thence to Huntington, and thence to Jamaica, from whence he removed to Norwalk in 1665.

Thomas married Mary BRIDGUM about 1640. Mary was born about 1621; died after 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]