Daniel WHITNEY

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"Whitney Family of Connecticut": A cooper. "Daniel Whitne and Hester Clason was married by ye Revnd. Mr. Ephraim Bostwick, pastor of the Church in Greenwich, on November ye 7th at evening, 1745". - Stamford town records. She was a member of the first Congregational Church at Stamford. He settled at Stamford, about three-fourths of a mile west of the village, at the fork of the road called Dumpling Road, and there died of a cancer, after thirty years of suffering. It is thought that he lived till after the Revolutionary War.

Daniel married Hester CLASON on 7 Nov 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel WHITNEY was born on 10 May 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was christened on 2 Jun 1754; died on 6 Aug 1826.

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"The Whitney Family": His father gave him thirteen acres of land at Horse Pound Hill, and twenty-six acres at Drum Hill, with three acres of swamp east of Horse Pound Hill, seven acres of land to take up in the unsequestered land, and "one pair of stears past three years old," 18 Oct. 1709; and, at the same date, sold him three acres of land, with a house-frame thereon, at Belden's Hill. they dwelt at Norwalk for several years; then settled in that part of tratfield Society, which lay in the town of Fairfield. He proposed to build a grist-mill on Sasco River, "where the sawmill stood," and asked the town to give him a small piece of land on which to set a house. His request was granted by town-meeting, 27 Apr 1713, and a committee appointed to lay out the land and stipulate the conditions of the grant. Another town-meeting, 6 Aug. 1716, granted him liberty to flow so much of the town-commons as should be needed for the mll. His mill appears to have been built before 24 Aug. 1716, when the committee laid out, and, 12 Sept. 1716, formally conveyed to him, land on the east side of Sasco River, near to his mill, on his engagement "to keep a good and sufficient grist mill, on said rive, att or near the lace where his now gristmill now standeth, when it can be done with labour; and to grind all sorts of grain for two quarts a bushell into good & sufficient meal, if the grain be good and also to keep a sufficient house over said mill to secure all such grain as shall be brought to said mill, with a good lock and key continually to said house; and to grind all such grists of all sorts of grain as shall be bought by any Inhabitant of said town to said mill seasonably and before he or they shall grind for a stranger." He was living at Stratfield as early as 18 Oct 1714, when he sold land in Norwalk, to "William Jarvis of Huntington, on ye Island of Nassau," and again 21 Jan. 1725-6, when he sold to his brother, Joseph Whitney, a "Fifty pounds Right of commonage" in the undivided lands of Norwalk. he was a juror, at Fairfield, 24 Dec. 1734. The date of his death has not been found. She died at Fairfeld, 20 oct. 1774.

Richard married Hannah DARLING on 07 Apr 1709 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of John DARLING and Elizabeth BEERS) was born about 1689 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Oct 1774 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

John married Elizabeth BEERS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]