James WHITNEY: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1751 -

Generation: 1

James WHITNEY was born on 28 May 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (son of James WHITNEY and Lydia UNKNOWN).

Notes:

Name:
In the distribution of his father's estate, 20 June 1763, he had a double portion, as the eldest son. he seems to have moved, with his mother, to the adjoining town of Southeast, NY, where he settled, with his wife Abigail, whose maiden name has not been reported. Tradition says that he died not many years after his marriage, leaving only one son, and that his widow married a second husband, named ? Ganung, and had one daughter, Hannah Ganung, who married Benjamin Ruscoe, and had a son, Stephen Ruscoe, who married Phebe Ballard and was living in Danbury, Conn., in Feb. 1874.

Family/Spouse: Abigail ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Joseph WHITNEY was born on 12 Jul 1785 in Southeast, Dutchess County, New York; died on 11 Jun 1841 in Southeast, Dutchess Co., New York.

Generation: 2

2.	James WHITNEY was born on 06 Dec 1724/25 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (son of Henry WHITNEY and Elizabeth OLMSTEAD); died before 5 Sep 1757. James married Lydia UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Lydia UNKNOWN
Children:

1. James WHITNEY was born on 28 May 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.