Eliasaph WHITNEY

1717 - 1817  (100 years)

• Name	Eliasaph WHITNEY  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	03 Feb 1716/17	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1817	Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Notes	Excerpt from "The Whitney Family of Connecticut...": bought a house and two acres of land in Stamford, Conn., 13 May 1742; bouth land in Stamford, with his brother Eliakim, 17 Apr 1744; married to Mary Bishop, "in Stanford by the worshipfull Samll Hait Esquier on his majesties Justices of the Peace for ye County of Fairfield on May 10, 1744," but according to his family record, one day later. She was b. 18 Aug. 1722. He learned the arts of tanning and shoemaking, and settled in the aprish of Middlesex, in Stamford, now Darien, Conn., in a house which he built in 1751, about half a mile north of the parish church, and which, in 1866, was torn down by his grandson, Charles E. Whitney, to make room for a new house for himself on the same spot. Tradition says that when he setled there he had only a foot-path to his house, that deer were yet very plenty, and that he often exchanged a pair of shoes for a bushel of wheat. They were members, and he was chosen a deacon, of the Congregational Church of Middlesex, now Darien. She joined by letter, 7 Oct. 1744. He was appointed society's collector, 21 Jan. 1744-5; a committee, 16 Jan. 1748; was allowed "four pounds old tenor,; 30 Jan. 1754, for "to sweep ye meeting House as often as needful for ye ensuing year,' and was committee of the society from 1755 to 1760, inclusive. He was also school committee on the Stamford side, in 1756, and from that time to 1763. His ear-mark was entered in the Stamford records, 19 Jan. 1764. He was a man of great vigor, and retained his activity till near the close of his life, so that, when nearly one hundred years old, he would go to the woods to chop wood. He was one of those who were taken prisoners, in the Middlesex church, on Sunday 22 July 1781, during public worship, by a party of British and refugees, and taken to Long Island. Some of the prisoners never returned; but he, more fortunate, found some acquaintances, through whose influence he was released and allowed to return. He and his wife lived together nearly seventy years, sixty-three of which were passed under one roof, and her death was the first that took place in the house. She died 4 Jan. 1814, aged 91 years, 4 months and 6 days, having then living (according to an obituary written at Stamford, 13 Jan. 1814) 7 children, 47 grandchildren, 83 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. Hhe died in Darien, 17 May 1817, aged 100 years 3 onths and 3 days, allowing for change of style. A white stone, erected to their memory, was found in 1867, lying flat on the ground, in a field in Darien.
  Person ID	I61110	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Nathan WHITNEY,   b. Abt 1695, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah PLATT,   b. 30 Mar 1697, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1715  [3, 6]
  Family ID	F13857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BISHOP,   b. 18 Aug 1722, Connecticut d. 04 Jan 1814, Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1744	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 7]
  Pastor	Samuel Hoit, J.P.   [7]
  Children	1. Mary WHITNEY,   b. 21 Feb 1744/45, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   2. Sylvanus WHITNEY,   b. 25 Jan 1746/47, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Jan 1748, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 1 year)  [Birth]   3. Capt Sylvanus WHITNEY,   b. 03 Feb 1748/49, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Aug 1827, Carleton, St. John, New Brunswick (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   4. Sarah WHITNEY,   b. 25 Feb 1752, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. St. John, New Brunswick  [Birth]   5. Platt WHITNEY,   b. 11 May 1754, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. young  [Birth]   6. Rhoda WHITNEY,   b. 28 Oct 1756, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Aug 1829, Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 72 years)  [Birth]   7. Hannah WHITNEY,   b. 21 Jan 1760, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Feb 1851, Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 91 years)  [Birth]   8. Huldah WHITNEY,   b. 08 Mar 1762, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 01 Oct 1856, St. John, New Brunswick (Age 94 years)  [Birth]   9. Josiah WHITNEY,   b. 08 Jul 1764, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 01 Oct 1850, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Age 86 years)  [Birth]   10. Henry WHITNEY,   b. 09 Apr 1767, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Jan 1843, Great Barrington, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F06138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 17 May 1817 - Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00025] "Descendants of George Slawson" Fairfield Co., Connecticut by Rootsweb. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S01702] S. Whitney, Ancestry.com: "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations", (Name: Name: New York: Privately Printed 1878;;). [S03423] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Portland, Prospect, Redding and Ridgefield. [S03883] The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Births, by George L. Rockwell. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.