Henry WHITNEY

1681 - 1728  (47 years)

• Name	Henry WHITNEY  [1, 2, 3]
  	"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..... [1]
  Birth	21 Feb 1680/81	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 1728	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I61120	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	John WHITNEY,   b. Abt 1644, Southold, Long Island, New York d. 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth SMITH,   b. Abt 1656   d. Aft 03 Apr 1741, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	17 Mar 1675	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F13846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth OLMSTEAD,   b. Abt 1684, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 45 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1710	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Elizabeth WHITNEY,   b. 24 Aug 1711, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   2. Jerusha WHITNEY,   b. 18 Dec 1714, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   3. Henry WHITNEY,   b. 29 Jul 1715, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Sep 1794, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years)  [Birth] + 4. John WHITNEY,   b. 28 Jan 1717, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   5. Betty WHITNEY,   b. 07 Nov 1718, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Oct 1798, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years)  [Birth] + 6. Daniel WHITNEY,   b. 4 Apr 1720, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. bet. 1808-1810, Romulus, Seneca County, New York (Age 89 years)  [Birth] + 7. Richard WHITNEY,   b. 29 Mar 1721/22, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Nov 1772, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 50 years)  [Birth] + 8. James WHITNEY,   b. 06 Dec 1724/25, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 5 Sep 1757 (Age 31 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F13849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S00094] S. Whitney Phoenix, "The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations; being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878" , (Privately Printed, New York - 1878). [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S03421] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Norwalk and Norwich. [S03882] The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Marriages & Deaths, by George L. Rockwell.