John WHITNEY

1717 -

• Name	John WHITNEY  [2, 3]
  	"The Whitney Genealogy":...By settlement of his father's estate, 28 March 1744, and a division made by him and his brother Daniel Whitney, 4 Feb. 1745, he had the south half of his father's homestead in Ridgefield, which he sold, 14 Feb. 1753, with "dwelling house, barn shop, fruit trees and fences," to Abraham Betts, of Norwalk, for L1200, old tenor A deed of 20 March 1771, shows that he then lived in Salem, Westchester Co., New York. He signed a deed, 14 Feb. 1793, in which he called himself of "the County of Serry Togue and State of New York". He lived, in the latter part of his life, with his son Ezra, at, or near, Johnstown, New York He is known to have visited his son Samuel, in Paris, now Kirkland, Oneida Co., New York, about 1797, when he was eighty years old, but neither the place nor the date of his death, or that of his second wife, have been reported; but she died first. [1]
  Birth	28 Jan 1717	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I61128	Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry WHITNEY,   b. 21 Feb 1680/81, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Apr 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth OLMSTEAD,   b. Abt 1684, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Jun 1710	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F13849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hepzibah OLMSTED   d. 20 May 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	15 Jun 1746	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 7]
  Children	1. John WHITNEY,   b. 21 Apr 1747, Ridgefield, Connecticut d. ab Mar 1831, Henderson, New York (Age 83 years)  [Birth]   2. Samuel WHITNEY,   b. 12 Oct 1749, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Jul 1822, Kirkland, New York (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F24757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Thankful BENEDICT,   b. 23 Jun 1727, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	Aft 1753
  Family ID	F27911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2012

  
  

• Sources

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