Benjamin WHITNEY

1750 - 1826  (75 years)

• Name	Benjamin WHITNEY  [1]
  	"Whitney Genealogy": He lived in Warwick, NY after 1760, until the close of the Revolutionary War, during which he was one of a company of militia, under Capt. Minthorn. They moved to Romulus, NY, and from there to Shelby, NY, where he died in 1825 or 6, and she in 1831 - both at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Sarah (Whitney) Goldsborough. They were buried in Shelby, at Weatherwax Corners. Tradition tells of his mills and other property at Wyoming, Penn., having been burned at the time of the Wyoming Massacre, but he was then only eighteen years old. [1]
  Birth	1 Jun 1750	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1825 or 1826	Shelby, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I69426	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Daniel WHITNEY,   b. 4 Apr 1720, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. bet. 1808-1810, Romulus, Seneca County, New York (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Thankful BURT,   b. 1 Sep 1721, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	8 Aug 1741	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F27977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah KETCHAM   d. 1831, Shelby, New York
  Marriage	Orange County, New York   [1]
  Children	1. John WHITNEY,   b. Abt 1777, Warwick, New York d. 9 Jun 1849, Adrian, Michigan (Age 72 years)  [Birth]   2. Samuel WHITNEY,   b. 16 Nov 1779, Warwick, New York d. 10 Oct 1852, Shelby, New York (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F27975	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). [S03423] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Portland, Prospect, Redding and Ridgefield.