Selleck WHITNEY

1779 - 1850  (70 years)

• Name	Selleck WHITNEY  [1]
  	Selleck Whitney, b. at Stamford, Conn., 28 June 1779, by the town-record, while the family bible says, 28 June 1780; a master-mariner; married at Stamford 26 June 1805, according to the town record, while the family bible says, 26 Jan. 186, by Rev. Daniel Smith, Congregational, to Betsey Knapp, of Stamford, who was born 16 May 1784, dau. of James and Mary (Hubbell)Knapp. they settled at Albany, NY, where she died 14 Feb 1820, and was buried in the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church. He was married (2d), 19 Aug. 1827, at Albany, by. Rev. John Alburtis, to hannah Southwick Churchill, who died, 18 Dec. 1846, at Albany, and was buried there. He died at New York City, 25 March 1850, aged 70 years, and was buried at Albany. the 'Albany Directory', for 1813, styles him 'skipper', of 46 Division Street. Among the vessels which he owned and commanded, were the 'Golden Hunter' and the 'La Fayette', which last he built n 1826, intending to launch her in the presence of her namesake. [1]
  Birth	28 Jun 1779	Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Mar 1850	New York City, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I92144	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Daniel WHITNEY,   b. 10 May 1754, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 6 Aug 1826 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Hannah SELLECK,   b. 29 Mar 1761, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Feb 1849, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1776  [1]
  Family ID	F38492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Betsey KNAPP,   b. 16 May 1784, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 14 Feb 1820, Albany, New York, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1805  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth WHITNEY,   b. 14 Nov 1806, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1870 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F38490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Southwick CHURCHILL   d. 18 Dec 1846, Albany, New York, USA
  Marriage	19 Aug 1827	Albany, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F38491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 19 Aug 1827 - Albany, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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).