Thankful CANFIELD

Thankful married on 24 Aug 1766 in South Salem, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
"Whitney Genealogy": Her father, in his will of 14 Nov. 1764, gave her L5 2s. 4d., which, with L22 4s already given to her, made her portion equal to those of her sisters. her husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His parentage does not appear. Mary Canfield, of salem, Westchester Co., NY, widow of David Canfield, lately deceased, in her will of 6 June 1783, called him "my adopted son, known by the name of, and commonly called, James Canfield," and gave to him and his wife, Dinah Canfield (whom, by her will, she also adopted), the use of all her estate, with remainder to their children, of whom she named nine, providing that any who might thereafter be born to them should share equally with those already living. they settled in South Salem, and died there.

James married Dinah KEELER on 29 Apr 1762 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Dinah (daughter of Daniel KEELER and Hannah WHITNEY) was born about 1744 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 12 Aug 1744 in New Canaan, Connecticut; died in South Salem, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
"Whitney Genealogy": Her father, in his will of 14 Nov. 1764, gave her L5 2s. 4d., which, with L22 4s already given to her, made her portion equal to those of her sisters. her husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His parentage does not appear. Mary Canfield, of salem, Westchester Co., NY, widow of David Canfield, lately deceased, in her will of 6 June 1783, called him "my adopted son, known by the name of, and commonly called, James Canfield," and gave to him and his wife, Dinah Canfield (whom, by her will, she also adopted), the use of all her estate, with remainder to their children, of whom she named nine, providing that any who might thereafter be born to them should share equally with those already living. they settled in South Salem, and died there.