Daniel WHITNEY

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"Whitney Genealogy": They settled in Ridgefield; their residence there can be traced by the births of their children to the latter pat of the year 1752, and by deeds, almost continuously from 1744 to 1760. He joined with his four brothers in dividing their father's estate, 28 March 1744; divided the homestead with his brother John, 4 Apr 1745, he taking the north half; deeded land to his four brothers, and took deeds from them, 18 Apr 1750; had land laid out to him by the proprietors, 23 Feb. 1750/51; bought and sold land, 30 March 1752; sold his house and land to Vivus Dauchy, 14 March1753; had land laid out, 26 June 1753; sold all of his common and undivided land to James Bradley, for L28, 27 Apr 1754; sold 19 acres of land to Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, 24 Feb. 1757; bought seven acres of land at Blacksmith Ridge, 5 March 1757; joined 24 May 1759, with his wife, Thankful Whitney, and her brothers and sister, Christopher Burt, Daniel Burt, Seaborn Burt, and Sarah Cornwell, of Ridgefield, and Benjamin Burt of Warwick, Orange Co., NY, in dividing the estate "which our Honrd. father Benjamin Burt Deed, Died Seized of." He sold his land at "Blacksmith ridge Bridge: 11 Jan. 1760, and soon moved to Warwick, Orange County, NY. Eager's "History of Orange County", pp. 422-425, gives an account of Daniel Burt, and (after showing that he settled in Warwick in 1746, sold out and went back to Conn., and then returned to Warwick in 1760) says: "When Daniel Burt returned to the county in 1760, Daniel Whitney came with him, married his sister, and located." We have seen that the marriage was nearly nineteen years earlier.
Daniel Whitney finally, at what time is not known, moved to Romulus, Seneca Co., NY and there died in 1808, 1809, or 1810 (as variously reported), "aged over 80 years." He was really about 90 years old. His home was in the south-east corner of the town of Romulus, near Whitney's Landing, probably with his grandson, John Whitney.

Daniel married Thankful BURT on 8 Aug 1741 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Thankful (daughter of Benjamin BURT and Sarah BELDEN) was born on 1 Sep 1721 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin WHITNEY was born on 1 Jun 1750 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 1825 or 1826 in Shelby, New York.
2. Daniel WHITNEY was born on 12 Jan 1745/6 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1784.

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"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.....

Henry married Elizabeth OLMSTEAD on 14 Jun 1710 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John OLMSTEAD and Mary BENEDICT) was born about 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1728 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]