James WHITNEY

1751 -

• Name	James WHITNEY  [1]
  	In the distribution of his father's estate, 20 June 1763, he had a double portion, as the eldest son. he seems to have moved, with his mother, to the adjoining town of Southeast, NY, where he settled, with his wife Abigail, whose maiden name has not been reported. Tradition says that he died not many years after his marriage, leaving only one son, and that his widow married a second husband, named ? Ganung, and had one daughter, Hannah Ganung, who married Benjamin Ruscoe, and had a son, Stephen Ruscoe, who married Phebe Ballard and was living in Danbury, Conn., in Feb. 1874. [1]
  Birth	28 May 1751	Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I92142	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	James WHITNEY,   b. 06 Dec 1724/25, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 5 Sep 1757 (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Lydia UNKNOWN
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F27983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail ?
  Children	+ 1. Joseph WHITNEY,   b. 12 Jul 1785, Southeast, Dutchess County, New York d. 11 Jun 1841, Southeast, Dutchess Co., New York (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F38489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

• 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).