Daniel WHITNEY

1720 - 1810  (89 years)

• Name	Daniel WHITNEY  [1, 2]
  	"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. [1]
  Birth	4 Apr 1720	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	bet. 1808-1810	Romulus, Seneca County, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I61105	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry WHITNEY,   b. 21 Feb 1680/81, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Apr 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth OLMSTEAD,   b. Abt 1684, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Jun 1710	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F13849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thankful BURT,   b. 1 Sep 1721, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	8 Aug 1741	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Benjamin WHITNEY,   b. 1 Jun 1750, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1825 or 1826, Shelby, New York (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Daniel WHITNEY,   b. 12 Jan 1745/6, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Jun 1784 (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F27977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - bet. 1808-1810 - Romulus, Seneca County, 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). [S03883] The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Births, by George L. Rockwell. [S03423] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Portland, Prospect, Redding and Ridgefield. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S03421] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Norwalk and Norwich. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).