John WHITNEY

1720 - 1705

• Name	John WHITNEY  [1]
  	"Whitney Family of Connecticut": His uncle, Benjamin Darling, for "Natural Love and affection," gave to him, 12 Dec 1748 a part of homestead in Greenfield parish, being one-fourth of an acre of land which he sold, 15 March 1749/50, to Joseph Jennings Jr. He married at Branford, Conn., 19 Jan. 1750/51, by Rev. Philemon Robbins, Congregational, to Deborah Smith, who was born at New Haven, Conn. He was a ship-carpenter and lived at Stony Creek, in Branford, in a house that has been torn down; and later he lived near the landing, in a house which still stands, near what is called the "Dutch House Quarter," which tradition says, belonged to his garden. He owned the baptismal covenant in Banford, 18 Feb. 1753; and bought eighty-six rods of land at Stony Brook, 11 July 1763, of William Barker, for L1 10s. he died in branford, 29 March 1805, aged 85 years. [1]
  Death	29 Mar 1705	Branford, Connecticut   [1]
  Birth	17 Jan 1719/20	Stratfield,Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I69531	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard WHITNEY,   b. 18 Apr 1687, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1734, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah DARLING,   b. Abt 1689, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 20 Oct 1774, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	07 Apr 1709	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F13851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah SMITH,   b. New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	19 Jan 1750/51	Branford, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F28030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 29 Mar 1705 - Branford, Connecticut Marriage - 19 Jan 1750/51 - Branford, Connecticut  = 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). [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S03421] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Norwalk and Norwich.