John WHITNEY

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"The Whitney Genealogy":...By settlement of his father's estate, 28 March 1744, and a division made by him and his brother Daniel Whitney, 4 Feb. 1745, he had the south half of his father's homestead in Ridgefield, which he sold, 14 Feb. 1753, with "dwelling house, barn shop, fruit trees and fences," to Abraham Betts, of Norwalk, for L1200, old tenor A deed of 20 March 1771, shows that he then lived in Salem, Westchester Co., New York. He signed a deed, 14 Feb. 1793, in which he called himself of "the County of Serry Togue and State of New York". He lived, in the latter part of his life, with his son Ezra, at, or near, Johnstown, New York He is known to have visited his son Samuel, in Paris, now Kirkland, Oneida Co., New York, about 1797, when he was eighty years old, but neither the place nor the date of his death, or that of his second wife, have been reported; but she died first.

John married Hepzibah OLMSTED on 15 Jun 1746 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hepzibah died on 20 May 1753 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Thankful BENEDICT after 1753. Thankful (daughter of Deacon Benjamin BENEDICT and Mary PLATT) was born on 23 Jun 1727 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Whitney Family of Connecticut": b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 21 Apr 1747; a farmer; married, 3 Feb 1768, at South Salem, Westchester Co., NY, by Rev. Solomon Mead pastor of the Presbyterian Church at South Salem, to Rebecca Morehouse. He was baptized, and she renewed the covenant, in the Presbyterian Church at South Salem, in Oct. 1768. Her history is not known beyond the fact that she was the mother of all of his children and must have lived later than 1792. they dwelt in South Salem as late as oct. 1781, and probably till after June 1791, when their daughter Huldah was married there. WE next find the family in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY, in Jan. 1804, he bought a farm in Pompey, NY, on which he lived till March 1825. Here his wife probably died, but the date has not been found. He married (2), at Pompey, Sarah Osborn, of Ridgefield, where she was born, 3 May 1756. She died in Dec 1812, at Pompey, or Manlius, and was buried there. In March 1825, he moved to Henderson, NY to live with his son Amasa, who went there at the same time. He died in henderson, about March 1831, after an illness of only one day and one night, and was then called 85 years old. he was a man of stalwart proportions, about six feet and two inches in height, and of corresponding weight. he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; was in the battle of Long Island, 27 Aug. 1776; at the capture of Burgoyne in Oct. 1777; and wintered at Valley Forge, in 1777-1778, expecting a short furlough in which he went home for food and clothing. While out with a party of men, observing the motions of a British vessel which was passing up the Hudson River, they were fired upon, and a part of the brim of his cocked hat was cut away by a grape-shot. this torn hat, with the sword and musket which he used, were carefully kept by him during his life, but the musket was overcharged and burst by his irreverent grandsons, 4 July 1834.

John married Rebecca MOREHOUSE on 3 Feb 1768 in South Salem, New York. Rebecca died in Pompey, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah OSBORN. Sarah was born on 3 May 1756 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in Dec 1812 in Pompey, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Whitney Family": They lived for a few years, perhaps tll after the Revolutionary War, in Stockbridge, Mass., after which he went with his family to the Sate of New York, living for a time in the large old town of Johnstown, Montgomery Co. (part of which is now in Fulton Co., part in Hamilton Co., and part in Montgomery Co.,) also for a time in the town of German Flats, perhaps in that part which is now Warren, Herkimer Co., and possibly, also in Galway, Saratoga Co. In October, 1793, he settled on the Brothertown Indian lands, in Paris, now Kirkland, New York, where he bought one hundred acres of land fro the State, a part of which lies in the present town of Marshall, the town-line crossing the farm, receiving his deed 1 Sept. 1795; and his grandchildren still own the occupy the farm, though the deed has not yet been proved, acknowledged or recorded. On this farm they died; he, 12 July 1822, aged 72 years; and she, 14 Feb. 1834, aged 79 years. they were buried in a small cemetery on their farm, which is ow known as the Whitney Cemetery.

Samuel married Mary ST. JOHN on 03 Jan 1775 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Mark ST. JOHN and Ann GAY) was born on 14 Jan 1755 in Sharon, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]