John WHITNEY

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"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.

John married Deborah SMITH on 19 Jan 1750/51 in Branford, Connecticut. Deborah was born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Whitney Family": His father gave him thirteen acres of land at Horse Pound Hill, and twenty-six acres at Drum Hill, with three acres of swamp east of Horse Pound Hill, seven acres of land to take up in the unsequestered land, and "one pair of stears past three years old," 18 Oct. 1709; and, at the same date, sold him three acres of land, with a house-frame thereon, at Belden's Hill. they dwelt at Norwalk for several years; then settled in that part of tratfield Society, which lay in the town of Fairfield. He proposed to build a grist-mill on Sasco River, "where the sawmill stood," and asked the town to give him a small piece of land on which to set a house. His request was granted by town-meeting, 27 Apr 1713, and a committee appointed to lay out the land and stipulate the conditions of the grant. Another town-meeting, 6 Aug. 1716, granted him liberty to flow so much of the town-commons as should be needed for the mll. His mill appears to have been built before 24 Aug. 1716, when the committee laid out, and, 12 Sept. 1716, formally conveyed to him, land on the east side of Sasco River, near to his mill, on his engagement "to keep a good and sufficient grist mill, on said rive, att or near the lace where his now gristmill now standeth, when it can be done with labour; and to grind all sorts of grain for two quarts a bushell into good & sufficient meal, if the grain be good and also to keep a sufficient house over said mill to secure all such grain as shall be brought to said mill, with a good lock and key continually to said house; and to grind all such grists of all sorts of grain as shall be bought by any Inhabitant of said town to said mill seasonably and before he or they shall grind for a stranger." He was living at Stratfield as early as 18 Oct 1714, when he sold land in Norwalk, to "William Jarvis of Huntington, on ye Island of Nassau," and again 21 Jan. 1725-6, when he sold to his brother, Joseph Whitney, a "Fifty pounds Right of commonage" in the undivided lands of Norwalk. he was a juror, at Fairfield, 24 Dec. 1734. The date of his death has not been found. She died at Fairfeld, 20 oct. 1774.

Richard married Hannah DARLING on 07 Apr 1709 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of John DARLING and Elizabeth BEERS) was born about 1689 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Oct 1774 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]