John WHITNEY

Male 1747 - 1831  (83 years)


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  • Name John WHITNEY  [1
    • "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. [1]
    Birth 21 Apr 1747  Ridgefield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death ab Mar 1831  Henderson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I69576  Main Tree
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 

    Father John WHITNEY,   b. 28 Jan 1717, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Mother Hepzibah OLMSTED   d. 20 May 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Marriage 15 Jun 1746  Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F24757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca MOREHOUSE   d. Pompey, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1768  South Salem, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F28053  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2012 

    Family 2 Sarah OSBORN,   b. 3 May 1756, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1812, Pompey, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F28054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2012 

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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S03882] The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Marriages & Deaths, by George L. Rockwell.