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Nathan WHITNEY

Male Abt 1695 -


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  1. 1.  Nathan WHITNEY was born about 1695 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from: "The Whitney Family of Connecticut":...They settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on a piece of land conveyed to him, 5 Feb. 1718-19, by Joseph Keeler, Henry Whitney, and Matthew St. John, "for, and in consideration of that brotherly Love and fraternall affection we have and do bare Towards our well beloved brother, Nathan Whitney, of ye town of Ridgfield, aforesd." At a town meeting, 20 Dec. 1720, by a Major vote Nathan Whitne was Clearedof all his rates, for ye ensueing year." He took the freeman's oath, 9 Dec. 1728, at Ridgefield, where they were living as late as 1739. The dates of their death are not known.

    Nathan married Sarah PLATT about 1715. Sarah (daughter of John PLATT, Jr. and Sarah LOCKWOOD) was born on 30 Mar 1697 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Dec 1715 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1751.
    2. 3. Eliasaph WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Feb 1716/17 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 May 1817 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    3. 4. Eliakim WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1718 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1811 and 1812 in Malta, New York.
    4. 5. Sarah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1720 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 6. Nathan WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Aug 1722 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in young.
    6. 7. Nathan WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jun 1724 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 8. Seth WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Feb 1726 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died before 30 May 1807.
    8. 9. Josiah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1729 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    9. 10. Jeremiah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1731 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1810.
    10. 11. Uriah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1737 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 04 and 06 Jun 1816 in East Granville, Massachusetts.
    11. 12. Ann WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1739 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in young.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 29 Dec 1715 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1751.

    Mary married Isaac KEELER about 1738. Isaac (son of Joseph KEELER and Elizabeth WHITNEY) was born about 1715 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eliasaph WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 03 Feb 1716/17 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 May 1817 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "The Whitney Family of Connecticut...": bought a house and two acres of land in Stamford, Conn., 13 May 1742; bouth land in Stamford, with his brother Eliakim, 17 Apr 1744; married to Mary Bishop, "in Stanford by the worshipfull Samll Hait Esquier on his majesties Justices of the Peace for ye County of Fairfield on May 10, 1744," but according to his family record, one day later. She was b. 18 Aug. 1722.
    He learned the arts of tanning and shoemaking, and settled in the aprish of Middlesex, in Stamford, now Darien, Conn., in a house which he built in 1751, about half a mile north of the parish church, and which, in 1866, was torn down by his grandson, Charles E. Whitney, to make room for a new house for himself on the same spot. Tradition says that when he setled there he had only a foot-path to his house, that deer were yet very plenty, and that he often exchanged a pair of shoes for a bushel of wheat. They were members, and he was chosen a deacon, of the Congregational Church of Middlesex, now Darien. She joined by letter, 7 Oct. 1744.
    He was appointed society's collector, 21 Jan. 1744-5; a committee, 16 Jan. 1748; was allowed "four pounds old tenor,; 30 Jan. 1754, for "to sweep ye meeting House as often as needful for ye ensuing year,' and was committee of the society from 1755 to 1760, inclusive. He was also school committee on the Stamford side, in 1756, and from that time to 1763. His ear-mark was entered in the Stamford records, 19 Jan. 1764. He was a man of great vigor, and retained his activity till near the close of his life, so that, when nearly one hundred years old, he would go to the woods to chop wood.
    He was one of those who were taken prisoners, in the Middlesex church, on Sunday 22 July 1781, during public worship, by a party of British and refugees, and taken to Long Island. Some of the prisoners never returned; but he, more fortunate, found some acquaintances, through whose influence he was released and allowed to return. He and his wife lived together nearly seventy years, sixty-three of which were passed under one roof, and her death was the first that took place in the house. She died 4 Jan. 1814, aged 91 years, 4 months and 6 days, having then living (according to an obituary written at Stamford, 13 Jan. 1814) 7 children, 47 grandchildren, 83 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. Hhe died in Darien, 17 May 1817, aged 100 years 3 onths and 3 days, allowing for change of style. A white stone, erected to their memory, was found in 1867, lying flat on the ground, in a field in Darien.

    Eliasaph married Mary BISHOP on 10 May 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of John BISHOP and Mary TALMADGE) was born on 18 Aug 1722 in Connecticut ; died on 04 Jan 1814 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Mary WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Feb 1744/45 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 14. Sylvanus WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1746/47 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 Jan 1748 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 15. Capt Sylvanus WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Feb 1748/49 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Aug 1827 in Carleton, St. John, New Brunswick.
    4. 16. Sarah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Feb 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in St. John, New Brunswick.
    5. 17. Platt WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in young.
    6. 18. Rhoda WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Oct 1756 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Aug 1829 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    7. 19. Hannah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1760 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Feb 1851 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    8. 20. Huldah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Mar 1762 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Oct 1856 in St. John, New Brunswick.
    9. 21. Josiah WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Jul 1764 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Oct 1850 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    10. 22. Henry WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 Apr 1767 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Jan 1843 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

  3. 4.  Eliakim WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 13 Nov 1718 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1811 and 1812 in Malta, New York.

    Eliakim married Mary BEACHGOOD on 10 May 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born on 18 Nov 1721 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Eliakim married Mary SELLECK on 15 Jan 1775 in P.E. Church of Stamford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel SELLECK and Mary DEMILL) was born on 13 Jul 1727 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Sarah WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 25 Oct 1720 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  5. 6.  Nathan WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 13 Aug 1722 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in young.

  6. 7.  Nathan WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 11 Jun 1724 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  7. 8.  Seth WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 08 Feb 1726 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died before 30 May 1807.

    Family/Spouse: Sarah MOW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Seth married Anna SMITH after 1771. Anna was born on 10 May 1730; died on 29 Jun 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Seth married Elizabeth WRIGHT on 21 Mar 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Josiah WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 12 Jun 1729 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  9. 10.  Jeremiah WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 18 Sep 1731 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1810.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from: "The Whitney Family of Connecticut" ....It is reported that he served in the Revolutionary War. He was a farmer; but his grandson, Isaac Lounsbury Whitney, who was born 26 March 1800 says: "He was a Methodist minister. I have been at his house a week at a time, and went with him to the church. He lived in a log-house on Connecticut Mountain; at that time I was only six years of age.: he is said to have had two, or perhaps three, wives; but the name of only one, Eva Youngs, has survived, and owes its preservation to the circumstance that it was engraved on one of her pewter plates, which is yet, Jan. 1875, in possession of her granddaughter, Mrs. Horton. He died in 1810."

    Family/Spouse: Eva YOUNGS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Martha WHITNEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1766 in Connecticut; died on 28 Jul 1855 in Providence, New York.

  10. 11.  Uriah WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 12 Nov 1737 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 04 and 06 Jun 1816 in East Granville, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: Sarah PLATT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Uriah married Martha HART in Feb 1775. Martha (daughter of Samuel HART and Elizabeth THOMPSON) was born on 31 Jul 1739 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 05 Mar 1819 in East Granville, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 12.  Ann WHITNEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Nathan1) was born on 31 Aug 1739 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in young.


  

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