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The Whitney Family of Connecticut

by S. Whitney Phoenix
(New York: 1878)

Transcribed by Robert L. Ward.

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Whitney Family.
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184 IV. Abigail Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 March 1753; married Ephraim Clark, of North Salem, N.Y. They afterward lived in some part of Conn., one tradition says in Stratford. 773
185 V. Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 25 or 28 June 1755; married, 22 Dec. 1774, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to David Gates, of the same place, a farmer, born in June 1753, possibly the youngest child of Samuel and Rachel (Hayes) Gates. They moved, about 1789, to Hinesburgh, Vt, where he died of consumption, 19 June 1793, and was buried in the Hinesburgh Cemetery. In 1797 she removed, with some of her children, to Paris, N.Y., but returned to Hinesburgh in the winter of I 797-8, and in 1802 married Lawrence Delong, a farmer, of a town adjoining Hinesburgh. She died at St. Albans, Vt., 29 or 31 July 1840, in her 86th year, and was buried at St. Albans Bay, Vt. In her last years she dwelt with her daughter, Mrs. Betsey (Gates) Brooks, at St. Albans, Vt. 775
186 VI. Betty Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 16 July 1757; married, 11 Dec. 1783, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Jacob Lobdell,1 "of Courtlandt's Manor, N.Y.," son of Ebenezer and Deborah Lobdell, of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born about 1756 or 1757. They settled on a farm, about a mile north of the Episcopal Church in North Salem. The farm was, in 1874, owned by two of his grandsons, and the old thatched barn was still standing, more than a hundred years old. She died in North Salem, 8 May 1795, in the 37th year of her age, and was buried in the North Salem Cemetery, near the Episcopal Church, where her gravestone is still standing. He died in North Salem, 27 Feb. 1834, aet. 77, and was buried about ten rods from his wife, in the same cemetery. He had a second wife, Mary Morehouse,2 who died in North Salem, date unknown, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and when Long Island was evacuated by the American army, he crossed at sunrise in the last boat. 783
187 VII. Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a 787
  1 He had brothers, Ebenezer and Jonathan Lobdell. His father was probably born in Ridgefield, 1 Dec. 1730, son of Joshua and Mary (Reynolds) Lobdell, and grandson of Joshua and Eunice Lobdell.
  2 His chil. by second wife were:

  I. JOSHUA LOBDELL, who m. Eliza Miller. She died 5 May 1833, aged 35 y., 10 m., and 29 days. He seems to have had a second wife, Sally -----. He lived in North Salem, and there died, 10 Dec. 1850, aged 52 y., 7 mo., 21 days, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. His chil. were Samuel, Joanna, Mary (d. 29 Ap. 1849, aged 24 y., 10 mo., 17 days), William, John, James (d. 27 Sept. 1847, aged 24 y., 8 mo., 9 days), Elizabeth (who m. Augustus Keeler, of Bedford, son of Dr. Keeler, of Bedford, where she now lives, 1874. She was brought up by her aunt Palmer), and George, who died, 29 Jan. 1841, aged 4 years and 18 days, son of Joshua and Sally Lobdell.
  II. POLLY LOBDELL.
  III. SAMUEL LOBDELL; a tailor; married in Ridgefield, moved to Newark, N.J., had two sons and two daughters, and died in Newark.

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