Family:Whitney, Benjamin (s1734-1770)

Benjamin Whitney, parentage unknown, was born say 1734, and died 17 Jul 1770, Norwalk, CT.

He married, 3 Jan 1757, Norwalk, CT, Lois Kellogg^[1], daughter of Samuel and Ann (-----) Kellogg. She was born about 1735, and died after 1800, probably Norwalk, CT.

Phoenix says the following:

. . . Benjamin and Lois (Kellogg) Whitney, of Norwalk, of whose descendants the records were gathered and arranged for this work, under the erroneous impression that he was descended from Henry¹ Whitney, while it now seems more likely that he was a descendant of John¹ and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, Mass.^[2]

Children of Benjamin and Lois (Kellogg) Whitney:

i.	Hannah Whitney, b. 4 Jun 1757, Norwalk, CT; m. Moses Krift of Canaan, CT.
ii.	Martha Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1759, Norwalk, CT.
iii.	Samuel Kellogg Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1761, Norwalk, CT; m. about 1783, Norwalk, CT, Grace Fairweather. a. Benjamin Whitney, m. Abigail Fancher. 1. William Whitney; m. Hannah Metcalf St. John. A. Betsey Ann Whitney, b. 24 Jun 1844, Ellsworth, CT; m. 23 Mar 1863, Sharon, CT, Joshua Bignall Chaffee, "both of Sharon".
iv.	Henry Whitney, b. 26 May 1763, Norwalk, CT.
v.	Anna Whitney, b. 29 Jul 1765, Norwalk, CT.
vi.	Polly Whitney, b. 1 May 1769, Norwalk, CT; d. 6 Aug 1769, Norwalk, CT.
vii.	Benjamin Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1771, Norwalk, CT; d. 13 Sep 1775, Norwalk, CT.

Census

• 1790, Norwalk & Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT: Widow Lois Whitney, 3 females.
• 1800, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT: Lois Whitney, 1 female over 45.

Notes

While researching The Whitney family of Connecticut, David Williams Patterson collected information on this Whitney family. This material is currently located in the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT and is a bound manuscript of about 150 pages. It has not yet been examined by members of the Whitney Research Group.

References

1.^  Hall, Rev. Edwin, comp., The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (New York, NY: Baker & Scribner, 1847), p. 33.

2.^  Stephen 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; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 1571

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