Family:Whitney, Mary (1755-a1813)

Mary⁵ Whitney (Joseph⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), daughter of Joseph⁴ and Mary (Coit) Whitney, was born 12 Aug 1755, Norwalk, CT, and died 31 Oct 1827, Norwalk, CT, aged 72 years 2 months 19 days. She was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard.

She married 26 Mar 1775, Norwalk, CT, Hanford Fairweather, son of Thomas and Mary (Hanford) Fairweather. He was born say 1752, Norwalk, CT, and died 27 Aug 1795, Norwalk, CT.

Phoenix says the following:^[1]

She was living in Norwalk 30 Jan. 1813, at which date she mortgaged to Stephen Mott a part of her homestead. She dwelt in the second house above the Catholic Church, and died there, 31 Oct. 1827, aged 72 years, 2 months, and 19 days, according to her gravestone in St. Paul's Churchyard.

Children of Hanford and Mary⁵ (Whitney) Fairweather:

i.	Anne Fairweather, b. 22 Aug 1775, Norwalk, CT; m.(1) ----- Warner; m.(2) William Stevens.
ii.	Jedediah Fairweather, b. 1 Feb 1779, Norwalk, CT; m. Jane Selleck.
iii.	James Whitney Fairweather, b. 29 Mar 1781.
iv.	Thomas Coit Fairweather, b. 17 May 1783, Norwalk, CT; d. 29 May 1785, Norwalk, CT.
v.	Thomas Fairweather, b. 10 Feb 1786, Norwalk, CT; m. Susan -----.
vi.	Maria Fairweather, b. 10 Sep 1788, Norwalk, CT; m. Daniel Curtis.
vii.	Betsey Fairweather, b. 29 Mar 1790, Norwalk, CT; m. Daniel Nash.
viii.	Benjamin Fairweather, b. 27 Sep 1792, Norwalk, CT; a mariner; and, according to tradition, he was lost at sea.

References

1.^  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), pp. 47-48 and pp. 132-133.

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