Family:Whitney, Daniel (1723-a1790)

Daniel⁴ Whitney (Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Richard³ and Hannah (Darling) Whitney,^[1] was born 24 Apr 1723, Stratfield, CT,^[2] and died after 1762, possibly after the Revolutionary War.^[3]

He married, 7 Nov 1745, Stamford, CT, Hester Clawson,^[4] daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Green) Clawson.^[5] She was born about 1724, Stamford, CT,^[6] and died after 1762.^[7]

Phoenix says the following:^[8]

... a cooper. "Daniel Whitne and Hester Clason was married by ye Revnd. Mr. Ephraim Bostwick, pastor of the Church in Greenwich, on November ye 7th at evening, 1745." -- Stamford town records. She was a member of the first Congregational Church at Stamford. He settled at Stamford, about three-fourths of a mile west of the village, at the fork of the road called Dumpling Road, and there died of a cancer, after thirty years of suffering. It is thought that he lived till after the Revolutionary war.

Children of Daniel⁴ and Hester (Clawson) Whitney:

i.	Hannah5 Whitney, b. 2 Sep 1746, Stamford, CT;[9] bapt. 7 Jun 1747, Stamford, CT;[10] m. 30 Jan 1769, Stamford, CT, Jacob Wardwell.[11]
ii.	Daniel Whitney, bapt. 25 Dec 1748, Stamford, CT; died young.[12]
iii.	Esther Whitney, bapt. 21 Jul 1751, Stamford, CT;[13] m. Stamford, CT, Samuel Ask. They lived in the City of New York, and died without children.[14]
iv.	Daniel Whitney, b. 10 May 1754, Stamford, CT;[15] bapt. 2 Jun 1754, Stamford, CT;[16]; m. Hannah Selleck.
v.	Justus Whitney, bapt. 12 Jun 1757, Stamford, CT;[17] m. Nancy Lines.
vi.	Darling Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1758, Stamford, CT;[18] m.(1) Sarah Valentine; m.(2) Catharine -----.
vii.	John Whitney, bapt. 5 Sep 1762, Stamford, CT;[19] d. of consumption, unmarried, after the Revolution.[20]

Census

• 1790, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT: Daniel Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 1 female.
• 1800: not found.
• 1810: not found.

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), p. 33.

2.^  Ibid.

3.^  Ibid.

4.^  "Daniel [Whitney], m. Hester Clason, 7 Nov 1745, by Rev. Ephraim Bostwick of Greenwich," according to Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Stamford 1:67.

5.^  L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.

6.^  Ibid.

7.^  Phoenix, op. cit., p. 33.

8.^  Ibid.

9.^  "Hannah [Whitney], d. Daniel & Ester, b. 2 Sep 1746," according to Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Stamford 1:75.

10.^  "June 7, 1747-Hannah Whitney to Esther [Hester Clason], wife of Daniel" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

11.^  "Jacob Wardwell & Hannah Whitney, [married] 30 Jan. 1769," according to Bailey, Frederick W., ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906), Stamford, 6:52.

12.^  "Dec. 25, 1748-Daniel Whitney to Esther, wife of Daniel [died young]" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

13.^  "July 21, 1751-Esther Whitney to Esther, wife of David [Daniel]" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

14.^  Phoenix, op. cit., p. 90.

15.^  Phoenix, op. cit., p. 90.

16.^  "June 2, 1754-Daniel Whitney to Esther [Hester Clason], wife of Daniel" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

17.^  "June 12, 1757-Justus Whitney to Esther [Hester Clason], wife of David" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

18.^  Phoenix, op. cit., p. 91.

19.^  "Sep. 5, 1762-John Whitney to Esther, wife of Daniel" baptized, according to Stamford First Congregational Church Records.

20.^  Phoenix, op. cit., p. 91.

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