Family:Whitney, Josiah Anson (1762-a1802)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJosiah Anson5 Whitney (Richard4, Henry3, John2, Henry1), son of Richard4 and Esther (Clark) Whitney, was born
He married
Phoenix says the following:
- Josiah Anson Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Jan. 1762;1 a millwright; served in the Revolutionary War, and though he was only thirteen years old when it began, tradition says that he served six years, and "held a Captain's commission under Gen. George Washington." He married, about 1786 or the beginning of 1787, at Danbury, Conn., Rebecca Olmstead. Perhaps Danbury was their dwelling place for the first ten years; but in the early part of 1797, they were living in Paris, N.Y., and, about 1800, they moved to Westmoreland, N.Y., where she died, and was buried. He married (2d), 20 Sept. 1802, Sally Leet, who was born in Guilford, Conn., where also the marriage took place.
Children of
i. 6 Whitney, b. ii. Whitney, b. iii. Whitney, b. iv. Whitney, b. v. Whitney, b. vi. Whitney, b. vii. Whitney, b. viii. Whitney, b.
References
- All data imported from 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. 66 and pp. 193-195.
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