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 1790, 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.
ii.	Martha Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1759, Norwalk, CT.
iii.	Samuel Kellogg Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1761, Norwalk, CT; m. Grace Fairweather.
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.
vii.	Benjamin Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1771, Norwalk, CT.

Census

• 1790, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT: Widow Lois Whitney, 3 females.

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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