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Whitney Family.
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Starr's Plain, and, with his two wives, was buried there; but no headstones mark their place of rest.
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III. Elizabeth Osborn, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 1 Sept 1731; married, 14 Feb. 1750, at Ridgefield, Adams Whitlock, son of John and Abigail Whitlock, of Fairfield, Conn.1 They dwelt at Ridgefield, till after 1761, and are reported to have finally settled at Hudson, N. Y.
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IV. James Osborn, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 17 Sept 1733. "James Osborn, Late of Ritchfield,2 in the County of Fairfield, now of said New Milford," bought land, 8 Aug. 1757, of Abraham Bennett, in the parish of Newbury, in New Milford. This was the south parish in New Milford, and is now included in the town of Brookfield. Here he settled, about a quarter of a mile from the Brookfield Railway station, on the west side of the stream. He bought land, 24 Nov. 1759, "north-westward from Osborn's dwelling-house," and more land, 5 Jan. 1760; besides which he had land laid out to him, 24 Nov. 1762. He married Elizabeth Mead, at Ridgefield, Conn., and died in Brookfield, 26 March 1811, "aged 77 1/2 years." Elizabeth, his wife, died at Brookfleld, 24 Jan. 1813, "aged 75 years." They were buried in the south part of the town of New Milford, in a graveyard and district bearing the euphonious name "Pinchgut."
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V. Aaron Osborn, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 29 Sept. 1735; a blacksmith; married Hannah Morehouse, dau. of Lemuel and Mary Morehouse, of Ridgefield, where she was born, 20 March 1737. She had common-land laid out on her father's right, 1 Feb. 1786. They dwelt in Ridgefield, near Titicus Cemetery, where they were buried; their gravestones showing that he died, 13 June 1810, "aged 79"; and she, 10 July 1811, "aged 75."
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VI. Moses Osborn, b. at Ridgefield, Conn.; 23 Dec. 1737; a tailor; married Sarah White, dau. of Israel White, at Danbury, Conn., where they settled. The date and place of her death do not appear. He was a member of the Church of England, professed to be conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, and, after the burning of Danbury, took shelter with the British, on Long Island. His estate, of £35, was confiscated by the State, and Dr. Sallu Pell appointed as its administrator, 1 May 1781; but it failed to satisfy the creditors, leaving nothing for the State. At the close of the war, he declined the benefit of the royal grant of lands in Nova Scotia; returned to Danbury, and there passed he rest of his days. He married (2d), Elvira Wilson, widow of ----- Bailey, and they were communicants, 1 Feb. 1812, in St James' Church, Danbury; the records of
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1 See will of John Whitlock, as March 1732-3, which he names wife, Abigail; brother, Thomas; and sons, Abraham, Nathaniel, Jonathan and Adams.
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2 First written Litchfield.
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