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Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, [New Haven, Conn., The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company] 1930-[31?].
[vol. I, p. 688]
His English origin is unknown, the ancestry assigned to him in the splendid genealogy by Phoenix having proved false.
A miller; bought at Southold, L. I., 8 Oct. 1649, with Edward Treadwell and Thomas Benedict. He rem. by 1658 to Huntington, L. I.
He m. (1) -----; m. (2) Sarah, widow of Edward Ketchum of Stratford. In 1660 he objected to Joseph Whitman as suitor to his dau. [stepdau.] Sarah Ketchum. He rem. abt. 1662 to Jamaica, L. I., and by 1665 to Norwalk, where he d. in 1673.
Will 5 June 1672; wife; son John; Thomas Benedict, Sr., Walter Hoyt, and Thomas Fitch, Sr., my beloved brethren and friends, overseers. Inv. 8 Nov. 1673.
Child [by first wife]:
| + | John. |
A miller; had a grant of land in Southold, L. I., 1666; rem. to Norwalk with his father. He m. (rec. Norwalk) 17 Mar. 1674/5, Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Richard; she d. after 3 Apr. 1741.
Adm'n. granted, 11 Oct. 1720, to son-in-law Joseph Keeler.
Children, recorded at Norwalk:
| John, b. 1 Mar. 1676/7, d. at Norwalk, 3 Feb. 1712/3; miller; m. 4 Mar 1709/10, Elizabeth Finch, dau. of Joseph of Greenwich. | |
| Joseph, b. 1 Mar 1678 [1678/9], d. at Norwalk in 1741; mill-wright; will 21 Mar. 1740/1; m. 6 Jul 1704, Hannah Hoyt, dau. of Zerubbabel. | |
| Henry, b. 21 Feb. 1680 [1680/1], d. at Ridgefield, 26 Apr. 1728; weaver; m. 14 June 1710, Elizabeth Olmstead, dau. of Lt. John. | |
| Elizabeth, b. abt. 1684, d. at Ridgebury, 17 Mar. 1763 ae. 79 (g. s.); m. Joseph Keeler. | |
| × | Richard, b. 18 Apr. 1687. |
| Samuel, b. abt. 1688, d. at Stratford, 6 Dec. 1753 in 66 yr. (g. s.); m. at Stratford, 18 Jan. 1721/2, Ann Laborie, who m. (2) 23 July 1759, Benjamin Banks of Greenfield. | |
| Ann, b. abt. 1691, d. at Sharon, 9 May 1773 ae. 82 (g. s.); m. 13 Oct. 1709, Matthew St. John. | |
| Eleanor, b. [27 Jan. 1693/4], d. at Norwalk, 25 Jan. 1777 ae. 81 yrs. 11 mos. 19 days (g. s.); m. 13 June 1717, Jonathan Fairchild. | |
| Nathan, res. Ridgefield; m. Sarah Platt, dau. of John, b. 30 May 1697. |
[vol. I, p. 689]
| Sarah, d. at Ridgefield, 22 Oct. 1720; m. 13 June 1717, Samuel Smith. | |
| Josiah, d. at Norwalk by 1750; m. 30 Oct. 1729, Eunice Hanford, dau. of Eleazer. |
[vol. II, p. 1040]
Whitney, Richard, s. of John [Vol. I, p. 688]
Born 18 Apr. 1687.
He m. (rec. Norwalk) 17 Apr. 1709, Hannah Darling, dau. of John, b. abt. 1689, d. at Greenfield, 20 Oct. 1774 ae. 85.
He built a mill at Sasco River, but by 1714 settled in Stratfield.
Children, two rec. Norwalk, one Stratford, two Stratfield:
| Elijah, b. 16 Apr. 1710, d. at Norwalk before 1741; m. 6 Jul 1734, Rebecca Seymour, dau. of John. | |
| + | Samuel, b. 5 Oct. 1711 (or 1712 by Greenfield rec.). |
| Richard, b. 1 Sept. 1715, bapt. at Stratfield, 22 Apr. 1716; m. at Stratfield, 4 Dec. 1750, Experience Beardsley, dau. of John, b. 26 Feb. 1724/5, d. 11 July 1780. | |
| John, b. 17 Jan. 1719/20, d. at Branford, 29 Mar. 1805 ae. 85; ship-carpenter; m. at Branford, 19 Jan. 1750/1, Deborah Smith. | |
| Daniel, b. 24 Apr. 1723, d. at Stamford; cooper; m. at Greenwich, 7 Nov 1745, Hannah Clawson. |
Whitney, Samuel, s. of Richard. Capt.
Born 5 Oct. 1712; d. at Greenfield, 20 Feb. 1796 in 84 yr. (g. s.); m. (1) 14 May 1740, Amy Northrop, b. 9 Nov. 1722, d. 22 Nov. 1788 ae. 66 (g. s.); m. (
