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I. Ebenezer Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 8 Aug. 1742; a master-mariner and miller; married, 19 Dec. 1771, in Norwalk, with Ruth Raymond, born 15 Nov. 1756, dau. of Simeon Raymond. They settled in Norwalk, and after he had followed the sea for forty-five years, moved to Silver Mine, in New Canaan, Conn., where he bought and managed a grist-mill. He was of New Canaan, 11 Aug 1806, when he sold his land, house and shop, in Norwalk, for $300, to Samuel Hoyt. He died in New Canaan, 2 Ap. 1808; the church-record says, "3 Ap. 1808, of apoplexy, aged 65 years"; a newspaper obituary says, "3 Ap. 1808, in his 66th year." He was buried in the cemetery above Silver Mine. She died in Norwalk, and was buried in the south part of the town, near Gregory's Point, where her gravestone bears the following inscription:
In
Memory of
RUTH WHITNEY,
Widow of Ebenezer Whitney of Revolutionary
memory deceased
who departed
this life
May 31, 1839,
AE. 82 years 6 mo.
& 16 days.
In life of a meek and quiet spirit
in death serene.
Asleep in Jesus! O, for me,
May such a blissful refuge be;
Securely shall my ashes lie
Waiting the summons from on high.
Tradition says that he was a paymaster in the Revolutionary army; and his grandson, Edward Tompkins Whitney, says that he, and not his father, took the sloop-load of women and furniture out of Norwalk Harbor, when Norwalk was occupied by the British soldiers, in 1779.
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I. Timothy Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 13-24 July 1744; a cooper; married in Norwalk, Conn., 25 Feb. 1770, Anna Wood, who was born 3 Nov. 1742, dau. of Alexis Wood, or Norwalk, and died in Norwalk, 7 Aug. 1785, "aged 42 years, 9 months and 4 days." He married (2d), at Norwalk, 23 Ap. 1786, Abigail Smith, widow of ----- Wood, who was born 25 July 1749, dau. of Eliakim Smith of Norwalk. She died 2 Nov. 1803, "aged 54 years, 3 months and 7 days." He died 15 June 1825, and was buried in Norwalk. He did some service for his country, as a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
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