Family:Whitney, Benjamin (s1734-1770)
Benjamin Whitney (), was born ?, , and died b1790, .
He married 3 Jan 1757, Norwalk, CT[1], Lois Kellogg, daughter of parentage unknown. She was born , , and died a1790, .
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, d. , . ii. Martha Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1759, Norwalk, CT, d. , . iii. Samuel Kellogg Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1761, Norwalk, CT, d. , . iv. Henry Whitney, b. 26 May 1763, Norwalk, CT, d. , . v. Anna Whitney, b. 29 Jul 1765, Norwalk, CT, d. , . vi. Polly Whitney, b. 1 May 1769, Norwalk, CT, d. , . vii. Benjamin Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1771, Norwalk, CT, d. , . viii. Whitney, b. , , d. , . ix. Whitney, b. , , d. , . x. Whitney, b. , , d. , .
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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