Family:Whitney, Mary (1755-a1813)
Mary5 Whitney (Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, Henry1), daughter of Joseph4 and Mary (Coit) Whitney, was born 12 Aug 1755, Norwalk, CT, and died 31 Oct 1827, Norwalk, CT, aged 72 years 2 months 19 days. She was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard.
She married 26 Mar 1775, Norwalk, CT, Hanford Fairweather,[1] son of Thomas and Mary (Hanford) Fairweather. He was born say 1752, Norwalk, CT, and died 27 Aug 1795, Norwalk, CT.
Phoenix says the following:[2]
- She was living in Norwalk 30 Jan. 1813, at which date she mortgaged to Stephen Mott a part of her homestead. She dwelt in the second house above the Catholic Church, and died there, 31 Oct. 1827, aged 72 years, 2 months, and 19 days, according to her gravestone in St. Paul's Churchyard.
Children of Hanford and Mary5 (Whitney) Fairweather:
i. Anne Fairweather, b. 22 Aug 1775, Norwalk, CT; m.(1) ----- Warner; m.(2) William Stevens. ii. Jedediah Fairweather, b. 1 Feb 1779, Norwalk, CT; m. Jane Selleck. iii. James Whitney Fairweather, b. 29 Mar 1781. iv. Thomas Coit Fairweather, b. 17 May 1783, Norwalk, CT; d. 29 May 1785, Norwalk, CT. v. Thomas Fairweather, b. 10 Feb 1786, Norwalk, CT; m. Susan -----. vi. Maria Fairweather, b. 10 Sep 1788, Norwalk, CT; m. Daniel Curtis. vii. Betsey Fairweather, b. 29 Mar 1790, Norwalk, CT; m. Daniel Nash. viii. Benjamin Fairweather, b. 27 Sep 1792, Norwalk, CT; a mariner; and, according to tradition, he was lost at sea.
Census
- 1790, Norwalk and Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT: Hanford Fairweather, 1 male over 16, 3 males 0-5, and 3 females.
- 1800, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT: Mary Fairwether, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 2 females over 45, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
References
1.^ "Mary [Whitney], m. Hanford FAIRWEATHER, 26 Mar 1775," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Norwalk LR18:12.
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), pp. 47-48 and pp. 132-133.
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