|
|
|
Whitney Family.
|
|
177
|
|
|
|
|
married in Ridgefield, Ann Seymour, dau. of Uriah and ----- (Waterbury) Seymour, of Ridgefield, where she was born 20 Sept. 1792, or 1793. They settled on a farm adjoining, and including one third of; his father's homestead in Ridgefield, where he died, 17 March 1817, aged 28 years and 2 months, and was buried in Titicus Cemetery. His death was caused by a severe cold taken while hunting foxes. She remained on the farm till the Spring of 1824, and then moved to the village of Ridgefield, where she married (2d), in Aug. 1824, William Crocker,1 a merchant, of Ridgefield. She died in Brooklyn. N. Y., 14 June 1866, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
|
|
| 702
|
IX. Semantha Smith, b. 10 Jan. 1791, in Ridgefield, Conn., where she died, 17 June of the same year.
|
|
| 703
|
X. Platt Perlee Smith, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 24 July 1792; a farmer; married, 8 May 1816, at Redhook, N. Y., by Rev. Andrew N. Kettle, to Keziah Knox, born at North Salem, N. Y., 25 Jan. 1789, dau. of Abraham and Pamela (Purdy) Knox, who were married at White Plains, N. Y., 29 Jan. 1786. They dwelt in Carmel, N. Y., for eleven yearn, and in Pulteney, N. Y., for five years. They then moved to Wheeler, N. Y., where she died, in 1843, and was buried. He was married (2d), 15 Oct. 1844, at Avoca, N. Y., by Rev. Chandler Wheeler, to Alice Lucy Donahe, born at Burlington, N. Y., 25 May 1812, dau. of John and Lucy Donahe, of Avoca. In 1847 they moved to Lima, N. Y., and, after two years, to Bath, N. Y., where they were living in Sept. 1875.
|
2438
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chil. of Daniel and Esther (Crane) Smith.
|
168
|
|
| 704
|
XI. Grove Smith, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 30 May 1796; a salesman of boots and shoes; died, unmarried, 13 Oct 1830, at New Haven, Conn.
|
|
| 705
|
XII. Major Crane Smith, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 11 June 1799; was run over by a cart and instantly killed, 1 Oct. 1802, in Ridgefield.
|
|
| 706
|
XIII. ----- Smith. An infant child of "Daniel Smith, 2d," died at Ridgefield, 12 May 1804. We have no other knowledge of its existence.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chil. of Benajah and Mary (Betts) Smith.
|
169
|
|
| 707
|
I. William Smith, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 9 Dec. 1771.
|
|
| 708
|
II. Abraham Smith, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Jan. 1774.
|
|
|
|
1 She had, by her second husband, five children:
I. John Webster Crocker, who is dead.
II. Harriet Crocker, who is dead.
III. Elizabeth Crocker, who married D. P. Bowen, and became an accomplished tragic actress.
IV. Frank Granger Crocker, who is dead.
V. Sarah Crocker, who married F. B. Conway, and became the manager of the Brooklyn Theatre.
|
|
