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The Whitney Family of Connecticut

by S. Whitney Phoenix
(New York: 1878)

Transcribed by Robert L. Ward.

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Sixth Generation.
Church of New Haven, till 1846; supernumerary at St. John's Street, New; Haven, till 1847; at Bridgeport, Conn., till 1848; presiding elder of New Haven District, till 1853; of New York East District, till 1854; pastor at Asbury, Norfolk Street, New York, till 1855; at Allen Street, New York, till 1857; at Centenary Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., till 1859; presiding elder of New York East District, till 1861; of New Haven District, till 1865; of New York District, till 1867; of North Long Island District, till 1869, when he was allowed a superannuated relation, after fifty-four years of devoted service.
1089 IX. Eleanor Bangs, b. at Stamford, N. Y., 3 Nov. 1793; married, 21 3612 July 1812, at Grand River, U. C., Joseph Gatchell, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, son of Samuel and Catharine (Rothram) Gatchell. He was born in Cecil County, Md., two miles from the Pennsylvania line, 31 May 1783; dwelt there till 1805, in the State of New York till 1808, in Upper Canada till the Patriot war, in the Autumn of 1837; and finally settled at Lockport, N. Y., where she died 3 Sept. 1849. Lockport remained his home till his death, which took place at Hamilton, C. W., 19 June 1862. They were buried at Lockport. He was admitted, Genesee Conference, on trial, 1810, and full connection, 1811; ordained deacon, 1811; was stationed at Niagara, U. C., 1810, at Smith's Creek, U. C., 1811, at Young Street, 1812; after which he was a member of the Canada Conference, whose records have not been consulted. He assumed a superannuated relation soon after leaving Canada.



Child of Jacob and Freelove (Keeler) Nash. 268

1090 I. Jacob Nash, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 19 Feb. 1772; a master-mariner; married, 7 Feb. 1794, at Ridgefield, Anna Rockwell, dau. of James and Abigail (Hawley) Rockwell, of Ridgefield, where she was born 24 March 1774. They settled at South Norwalk, Conn., and there died (he, 8 Sept. 1845, aged 73 years, 6 months, and 20 days; she, 8 Sept. 1868, aged 94 years, 5 months, and 17 days), and were buried in Pine Island Cemetery. "She was endowed with strong powers of mind; and by her pleasant manners and amiable disposition, she secured the esteem and affection of all who knew her." 3619



Chil. of Levi and Dorcas (Smith) Keeler. 270

1091 I. Sally Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 7 (family-record says, 18) June 1782; married Jared Bouton, a weaver and farmer, born at South 3628
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