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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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Seventh Generation.

Child of William and Abigail (Wilson) Jones. 647

2220 I. Nicholas Jones, married Elsie -----; lived at Troy, N. Y.; and moved to one of the western States as early as 1853. She is a writer for magazines and newspapers. 6791



Chil. of John and Abigail (Wilson) Nafew. 647

2221 II. Samuel Nafew, settled in Troy, N. Y.
2222 III. David Nafew, a merchant in Pearl Street New York City, with a branch house at Augusta, Ga.; married Sarah Slie, dau. of Judge Slie, of Ga.; and died at Augusta, without children.
2223 IV. John S. Nafew, was clerk or the New York Assembly in 1853, and was living in New York City in Feb. 1874.
2224 V. William Nafew, kept an eating-house near Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, N. J., in Feb. 1874, "in the first block from the ferry, on the south side of Montgomery Street." His wife died some years ago, and he was boarding with his son, Sylvester Nafew.
2225 VI. Sylvester Nafew, a mariner; sailed from New York in 1846, as first mate of a ship.



Chil. of Henry and Nancy (Sickles) Wilson. 648

2226 I. Harriet Rachel Wilson, b. at Troy, N. Y., 28 June 1807; married, 11 March 1828, at Troy, Peter Barton, a hotel-keeper, who was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 24 Jan. 1806. They dwelt in Troy till 1830; at Saratoga Springs, till 1831; and then moved to Laurens, N. Y., where she died 9 Dec. 1862. He married (2d), 15 March 1864, her sister, Abigail Wilson; and died, 1 Ap. 1868, at Laurens, and was buried there, beside his first wife. 6793
2227 II. Henry Whitney Wilson, b. at Troy, N. Y., 11 March 1809; a clerk; married, 25 Sept. 1832, at 137 Third Street Troy, by Rev. Benjamin M. Hill, Baptist, to Louisa Van Valkenburgh, born in Fifth Street, Troy, 17 July 1814, dau. of James and Anna (Van Coot) Van Valkenburgh. They settled in Troy; moved to Milton, N. Y., in 1833; to Mayfield, N. Y., in 1834; to Watervliet, N. Y., in 1842; to Glen's Falls, N. Y., in 1843; to Warrensburgh, N. Y., in 1845; and were living, in July 1874, at Sandy Hill, N. Y. He has been justice of the peace and postmaster, and took an active pan, as first lieutenant, in raising Co. I, 96th Reg., N. Y. S. Volunteers, in the war of 1861. 6797
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