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Whitney Family.
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Sarah Whitney. They settled at Ridgefield, and there died (she, 23 May 1821; he, 16 Feb. 1847), and were buried in Titicus Cemetery. He was a soldier in several campaigns during the Revolutionary War, having entered the service when sixteen years old. He was in the army which was driven out of New York by the British, and was on guard at the execution of Major Andre'.
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III. Rebecca Whitney, twin, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Feb 1761; married, 18 Jan. 1789, at Ridgefield, her second cousin, Josiah Olmstead, a farmer, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Northrop) Olmstead, of Ridgefield, and grandson of Richard Olmstead,1 who, with his brother Daniel and others of Norwalk and Milford, Conn., purchased, 30 Sept. 1708, for £100, the township of Ridgefield, twenty thousand acres, from Catoonah, sachem of the Ramapoo Indians of the State of New York.
They settled in Ridgefield, and there died; she, 15 Dec. 1843; he, 10 Sept. 1847, though another report says, 15 Sept. 1857. They were buried in Titicus Cemetery.
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IV. Elizabeth Whitney, twin, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Feb. 1761; married, 20 Feb. 1783, in Ridgefield, Daniel Jackson,2 a farmer, born in 1763, son of Daniel and Abigail (Sanford) Jackson, of Ridgefield, where his name was on the tax-list from 1785 to 1794; after which he lived in Redding, Conn., until 1809. He then moved to Stratford, Conn., where they died; she, 17 March 1839; he, 25 Aug. 1841, from disease of the heart. They were buried in the Episcopal
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1 See the preceding note.
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2 ANCESTRY OF DANIEL JACKSON.
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HENRY JACKSON, sold land in Fairfield, Conn., 25 May 1662, and his name often occurs in land records till 1685. Will,
dated Nov. 1682, proved Sept. 1686, mentions wife but does not give her name.
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DEBORAH HYDE, second = MOSES JACKSON, dwelt at = First wife, name JOHN, d. 1690.
wife; m. 24 Oct. 1672, | Stratfield, now Bridge- | not known. JOSEPH, m., had five children, and
at Fairfield. | port, Conn.; d. 1690. | died before his father.
______________________| ___________| HANNAH.
| | | | SAMUEL.
REBECCA, b. 10 May, 1674. ROBERT JACKSON. = Wife's name
DEBORAH, b. 8 Feb 1678. | not known.
GERSHOM, b. 23 Nov. 1689; died young. |
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JOSEPH JACKSON, b. 31 Oct. 1681. = ELIZABETH . . .
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MARTHA BLACKMAN = EPHRAIM JACKSON, = MARTHA COUCH, ELIZABETH = NATHANIEL SELBY.
m. June 1730. | b. Oct. 1704. | m. Nov. 1727. SARAH.
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MARTHA, b. 8 Sept. 1731. DANIEL JACKSON, b. 16 May 1733; = ABIGAIL SANFORD, dau. of Ephraim JOSEPH, b.
DAVID, b. 28 Oct. 1736. settled at Reading, then moved | Sanford, of Fairfield, m. at Read- Nov. 1728.
EPHRAIM, b. 10 Sept. 1741. to Ridgefield, Conn. | ing, Conn., 2 Oct 1755.
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DANIEL JACKSON. = ELIZABETH WHITNEY (No. 154).
[Communicated by Fred. A. Jackson, Esq., of New Haven, Conn.]
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