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£26. His gravestone, in the old Congregational Cemetery, in Stratford, bears the following inscription:
Here lies buried
the Body of Mr.
SAMUEL WHITNEY
who Departed this
Life December ye
6th 1753, in ye 60th
year of his age.
The date of her death does not appear; but she was living in Stratford, 23 Aug. 1754, as on that date she had recorded there a life-lease of part of a house and lot, given by Samuel Whitney, Jr., 25 Sept. 1751, to "his honoured father and mother Samuel Whitney, Senr., and Anne Whitney, Senr.," for "ye Consideration of Duty and affection," which lease was indexed in the name of Widow Ann Whitney. It is possible that she was a daughter of Dr. James Laborie, of Stratford, who died before 4 June 1741, when the inventory of his estate was presented by Thomas Salmon and Samuel Whitney.
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VII. Anne Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., about 1691; married, 13 Oct. 1709, probably at Norwalk, though the record is in Ridgefield, Conn., Matthew St. John1, a farmer, son of Matthias and ----- (Bouton) St. John; g. son of Matthias St. John; and g. g. son of Matthias St. John of Norwalk, where he was born about 1686. He was one of the company who bought Ridgefield of the Indians, 30 Sept. 1708; one of the petitioners for town privileges, 12 May 1709; and one of the original settlers of the place.
- Dec. 27, 1715, voted at ye same meeting yt Matthew Saintjohn shall have for drumming ye Ensueing year, fifteen shillings as pay, in Case he Keep ye drum in good rigg ye Town finding heads.
He was chosen lister, 19 Dec. 1716; and surveyor, 20 Dec. 1722, in Ridgefield, where they dwelt till 6 Ap. 1723, when he sold the whole of his rights in that town and returned to Norwalk, settling at Pympawaug, which is now in the town of Wilton, Conn. They were members of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, in 1725. He was appointed, 7 June 1726, one of a committee to call the Rev. Mr. Sturges to settle in the new parish of Wilton. Ensign Matthew St. John was appointed a committee of the society, 10 March 1729, to visit Hartford, and lay before the Legislature a complaint against the town of Norwalk. The earliest record of the church in Wilton is a list of those who were members, 13 Feb. 1732-3, at the ordination of Rev. William Gaylord, in which are the names of himself and wife.
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