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He was defendent in two suits at Huntington, 25 Oct. 1660, both brought by William Ludlum, who had succeeded Mr. Leverich in the ownership of the mill, one of which was "an acsion of trespas for breking the mill and grinding seueral times with out his leue to his greate damage."
The defendant deny the breking of the mill but confesed he opened the dore, and went and groune his corne, his family being all scik, none abell to beate, he went to inquier for the kei but coulde not her of it for he was gone to the south, and his family with himselue veing like to famish he was constrayned to doe it: yet notwithstanding he gaue the miller his just towle.
The vardit of the courte in this acsion is that they find the defendant was necessitated to yt he did and the plaintiff sufered no damage.
His last appearance in the records of Huntington was 25 Jan. 1661 (? 1661-2), as witness, with Edward ffrencham, to the will of Henry Scudder, of Huntington.
Soon after this he removed to Jamaica, Long Island, where, as we learn incidentally, he bought a home lot of Richard Harker; which he afterward sold to William Smith and his son Joseph Smith. His name appears several times on the records of Jamaica; 9 Aug. 1662, as committee to buy boards and lime for the minister's house, and to hire a mason, if need require; 12 Dec. 1662, as committee to lay out the south meadows; 20 Dec. 1662, as grantee of an acre of land at the rear of his home lot; 2 March 1663 (stylo novo) as one of twenty-four who signed the deed of gift for a house and home lot, to Rev. Mr. Walker; and again, 5 Feb. (1663-4), as committee to lay out meadows.
December ye 13th 1664. The town have chosen Henry Whitney, Beniamin Coe, Thomas Smith, Joseph Thurstone, & Samuel Mathews to be Townsmen for ye year ensuing & to order & cary on ye affaires of ye Town of publike concernment during the year, except giving off lands & taking in off habitants.
Another record, without date, of a vote of the town to lay out to others, "yt lott of medow which was formerly Henry Whtineys," closes the history of his residence in Jamaica. He next appears at Norwalk, Conn., in the following record.
At a towne meeitinge heild the 24th of July, [16]65. * * * * Also at the sayed meeiting -- whereas Henry Whitney1 hath agreed and incaged with the towne to make, build, and erect a goode and sufficient grounde corne mill, and that at the mouth of norwake River
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