Family:Whitney, Samuel (s1745-1812)

Samuel Whitney, parentage unknown, was born say 1745, and died 30 Sep 1812, Woodbury, CT, aged 77 years.^[1]

He married, say 1771, Sarah -----, parentage unknown. She died 14 Sep 1796, Woodbury, CT.^[2]

Children of Samuel and Sarah (-----) Whitney:

i.	Samuel Whitney, b. 24 May 1772, Woodbury, CT;^[3] d. 1776, Woodbury, CT.^[4]
ii.	Reuben Whitney, b. 27 Sep 1777, Woodbury, CT;^[5] d. 1796, Woodbury, CT.^[6]

Census

1790, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT: Samuel Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
1800, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT: Samuel Whitney, 1 male over 45.
1810: not found.

Notes

Phoenix says the following:

Samuel Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn.; was living at Norwalk, and fully fourteen years old, 30 Nov. 1752, when he chose John Seymour as his guardian; since which nothing is known of him, unless he was that Samuel Whitney, who, with his wife Sarah, was living at Woodbury, Conn., from 1772 to 1777.

That would make his lineage Samuel⁵ Whitney (Elijah⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of Elijah⁴ and Rebecca (Seymour) Whitney, and born say 1737, Norwalk, CT.^[7]

Sandiford makes his lineage Samuel⁵ Whitney (Enoch⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Enoch⁴ and Thankful (Parke) Whitney, and born 24 May 1734, Plainfield, CT, and baptized 7 Jul 1743, Preston, CT. He says exactly this:

      Samuel, b. May 24, 1734, Plainfield, Conn. (v)
              d. Sept. 30, 1812, Woodbury, Conn. (Age 77) (v)
              m. --------, Sarah ------- (d.Sept. 14, 1796, Woodbury. (v)
                 Ch: Samuel, b. 1772, d. 1776, Woodbury. (v)
                     Reuben, b. 1777, d. 1796, Woodbury. (v)

Here (v) refers to the vital records of the town in question.^[8]

Which of these ancestries is right is an unresolved issue.