Family:Whitney, Margaret (1768-?)

Margaret⁵ Whitney (John⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), daughter of John⁴ and Deborah (Smith) Whitney, was born Branford, CT, baptized 3 Jul 1768, Branford, CT, and died at Killingworth, now Clinton. She was buried in Clinton, CT.

She married firstly, Branford, CT, George Farrell, a ship-builder. He was born RI, and died Guilford, CT. He was buried in Guilford, CT.

She married secondly, 13 Dec 1807, Sylvester Redfield, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (-----) Redfield. He was born 13 May 1744, Killingworth, CT, and died 9 Sep 1823 in his 80th year. He was buried in Clinton, CT.

George and Margaret settled in Guilford, CT.

Sylvester and Margaret settled at Killingworth, now Clinton, CT.

Children of George and Margaret⁵ (Whitney) Farrell:

i.	William Farrell, b. Guilford, CT; a shoemaker; left Guilford, and did not return; is thought to have died unmarried.
ii.	Statira Farrell, b. 13 Apr 1789, Branford, CT; m. 8 Oct 1806, Northford, CT, [[|John Whitney]].
iii.	Betsey Farrell, b. -----; lived in Clinton, CT, unmarried, in 1874.
iv.	Julia Farrell, b. 26 Jan 1800, Guilford, CT; m.(1) 25 Sep 1822, North Branford, CT, Aaron Baldwin, d. 29 Nov 1828, Guilford, CT, bur. Guilford Cemetery, Guilford, CT, son of Aaron and Cynthia (-----) Baldwin, of Clinton, CT; a merchant; res. Guilford and Clinton, CT; m.(2) 1 Oct 1843, New Haven, CT, Richard Thomas, of West Haven, CT; a farmer; res. West Haven, CT.

Children of Sylvester and Margaret⁵ (Whitney)(Farrell) Redfield:

i.	Phebe Ann Redfield, b. 22 Dec 1808, Clinton, CT; d. 25 Feb 1843; m. 1827, Edward Griswold, of Clinton, son of Levi and Abby (Kelsey) Griswold.

References

• Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 90, and pp. 267-268.

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