John Whitney

M, (before 1645 - circa 1720)
Father-Biological*Henry Whitney
Mother-Biological*Sarah Salmon
Family Lines
Whelpley Line
Last Edited=9 Jun 2023
     John Whitney was born before 1645. He was the son of Henry Whitney and Sarah Salmon.

John Whitney married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Richard Smith and Sarah Hammond, on 17 March 1674/75 at Norwalk, Connecticut.1,2,3 According to the town record:
At a towne meting desember 27th 1677. At ye aforesayd meting it was voted and agreed on between the towne and the miller, John Whitne, that the towns men are to carry their cornc to the mill vpon the third and sixt dayes of the weak, comonly called Tuesday & Fryday, which days he is to Attend to grinde in & if the sayd John can clere the mill of the corne that is brought in the aforesayd two days, or before, then the Rest of the da-cs of ye week he may take to atend his own ocations, but if he cannot clere the mill of the corne sesonably brought in, he must clere it before he leaues.1


John was a millwright and a miller.1 He had built a felling-mill in Norwalk, Connecticut, which he gave to his son, John on 14 April 1707. On 8 July 1712, he sold his grist-mill and land for the mill to his son, John, having a lilfe lease on the premises.1 He died circa 1720 at Norwalk, Connecticut.1,4 He was buried at East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut.4 His estate was probated on 11 October 1720 at Norwalk, Connecticut.1

Children of John Whitney and Elizabeth Smith

Citations

  1. Phoenix, S. Whitney. The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliation. volume I. New York: Private Printing, 1878.
  2. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
  3. White, Lorraine Cook. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.
  4. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/