Family:Whitney, Sarah (s1697-1720)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchSarah3 Whitney (John2, Henry1), daughter of John2 and Elizabeth(Smith) Whitney,[1] was born say 1697, Norwalk, CT, and died 22 Oct 1720, Ridgefield, CT.
She married, 13 Jun 1717, Ridgefield, CT, Samuel Smith, son of Samuel and ----- (Marvin) Smith. He was born say 1694, and died 25 Jan 174, Ridgefield, CT. He married secondly, 21 Jun 1722, Ridgefield, CT, Elizabeth -----.
Phoenix says the following:
- Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 Jun 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ----- (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec. 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec. 1723, and 13 Dec. 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octbr. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth -----, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, 25 Jan. 1764, and was buried there. After the settlement of Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith"--each from his former place of residence.
Children of Samuel and Sarah3 (Whitney) Smith:
i. ----- Smith, child stillborn 7 Jun 1718, Ridgefield, CT. ii. Samuel Smith, b. 9 Jul 1719, Ridgefield, CT; m. Mary Northrop.
References
- All data imported from 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. 19-20 and pp. 41-42.
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