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             Husband: Henry WHITNEY (1 2 3 4)
                Born: 19 FEB 1736 (5)
             Married: l 1761 (37)
                Died: 01 MAY 1811 (6)
              Buried: in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT (7 8)
              Father: Josiah WHITNEY
              Mother: Eunice HANFORD
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Eunice CLARK (9 10)
                Born: 15 APR 1746 in Derby, New Haven, CT (11 12)
                Died: 21 AUG 1794 (13)
              Buried: in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT (14)
              Father: William CLARK
              Mother: Hannah PECK
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): William Clark WHITNEY (15 16)
                Born:
                Died: 26 OCT 1839 (17)
             Spouses: Mary THOMPSON
02               (M): Josiah WHITNEY
                Born: l 1764 (18)
                Died: AUG 1794 (19)
             Spouses: Hannah RIGGS
03               (M): Isaac WHITNEY
                Born: MAR 1767 (20)
                Died: 19 OCT 1769 (21)
              Buried: in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT (22)
             Spouses: 
04               (M): Sheldon WHITNEY (23)
          Christened: 06 AUG 1769 in First Congregational Church Of Derby (24)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
05               (M): Henry WHITNEY
                Born: 30 JUL 1772 (25)
          Christened: 02 AUG 1772 in First Congregational Church Of Derby (26)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
06               (F): Susan WHITNEY
                Born: 11 OCT 1774 (27)
                Died: 22 DEC 1851 (28)
              Buried: in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT (29 30)
             Spouses: 
07               (M): Stephen WHITNEY (31)
          Christened: 15 SEP 1776 in First Congregational Church Of Derby (32)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
08               (M): Archibald WHITNEY (33 34)
                Born: MAR 1780 (35)
                Died: 18 SEP 1842 (36)
             Spouses: Nancy Ann BROWER

Footnotes

  1. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 778.
    He was a master-mariner and farmer; founder of King Hiram's Lodge.
  2. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 474, 478, 479, 481, 482.
    Church Records.
    [http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/474.html.]
  3. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 184, 186, 710.
  4. Ibid., 252.
    Here Capt. Henry Whitney, a bitter opponent of the encroachments of England to destroy our commerce, father of the New York millionare, Stephen Whitney, and Archibald Whitney, late of Derby, and one of the ancient worthies who assisted in laying the cornerstone of old King Hiram Lodge, for years carried on an extensive and profitable business of shipping horses to the West Indies ...
  5. Ibid., 777.
  6. Ibid., 824.
  7. Ibid., 824.
    Henry Whitney | died May 1st 1811 | aged 75.
    Life and immortality | are brought to light by the Gospel.
  8. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, 218.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/elmstcemscan218.html.]
  9. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 777/8.
  10. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 474, 478, 479, 481, 482.
    Church Records.
  11. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 210.
  12. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 710.
  13. Ibid., 824.
  14. Ibid., 824.
    In | memory of | Eunce Whitney | who departed this life | Thursday 21st Aug 1794 | aged 48 years.
    Long as the crimson tide shall know
    The blood which bid it first to flow
    So long O parent ! ever dear
    Shall sad remembrance linger here.
  15. Ibid., 789.
    Soldiers in the Revolution ...
    ... William Clark Whitney was wounded, and drew a pension some years.
  16. Ibid., 778.
    ... settled in Derby ...
  17. Ibid., 824.
  18. Ibid., 778.
  19. Ibid., 778.
    ... dwelt in Derby; was commander of a vessel in the South American trade; was cast away in 1794, and died in consequence of his sufferings in Demarara, in August of that year ...
  20. Ibid., 778, 824.
  21. Ibid., 824.
  22. Ibid., 824.
    Here lyes ye body of | Isaac Whitney | son of | Capt Henry and Mrs Eunice | Whitney who died | Oct ye 19 1769 age | 2 yrs 7 mos.
  23. Ibid., 778.
    probably d. young.
  24. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 478.
    Church Records.
    [http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/478.html.]
  25. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 778.
  26. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 479.
    Church Records.
    [http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/479.html.]
  27. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 778.
  28. Ibid., 778, 824.
  29. Ibid., 824.
    In memory of Miss Susan Whitney | who died | Dec 22 1851 | in her 77 year.
  30. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, 218.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/elmstcemscan218.html.]
  31. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 252.
    Here Capt. Henry Whitney, a bitter opponent of the encroachments of England to destroy our commerce, father of the New York millionare, Stephen Whitney, and Archibald Whitney, late of Derby, and one of the ancient worthies who assisted in laying the cornerstone of old King Hiram Lodge, for years carried on an extensive and profitable business of shipping horses to the West Indies ...
  32. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 481.
    Church Records.
    [http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/475.html.]
  33. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 600.
    In 1803 Elijah Humphreys formed a partnership with Archibald Whitney at No. 22 Burling Slip. They did a large grocery business.
  34. Ibid., 252.
    Here Capt. Henry Whitney, a bitter opponent of the encroachments of England to destroy our commerce, father of the New York millionare, Stephen Whitney, and Archibald Whitney, late of Derby, and one of the ancient worthies who assisted in laying the cornerstone of old King Hiram Lodge, for years carried on an extensive and profitable business of shipping horses to the West Indies ...
  35. Ibid., 778.
  36. Ibid., 824.
  37. Ibid., 778.

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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