Person:Cornelius Whitney (1)

Name	Cornelius Whitney
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1680	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1715	probably Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on birth of eldest known child to Sarah Shepherd
Death`^?`	1760	Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States`^{Citation needed}`

References

↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney: the descendants of John Whitney: who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. (Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey, 1895)
p. 36.

Cornelius Whitney [#55], s/o Joshua, b. Groton, d. Connecticut, m. Sarah Shepherd.
[Note: no dates given for these events. Resided in Groton until 1707 when included in a list of people "actually removed or meditating it". Must have returned by 1715 when he and his wife admitted to Groton church. In Groton in 1721 when granted land. "Later he moved to Killingly, Conn., where it is said he died."
"Miscellanea: Killingly Land Records", in The American genealogist : a monthly magazine of genealogy and local history. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958)
Vol. 26, p. 160.

5:11. 1 Feb 1743/4. Cornelius Whitney deeds to son Matthais Whitney.