Person:Sarah Whitney (65)

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Sarah Whitney
b.23 Jul 1759 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.23 May 1821 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m.
  1. Betty Whitney
  2. Sarah Whitney
  3. Rebecca Whitney
Spouse and Children
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m. 21 Dec 1783
  1. Walter Olmstead
  2. Henry Olmsted
  3. Mathew Olmsted
  4. Charles Olmsted
  5. Philip Olmsted, twin
  6. Stephen Olmsted, twin
  7. Jeremiah Olmsted
  8. David Whitney Olmsted
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Facts and Events
Name Sarah Whitney
Gender Female
Birth[1] 23 Jul 1759 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 21 Dec 1783 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States[2nd cousins]
to Mathew Olmstead
Death[1] 23 May 1821 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 152, in Phœnix, S. Whitney (Stephen Whitney), and D. Williams (David Williams) Patterson. 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: Privately Printed by Bradstreet Press, 1878)
    56.

    II. Sarah Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 23 July 1759; married, 22 (town-record says 21) Dec. 1783, in Ridgefield, her second cousin, Matthew Olmstead, born in Ridgefield 7 March 1760, a farmer and wall-builder, son of Stephen and Hannah (Northrop) Olmstead, of Ridgefield,  ; and grandson of one of the original proprietors of the town, Richard
    Olmstead, whose sister Elizabeth married Henry Whitney, grandfather of Sarah Whitney.

    They settled at Ridgefield, and there died (she, 23 May 1821  ; he, 16 Feb. 1847, and were buried in Titicus Cemetery. He was a soldier in several campaigns during the Revolutionary War, having entered the service when sixteen years old. He was in the army which was driven out of New York by the British, and was on guard at the execution of Major Andre.

  2.   Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
    214.

    ... Sarah Whitney; b. July 23, 1759; d. May 23, 1821; dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Lobdell) Whitney, of Ridgefield, Conn., and grand-dau. of Elizabeth Olmsted.

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