Silas WHITNEY [Parents] was born 1737 in Shrewsbury, Mass. He died 13 Mar 1813 in Clarendon, Vt and was buried in Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT. Silas married Jane PEARSON on Mar 1758 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
He purchased land in NO Town (Princeton) in 1758. He was a
blacksmith. He and Jane moved to Winchendon in 1763, and to
Rindge, NH, in 1773, where he was warned out of town. While in
Winchendon he kept hotel at the center and was chosen church
warden. Later he moved to Clarendon, Vt.He and Jane are buried on Old Marsh cemetery there. He has a
SAR marker. He was in Capt. Leban Nobles company, Col. Warrens
regiment.In Claredon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland
County, Vermont by Margaret R. Jenks there are about 30 Whitney entries.
In the forward she usually does a bit of town history and included is
this :
"Silas Whitney came from CT in 1770 and was the first
selectman." (page viii).Whitney, Silas, d. March 13, 1813 age 79 y.
Jane PEARSON was born 1738. She died 5 Feb 1800 in Clarendon, Vt and was buried in Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT. Jane married Silas WHITNEY on Mar 1758 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
On page 49 in the Old Marsh Cemetery: Whitney, Jane, wife of
Silas, d. Feb 5, 1800 in 62nd y.
They had the following children:
M i David WHITNEY was born 31 Aug 1761 and died 25 Jul 1806.
David WHITNEY [Parents] was born 31 Aug 1761 in Princeton, Mass. He died 25 Jul 1806 in Clarendon, Vt. David married Unknown MASON.
Other marriages:WILSON, Sarah
David married a second time, to a Mason (first name unkown).
Unknown MASON married David WHITNEY.
They had the following children:
M i Henry Mason WHITNEY was born 19 Jul 1806 and died 12 Nov 1878.
David WHITNEY [Parents] was born 21 Jun 1717 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Mass. He married Mercy GOODNOW before 1737.
Mercy GOODNOW was born 13 Mar 1714/1715 in Sudbury, MA. She married David WHITNEY before 1737.
They had the following children:
M i Silas WHITNEY was born 1737 and died 13 Mar 1813.
John TODD [Parents] was born 8 Jan 1731. He died in Long Ridge, Conn.. John married Jemima HOIT.
John Todd5, (John4, John3, John2, Christopher1) born Jan. 8,
1731, died Aug. 29, 1814, married Jemima,daughter of Daniel and
Jemima (Lownsbury) Hoit, born Aug. 13, 1735, died Feb. 3, 1826.
She was a descendant of Simeon Hoyte who settled in Charlestown,
Mass. in 1629. The name had numerous variations such as Hoyt,
Haight, Hait, Hayt, etc. Simeon Hoyte died at Stamford, Conn.
There is an account of the family in Bolton's History of
Westchester County, N. Y., as well as a history of the Hoyt
family of Stamford. About 1700, certain members of the family
changed the spelling of the name from Hoyt to Hait.Mr. Todd, though he was well past forty years of age, and had a
large family to support, enlisted in the 9th regiment of the 4th
brigade of the Connecticut Militia, serving under Lieut. Col.
John Mead. His Captain being Charles Smith. Mr. Todd was a
Sergeant and drummer. He participated in the battles of
Washington Heights and White Plains. Time of service being from
Oct. 1776 to Jan. 1777. By a close study of the dates, one can
readily see that he left his large family of eight children, the
youngest being an infant of but two months, to serve his country
in her time of peril and need, to help expell the hated British
who were approaching his home so closely. That point having been
attained he returned quietly to his home and family. Is it not
easy for one to imagine why his term of service was not longer?He was one of the founders of the Universalist Church at Long
Ridge. Shortly before his death he gave a plot of gound to his
relatives, friends and neighbours, for a cemetery. It might be
said that the deed of this lot was inscribed on his headstone as
follows,I give my friends this burial ground,
Here to rest till the last trump shall sound;
May we all in triumph rise,
To meet our Saviour in the skies.
This was the origin of the beautiful little rural cemetery at
Long Ridge. The loving, brotherly spirit breathed in the third
line, shows the caliber of his manhood. The same spirit seems to
have descended to those who now care so unselfishly and
tenderly, to the much enlarged grounds.
Jemima HOIT [Parents] was born 13 Aug 1735. She married John TODD.
They had the following children:
M i John TODD was born 1769 and died 1810. F ii Deborah TODD was born 10 Jun 1755. F iii Mary TODD was born 22 Feb 1757. F iv Jemima TODD was born 13 Aug 1760. She died 11 Jun 1809. M v Elnathan TODD was born 2 Feb 1764. He died 15 Dec 1772. F vi Phebe TODD was born 1 Dec 1765. M vii Noah TODD was born 6 Mar 1771. M viii Elnathan TODD was born 5 May 1774. M ix Washington TODD was born 11 Aug 1776.
John TODD [Parents] was born 1769. He died 1810. John married Hannah HUBBARD on 1792.
John Todd6, (John5, John4, John3, John2, Christopher1) born in
1767, died in 1810, married in 1792, Hannah Hubbard, who was
born in 1770, died in 1828.
Hannah HUBBARD was born 1770. She died 1828. Hannah married John TODD on 1792.
They had the following children:
M i Henry TODD was born 1799 and died 26 Oct 1862. F ii Lydia TODD was born 13 Jan 1793. M iii Harvey TODD was born 13 Mar 1801 and died 6 Oct 1866. M iv Gabriel Hubbard TODD was born 1805.
Zephaniah MILLS [Parents] was born 1740. He married Mary Todd WARING about 1780 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York.
Other marriages:HAIT, Sarah
Mary Todd WARING married Zephaniah MILLS about 1780 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York.
They had the following children:
M i Anson MILLS was born 9 Apr 1781. F ii Elsa MILLS was born 30 Jul 1782. M iii Arden MILLS was born 22 Jul 1787. F iv Mary MILLS was born 22 Jul 1787. M v Jonah Todd MILLS was born 2 Feb 1790 and died 23 Jun 1839. M vi Theney MILLS was born 16 Aug 1784.
Jonathon MILLS [Parents] was born 3 Nov 1764 in Bedford, N.Y.. He died 23 Jul 1848 in Bedford, N.Y.. Jonathon married Rachel CANFIELD.
Rachel CANFIELD [Parents] was born 30 Sep 1762 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York. She died 31 Oct 1833. Rachel married Jonathon MILLS.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth MILLS was born 10 Dec 1798 and died 6 Mar 1862. M ii Amos MILLS was born 5 Sep 1790 in Bedford, NY. F iii Sarah MILLS was born 29 Sep 1792 in Bedford, NY. F iv Esther MILLS was born 19 Feb 1801 in Bedford, NY. F v Deborah MILLS was born 26 Mar 1795.
Benjamin WHITNEY [Parents] was born 7 Oct 1687. He died Oct 1737. Benjamin married Sarah BARRETT on 7 Feb 1710/1711 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.
He was one of the first of the family to settle in Boston, about
1737. He first bought land in Marlboro, 321 acres with house
and barn, from Samuel Morse. In 1711 he was of Simon Mainards
garrison.
Sarah BARRETT [Parents] was born 28 Nov 1692. She died 15 Feb 1730. Sarah married Benjamin WHITNEY on 7 Feb 1710/1711 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.
They had the following children:
M i David WHITNEY was born 21 Jun 1717.
John TODD [Parents] was born 13 Nov 1709. He married Hannah -----.
John Todd4, (John3, John2, Christopher1) born Nov. 13, 1709,
married Hannah(???).He removed from Branford, Conn., to "Long Ridge," in the town of
Stamford, Conn., where he bought land, March 22, 1739, passed
the remaining days of his life, and died there. He was the only
settler in the town of Stamford by the name of Todd, at that
time, and interesting entries may be found in the town records,
of the different tracts of land bought by him at "the South end
of ye Long Ridge." He seems to have inherited a taste for the
milling industry, for now (1914) there are ruins of two mills at
Long Ridge, one for grain, the other a saw-mill, both owned and
operated by him during his residence there. He became one of the
leading and influencial men of that region.It is not known who he married, except that her given name was
Hannah.
Hannah ----- married John TODD.
They had the following children:
M i John TODD was born 8 Jan 1731. F ii Hannah TODD was born 23 Apr 1734. F iii Mindwell TODD was born 8 Sep 1736. M iv Elnathan TODD was born 20 Jan 1738.
Daniel HOIT was born about 1709. He married Jemima LOWNSBURY.
Jemima LOWNSBURY was born about 1713. She married Daniel HOIT.
They had the following children:
F i Jemima HOIT was born 13 Aug 1735.