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- In 1707 the selectmen of Groton petitioned the governor in relation to the number of people "either actually removed or are meditating of it." In the list "of persons gone" are the names Cornelius and Josiah Whitney.
Cornelius Whitney and his wife, Sarah, were admitted to full communion in the Groton church Aug. 21, 1715. If they moved away and had "gone" from Groton in 1707, they must have returned and resided for a short time before going elsewhere.
Groton, Mar. 23, 1721. Then we, the subscribers, laid out toafifteen-acre sight, originally Ralph Read's, now claimed by CorneliusWhitney,fifty-five acres of land. laying on the southeast side of pine meadow, thenorthwest corner being a great pine by his own meadow, bounded easterly to John Stone's meadow, the northeast corner an oak, the two southerlycorners, pines; all marked for corners. What is above fifteen acres inquantitybeing added to it to make it equal in quality to fifteen acres of thebestland, in our judgment, allowance being made for a highway through the same when needed. Said land being fully to satisfy said right in the newdivisionof the common on the east side of the river.
Zachariah Sawtell, Phinehas Parker, and Nathaniel Woods, committee ofthe proprietors of Groton.
He was born in Groton, where he resided until 1707, when, on accountof Indian hostilities, with his father he moved elsewhere. Heevidentlyreturned, for he was a soldier in the Queen Anne war from that town soonafter.Later he moved to Killingly, Conn., and where it is said he died.
He served in the Queen Anne war of 1707. This same year, on accountofthe unprotected condition of the Groton frontier, with others hepetitionedfor leave to move elsewhere. He d. in Connecticut; res. Groton, Mass.,andKillingly, Conn.
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