David Whitney

1682 - 1769

• Name	David Whitney
  Birth	1682	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between Oct and Nov 1769	Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  Person ID	I36608	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Joshua Whitney,   b. 5 Jul 1635, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 7 Aug 1719, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Abigail Tarbell,   b. Between 1643 and 1650, Of Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Aft 1719, Probably Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1672	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F14442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Warren,   b. Abt 1682   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	20 Jan 1712	Plainfield, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F14509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Prudence Merrills,   b. 22 Dec 1700   d. 1 Feb 1793, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1767	West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F14510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  He was born in Groton, Mass., moved to Plainfield and married there. In 1740 he moved to Canaan, Conn., where he afterward resided and where he was innkeeper, his tavern being the best known in that section of the state. He was a very active and influential man; was colonel of the militia and held other offices in the town. His will is dated Oct. 27, 1769, and proved Dec. 13, 1769. He married twice, his second wife being Prudence, who was given one-third of the estate. He d. in 1769; res. Groton, Mass., Plainfield and Canaan, Conn.