Joseph Whitney

1678 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Whitney  [1]
  Born	1 Mar 1678	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	4 II. Joseph Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 1 March 1678 [1678-9]; a mill-wright; married in Norwalk, 6 July 1704, Hannah Hoyt, "the daughter of Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt," of Norwalk.1 She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, in 1725. After the death of his brother, John Whitney, he came in possession of the grist-mill, by deed from his father, stipulating to pay all of his debts, and give him one half of all tolls which the mill should earn during his father's lifetime. His will was dated 21 March 1740-41; and he probably died in Norwalk, in 1741. His great-grandson, James Whitney, when eighty years old, wrote an interesting letter, in which he speaks of him as follows: "He was a very excentric man, and I heard many ancedotes of him. One was as follows; he was called upon to name a stree running from the foot of Pudding Lane to the bridge at the head of the harbor, by the mill; and this was his answer, -- From Hyatt's hill to Thacher's mill, Was once a lonesome valley; Since it's become a place of fame, We'll call it Petticoat Alley, and it went by that name when I was a boy, I believe over one hundred years later." http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0011-0015.html
  Person ID	I22356	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Whitney,   b. Abt 1645, New York ,   d. Bef Nov 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1655, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	17 Mar 1674	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F7741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1678 - Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1342] Edwards, Ralph--"Gates Carlos" Updated 2008-12-01, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gatescarlos).