Esther Clark

Esther married Richard Whitney on 18 Dec 1745 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Richard (son of Henry Whitney and Elizabeth Olmstead) was born on 29 Mar 1722 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 18 Nov 1772 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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181 I. Henry Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Feb. 1746-7; a tanner and currier; married, 17 Jan. 1770, at Ridgefield, Ruth Scribner, born 1 Jan. 1752, new style, dau. of Uriah Scribner. They settled in Ridgebury Society, about a mile south of the church, on the same place on which their grandson, George Van Rensselaer Hunt, was living in 1874. He died in Ridgebury, "of the prevailing fever," 14 Feb. 1813, aged 66 years. At his marriage, he was called Henry Whitney 2d; and at his death, Captain Henry Whitney. She joined the Congregational Church, in Ridgebury, 6 May 1792, and died there, 12 Aug. 1835, aged 83 years, 7 months and 11 days. They were buried in Ridgebury Cemetery.

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182 II. Esther Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 20 Oct. 1748; married, 29 Jan. 1771, at Ridgefield, Jeremiah Chase. They were early settlers in Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., living near Sauquoit. The time of their settlement is not known, but in 1797, they had been there for several years. He died in Paris, and was buried there. She moved, perhaps before 1810, to Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y., and there died, at the house of her son, Lewis Chase.

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183 III. William Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 31 Dec. 1750; a farmer; settled in his native place, in Ridgebury Society, on a part of the homestead which was conveyed to him, 8 Ap. 1772, by his father, Richard Whitney, "for ye sum of ten pounds & for ye love and good will that I have unto my son William Whitney of said Ridgefield." He had an ear-mark for his animals recorded in Ridgefield, 17 Ap. 1772, and 18 Dec. 1773. He married in Ridgefield, 11 Aug. 1773, Sarah Bundy, who was born in Ridgefield, 13 Aug. 1754, "only dau." of John and Sarah (Nichols) Bundy.1 He sold his Ridgebury lands, 7 Feb. 1778, and 9 Ap. 1778, to his brother Henry Whitney, of Ridgefield; and removed to Lee, Mass., and settled about a mile south-west of the village of North Lee. They worshipped in the Congregational Church, at North Lee, of which, after 6 June 1792, Rev. Alvan Hyde, D.D., was pastor. In 1797, they moved to Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., whence they removed to Ellisburgh, N.Y.; arriving there 16 Feb. 1805, and settled about a mile above, or north-east of, the present village of Ellisburgh, where they died; he, 2 June 1820; she, 28 Dec. 1828. They were buried in the Ellisburgh Cemetery, and their graves are unmarked.

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184 IV. Abigail Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 March 1753; married Ephraim Clark, of North Salem, N.Y. They afterward lived in some part of Conn., one tradition says in Stratford.

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Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 25 or 28 June 1755; married, 22 Dec. 1774, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to David Gates, of the same place, a farmer, born in June 1753, possibly the youngest child of Samuel and Rachel (Hayes) Gates. They moved, about 1789, to Hinesburgh, Vt, where he died of consumption, 19 June 1793, and was buried in the Hinesburgh Cemetery. In 1797 she removed, with some of her children, to Paris, N.Y., but returned to Hinesburgh in the winter of I 797-8, and in 1802 married Lawrence Delong, a farmer, of a town adjoining Hinesburgh. She died at St. Albans, Vt., 29 or 31 July 1840, in her 86th year, and was buried at St. Albans Bay, Vt. In her last years she dwelt with her daughter, Mrs. Betsey (Gates) Brooks, at St. Albans, Vt.

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Jerusha married David Gates on 22 Dec 1774 in Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. David was born in Jun 1753 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 19 Jun 1793 in Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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186 VI. Betty Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 16 July 1757; married, 11 Dec. 1783, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Jacob Lobdell,1 "of Courtlandt's Manor, N.Y.," son of Ebenezer and Deborah Lobdell, of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born about 1756 or 1757. They settled on a farm, about a mile north of the Episcopal Church in North Salem. The farm was, in 1874, owned by two of his grandsons, and the old thatched barn was still standing, more than a hundred years old. She died in North Salem, 8 May 1795, in the 37th year of her age, and was buried in the North Salem Cemetery, near the Episcopal Church, where her gravestone is still standing. He died in North Salem, 27 Feb. 1834, aet. 77, and was buried about ten rods from his wife, in the same cemetery. He had a second wife, Mary Morehouse,2 who died in North Salem, date unknown, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and when Long Island was evacuated by the American army, he crossed at sunrise in the last boat.

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VII. Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a farmer; bore the title of Captain, and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; married, 8 Ap. 1784, at Lenox, Mass., Ruth Wilson, born at Ridgefield, 16 March 1765, dau. of David and Sarah Wilson of Lenox. They settled in that part of Ballston, N.Y., which was set off, 17 March 1792, as Chariton, and about 1793 moved to Brothertown, afterward Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and thence, after a few years, to Westmoreland, and from there, in 1821, to Magnolia, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where they dwelt the rest of their lives. He died, 10 May 1844, in his 85th year; she, 28 Oct 1851, aet. 87. They were buried at Magnolia.

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188 VIII. Josiah Anson Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Jan. 1762;1 a millwright; served in the Revolutionary War, and though he was only thirteen years old when it began, tradition says that he served six years, and "held a Captain's commission under Gen. George Washington." He married, about 1786 or the beginning of 1787, at Danbury, Conn., Rebecca Olmstead. Perhaps Danbury was their dwelling place for the first ten years; but in the early part of 1797, they were living in Paris, N.Y., and, about 1800, they moved to Westmoreland, N.Y., where she died, and was buried. He married (2d), 20 Sept. 1802, Sally Leet, who was born in Guilford, Conn., where also the marriage took place.

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X. Nathan Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 2 June 1765; a shoemaker; married, 16 Dec. 1787, at Danbury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church of Ridgebury, to Hannah Taylor, dau. of John and Abigail (Mygatt) Taylor, of Danbury, where she was born, 7 Nov. 1765. They dwelt in Ridgebury till 1797; then settled in Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and, about 1814, moved to Richfield, N.Y., and thence, in Nov. 1823, to Cohocton, N.Y.; and from there to Bath, N.Y., where they died, at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Maria (Whitney) Cook; she, 7 Feb. 1860, in her 95th year; he, 7 June 1860, aged 95 years and 5 days. He bore the military title of Captain.

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189 IX. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 24 March 1769; married Timothy Hunt, a mason and farmer, son of Gilbert and Hannah (Gorham) Hunt,2 of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born, 5 Nov. 1771. In 1799 they settled in Ridgefield, where he died, 13 Jan. 1835, in his 64th year. She died in Danbury, Conn., 12 Dec., 1867, aged 98 years, 8 months and 18 days. They were buried in the North Salem Cemetery. An obituary, signed J. H. F., says: "She retained her faculties to the last, and in her last hour bore testimony to the value of our comforting form of faith. She had been a Universalist more than fifty years, and was a member of the lamented Hillyer's parish during his entire pastorate in North Salem, N.Y. She trusted in her Redeemer with childlike simplicity, and in her life bore testimony to the salutary influence of our religion. The funeral was attended in the Universalist church in North Salem, where the tearful eyes and mournful faces of the people revealed the affectionate regard in which the aged saint was held."

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I. Esther Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Feb. 1776; married, in 1794, Reuben Tullar, a farmer, of St. Alban's, Vt., where they dwelt, during the remainder of their lives, on one farm.

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II. Ira Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 June 1777; a farmer; married, 30 Sept. 1798, in Hinesburgh, Vt., Clarissa Heath, who was born 24 Aug. 1780. They lived in Malone, N. Y., from 1804 to 1815, and in Perry, N. Y., about nine years. They then moved to Ellington, N. Y., where they died (she, 20 Jan. 1854; he, 18 Jan. 1860), and were buried. He cleared a large farm in Ellington; helped to build the first meeting-house; was a constituent member of the first Christian Church; was soon chosen one of its deacons, and held the office till his death.

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ELLINGTON (Chautauqua County, New York)

Christian Church of Ellington (1823) The Christian Church of Ellington (then Gerry) was organized July 13,1823 and was composed of seven members: Ira GATES Noel C. GATES Simon LAWRENCE Clarissa GATES Polly GATES [It is believed that the first and third of the following named officers make up the seven original members.] Freeman WALDEN and Elisha BEARDSLEY were chosen elders; Seth S. CHASE, deacon

No articles of faith were adopted; the members simply agreeing ? to take the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments for the rule of faith and practice at all times.? From the time of organization for about tens years the records are meager, containing little else than the record of members received and dismissions. Among the ministers who served the church were:

____WALDEN Stephen BLAISDELL.

The meeting house was built about 1845. It was repaired in 1859, and dedicated anew, Jan 5, 1860; sermon by E. B. ROLLINS.

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Ira Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 June 1777; a farmer; married, 30 Sept. 1798, in Hinesburgh, Vt., Clarissa Heath, who was born 24 Aug. 1780. They lived in Malone, N. Y., from 1804 to 1815, and in Perry, N. Y., about nine years. They then moved to Ellington, N. Y., where they died (she, 20 Jan. 1854; he, 18 Jan. 1860), and were buried. He cleared a large farm in Ellington; helped to build the first meeting-house; was a constituent member of the first Christian Church; was soon chosen one of its deacons, and held the office till his death.

Ira married Clarissa Heath on 30 Sep 1798 in Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont. Clarissa was born on 24 Aug 1780; died on 20 Jan 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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III. Electa Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 11 Ap. 1779; married in 1798, at Hinesburgh, Vt., Joel Phippany, a farmer and shoemaker, son of James Phippany, of New Milford, Conn. They dwelt at Hinesburgh till the Winter of 1815, and then moved to Sheldon, N. Y., where she sickened in the following Spring, and died 29 Oct. 1816, and was buried in Sheldon Cemetery. He married (2d), Chloe McWhorter; and died at Sheldon, 8 Ap. 1834, and was buried there.

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IV. Betsey Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 7 Ap. 1781; married, 9 Nov. 1802, in St. Alban's, Vt., Adonijah Brooks, a farmer and hotel-keeper, born in Pittsford, Vt., 27 Feb. 1778, son of Adonijah and Olive (Harrington) Brooks, of St. Alban's. They dwelt in St. Alban's, Vt., then in Essex, Vt., and finally in Chateaugay, N. Y., where they died (she, 29 Sept. 1859; he, 10 Oct. 1865), and were buried.

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V. Lucy Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 20 Sept. 1783; married in 1808, at St. Alban's, Vt., Harrington Brooks, son of Azariah Brooks, and nephew of Adonijah Brooks, mentioned above. He was killed, 4 Nov. 1811, by a shot from a party of revenue officers, on Lake Champlain, near Alburgh, Vt., "in company with one Miner Hilliard." She married (2d), 6 June 1820, at St Alban's, Vt., Aaron Howard, son of Moses and Mary (Merrills) Howard, who was born in Conway, Mass., 21 Jan. 1780. She died, 26 March 1867, at the house of her son, Walter Gates Howard, of Pierrepont, N. Y.

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VI. David Gates, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Feb. 1786; a farmer; married, 11 Jan. 1816, at Bristol, Vt, Polly Hall, born 13 Oct. 1787, dau. of Gershom and Dorcas Hall. They settled in Perry, N. Y.; but moved, in 1823, to Ellington, N. Y., and in 1859, to Ellington Centre,

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The son of Ira GATES and Clarissa HEATH. Married first to Dorothy GREEN, and they had at least five children. He had at least three children by his second wife, Sybil THOMPSON. (Gates Family Genealogy Forum. Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/gates/messages/2563.html)

At the time of the 1850 Federal census, the family was living in Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin, and was listed as follows:

#726-744 Noel C. Gates 45 M Farmer NY Sybil Gates 32 F NY Noel 18 M NY Martha 10 F NY Mary 10 F NY Lydia 3 F NY

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Green. Dorothy was born about 1803 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died about 1846 in Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York; was buried in Ellington Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Noel married Sybil Ann Thompson about 1846 in Randolph, Cattaraugus County, New York. Sybil was born between 1818 and 1820 in New York; died about 1891 in Chickasaw County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]