Elizabeth WHITNEY 
Elizabeth was born about 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. Elizabeth's father was John WHITNEY and her mother was Elizabeth SMITH. Her paternal grandparents were Henry WHITNEY and UNKNOWN UNKNOWN; her maternal grandfather is Richard SMITH and her maternal grandmother was Bathsheba Rogers?. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named Richard, Nathan, Josiah, Joseph, John, Henry, John, Anne, Sarah and Eleanor. She died on March 17th, 1763 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. She was buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, Ridgebury, CT.General Notes
GenServ submission from Richard Morgan <morgan@@pdq.net > and RobertCameron <BOBCAMERON@@sssnet.com>; Robert Cameron's sources: "WhitneyFamily", page 16 "b. at Norwalk,CT., about 1684; married Joseph Keeler, acarpenter, son of Samuel and Sarah (St. John) Keeler." "The St. JohnGenealogy", Orline St. John Alexander, Grafton Press, New York, 1908, p21.
BIRTH: (no specific date given) "The History of the Old Town of Derby,Connecticut 1642-1880" by Samuel Orcutt and Ambrose Beardsley, M.D.,1880, p777.
HISTORY: From Robert Cameron's GenServ submission "They settled inRidgefield, where we find early mention of him <Joseph Keeler>. Their[Elizabeth and Joseph's] gravestones were visible in 1875; but his havingbeen used in trapping woodchucks, was broken in pieces" - "The St. JohnGenealogy", Orline St. John Alexander, Grafton Press, New York, 1908, p21.
NOTE: a lot of information in this file is not proven
-Dale A. Updike
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.04 May 1619 in perhaps Berkhampstead, St. Mary's, Herts, England d.18 Nov 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
- b.~ 1645 in Southold, Suffolk, NY d.<Nov 1720 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
- d.~ 1650 in England or Long Island, NY
- b.~ 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT d.17 Mar 1763 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT
- b. in Rhode Island?
- b.~ 1650 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT d.>03 Apr 1741 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
- b.1650 in according to SAVAGE d.23 Nov 1711 in New London, CT
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Elizabeth and Joseph were married in a religious ceremony in 1705 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. They had eight sons and three daughters, named Joseph, Isaac, Martin, Paul, Silas, John, Elijah, Lot, Rachel, Elizabeth and Sarah.
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