Prudence (Merrill) Whitney (1690 - 1793)

Born 22 Dec 1690 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Sedgwick — married 30 Jun 1720 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1793 at age 102 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Prudence was born in 1690. She was the daughter of Abraham Merrill and Prudence Kellogg. She married 1st Ebenezer Sedgwick. She married 2nd David Whitney. She passed away in 1793. ^[1]

Source: Sedgwick Genealogy North America. Accessed April 26, 2017,

Ebenezer Sedgwick [Samuel Sedgwick / Mary Hopkins]

• b. February 25, 1694/95, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• d. December 03, 1759, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bu West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Ancient Burying Grounds
• m. June 30, 1720, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Prudence Merrills

Prudence Merrills [Abraham Merrills / Prudence Kellogg]

• b. December 22, 1700, of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• d. January 31, 1793, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• m1 June 30, 1720, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Ebenezer Sedgwick
• m2 July 28, 1767, David Whitney

Children:

Abraham Sedgwick (31)

• b. April 27, 1721, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut3
• bp April 30, 1721, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut4
• d. March 22, 1797, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
• bu Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
• m. September 19, 1745, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Abi Brace

Abigail Sedgwick (32)

• b. December 2, 1722, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp December 9, 1722, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• m. July 05, 1743, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Elisha Seymour

Prudence Sedgwick (33)

• b. September 14, 1724, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp September 20, 1724, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut4
• d. September 11, 1812, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
• m. May 27, 1747, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Amos Kellogg

Mary Sedgwick (34)

• b. April 29, 1726, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp May 1, 1726, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• d. February 19, 1805
• m. June 6, 1746, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, John Ensign, Jr

Thankful Sedgwick (35)

• b. April 7, 1728, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp April 7, 1728, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• d. bef December 03, 1759

Elizabeth Sedgwick (36)

• b. June 17, 1731, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp June 20, 1731, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• m. July 18, 1754, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Elisha Ensign

Ebenezer Sedgwick (37)

• b. March 14, 1734/35, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• bp March 9, 1735, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• m. Wealthy Whitney

More about Ebenezer Sedgwick:

NHCHS collection Box 6 Folder E sheet 1

Sources:

1. The Sedgwick Collection (MSS B46) at the New Haven Colony Historical Society papers of Hubert Merrill Sedgwick, Francis Morris Sedgwick and Frederick J Sedgwick, genealogists of the family of Robert Sedgwick (1613 - 1656)

2. Census records, any of those indicated.

3. West Hartford, Connecticut, Town Records

4. West Hartford, Connecticut, Congregational Church

West Hartford Marriages to 1800 From Early Connecticut Marriages By Frederick Bailey Ancestry.com http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctahgp/hartford/mar-westhart.htm

Died Cause: "falling into the fire". 1 FEB 1793. Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA. Note: (as recorded by the Hartford First Church, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.; the Bible record has her death as 31 Jan rather than 1 Feb).

Note:

Descendants of John Whitney Who Came from London to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Frederick Clifton Pierce, Chicago, 1895). David Whitney 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 27 Oct 1769, and proved 13 Dec 1769. He married twice, his second wife being Prudence, who was given one-third of the estate.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977 pg. 392