Sarah (Wheeler) Whitney (1737 - 1764)

Born 27 Dec 1737 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Whitney — married about 1758 (to 31 Mar 1764) in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut

Died 31 Mar 1764 at age 26 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah WHEELER ^[1][2] was born ^[3] 27 Dec 1737 and was christened ^[4] 2 Jul 1738 in First Congregational Church Of Derby, Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She died ^[5][6][7] 31 Mar 1764 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut and was buried ^[8][9] in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Sarah married ^[10] Stephen WHITNEY in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

In 1820, her heir, Sarah W. Whitney received an estate distribution from her sister, Anna Booth's estate.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 472. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/472.html.
2. ↑ Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 474. "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/474.html.
3. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 315.
4. ↑ Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 470. "First Congregational Church - Derby Records of Reverend Daniel Humphreys." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/470.html.
5. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, p. 316.
6. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 257. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan257.html.
7. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 777.
8. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, pp. 814-5. "Here lyes the body of Mrs | Sarah Whitney wife to | Stephen Whitney and daughter to | Capt James and Mrs Sarah Wheeler | and mother of Samuel Isaac and | James Whitney died March ye | 31 1764 in ye 27 year of her age. Look on me as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me."
9. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 257. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan257.html.
10. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 777.
11. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJRG : 18 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 609-610, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 500-501.