Elizabeth Smith

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name
Elizabeth Smith
aka
[Elizabeth Whitney]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of John Whitney, the Norwalk miller, whom she married at Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1674/5, and mother of his ten children, probably among them Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild. Probably a daughter of Richard Smith, she was a widow by 1725 and still living in 1741, when her son Joseph provided for her support. Her great-grandson Jonathan was possibly the Jonathan Fairchild who settled East Jewett.
died
date
aft. 3 Apr 1741
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-phoenix-1878-whitney-family]
note
"Living as late as 3 Ap. 1741, when her son Joseph Whitney, in a codicil to his will, provided for her future support" (Phoenix).
father
name
Richard Smith
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-phoenix-1878-whitney-family]

Wife of John Whitney, the Norwalk miller, and mother of Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild. She married John at Norwalk on 17 March 1674/5 and bore him ten children. When John sold the grist mill to their son Joseph in 1713, Joseph undertook "after ye decease of ye said John Whitne, to maintain his mother, Elizabeth Whitne (if she survive) Honourably During her natural life, if she Remaine ye sd John Whitne's widdow." As a widow she was a member of the First Congregational Church at Norwalk in 1725, and she was still living on 3 April 1741, when Joseph's codicil provided for her (source).

The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with her great-grandson Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).

Research: Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in.

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  • Her birth and death, and which Richard Smith was her father.
  1. ---
  2. name: Elizabeth Smith
  3. aka: [Elizabeth Whitney]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of John Whitney, the Norwalk miller, whom she married at Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1674/5, and
  8. mother of his ten children, probably among them Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild. Probably a daughter
  9. of Richard Smith, she was a widow by 1725 and still living in 1741, when her son Joseph provided
  10. for her support. Her great-grandson Jonathan was possibly the Jonathan Fairchild who settled East
  11. Jewett.
  12. died:
  13. date: aft. 3 Apr 1741
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-phoenix-1878-whitney-family]
  17. note: '"Living as late as 3 Ap. 1741, when her son Joseph Whitney, in a codicil to his will, provided for her future support" (Phoenix).'
  18. father:
  19. name: Richard Smith
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-phoenix-1878-whitney-family]
  23. ---
  25. Wife of John Whitney, the Norwalk miller, and mother of Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild. She married John at
  26. Norwalk on 17 March 1674/5 and bore him ten children. When John sold the grist mill to their son Joseph in
  27. 1713, Joseph undertook "after ye decease of ye said John Whitne, to maintain his mother, Elizabeth Whitne
  28. (if she survive) Honourably During her natural life, if she Remaine ye sd John Whitne's widdow." As a
  29. widow she was a member of the First Congregational Church at Norwalk in 1725, and she was still living on
  30. 3 April 1741, when Joseph's codicil provided for her ([source](/files/sources/book-phoenix-1878-whitney-family/)).
  32. The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with her
  33. great-grandson Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).
  35. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
  37. ## Open questions
  39. - Her birth and death, and which Richard Smith was her father.
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