Uriah Whitney (Nathan3, John 2, Henry1)
Born 1737 Nov 12 Ridgefield, CT
Died 1816 Jun 4 East Granville, MA
Age 78 yrs
Burial Silver Street Cemetery, Granville, MA
NO KNOWN HEADSTONE

Father Nathan Whitney
1695, Norwalk, CT,
died ater 1739, Ridgefield, CT.
Mother Sarah

He married, about 1715,
Sarah Platt
Born 30 May 1697, Norwalk, CT,
Died after 1739, Ridgefield, CT
daughter of John, Jr., and Sarah (Lockwood) Platt

Children with Sarah Platt
1. Azariah Whitney-served in Revolutionary War and settled in Canada

Second marriage 1775 Feb Avon, CT
Born 1739 Jul 31 Farmington, CT
DIed 1819 Mar 5 East Granville, MA
Burial Silver Street Cemetery, Granville, MA
Widow Martha Hart Owen
Father Samuel Hart
Mother Elizabeth Thompson
Her first marriage 1759 Feb 4 Daniel Owen son of Jedediah Owen and Ruth Phelps. Daniel was born 1738 Dec 7 Windsor, CT and he died 1759 Nov 7 in Farmington, CT

Children with Martha Hart

1. Samuel Platt Whitney
b. 8 Nov 1775, Simsbury, CT
m. Lois Buttles.

2. Lucy Whitney BUTTLES
b. 1 May 1779, Simsbury, CT
m. Jonathan Buttles

3. Seth Whitney
b. 19 Apr 1781, Simsbury, CT
d. abt age 3,
buried in Simsbury

4. Thaddeus Whitney,
b. 18 Dec 1783, Simsbury, CT
d. 16 or 30 Aug 1855, Granville, MA
aged 72 or 73 years
buried Granville, MA
m.(1) 11 Feb 1844, Granby, CT
Polly W. Pratt
b. ca. 1794
d. -- May 1851, Granville, MA
aged 57 years, of consumption
m2 Polly (Holcomb) Messenger
Father Amasa Holcomb
d. 5 Jan 1874, West Granby, CT
She married first, Lawrence Messenger, b. ca. 1787. He had no children.

Uriah was a farmer. He purchased a farm/house in Simsbury, CT(Farmington) in 1773 which he later sold. 1778 he purchased property from Anthony Heart which he later sold to Jedediah Case ( he had married his sister-in-law Mary Hart). Uriah married Martha Hart in 1775.