Ruhamah Whitney1

F, b. 10 April 1744
FatherDaniel Whitney b. 4 Apr 1720, d. c 1809
MotherThankful Burt b. 1 Sep 1721
     Ruhamah was born on Friday, 10 April 1744 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Ruhamah married in Connecticut. Tradition says that she married a young man, in opposition to her father's wish, with whom he had taught the carpenter's trade amd settled in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Ruhamah died probably in Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Citations

  1. [S52] S. Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut and Its Affiliations, p. 62.