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ment, Mr. Quintard served as a member
of the Common Council in South Nor-
walk, and also at different times served
as assessor and tax collector.
Fraternally, Mr. Quintard is a member
of St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons ; Washington
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Clinton
Commandery, Knights Templar ; Pyramid
Temple, Mystic Shrine, the latter of
Bridgeport. He is also a member of the
Norwalk Club, which he served for two
years as president ; of the Norwalk Coun-
try Club, which he also served as presi-
dent ; of the South Norwalk Club ; and
the Roxbury Club. Mr. Quintard has
been president of the latter club for eight-
een years. His chief recreations are
hunting and fishing. Mr. Quintard's ancestry
in several lines entitles him to membership
in the Sons of the American Rev-
olution, which he holds.
Mr. Quintard married Mary E. Benedict,
daughter of Goold Benedict, of Norwalk,
and they are members of the Con-
gregational church.
(The Whitney Line).
(I) Henry Whitney, the immigrant an-
cestor, was born in England about 1620.
No record has been found of his arrival
in this country, but the Southold, Long
Island, records show that on October 8,
1649, he with others purchased land. He
was an inhabitant of the town of Hun-
tington, Long Island, August 17, 1658.
He built a grist mill there for Rev. William
Leverich. Henry Whitney removed
to Jamaica, Long Island, where he bought
land of Richard Harker. He served on
many important committees there. In
July, 1665, he was granted land by the
town of Norwalk, Connecticut, for build-
ing a corn mill. His will is dated June 5,
1672, and he probably died in Norwalk in
1673, having been admitted a freeman
there four years previously.
(II) John Whitney, son of Henry
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Whitney, was born previous to the time
his father went to Southold, Long Island,
and died in 1720. He received a grant of
land in Norwalk in 1665 and settled there,
succeeding his father in the ownership of
the mill and homestead. He built a full-
ing mill later, which was willed to Joseph
Whitney, his second son. John Whitney
married, March 17, 1674, Elizabeth Smith,
daughter of Richard Smith.
(III) Joseph Whitney, son of John
and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney, was
born March i, 1678-79, and died in 1720.
He was a millwright. He married, in
Norwalk, July 6, 1704, Hannah Hoyt,
daughter of Zerubbabel Hoyt.
(IV) David Whitney, son of Joseph
and Hannah (Hoyt) Whitney, was born
in Norwalk, Connecticut, June 24, 1721.
He was a master mariner and miller. It
is said that when Norwalk was burned in
1779, he ran out into the harbor with his
sloop loaded with the families and goods
of his neighbors and escaped from the
British. David Whitney married. May
II, 1741, in Norwalk, Elizabeth Hyatt,
daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
Hyatt, born June 6, 1718.
(V) Timothy Whitney, son of David
and Elizabeth (Hyatt) Whitney, was
born July 13-24, 1744, and died June 15,
1825. He was a cooper by occupation.
He took part in the Revolutionary War.
He married (first) February 25, 1770,
Anna Wood, born
daughter of Alexis
November
Wood ; he
3, 1742,
married
(second) April 23, 1786, Abigail (Smith)
Wood, widow of a Mr. Wood, born July
25, 1749, daughter of Eliakim Smith, and
she died November 2, 1863.
(VI) Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of
Timothy and Abigail (Smith-Wood)
Whitney, was bom January 4, 1796, in
Norwalk, Connecticut, where she died
November 26, 185 1. She was married
there, November 29, 1819, to Evert Quintard
(see Quintard V).