Mailing List:2000-11-26 10, Re: Valley Forge Whitneys, by Robert L. Ward
Mailing List Archives > 2000-11-26 10, Re: Valley Forge Whitneys, by Robert L. Ward
From: "Robert L. Ward" <rlward1 -at- erols.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Valley Forge Whitneys Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:41:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <003401c057ff$44d10580$9ae0a4d8@oemcomputer> All, At 06:19 PM 11/26/00 -0500, Kenneth Whitney wrote: >Query to Robert Ward concerning his attribution of Valley Forge Whitneys: > > Is there any proof that James-5 Whitney is the son of Isaac-4 Whitney > of Gorham Maine? > > The History of Gorham, Maine by Hugh McLellan, page 832 states that > John-5, son of Nathan-4 Whitney died in the war on 5 May 1776. Was > McLellan in error? > >Ken Whitney >Silver Spring, MD With regard to James WHITNEY, I don't have proof, but no other theory has surfaced. Until it does, I am *tentatively* making this identification. By the way, if James was son of Isaac-4, it must by his first wife, Sarah CROSBY, not his second wife Hannah PAYNE. This is due to James's marriage date and that of Isaac and Hannah, together with their known children's births. James is patently too old to be by the second wife. With regard to John WHITNEY of Falmouth and Gorham, see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, at <<a href="http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/military/mass/j.html>">http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/military/mass/j.html></a>;, vol. 17, pp. 226-227. If this is not John-5 (Nathan-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), then who is it? Was it John-5 (John-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1)? Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <<a href="http://www.whitneygen.org/>">http://www.whitneygen.org/></a>;
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