Mailing List:2007-01-02 08, Re: WHITNEY Y-DNA, by Debbie J. Stelmach
Mailing List Archives > 2007-01-02 08, Re: WHITNEY Y-DNA, by Debbie J. Stelmach
From: "Debbie Stelmach" <djstelmach -at- worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] WHITNEY Y-DNA Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:09:07 -1000 References: <000401c72edc$9e375e20$3201a8c0@S1099918412> That area became known as the Holland Purchase and once the surveys were done, it sparked a major migration, my Quaker ancestors included. We ended up just south of Buffalo. The Quakers were the pioneers of that era and they were the ones who negotiated with the area indian tribes in the late 1700's. The completion of the Erie Canal also played a major role in migration and development of the region. Lumber and potash were major exports. One of the common migration routes that the Quakers used was Dartmouth, MA, Oblong, Easton, Scipio, Rochester, and then East Hamburg (now Orchard Park near Buffalo). Another large group came from Vermont from the area of Danby. Debbie (still seeking parents of Charles Whitney of Langford, Erie Co, NY, b Jul 1823 in MA, d. Feb 1902.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Eberwein" <NacoGerry -at- hughes.net> To: <whitney -at- rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] WHITNEY Y-DNA > In that era the huge Phelps - Gorham Purchase occurred and there were a > lot of > New England families that headed out to pioneer the wilderness. Although > we > can't imagine eastern New York State as a wilderness; west of the > immediate > Hudson River area was just that. Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo were not > even > imagined at that time. Also, the government reserved tons of land for > revolutionary soldiers to claim. That, my friend is what persuaded many a > family, kids and all to go west. Many Quaker families moved because being > in > places populated with fewer religions lessened the supposed 'bad' > influences > that attended the 'other' churches. Thus, the area became a haven for them > and > an attraction for the others seeking to flee the massive population > crowding in > on them. > > Are you familiar with the Finger Lakes Mail List here on Rootsweb? You may > also > find some answers there. Many of the FLakes may have a line on the info > you are > seeking. (FLakes is a term we lovingly use to refer to us, the subscribers > on > the FingerLAKES list.) > > And you may have solved the mystery of the "other" Whitney clan I keep > running > into in my research. What area of the Finger Lakes were they? > > > Gerry > > Tracing Orson Burgess and Elizabeth O'Bolger, their lineage and posterity > of the > Finger Lakes Region in New York. > BURGESS, FELTON, CHAFFEE, CLARK, MACK, METCALF, SLAYTON, TENNEY, WATKINS, > WHITNEY; plus HUGHES, MCMAHON, MORRIS, O'BOLGER, TROY and several more. > Gerald Eberwein > PO Box 605 > Naco AZ 85620-0605 > (520) 432-1231 > NacoGerry -at- hughes.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: whitney-bounces -at- rootsweb.com -at- rootsweb.com > On > Behalf Of Gerald E. Whitney > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:06 PM > To: Whitney-L > Subject: [WHITNEY] WHITNEY Y-DNA > > Hi WRG members and friends, I would like to thank Tim Doyle, Whitney > Keene,Robert Ward, and all that entered their information. > Leonard Albert Whitney, I thought I could help you and then you turned the > tables and helped me. Thank You. > I did not know my line at all, for the last 10 years, I was following > the wrong line because I didn't have anything more to go on. Here is my > new > line to follow. > My known line is myself Gerald E.(Jerry) Whitney12, Earl E.11, Herman > G.10, > Crosby9, George8, Crosby7 (my last documented) then info left by George > was > Reuben and Ruth(unk) from Maine. I'm now looking at Reuben6 (6 Nov 1762), > Jacob Sgt5, Jonas4, Eleazar3, Thomas2, John1 . If Reuben is in Maine, > where > at? How would a 18 year old boy get to the Finger Lakes, New York to > persuade a > 18 year old Quaker girl(Mary Carman) to marry him? He only lived six more > years(1828). > Anyone wanting to comment, pro or con, please do so. > Happy New Year, > Gerald E.(Jerry) Whitney > gwhitney -at- alltel.net > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request -at- rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request -at- rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
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