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THE
ANTECEDENTS
OF
IMOGENE WHITNEY

by
Miranda Goodrie Willoughby

based on
research
by
Raymond Royce Willoughby

edited
and
published
by
Hugh Willoughby

Riverside, Rhode Island
August 1977

[1]

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ANNOTATED TABLE OF THE WHITNEY ANTECEDENTS

1. Imogene (sometimes Emmagene) Whitney (1862-1913) was
the mother of Raymond Royce Willoughby and therefore heads
the list of his maternal forebears. She was born December 19,
1862, in South Meriden, Connecticut (South Meriden Vital
Records*). Her only sister (Ella) was ten years her senior,
and her only living brother (Edwin) eight years her senior.
Imogene was probably a rather lonely child, for it is known
that to amuse herself she devised solitary games with meager
materials; an anecdote surviving from this period relates
that she liked to make doll teakettles, cups, and so on,
from salmon vertebrae. Her early life is not known with
any certainty because she did not talk about it, and the
natural assumption has always been that her childhood was
not a happy one. When Imogene was not quite seven years old,
her sister married and left to make her home in New Haven,
Connecticut. The brother left home shortly thereafter in
order to get work.

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*Specific sources of information are given when known—-
usually in abbreviated form.

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When Imogene was nine years old, her mother died.
Some time after that the child was sent to Maine, where
she lived for several years at the farm of her mother's
brother; this farm was situated on the Androscoggin River
near Lewiston, some seven miles south of the town itself.
The head of the household was a bluff, powerful, happy
patriarch; his wife was gentle and quiet, and efficient
in fulfilling the many important functions of a farm wife.
There were about ten children in the home, together with
a hired man or two. The economy was virtually a self-
supporting one. The tasks of haying, planting, harvesting,
preparing the winter's supply of meat, and cutting the great
amounts of wood needed during the long, hard winters—these
chores were participated in by all. The baking of the beans
in the huge Dutch oven every Saturday evening was like a
ritual. Imogene lived in this sort of atmosphere until she
was about eighteen, probably first attending rural schools
near Lewiston and then spending the last two or three years
of her Maine period in Mechanic Falls, going to high school
there during the school year and probably returning to the
farm during the summers, when everyone was needed there.
This period in Imogene's life came to an end when she
graduated from high school at about the age of eighteen. She
then went to live with her sister's family in New Haven,

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staying there for most of the next thirteen years. During
at least part of this time she was employed as a bookkeeper
in the laundry which was operated by her brother-in-law
(New Haven Directory). Imogene was comfortable, both
materially and physically, during this time of her life.
She acquired what she later said were "nice clothes", she
managed to save about $1,000, and she was able to assume
at least part of the financial responsibility for her
father, who was by then becoming increasingly non-productive.
When she was about 31 years old, Imogene Whitney met
and fell in love with Raymond Howard Willoughby, who was
then working in New Haven. A short time later he secured
a job as foreman in a New Britain factory and a job as a
press-hand for her under his supervision. She moved to
New Britain, where the two were married on September 4, 1895
(Whitney Family Bible), when Imogene was 33. Their only
child was Raymond Royce Willoughby.
Imogene's husband planned and built a home for himself
and his small family on Elm Hill in Newington, a suburb of
New Britain, starting construction in the spring of 1900.
Imogene assisted financially with the purchase of the land,
and her husband did the actual work on the building during
his hours off from his regular job. They moved into the
house in 1906 although it was not yet finished; indeed, it

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never was completely finished. The family lived in
only part of the house. Imogene had to make the most
of the unfinished state of the structure. It meant
taking out all of the sink water in pails, having no
heat except hy means of the kitchen range, and having
water in the cellar all winter. In addition, she
occasionally helped, by request, in such tasks as
emptying buckets of crushed rock from the well. Some
of this physical work must have been difficult for a
woman who was only 5'2" in height and who weighed only
120 pounds at her peak.
At the age of 39 years Imogene experienced the first
deep grief of her adulthood. Her sister, to whom she had
become deeply attached, died on January 2, 1901, in a
New Haven hospital while undergoing surgery for a carcin-
oma. This loss left a lasting impression on the surviving
sister.
Only a few years later Imogene, too, developed a cancer.
In 1910 she had her first operation for the removal
of a breast. In the spring of 1912 it was discovered that
there had been a recurrence, whereupon she had her second
operation. In 1913 it was found that an ovarian tumor of
many years' standing had become malignant; a third operation
was necessary. After that nothing more could be done, for
the cancer had invaded the lymphatic system of the body.

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Imogene had to take to her bed in that summer, and her
son carried her downstairs each morning and upstairs each
evening until she could no longer tolerate even that much
exertion. After months of great pain she died on October 21,
1913, of what the doctor called gastric sarcoma. She was
buried two days later in Newington Cemetery. After her
death it was found that somehow she had saved and set aside
enough money for her own burial expenses.
Imogene Whitney Willoughby's son once said while speaking
of her that she was a spiritual waif all her life, a village
child transplanted to the farm and, her adjustments having
been made there, transplanted back to the town and a noisy
factory room for ten hours a day. Between the time of her
mother's death and that of her own marriage she was parked
with one relative after another, never having a home which
was really her own. Then when she did fall in love and get
married, her husband turned out to be a sadly serious man
who was sometimes moody and occasionally even difficult,
despite always meaning well and having the best intentions.
Indeed, the loneliness of Imogene's childhood seems to have
dogged her life even unto its early end.

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2. Joseph H. Whitney (1832-1897) was born on April 7,
1832 (Whitney Family Bible), probably at Mechanic Falls,
Maine. His early life was spent in agricultural pursuits,
but there may also have been some contact with small
village industry; a daguerreotype ,still extant, shows
him at about age 25 in working clothes appropriate to
those worn by a blacksmith. He was married in 1851 at 19
to Hannah Mountfort of Lisbon, age 20, whom he had probably
met at some social affair in Lewiston, a gathering-place
at that time for the young people of the surrounding area.
During the first part of their marriage they lived in
Mechanic Falls, and their first two children were born there.
When he was in his mid-twenties, Joseph followed his
next older brother to Connecticut to seek work in a factory
in that more highly industrialized part of New England. He
settled his young family in South Meriden, and it was there
that his last two children were born. When he was 39 years
old, his wife died shortly after the birth of their fourth
child, a son who himself died at the age of two weeks. The
death of the wife broke up the home; it was at this point
that Imogene, the only child still living with the father,
was sent to Maine to live with relatives of her late mother.
Two years after his wife's death Joseph was married on
March 8, 1873, to Eliza R. Cornwall, a native of Connecticut;
she died ten years later, leaving no children.

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Joseph then went to New Haven, where his older
daughter was living with her hushand, and secured work
at a factory there, remaining in the same job for several
years. At first he boarded out, but from about the age of
60 he maintained a home, probably with a housekeeper.
His son Edwin and possibly his daughter Imogene lived
there with him for short periods of time.
During his later years Joseph joined a number of
lodges and fraternal orders, largely for the insurance
and death benefits; however, two of these organizations
collapsed, taking a substantial share of his savings and
leaving his children to absorb part of the loss. The fact
that the children received anything at all upon his death
was due to the fact that they kept up the insurance
payments after their father had become unable to do so.
He was not quite 65 when he died of nephritis in a New
Haven hospital on January 4, 1897 (Whitney Bible).
Joseph H. Whitney and his first wife Hannah Mountfort
had these four children and other near descendants:
i. (Sarah) Ella Whitney (1852-1901) was married in
1869, when she was 17, to Charles Lyman Wright at
New Haven. She died in a New Haven hospital while
undergoing an operation for cancer; she was 49 years old
a. Etta M. Wright (1870-1902) married George
Rogers in 1896.
(i) Muriel Katherine Rogers (c.1907- ) was
married in about 1928 and was living in New York.

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b. Francis H. Wright (1873-?) was a sailor on
a tramp steamer plying Long Island Sound in the
early 1900's. The family gradually lost track
of him.
c. Hattie M. Wright (1875-1876)
ii. Edwin L. Whitney (1854-?) was married in 1880,
but the marriage was a failure and there was a
separation. He became something of a wanderer with
his whereabouts chronically unknown.
iii. Imogene Whitney (1862-1913); cf. supra.
iv. Arthur E. Whitney (1871) died a couple of weeks
after birth (Meriden Vital Records).

3. Hannah Caswell Mountfort (1831-1871), the daughter of
Amos Mountfort and Sarah Field, was born on March 30, 1831,
on a small farm a few miles from Lisbon, Maine (Whitney
Bible). Her name is the same as that of her father's father's
mother. (F.C. Pierce, in a revised edition of The Descendants
of John Whitney, gives the name as "Mumford"; this spelling
reflects a society in which names were generally spoken
and were but rarely committed to the hazards of being written.)
At the age of 20 Hannah was married on July 6, 1851, to
Joseph H. Whitney. Nothing now remains of her life except
a few old photographs, which show a beautiful girl when
young. The lack of preserved data about her arises from the
fact that her youngest daughter, Imogene, was only 9 years
old when her mother died, and said little about her in later
life—while Imogene's siblings said nothing, and were not
questioned about their mother while opportunity remained.
Hannah died on October 7, 1871, three and a half months
after the birth of her fourth child (Whitney Bible).

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4. Stephen Whitney (1799-1885) was born on May 3, 1799,
in Gorham, Maine (McLellan, History of Gorham). He married
(1st) Abigail Mayberry, in May of 1819; (2nd) Catherine
Clouman, according to some records—but the name should
probably be "Cloudman", which is a known Gorham family
of the period. Stephen's first wife was the mother of all
of his children. These seven children and their known
near-descendants are given here; the data are from private
records, entries in the Whitney Family Bible, Pierce,
and especially from Ruth Pinches, an experienced genealogical
researcher and a member of this branch.
i. Lewis Whitney (1821-?); married Mary ---. They
had one child, Etta, who married — Phinney.
ii. William Mayberry Whitney (1823-?); married
Charlotte Plumb York, the daughter of William
and Betsey (Bennett) York. There were two children:
a. Lewis Campbell Whitney (1853-1915); married
Ellen ("Nelly") Viola Goodwin, the daughter of
Charles Francis and Julia (Hitchcock) Goodwin,
and resided in Middletown, Connecticut. They
had two children:
(i) Estella Norwood Whitney (1877-1965);
married John Pinches, contractor. Their
three children:
(a) Ruth Estelle Pinches (1902- ), our
informant; a librarian in Springfield,
Massachusetts, until her retirement.
(b) John Lewis Pinches (1903- ); in
1976 he was living in Old Saybrook,
Connecticut; unmarried.
(c) Dorothv Louise Pinches (1904- );
in 1976 she and her sister Ruth, now
both retired, were living together in
New Britain, Connecticut.
(ii) William Lewis Whitney (c1879-?); married
Idella Kelsey and had two children:
(a) Lewis William Whitney (?-1941);unmarried.

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(b) York Mayberry Whitney (cl916-1968);
died at age 52 in Orange, Connecticut.
(1) William M. Whitney; unmarried; in
1976 was living in Orange,Connecticut.
(2) Married daughter.
(3) Married daughter.
b. Fred W. Whitney (?-1931); married Rose Scanlon.
(i) Mary Whitney (cl885- ); married Rupert
Morey in about 1905.
(a) Howard Morey.
iii. Albion Whitney (1825-?); married Malinda (Matilda?)
Mountfort.
a. Everett K. Whitney (1849-1919); married
Alice M. ---, who (as a widow) was living in
Port Huron, Michigan, in 1932.
iv. Mary Ann Whitney (1827-1908); married Micah Higgins
in 1846; resided in Portland, Maine.
a. Samuel Curtis Stanwood (Higgins?) (1848-7);
lived in New York.
b. Mary Elizabeth Higgins (1850-7); married 1st)
Frost; (2nd) Frederick Strout.
c. Edwin Roscoe Higgins (1852-7); unmarried.
d. Ada Almeida Higgins (1855-7); married Harry
Tobey; lived in Melrose, Massachusetts.
e. William Weeks Higgins (1857-7); died young.
f. Jennie May Higgins (1860-7); married Charles
Augustus Strout of Portland, Maine. They had a
son, Edward Frost Strout.
g. Frederick Augustus Higgins (1863-?); married
Emma Louise York of Boston in 1885.
v. Charles Crosby Whitney (1829-1901); born in Gray,
Maine; married Maria S. Dix, daughter of Samuel Dix
of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and of Eliza Bourne of
Newington, Connecticut. He resided in South Meriden,
Connecticut. Charles and his wife had five children:
a. Arthur Whitney (1855-1916); married Theresa
Clark, who died in 1888.
(i) Charles Arthur Whitney (1888-7) was a
stenographer in South Meriden. His mother
died four days after his birth.
b. Charles H. Whitney (1857-7); married Alice
Reilley of Hartford.
(i) Earl Kenneth Whitney (1895- )
c. Emma Whitney (1859-1861)
d. Ada Whitney (1862-7); married Alexander McRae.
e. Alena Eaton Whitney (1867-7); married Edward
Marsh Goodwin.
vi. Sarah Whitney (1830-7); married Lemuel Goss; resided
in Auburn, Maine, in 1910.
a. William Goss; died at about age 30; married
Etta Wright.
b. Abiqail Goss; married George Yeaton; no children.

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vii. Joseph H. Whitney (1832-1897); for details,
see # 2 above.

5. Abiqail Mayberry (1794-1857), the daughter of William
Mayberry and Mary Trott, was born in Windham, Maine (McLellan,
History of Gorham). Little is known of her life beyond
the basic facts of her dates, the names of her parents,
and of course her marriage to Stephen Whitney in 1819.
She successfully raised seven children; the youngest of
these was 25 years old when his mother died of unknown
causes at the age of 63.

6. Amos Mountfort (1801-after 1881) was born in Falmouth
(now Portland), Maine. The Federal Census for 1850 shows
him as living in Lisbon, Maine; age 48; farmer worth $2,000.
A record of a land transfer in 1857 (Androscoggin County
Land Records) is of interest: Reuben Rand, a son-in-law,
exchanged with Amos Mountfort land in Lisbon for land
overlooking the Androscoggin River in southern Lewiston.
Then in 1867 the record states that Hanson F. Mountfort,
the oldest son of Amos (who was then 66 years old), paid
his father $2,000 for the southern Lewiston property; later
in that same year Amos paid to his son Hanson the sum of
$1,500, for which the son agreed to support Amos and his
wife Sarah "during their natural lives" and also to support
Amos's youngest daughter until she should be married, at
which time Hanson was to give her $100. (Data are from

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the records of Androscoggin County deeds; in the pertinent
documents Amos made his mark, witnessed hy the town clerk.)
It was to Amos's farm in Lewiston to which Imogene Whitney
was sent after her mother's death in 1871; at this time
Hanson F. Mountfort owned the farm and was taking care of
his parents and his younger sister, in accordance with
the provisions made four years earlier.
Amos Mountfort was married in about 1826 to Sarah
Field. There is an extant photograph of them together;
this picture was taken in 1881. According to M. Blanche
Dingley (a granddaughter of Amos), he died of "shock"
(apoplexy), but we can find no record of the date.
Amos and Sarah Mountfort had nine children, several of
whom also had large families.

...

7. Sarah Field (cl801-after 1881) was horn in Falmouth,
Maine, which is now part of Portland.

...

8. Stephen Whitney (1755-1848), son of Isaac Whitney and
Sarah Crosby, was born in Saco, Maine. He married Martha
Irish in 1780, probably upon returning home from his service
during the Revolutionary War. His war record is preserved
in at least two sources. The State Record Commissioner,
State House, Providence, Rhode Island, forwarded this version:

In June, 1775, he enlisted at Buxton, Maine, and was dis-
charged on January 1, 1776. In January, 1776, he enlisted.,
in the Rhode Island line for one year, and was discharged
at Chatham, New York, on January 1, 1777. He took part in

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the Battle of Princeton. He applied for a pension
in Buxton, York County, Massachusetts, now Maine,
on April 13, 1818; he was then 62 years old; pension
was granted.

His war record is given this way in Massachusetts*Soldiers
and Sailors in the War of the Revolution:

Stephen Whitney of Buxton served as a private in Capt.
John Lane's company, enlisted May 26, 1775; service to
November 1, 1775, 5 months 16 days; company was probably
stationed at Cape Ann for the defense of the seacoast;
also in same company, service from November 1, 1775,
to date of discharge, December 31, 1775, 2 months 5 days
(sic) at Gloucester in defense of seacoast; service
January 1, 1776; discharged February 15, 1776; service
one month 13 days; stationed at Cape Ann for the defense
of the seacoast.

There is an overlapping of dates here which is difficult to
explain, as was noted by Ruth Pinches when she furnished
the above records to the editor, it is highly unlikely that
two different individuals are involved; there is altogether
too much confluence to admit that hypothesis. Perhaps the
problem is that government record-keeping in those days
was similar to that of today!

9. Martha Irish (1761-1856), daughter of James Irish, Jr.,
and Mary Gorham Phinney, was born in Gorham, Maine (Pierce,
Whitney; McLellan, History of Gorham). (Note that it was this
Martha Irish——not Patience Irish, as some records have it——
who married Stephen Whitney. Cf. McLellan, History of Gorham,
pages 835 and 584 as against page 829. Patience Irish

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*Maine was, of course, part of Massachusetts until 1820.

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actually married John Davis.) Stephen Whitney and Martha
Irish had nine children——although Pierce in his Whitney
gives Stephen as the only child; our list is from Hugh
McLellan.

i. Mary Whitney (1781-?)
ii. Sarah Whitney (1783-?)
iii. Ebenezer Whitney (cl785-1801)
iv. Patience Whitney (cl798-?)
v. William Whitney (cl798-?); twin of Patience.
vi. Stephen Whitney (1799-1885); see above, # 4.
vii. Ebenezer Whitney (1803-?)
viii. Patty Whitney (cl805-?)
ix. Miriam Whitney (cl807-?)

(Editor's Note: The list of the children of Stephen and
Martha appears to be very doubtful on the basis of internal
evidence. Why should there be no children born between
1785 and 1798? Usually if a child died in its youth, a
second child given the same name would be closer in age——
although the second Ebenezer was indeed the first child born
after the death of his namesake. Also, the mother was 46 years
of age when her youngest child was born. None of these points
is definitive, but their preponderance suggests that perhaps
two families are involved here. Further investigation would
not be out of order.)

10. William Mayberry (1769-1834) was born at Windham, Maine.
He married (1st) Mary Trott, who bore all of his children,
and (2nd) her sister Abigail.

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...

16. Isaac Whitney (1720-1800) also married more than
once; many women of that time died young, as our records
prove. His first wife was Sarah Crosby, the mother of
the ongoing Whitney line of this study. After her death at
about age 32, Isaac remarried not once, but twice. By
profession he was a housewright, or builder. He moved in
1750 to the town of Saco, where he purchased a lot from
William Pepperell; two years later he sold this lot "and
house thereon" (Folsom, History of Saco and Biddeford).
Records show him in Biddeford in July of 1758 (York deeds),
in Gorham about 1760 (McClellan, History of Gorham), and in
Buxton about 1770. He died in Freeport, Maine. Among his
six children were Stephen Whitney (# 8 of this study) and

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Isaac Whitney, Jr., who (like his brother) served in the
American Revolution and later received a pension for that
service.

17. Sarah Crosby (1723/4-1765) was born in York, Maine.
She married Isaac Whitney in 1743 (McClellan) and died in
Gorham (New England Historical Genealogical Register, 30,60).

18. James Irish, Jr. (1736-1816) was born in Falmouth, Maine,
on January 21, 1736, the son of James Irish, who emigrated
from England in about 1711, and his wife Elizabeth.
.... He was married at age twenty to Mary Gorham
Phinney, who was the same age as he.

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...

32. Nathaniel Whitney (1680-?) was born in York, Maine,
and married there; he died in Gorham (McLellan, History
of Gorham).

33. Sarah Ford (?-?) lived in York, Maine (McLellan).

34. (Dr.) Jonathan Crosby (1694-?) was born in Rowley,
Massachusetts (Historical Collections of the Essex Institute,
v 20-1). He married 1st) Hannah Wicom (or Wycome) in 1718
at Rowley (Rowley vital records) and 2nd) Mary Dill of
York, Maine, sister of Enoch Dill (# 54 of this study),
in 1729.

35. Hannah Wicom (Wycome) (?-?) was born in Rowley, Mass-
achusetts (Rowley vital records; Blodgette and Jewett,

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Early Settlers of Rowley).

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...

64. Benjamin Whitney (1643-?) was born at Watertown,
Massachusetts. He married 1st) Jane ---,in York, Maine;
2nd) Mary Poor of Marlboro in 1695 (Pierce, Whitney).

65. Jane --- (?-1690) (Pierce).

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66. John Ford was horn at York, Maine.

67. Joanna Andrews is mentioned as being at Kittery in 1708
(Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Families).

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...

128. John Whitney (1589-1673) was the first immigrant to
bear the family name. Born in England, he emigrated to
Watertown, Massachusetts, in early life. He married twice:
1st) Elinor ---; 2nd) Judith Clement, in 1659. Both wives
died before their husband. There were nine children in all,
eight boys and one girl.
The advance of the younger Whitney sons from the first
American home in Watertown north along the Maine coast may
be read in Frederick Pierce's Whitney, the standard source
on this family. This information may be supplemented by
Melville's Aneestry of John Whitney——to a crucial point of
which, however, exception is taken by Jacobus in Genealogy
as Pastime and Profession. Since the name is a numerous one,
these references are usefully supplemented at some points by
local histories, of which Hugh McLellan's History of Gorham,

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Maine,is an important source for the branch here under
consideration.
The immigrant John Whitney is said to be descended
from three of the Magna Carta barons: Behun, Quincey,
and Vere (Cf. Worcester Telegram, Sunday, November 17,
1935). John Whitney came from one of the oldest and
most distinguished families in the west of England, the
Whitneys of Whitne. The ancestral castle survived many
centuries of border warfare.

129. Elinor --- died at Watertown, Massachusetts.

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...

256-273. Unidentified or in England, or both.

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WHITNEY HERALDRY

ARMS: Azure; a cross chequey, or and sable.
Upon a canton, gules; a lion rampant
argent.

CREST: A bull's head couped sable; horned
argent, horns tipped with red.

MOTTO: Fortis sed non ferox.

Rough translation:
"Strong/brave/valiant,
but not like a wild animal."

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A WHITNEY LINE IN ENGLAND

The genealogical numbering system used in the
main text is a convenient device to show even rather
complex relationships—as long as they are in the direct
line. We have extracted from the old records one rather
interesting branch of the Whitney family in England,
and present it here as an illustration of the flexibility
of the system as well as for its intrinsic interest for
historical reasons.
We start with the Whitney who emigrated to America.,
# 128 of our study:

128. John Whitney (1589-1673)
129. Elinor

256. Thomas Whitney
257. Mary Bray

512. Robert Whitney (Fourth)
513. Elizabeth Gulliis or Dugllm

1024. Robert Whitney (Third)
1025. Sybil Boskerville

2048. Rohert Whitney (Second)
2049. Margaret Wye

4096. James Whitney
4097. Blanche Milburne

8192. Robert Whitney (First)
8193. Lady Constance (as his 2nd wife)

(continued, over)

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16386. James Douchett
16387. Lady Eleanor (i.e.,mother of # 8193)
3211 A. Thomas Holland
32775. Lady Constance (i.e.,mother of # 16387)
65550. Prince Edmund (i.e.,father of # 32775)
131100. King Edward III
262200. King Edward II
524400. King Edward I
1048800. King Henry III
2097600. King John
4195200. King Henry II
8390400. Princess Matilda
16780800. King Henry I
33561600. William the Conqueror

Compiled by your editor——a direct descendant
of William the Conqueror (!)——at Riverside, Rhode Island,
on June 6, 1977.
Hugh Willoughby

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Copyright © 2020, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].

@@ Line 468: / Line 468: @@
       v.    [[Family:Whitney, William (c1795-1845)|<u>William Whitney</u>]] (cl798-?); twin of Patience.
       vi.   [[Family:Whitney, Stephen (1799-1885)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1799-1885); see above, # 4.
-      vii.  [[Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1803-a1840)|<u>Ebenezer Whitney</u>]] (1803-?)
+      vii.  [[Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1803-1877)|<u>Ebenezer Whitney</u>]] (1803-?)
       viii. <u>Patty Whitney</u> (cl805-?)
       ix.   <u>Miriam Whitney</u> (cl807-?)

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−	vii. <u>Joseph H. Whitney</u> (1832-1897); for details,	+	vii. [[Family:Whitney, Joseph H. (1832-1897)\|<u>Joseph H. Whitney</u>]] (1832-1897); for details,
	see # 2 above.		see # 2 above.

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             stenographer in South Meriden. His mother
             died four days after his birth.
-         b. [[Family:Whitney, Charles Henry(1857-1946)|<u>Charles H. Whitney</u>]] (1857-?); married Alice
+         b. [[Family:Whitney, Charles Henry (1857-1946)|<u>Charles H. Whitney</u>]] (1857-?); married Alice
          Reilley of Hartford.
             (i) <u>Earl Kenneth Whitney</u> (1895-   )

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-. [[Whitney, Stephen (1799-1885)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1799-1885) was born on May 3, 1799,
+. [[Family:Whitney, Stephen (1799-1885)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1799-1885) was born on May 3, 1799,
 in Gorham, Maine (McLellan, <u>History of Gorham</u>).  He married
 (1st) Abigail Mayberry, in May of 1819; (2nd) Catherine

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          ANNOTATED TABLE OF THE WHITNEY ANTECEDENTS
-. <u>Imogene</u> (sometimes Emmagene) <u>Whitney</u> (1862-1913) was
+. [[Family:Whitney, Imogene (1862-1913)|<u>Imogene</u> (sometimes Emmagene) <u>Whitney</u>]] (1862-1913) was
 the mother of Raymond Royce Willoughby and therefore heads
 the list of his maternal forebears.  She was born December 19,
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-. <u>Joseph H. Whitney</u> (1832-1897) was born on April 7,
+. [[Family:Whitney, Joseph H. (1832-1897)|<u>Joseph H. Whitney</u>]] (1832-1897) was born on April 7,
 (Whitney Family Bible), probably at Mechanic Falls,
 Maine.  His early life was spent in agricultural pursuits,
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 had these four children and other near descendants:
-         i. (Sarah) <u>Ella Whitney</u> (1852-1901) was married in
+         i. [[Family:Whitney, Sarah Ella (1852-c1901)|(Sarah) <u>Ella Whitney</u>]] (1852-1901) was married in
 , when she was 17, to Charles Lyman Wright at
          New Haven.  She died in a New Haven hospital while
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          separation.  He became something of a wanderer with
          his whereabouts chronically unknown.
-         iii. <u>Imogene Whitney</u> (1862-1913); <u>cf</u>. <u>supra</u>.
+         iii. [[Family:Whitney, Imogene (1862-1913)|<u>Imogene Whitney</u>]] (1862-1913); <u>cf</u>. <u>supra</u>.
          iv.  <u>Arthur E. Whitney</u> (1871) died a couple of weeks
          after birth (Meriden Vital Records).
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-. <u>Stephen Whitney</u> (1799-1885) was born on May 3, 1799,
+. [[Whitney, Stephen (1799-1885)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1799-1885) was born on May 3, 1799,
 in Gorham, Maine (McLellan, <u>History of Gorham</u>).  He married
 (1st) Abigail Mayberry, in May of 1819; (2nd) Catherine
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 and especially from Ruth Pinches, an experienced genealogical
 researcher and a member of this branch.
-      i.    <u>Lewis Whitney</u> (1821-?); married Mary ---. They
+      i.    [[Family:Whitney, William Mayberry (1821-1911)|<u>Lewis Whitney</u>]] (1821-?); married Mary ---. They
             had one child, Etta, who married — Phinney.
-      ii.   <u>William Mayberry Whitney</u> (1823-?); married
+      ii.   [[Family:Whitney, William Mayberry (1821-1911)|<u>William Mayberry Whitney</u>]] (1823-?); married
          Charlotte Plumb York, the daughter of William
          and Betsey (Bennett) York. There were two children:
-            a. <u>Lewis Campbell Whitney</u> (1853-1915); married
+            a. [[Family:Whitney, Louis Campbell (1853-1915)|<u>Lewis Campbell Whitney</u>]] (1853-1915); married
             Ellen ("Nelly") Viola Goodwin, the daughter of
             Charles Francis and Julia (Hitchcock) Goodwin,
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                   both retired, were living together in
                   New Britain, Connecticut.
-               (ii) <u>William Lewis Whitney</u> (c1879-?); married
+               (ii) [[Family:Whitney, William Lewis (1882-1941)|<u>William Lewis Whitney</u>]] (c1879-?); married
                Idella Kelsey and had two children:
                   (a) <u>Lewis William Whitney</u> (?-1941);unmarried.
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-                  (b) <u>York Mayberry Whitney</u> (cl916-1968);
+                  (b) [[Family:Whitney, York Mayberry (c1916-1968)|<u>York Mayberry Whitney</u>]] (cl916-1968);
                   died at age 52 in Orange, Connecticut.
                      (1) <u>William M. Whitney</u>; unmarried; in
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                      (2) Married daughter.
                      (3) Married daughter.
-         b. <u>Fred W. Whitney</u> (?-1931); married Rose Scanlon.
+         b. [[Family:Whitney, Frederick W. (1857-a1930)|<u>Fred W. Whitney</u>]] (?-1931); married Rose Scanlon.
             (i) <u>Mary Whitney</u> (cl885-   ); married Rupert
             Morey in about 1905.
                (a) <u>Howard Morey</u>.
-      iii. <u>Albion Whitney</u> (1825-?); married Malinda (Matilda?)
+      iii. [[Family:Whitney, Albion K. P. (1825-1904)|<u>Albion Whitney</u>]] (1825-?); married Malinda (Matilda?)
       Mountfort.
          a. <u>Everett K. Whitney</u> (1849-1919); married
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          g. <u>Frederick Augustus Higgins</u> (1863-?); married
          Emma Louise York of Boston in 1885.
-      v.   <u>Charles Crosby Whitney</u> (1829-1901); born in Gray,
+      v.   [[Family:Whitney, Charles Crosby (1829-1901)|<u>Charles Crosby Whitney</u>]] (1829-1901); born in Gray,
       Maine; married Maria S. Dix, daughter of Samuel Dix
       of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and of Eliza Bourne of
       Newington, Connecticut. He resided in South Meriden,
       Connecticut. Charles and his wife had five children:
-         a. <u>Arthur Whitney</u> (1855-1916); married Theresa
+         a. [[Family:Whitney, Arthur Stephen (1855-1916)|<u>Arthur Whitney</u>]] (1855-1916); married Theresa
          Clark, who died in 1888.
             (i) <u>Charles Arthur Whitney</u> (1888-?) was a
             stenographer in South Meriden. His mother
             died four days after his birth.
-         b. <u>Charles H. Whitney</u> (1857-?); married Alice
+         b. [[Family:Whitney, Charles Henry(1857-1946)|<u>Charles H. Whitney</u>]] (1857-?); married Alice
          Reilley of Hartford.
             (i) <u>Earl Kenneth Whitney</u> (1895-   )
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 ...
-. <u>Stephen Whitney</u> (1755-1848), son of Isaac Whitney and
+. [[Family:Whitney, Stephen (1755-1848)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1755-1848), son of Isaac Whitney and
 Sarah Crosby, was born in Saco, Maine.  He married Martha
 Irish in 1780, probably upon returning home from his service
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       iii.  <u>Ebenezer Whitney</u> (cl785-1801)
       iv.   <u>Patience Whitney</u> (cl798-?)
-      v.    <u>William Whitney</u> (cl798-?); twin of Patience.
+      v.    [[Family:Whitney, William (c1795-1845)|<u>William Whitney</u>]] (cl798-?); twin of Patience.
-      vi.   <u>Stephen Whitney</u> (1799-1885); see above, # 4.
+      vi.   [[Family:Whitney, Stephen (1799-1885)|<u>Stephen Whitney</u>]] (1799-1885); see above, # 4.
-      vii.  <u>Ebenezer Whitney</u> (1803-?)
+      vii.  [[Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1803-a1840)|<u>Ebenezer Whitney</u>]] (1803-?)
       viii. <u>Patty Whitney</u> (cl805-?)
       ix.   <u>Miriam Whitney</u> (cl807-?)
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 ...
-. <u>Isaac Whitney</u> (1720-1800) also married more than
+. [[Family:Whitney, Isaac (1721-1800)|<u>Isaac Whitney</u>]] (1720-1800) also married more than
 once; many women of that time died young, as our records
 prove.  His first wife was Sarah Crosby, the mother of
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 ...
-. <u>Nathaniel Whitney</u> (1680-?) was born in York, Maine,
+. [[Family:Whitney, Nathaniel (1680-c1768)|<u>Nathaniel Whitney</u>]] (1680-?) was born in York, Maine,
 and married there; he died in Gorham (McLellan, <u>History
 of Gorham</u>).
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 ...
-. <u>Benjamin Whitney </u>(1643-?) was born at Watertown,
+. [[Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1643-1723)|<u>Benjamin Whitney</u>]] (1643-?) was born at Watertown,
 Massachusetts. He married 1st) Jane ---,in York, Maine;
 nd) Mary Poor of Marlboro in 1695 (Pierce, Whitney).
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-. <u>John Whitney</u> (1589-1673) was the first immigrant to
+. [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|<u>John Whitney</u>]] (1589-1673) was the first immigrant to
 bear the family name.  Born in England, he emigrated to
 Watertown, Massachusetts, in early life.  He married twice:

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       iv.  <u>Mary Ann Whitney</u> (1827-1908); married Micah Higgins
       in 1846; resided in Portland, Maine.
-         a. <u>Samuel Curtis Stanwood</u> (Higgins?) (1848-7);
+         a. <u>Samuel Curtis Stanwood</u> (Higgins?) (1848-?);
          lived in New York.
-         b. <u>Mary Elizabeth Higgins</u> (1850-7); married 1st)
+         b. <u>Mary Elizabeth Higgins</u> (1850-?); married 1st)
          Frost; (2nd) Frederick Strout.
-         c. <u>Edwin Roscoe Higgins</u> (1852-7); unmarried.
+         c. <u>Edwin Roscoe Higgins</u> (1852-?); unmarried.
-         d. <u>Ada Almeida Higgins</u> (1855-7); married Harry
+         d. <u>Ada Almeida Higgins</u> (1855-?); married Harry
          Tobey; lived in Melrose, Massachusetts.
-         e. <u>William Weeks Higgins</u> (1857-7); died young.
+         e. <u>William Weeks Higgins</u> (1857-?); died young.
-         f. <u>Jennie May Higgins</u> (1860-7); married Charles
+         f. <u>Jennie May Higgins</u> (1860-?); married Charles
          Augustus Strout of Portland, Maine. They had a
          son, Edward Frost Strout.
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          a. <u>Arthur Whitney</u> (1855-1916); married Theresa
          Clark, who died in 1888.
-            (i) <u>Charles Arthur Whitney</u> (1888-7) was a
+            (i) <u>Charles Arthur Whitney</u> (1888-?) was a
             stenographer in South Meriden. His mother
             died four days after his birth.
-         b. <u>Charles H. Whitney</u> (1857-7); married Alice
+         b. <u>Charles H. Whitney</u> (1857-?); married Alice
          Reilley of Hartford.
             (i) <u>Earl Kenneth Whitney</u> (1895-   )
          c. <u>Emma Whitney</u> (1859-1861)
-         d. <u>Ada Whitney</u> (1862-7); married Alexander McRae.
+         d. <u>Ada Whitney</u> (1862-?); married Alexander McRae.
-         e. <u>Alena Eaton Whitney</u> (1867-7); married Edward
+         e. <u>Alena Eaton Whitney</u> (1867-?); married Edward
          Marsh Goodwin.
-      vi.  <u>Sarah Whitney</u> (1830-7); married Lemuel Goss; resided
+      vi.  <u>Sarah Whitney</u> (1830-?); married Lemuel Goss; resided
       in Auburn, Maine, in 1910.
          a. <u>William Goss</u>; died at about age 30; married