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Welcome!

Bob,

Thank you for becoming a member of the Whitney Research Group, and for posting your lineage.

I would like to know what information you have which connects the William Whitney with wife Roxana M. -----, of Sheldon, VT, in 1850, with William P. Whitney with wife Roxa Arvilla Kinsman, of Rochester, VT, in 1860. The former was aged 27, and the latter was born 12 Feb 1825, so their ages are not quite a match. Sheldon and Rochester are not near each other, the former being in northwest Vermont, near the Canadian border, and Rochester near the center of the state. Frederick Clifton Pierce, in his Descendants of John Whitney, in his sketch of William P. Whitney, has no mention of more than one wife or a son Rollin. While it is possible that they are the same, it seems to me that some further evidence is needed to make that identification beyond what is in the census records.

- Robert Ward - Talk to me 03:30, 29 April 2012 (CDT)

Rollin Whitney - Parentage (William Whitney)

Hi Robert, You will find that my GG-Father Rollin, is a challenge to trace. There are 3-Rollins that can be easily confused, 2-Rollin E and Rollin W are from Vermont and in the similar age era. There are records that I know of indicating a total of 4 Rollin Whitneys for his era. (There is one record shows Rollin living with a " Pond family and in a census confirming it.) There is a Rollin E married to a Maude " and homesteaded in Iowa along with Rollin W. My ancestor in question was married to a Rhoda Herrick in Michigan. Off hand I can't remember which archived record it was - indicating born in Vermont and fathers name as William (I will go through my collection of archive copies shortly)!!

Rollin E, my ancestor had children: Walter, Leon, Dewey, Alvin and Leona. The 1900,1910,1920 census confirms this! From this point these facts are confirmed and of course verified. You will find William P married June 1843 to a Rosanna or Roxanna (unk)at age 17. He also married a Roxanna Arvilla Kinsman in Sep 1852, which would place him at 27 yrs old. There are no records located of his first wife after this point, except the possibility of being adopted or living with the "Pond" family - the Family Search Website archives verifies this!!

I have gone to the extent of segregating all William Whitney's from Vermont and from same approximate era and track accordingly. This branch of my ancestry is the only apparent conflict and without confirmation! What does show a different outlook is the record of Rollin that stayed with the "Pond" family, which means either orphaned or simply living with others at the time!

Amaziah Whitney and Wife Sarah

Bob,

There are two Amaziah Whitney men: Amaziah⁶ Whitney (1771-1842), who m. Sarah Boyington (according to Pierce), and Amaziah⁷ Whitney, who m. Sarah Trull. The former lived in Worcester and Maryland, NY, and the latter in Roxbury and Danvers, MA, where they are found in census records. They were only distant cousins, being descended from different sons of the immigrant John¹ Whitney.

I believe the records of children of those men are substantially correct, although birth records for the former's family seem to be incomplete, due to a lack of recording in New York at that time. As a result, I will remove your comment from the page of the former Amaziah.

- Robert Ward - Talk to me 03:52, 3 July 2012 (CDT)