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Extracts from Whitney Genealogy Sources

This is a list of extracts from books, monographs, and periodicals which contain information on the Whitney family.

Related pages:

• Bibliography of Whitney sources of information.
• Sources Not Yet Extracted.
• Corrections to Published Sources.
• Biographies of Whitney Individuals.

Books and Monographs

• [various], Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants).

• Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949; "The Continental Congress"September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788; and The Congress of the United States From the First to the Eightieth Congress" March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950).

• [unknown], Benjamin Whitney of Marlborough and Boston, monograph, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, call no. G WHI 6885.

• [unknown], Memorial of the Golden Wedding of Asa Whitney and Clarinda Williams Married August 22d, 1816, monograph, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, call no. G WHI 6905.

• American Historical Society, Inc., History of Ohio (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925).

• American Historical Society, Inc., Whitney, Wyne and Allied Families, Genealogical and Biographical. Prepared for Mrs. Mary C. Whitney (New York, NY: American Historical Society, Inc., 1928), pp. 17-29.

• Anderson, Bobby, Whitney (Revised 1991) (Goodlettsville, TN: The author, 1991).

• Banks, Charles Edward. Planters of the Commonwealth, A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which brought them; their English Homes, and the Places of the Settlement in Massachusetts 1620-1640 [Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984 (original 1930)]

• Bole, Robert D., and Walton, Edward H., Jr., The Glassboro Story 1779-1964 (York, PA: Maple Press, 1964).

• Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps, and Notes.

• Burgess, Rev. G. A., and Ward, Rev. J. T., Free Baptist Cyclopaedia. Historical and Biographical (Chicago, IL: Free Baptist Cyclopaedia Co., 1889).

• Butcher, Thomas Kennedy, "The Pedigree of Whitney, reproduced in The Whitney Family of Connecticut, by Stephen Whitney Phoenix: An Investigation," (Henley-on-Thames: 1987).

• Cameron, Mable Ward, The Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women, 2 vols., (New York: Halvord Pub., Co., 1924-25.) Vol. 2 edited by Erma Conkling Lee.

• Coffin, Louis, The Coffin Family (Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 1962).

• Collier, Arthur Luke, A Family Sketch (1951).

• Copeley, William, New Hampshire Family Records (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1994), p. 778-779.

• Creed, Kenneth E., Jr., "Kenneth E. Creed Papers,".

• Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York.

• Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, 3 vols., (1913).

• Cutter, William Richard, Genealogy and Personal Memoirs of the State of Connecticut.

• Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, 4 vols., (1914).

• Davis, Gen. George Arthur, Some Royal, Noble, and Colonial Ancestors (Augusta, ME: The author, 1959).

• Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1899).

• Duncan, Ruth Cost, John Case and his Descendants (Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1991)

• Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, Farnsworth Memorial. Being a record of Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America (Manti, UT: L. A. Lauber, 1897).

• Flagg, Charles A., An Index of Pioneers from Massachusetts to the West, Especially the State of Michigan (Salem, MA: Salem Press Co., 1915).

• Towle, Martha Hannah, A History of Franklin: Past and Present, Fact or Fancy, Legend or Folksay, 1789-1989, (Franklin, VT: Franklin Historical Society, 1989), pp. 278-281.

• Frost, John Eldridge, Maine Probate Abstracts Volume 1 1687 - 1775 (Camden Maine: Picton Press, 1991).

• Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register: Supplement and Index. (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Historical Society, 1930).

• Gray, Ruth, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 3 (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992), pp. 303-307.

• Hall, Rev. Edwin, comp., The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (New York, NY: Baker & Scribner, 1847).

• Hanaford, Phebe A., Daughters of America; or Women of the Century (Augusta, ME: True and Co., 1882).

• Harford, Lucille M., The Country Cousin (1976).

• Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783, Rev. Ed. Washington, D.C., (The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co.: 1914) (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1967).

• Herringshaw, Thomas William, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. (Chicago: American Publishers' Association, 1902).

• Heverly, Clement F., Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1800-1825, vol. II, pages 211-212.

• Heywood, William Sweetzer, History of Westminster, Massashusetts (First named Narragansett No. 2), From the date of the original grant of the township to the present time, 1728-1893, with a Biographic-Genealogical Register of its Principal Families, (Vox Populi Press: S.W. Huse & Co., Lowell, Mass.: 1893).

• Hoar, Rockwood, William Whitney Rice: A Biographical Sketch, by Rockwood Hoar; also the Whitney Narrative, Being an Account of the Whitney Family, Written by Mr. Rice (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1897).

• Holman, Winifred Lovering, "Whitney Line," and "Whitney," typescripts, Winifred Lovering Holman Papers, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, call number Mss A H63.

• Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, (Rochester, NY: E.R. Andrews Printing Co, 1909).

• Hough, Franklin Benjamin, American Biographical Notes: Being Short Notices of Deceased Persons, Chiefly Those Not Included in Allen's or Drake's Biographical Dictionary (Albany: Munsell, 1875; reprint, Harrison, N.Y.: Harbor Hill Books, 1974).

• Huntington, Rev. Elijah B., [[Archive:Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Stamford Families|Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Stamford Families (Stamford, 1797).

• Hurlbut, Henry Higgins, The Hurlbut Genealogy, or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as early as the year 1637. With Notices of others not identified as his descendants, (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1888).

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, [New Haven, Conn., The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company] 1930-[31?].

• Johnson, Rossiter, ed., The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, 10 vols. (Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904). Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

• Kingman, Bradford, History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Family Registers (Boston, MA: the author, 1866), p. 682.

• Kingsbury, Frank Burnside, History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town, (Surry, NH: Town of Surry, 1925).

• Mackenzie, George Norbury, Ed., Colonial Families of the United States, orig. pub. 1907, reprint GPC 1966, R929.2 M, Vol. 1 - 7, MD Room, Wicomico Co. Library, Salisbury, MD, Vol. VI, pp 495 - 498.

• Marquardt, H. Michael, The Strange Marriages of Sarah Ann Whitney to Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, Joseph C. Kingsbury, and Heber C. Kimball (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1973, 2nd ed. 1982).

• Marquis Who's Who, Who Was Who in America (Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1966-present).

• McLellan, Hugh Davis, comp. & ed. by Lewis, Katharine B., The History of Gorham, Maine, (Portland, ME: Smith & Sale, Printers, 1903); reprint (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992).

• Melville, Henry, The Ancestry of John Whitney (New York, NY: DeVinne Press, 1896), pp. 207-259, 263-276.

• Mendon, Town of, The Proprietors Records of the Town of Mendon, Massachusetts, Incorporated May 15, 1667, (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1899).

• Middleton, Edith S., Marion Thomas Whitney: The Story of His Predecessors & Descendants: Parker, Greely, Tufts (Portland, OR: The author, 1995).

• Minot, James Jackson, M.D., Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Austin Whitney, 1826-1889 (The author, 1934).

• Morse, Rev. Abner, A.B., Genealogical Register of The Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1856), pp.257-260.

• Newton. Ephraim Holland. and John Pixley Clement, The History of the Town of Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont, (Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1930), pp. 260-271, 693.

• Northrup, A. Judd, The Northrup-Northrop Genealogy: A Record of the Known Descendants of Joseph Northrup, Who Came from England in 1637, and Was One of the Original Settlers of Milford, Conn. In 1639. With Lists of Northrups and Northrops in the Revolution (1908).

• Noyes, Sybil; Libby, Charles Thornton; and Davis, Walter Goodwin, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), page 750.

• Palmer, Abbie Faith (Whitney), Whitney Genealogy, manuscript in possession of Theodore Bartholomew Whitney as of 2005.

• Phoenix, Stephen Whitney, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), 3 volumes.

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago: 1895).

• Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts. A Descriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents (1900).

• Pruit, Bettye Hobbs, The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998).

• Rice, Franklin P., comp., Worcester County Warnings 1737 - 1788 (Worcester, MA: Systematic History Fund, 1899).

• Richardson, Frederick W., Nineteenth Century Springfield (Springfield, VT: Springfield Printing Corp., 2000), pp. 310-315.

• Ridlon, Rev. G. T., Early Settlers of Harrison, Maine, with an Historical Sketch of the Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of the Town, (1877).

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993).

• Sandiford, Edward Raymond, Some More Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney (Bloomfield, NJ: The author, 1941).

• Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. 4 vols. (1860-1862).

• Sears, Albert J., Early Families of Standish, Maine (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991), pp. 310-311.

• Sedgeley, George B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

• Shattuck, Lemuel, Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the progenitor of the families in America that have borne his name; including an introduction, and an appendix containing collateral information, (Boston, MA: Dutton and Wentworth, 1855).

• Sinnett, Rev. Charles N., Whitney Families of Maine, Compiled by Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett, Fertile, Minnesota: Abizer Whitney of Lisbon, Maine, and Descendants. Joseph Whitney of Gorham & Lubec, Maine, and Descendants. John Whitney of New Meadows, Brunswick, Maine, and Descendants, Indexed by Thelma Eye Brooks, P.O. Box 136, Waterville, Maine 04901, Reprinted by Kopy Eyes Co., Waterville, Maine, 1986.

• Smith, Dean Crawford, and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Part I: The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton, 1817-1879 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996).

• Stearns, Ezra S., A.M., Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable. Thirty Families. (Boston, MA: George E. Littlefield, 1911).

• Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, FASG, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1986).

• Temple, Josiah Howard, A Genealogical Register of Framingham Families Including All Who Took up Residence in Town Before A.D. 1860, (Framingham, MA: Town of Framingham, 1887), pp. 743-745.

• Thompson, George A. and Thompson, F. Janet, A Genealogical History of Freeman, Maine 1796-1938 in Three Volumes, Volume 3 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996), p. 291-300.

• Tibbetts, Lawrence F., &amp. Lamson, Darryl B., Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1997).

• Tolman, Newton F., editor, A History of Westminster, Massachusetts, 1893-1958, compiled by The Westminster Historical Society (Richard R. Smith Co., Inc., Peterborough, New Hampshire: 1961).

• Tucker, William Howard, History of Hartford, Vermont (Burlington, VT: The Free Press Assn., 1889), pp. 475-476.

• Wade, Virginia Gail Morrow, Our Pioneer Ancestors.

• Wallace, William Allen, History of Canaan, N.H. (Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1910), p 648.

• Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819, (Watertown, MA: Watertown Historical Society, 1906).

• Westmoreland History Committee, The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970 and Genealogical Data, (Westmoreland, NH: Westmoreland History Committee, 1976).

• White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower (Rockport, ME: Picton Press). Volume 1: The First Five Generations, Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire-2 Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham (1990). Volume 2: The First Five Generations, Documented Descendants Through his second child John-2 Howland and his wife, Mary Lee (1993).

• [?Whitney, Andrew?], [[Archive:Andrew Whitney [of] Ashby, Springfield and Fitchburg|Andrew Whitney [of] Ashby, Springfield and Fitchburg]] (1912).

• Whitney, Asa P., Ancestory [sic] and Genealogy of the Whitney Family typescript at NEHGS Library, Boston, MA.

• Whitney, Fred F., Whitney Genealogy: The Descendants of John Whitney who came from Whitney-on-the-Wye, England, to Pepperell, Mass., to Tunbridge, Vermont: Twelve Generations, 1553-1977 (Rutland, VT: The author, 1977).

• Whitney, Hallam S., and Weeks, Dr. F. E., comp., Whitney Genealogy of the Brothers, Judge Joshua and Gen. William Whitney of Binghamton, N.Y. (1932), typescript, NEHGS Library, call number Manuscripts G WHI 6956.

• Whitney, Henry Austin, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875).

• Whitney, Henry Austin, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England, (Boston, MA: 1859).

• Whitney, William H., A Watertown Farm in Eight Generations: A Memorial of the Whitney Family (Cambridge, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Watertown Historical Society, 1898).

• Whitney, William L[ebbeus], Some of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, Who Settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. (Pottsville, PA: M. E. Miller, Steam-Power Printer, 1890).

• Woodward, Harold Edward, Some Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward who came from England to Boston about 1630 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984).

• Young, David C. and Young, Elizabeth Keene, Vital Records from Maine Newspapers, 1785-1820 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993), p. 652-654.

• [unknown], Genealogy of Frederick H. Waldron from the Time of the Settlement of New Amsterdam (New York) Through the Waldrons, Whitneys & Riggses (New Haven, CT: Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1909).

Periodicals

• Allen County Public Library, Periodical Source Index, Ft. Wayne, IN.

• The American Genealogist, vols. 9-76.

Jacobus, Donald Lines, "Pre-American Ancestries: John Whitney of Watertown, Mass.," The American Genealogist, vol. 10 (1933-1934), pp. 84-88.

Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John¹ Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry¹ Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," The American Genealogist, vol. 69 (1994), pp. 9-14.

• Branches and Twigs (Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1972-1995).

• The Genealogist, vols. 1-18.

• The Mayflower Descendant, vols. 1-46.

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 1-158.

• The Whitney Whistler, vols. 1-7.

• Whitney News and Genealogy, vols. 1-5.

• Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, vol. 6.

• Lenzen, Connie, "Proving a Maternal Line: The Case of Frances B. Whitney," The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 82, No. 1, March 1994, pp. 17-31.

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