Mailing List Discussions, September 1996
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Jump to navigationJump to search==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:22:30 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 00:52:19 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Re: Welcome New Member! Hello everyone! I'm back from a glorious week in Grand Cayman. Have weeded through all my e-mail messages & have a new member to add to our group! Please welcome Ron Whitney who has this to say about his ancestors. Anyone with information to assist Ron, get in touch! :-) Jeanne <[email protected]> >>Hi, I got your name from Mary Ann Lindsay as a possible contact for my family tree search. I don't know what the protocol is, so I will tell you what I know, or think I know about my ancestors. Edgar (or Edwin) Whitney was born in England. Married Frances Hope who was from Stockport, England. They had four children. The oldest son Iscca (probably Isacc) was born in England. The others; Sabina, Alfred, & Oliver Cromwell Hope William Whitney were born in New Jersey. Edgar started for the west (leaving his family in New Jersey) to look for a new home; got as far as Louisiana, contracted Yellow Fever and died. His wife brought the family to live in Iowa at a later date. Sabina married someone named Smith and died in Seattle, Washington abt 1928-1930. Oliver Cromwell... was born August 31, 1848 in Bloomfield Twp., Essex Co., New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Ellen Polen. They had four children; Winnifred, Oliver F., Frances May Margette, & Edward Nelson. He married a second wife Marion Cameron who was born about 1870. They had three children; Iva, Olive Marion, & Dewey. >From the first marriage, Edward died at age 6. Don't know about Winnifred. Frances married Fred Radtke and lived to 106 (most of this info is from her). Oliver F. is my grandfather, born in 1879 in Iowa and died in 1909 in Britton, South Dakota. >From the second marriage I only know that Iva married an R. D. Atherton and lived in Westminster, California. Oliver Cromwell... died April 24, 1928 in Cody, Wyoming. Other than the above, I have a letter to him from a Bessie (Whitney) Bell dated March 27, 1928 from Mondamin, Iowa. It was signed "your niece". This is all I know. If any of this information ties in with what you have, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Ron Whitney--([email protected]) Ron and Roxie Whitney 1460 County Road 92 Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 Phone: 612.472.4021<< ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:23:12 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 10:28:39 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> To: "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Robert L. Ward" at <img src="/robertward.gif">, "Vickie (Elam) White" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Alice Whitney problem >>If the date of the will was misinterpreted and the date was really 17 Apr 1718/19 instead of 1713 this would still have been before his death and after the death of Alice. This would solve the problem. What do you think?<< Mary - it depends on how the date was written, I guess. Robert - is there a way the date could have been misconstrued? You're the only one who has seen Joshua Whitney's will. Thanks! :-) Jeanne ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:23:38 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 12:23:15 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Re: Whitney News 9-8-96 Hello all my Whitney cousins! First a request to be removed from our mailing list from Jerrie Moore - e-mail: [email protected]. On 9-8-96, Jerrie wrote: >>PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM MAILING LIST. I have sent three msgs to three different people and no one responds. I know everyone has other things to do and my Whitney's begin with John and Elinor's dau Ruth. Thank you. Jerrie<< I realize it's summertime & there are alot of things that get in the way of genealogy at this time of year. But I, too, have had a bit of trouble getting some folks to simply acknowledge that they rec'd my messages -- I'm specifically talking about messages directed only to them (not the group mailings). I hate to lose members simply because of lack of communication! Sorry to see you go, Jerrie! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barbara Black <[email protected]> sent me some interesting information regarding JOSHUA WHITNEY and ABIGAIL TARBELL/TARBALL. My research has not uncovered the spouse of their grandson JOSHUA WHITNEY (b. Groton, Mass in 1714) nor the children of his son AARON WHITNEY (b. 1798) who married SARAH BENNETT. Can anyone help confirm? On 9/6/96, Barbara wrote: >>An acquaintance shared her WHITNEY genealogy with me several years ago. I took notes.- Not seeing a Daniel I assumed there was no connection. Since that time I have learned that the father and mother of my DANIEL b. 1822 came from New York and the mother's name was BENNETT. I was reviewing disks and spotted the New York and the wife's name of BENNETT. Do you know the names of the children of AARON b 1789. and SARAH BENNETT? Could this be my DANIEL'S PARENTS.? I noticed that you (Jeanne) were the only descendent of JOSHUA in the WHITNEY group. Deacon JOSHUA WHITNEY b Watertown, Mass 1635. First Whitney b in America: m Abagail Tarball resided in Watertown and Groton Mass son WILLIAM WHITNEY b. Groton Mass 1678 m Lydia Perham of Mass or Ct. son JOSHUA WHITNEY b Groton , Mass in1714 son BENJAMIN WHITNEY b 1755 ct. d. 1801 Ct. m Amy Blodgett, Granville NY son AARON WHITNEY (War of 1812) b. 1798 in Granvill N.Y. m SARAH BENNETT, Mina, N.Y wife (?)Electa Leach son Issac Whitney son Aaron Whitney m Sarah Ellen Whitney (Benjamin brother of Aaron b1797-had 6 children; d in Sherman NY) was the father of Cornelius Whitney who was the father of Sarah Ellen Whitney) son Oliver Whitney d. in salem Oregon 1940 m Helen Winslow 1876 d 1950 daughter of Paris Rowell Winslow daughter Ruth Elva Whitney b 1918 m Ed Burton m Ken Vaughn Patricia's sister had this researched. << (Refers to Patricia Whitney-Wise) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- And, by the way, Mary Jean Manroe is also a descendant of Joshua Whitney, son of John & Elinor. (Right Mary?) Speaking of connections, if anyone else is not on Jon Aston's list of descendants and should be, contact Jon with your line so he can add it to our master database! I am continuing to find more information in "Bond" - & I will be sending a little at a time. Am finally finishing up the descendants of John & Elinor's son John who married Ruth Reynolds & will send the last of it in my next group message. Love to all! :-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse [email protected] 9/8/96 ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:23:49 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 12:23:49 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: More Desc. of John Whitney & Ruth Reynolds Re: Desc. of John Whitney & Ruth Reynolds We have some of this information already in our database, but this gives us additional documentation -- plus a few more names & dates. Remember to get in touch with Jon Aston <[email protected]> if any of my lists "connect" you! (And send us all a message with your success story!) Also remember that this is just one source. You will want to confirm this further, as Bond is not always the most accurate. Here are more Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, as printed in the source: "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston" by Henry Bond,M.D., Second Edition, Boston, 1860. >From pages 648 & 649: (These are the last 2 children of BENJAMIN WHITNEY and ABIGAIL HAGAR, David and Daniel.) Ensign DAVID WHITNEY, of Waltham, m. REBECCA _______(we have her last name as FILLEBROWN). His estate was divided, Ap. 30, 1745. Children: 1) Rebecca, b. Nov. 2, 1721; m. July 18, 1745, Thomas Stowell 2) David, b. Sept. 25, 1723; d. June 25, 1769; m. Mary (? Merriam). 1. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1751; m. Ap. 19, 1769, William Wellington. 2. David, b. July 9, 1753; d. Mar. 1, 1776 3. Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1756; m. Aug. 28, 1776 Bezaleel Wright, of "Murrayfield." 4. Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1780 Roland Blackman, of Weston. 3) Anna (Hannah), b. Aug. 8, 1725 4) Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1726-7 5) Ruth, b. Feb. 23, 1728-9; d. Ap. 23, 1757. 6) Josiah, b. Nov. 22, 1730; d. Dec. 3, 1800; of Waltham; m. June 15, 1762, Sarah Lawrence. She d. Sept. 14, 1794, aged 59. 1. Sarah, b. Ap. 18, 1763 2. Josiah, b. June 23, 1765; m. (pub. Jan. 10), 1790, Mary Barrett, of Ashby. After the birth of 4 chil., they were dismissed to the church of Ashby, Nov. 24, 1799. Chil., 1. Josiah, b. Mar. 20, 1791 2. Sally, b. Mar. 19, 1792 3. Jonas Prescott, b. Sept. 22, 1793 4. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1796 3. Rhoda, b. Aug. 22, 1768; m. May 8 1794 Amos Smith 4. Jonathan, b. May 8, 1772; by wife Sarah had 1. Josiah Quincy, b. 1805 5. Anna, bap. Ap. 2, 1775 6. Lucy, bap. July 28, 1776 7) Jonas, b. June 25, 1733 8) Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1735; d. Ap. 9, 1757 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DANIEL WHITNEY of Wat., m. DOROTHY ______ (we have her last name as TAINTER), who d. Aug. 7, 1788, aged 82. 1) Benjamin, b. Ap. 12, 1723; by wife Deliverance, had, 1. Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1745-6 2. Sarah, b. Sept. 1, 1749 3. Benjamin, b. Feb. 2, 1751-2 4. Deliverance, b. Nov. 20, 1757 2) Abigail, b. June 5, 1725; m. Mar. 17, 1745, Edmund Fowle of Wat., q.v. 3) Simon, b. May 20, 1727; d. Oct. 16, 1797; m. May 26, 1757, Mary Ruggles, who d. Mar. 12, 1773. Chil., 1. Nathaniel Ruggles, b. Mar. 19, 1759; Justice of the Peace; Town Clerk, and Schoolmaster; m. Abigail, dr. of James and Abigail (Bradish) Frothingham, b. May 24, 1760; d. Dec 17, 1833. Chil., 1) Nathaniel Ruggles, b. May 27, 1782; of E. Camb.; m. Dec. 1, 1806, Sally Stone. Chil., 1. Nathaniel R. 2. Jonathan Stone 3. Alexander 2) Polly, b. Feb. 10 1784 3) James Bradish, b. Mar. 23, 1786 4) Francis, b. June 29, 1788 5) Hannah, b. July 5, 1791 6) George Call, b. Aug. 18, 1793 7) William, b. Oct. 20, 1795 8) Simon, b. Oct. 30, 1797 9) John, b. Oct 10, 1800 2. Dorothy, b. July 11, 1760; d. 1761 3. Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. 1765 4. Grace, b. Jul, d. Sept. 1763 5. Lucy, bap. Oct. 25, 1767 6. Anna, bap. July 23, 1769 7. Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1773; m. Aug. 29, 1792, Phinehas Jennison *8. Simon, b. Ap. 12, 1778 *9. Richard, b. Jan. 12, 1782 <*Note: I have a 2nd marriage of Simon Whitney to Mary Seaver. Although Bond does not show this marriage, it's obvious Mary Seaver is the mother of child #8 and child #9 which I have indicated with a * above, since Mary Ruggles died Mar. 12, 1773. JWM> 4) Joanna, b. Sept. 20, 1729; m. Sept. 20, 1750, John Cooke 5) Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1731 6) Dorothy, b. May 31, 1733; m. Sept. 19, 1751, Nathaniel Coolidge 7) Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1735; of Waltham; m. Mary ______. Chil., 1. Mary Kimball, b. Ap. 2, 1775 2. Katherine, b. 21 Feb 1777; m. Feb. 17, 1803 Francis S. Hooker, of Rutland.<**Note: Bond has an error here. He has Catherine Whitney, dau. of Ezekiel Whitney & Catherine Draper, marrying Francis S. Hooker on this same date (Feb. 17, 1803) on p651. Don't know which Catherine/Katherine married Francis S. Hooker!> 3. Daniel, b. Nov. 8, 1778 4. Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1780. Chil., 1) Charles, bap. July 15, 1810 2) Ann Aspinwall, bap. Oct. 4, 1812 3) James Frothingham, bap. July 4, 1813 4) Sarah Watson, bap. Sept. 7, 1818 5) Martha 6) Bradshaw, bap. May 25, 1817 5. Israel, b. Aug. 14, 1782. Chil., 1) Sarah Barnard, bap. Feb. 19, 1814 2) Mary Ann, bap. FEb 19, 1814 6. Dorothy, b. Aug 4, 1784; m. May 9, 1805, Nathaniel Bright 7. Grace, b. Jan. 6, 1789 8. Elisha, b. July 21, 1792 8) Joshua, b. Ap. 3, 1737; m. Jan. 26, 1759 Mary Clarke, of Newton 9) Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Jan. 5, 1769, Hannah Tombs of Newton. Chil., 1. Benjamin, b. Mar. 10, 1769 or '70 2. Lydia, d. Dec. 28, 1776, aged 3 yrs. 3. Anna, d. Dec. 27, 1776, aged 3 yrs. 4. Hannah, d. Dec. 24, 1776, aged 17 months. 10) Israel, b. Aug. 6, 1741; m. Jemima _____. His estate was divided 1792. It adjoined the dower of wid. Abigail Fowle. Chil., 1. Anna, b. and d. 1767 2. Jemima, b. July 23, 1768 3. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1770 4. Dorothy, b. Nov. 10, 1771 5. Israel, b. Mar. 7, 1774; d. Sept. 1775 11) Lydia, bap. 1743 12) Grace, b. Oct. 22, 1744; m. Sept. 30, 1765, Josiah Biscoe 13) Elisha, b. Feb. 27, 1747; grad. Harv. Coll., 1766; was a physician of Hamilton and Beverly; M.M.S.S.; d. 1807 14) Lucy, b. June 30, 1749; m. May 22, 1766, Benjamin Dana of Camb. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This concludes all of the descendants of JOHN WHITNEY and RUTH REYNOLDS, as written in Bond. :-) Jeanne ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:24:51 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 18:26:06 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: More Descendants Found! Here are additional descendants of THOMAS WHITNEY-2 (John-1) & MARY KEDALL/Kettle as written in the "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston", Second Edition, by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860. >From p649 ELNATHAN WHITNEY-4 (Eleazer-3, Thomas-2, John-1) Elnathan Whitney, of Waltham, m. Sarah ______ (we have her last name as PERRY), who d. Oct. 22, 1756, aged 54, and he d. Ap. 18, 1759. Chil., 1) Elnathan, d. Mar. 8, 1729-30 2) John, b. Mar. 3, 1730-1; m. May 31, 1753 Mary Benjamin (*see below) 3) Aaron, b. July 15, 1734 4) Samuel, b. June 16, 1736; d. young 5) Ebenezer, b. Mar. 9, 1738-9 [? the "Ebenezer, of Sutton," who m., Oct. 4, 1762, Abigail Brown, of Weston]. 6) Elnathan, b. Mar. 28, 1741 7) Sarah, b. Feb 13, 1745-6 8) Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1751 JAMES WHITNEY-4 (Eleazer-3, Thomas-2, John-1) James Whitney, m. Nov. 8, 1722 Mercy Flagg. Chil., 1) Mercy, b. Sept 5, 1723 2) Abigail, b. Mar. 17, 1725-6 3) Lydia, bap. Mar. 30, 1729 4) Allen, b. Oct 19, 1731; d. 1736 5) Eunice, b. May 3, 1734; d. 1736 6) Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1737-8; d. 1740 7) Allen, b. May, d. Dec., 1740 8) James, b. Oct. 26, 1743 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Bond shows 2 different men named John Whitney marrying 2 different women named Mary Benjamin. He references the women with separate numbers - referring to his "Benjamin" family in the same book. Although they were of the same generation, they are not the same person. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No further information is given on the descendants of Thomas Whitney & Mary Kedall/Kettle. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On p652, Bond lists various marriages which he could not connect. I have searched our databases & cannot connect them either. All were married in Watertown, unless another place is listed: Uriah Whitney, of Natick, and Lydia Mason, m. Nov. 11, 1747 <This MIGHT be MICAH Whitney> Abraham Whitney and Mary Mead m. Dec. 3, 1772 Polly Whitney and John Dudley, of Lincoln, m. Aug. 29, 1793 Moses Whitney and Jane Polly, m. Sept. 11, 1796 Sukey Whitney and Jeremiah Knowlton, m. Ap. 13, 1800 Susanna Whitney and John Warren, m. July 17, 1749 Samuel Whitney and Mary Clarke, m. Mar. 1, 1742-3 Jonathan Whitney and Eunice Marshall, m. in Waltham June 15, 1758 Mary Whitney and Abraham Bemis m. in Waltham Mar. 7, 1768 Amos Whitney, of Watertown, m. Jan. 17, 1811, Martha Priest, of Waltham. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's it from Bond! Henry Bond, that is! :-) Jeanne ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:24:56 1996 Subject: Re: More Descendants Found! Date: Sun, 08 Sep 96 23:21:46 GMT From: [email protected] (Jo Ann Curbo) Jeanne, I haven't had time or resources to do much on my Whitney Line. But I believe that the Mary Whitney who married ??? Elkins, niece of Jeremiah Whitney d. Buckingham Va ca 1787, may be related to David (Davis) and Francis Whitney who were in Edgecombe Co., NC ca 1740. Do you have these Whitney's in your data base? -- Jo Ann Curbo P.O. Box 584 Lorenzo, TX 79343 [email protected] ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:29:00 1996 Date: 08 Sep 96 21:42:06 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Whitney Bible Records Hello all! In Vol 90 on pages 393-395 of the NEHG Register, I found an interesting section "Whitney Bible Records -- The following records have been copied from a Bible, printed in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1811, now in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society." This is the family of PETER WHITNEY-6 (Aaron-5, Moses-4, Moses-3, Richard-2, John-1). If anyone wants a paper copy of the original, send me your snail mail address. I will copy it here as written. Enjoy! :-) Jeanne Revd Peter Whitney born Seps 6th 1744 Miss Julia Lambert born April 9 1742 Married March 17th 1768 Children Thomas Lambert Whitney, Dec. 10, 1769, died June 24th, 1812, Age 43. Peter Whitney Junr, Jany 19, 1770. Julia Whitney, May 7, 1771, died Feb. 16, 1772 Julia Whitney, May 25, 1772 died Nov. 29 1800 Margaret Whitney, Feb. 12, 1774 Elizebeth Whitney, Sept. 6, 1775 William Whitney, Dec. 14, 1776 Aaron Whitney, Aug. 11, 1779 Sally Whitney, Nov. 3, 1781 Abel Whitney, May 23, 1783 John Whitney, Sept. 29, 1785 Marriages Revd. Peter & Julia Whitney, March 17th, 1768. Thomas Lambert & Mary Whit'y Sept. 3d. 1795 Peter Whitney Junr & Jane May __ 1800 Margeret Whitney, Octr. 1804 Sally Whitney, Jany 6th, 1806. Abel & Susannah Whit-y Decemr. 21st, 1809. John & Sophia Whitney Octr. 1809 Elizebeth Whitney May 1814 William & Zilpher Whitney March 1816 Revd. J. Edward Wright & Julia Ann Whitney Oct 4th 1876 Moses G. Howe & Abigail W. Whitney July 7th 1887 Benjn. White & Thankful White June 17th 1778 Abigail White Octr. 1800 Mariah White Septr. 1802 Benjm. Jun. & Ann White June 1810 Warren & Abigail White December 9th 1817 William L. Whitney and Lucy Ann Jones married October 18 1836 William L. Whitney and Rebecah R. Brackett married July 18th 1840 James Brackett and Susan Elizabeth Whitney Married January 31st 1856 Augustus A Whitney and Susan B Manning Married Dec 27th 1870 Wm L. Whitney Jun. and Alpa M. Nutt married Nov 12th 1872 A A Whitney & E A Sawyer Oct 26 1887 Births Revd. Peter Whitney Sept. 6 old stile new 17 1744 Julia Lambert April 9th old stile new 20th 1742 Thomas L. Whitney Decemr. 10th 1768 Mary Lincoln Jany 25th 1770 Peter Whitney Junr. Jany 19th 1770 Jane Lincoln Jany. 1775 Julia Whitney May 7th 1771 Julia Whitney August 26th 1772 Margeret Whitney Feby. 12th 1774 Elizebeth Whitney Sept. 6 1775 William Whitney Decemr. 14th 1776 Aaron Whitney August 11th 1778 Sally Whitney Nov. 3d, 1781 John Whitney Sept. 29th 1785 Benjn. White June 13th 1743 Thankful White March the 28 old style 1745 Abigail White March 20th 1779 Isaac White Sept. 1st 1780 Mariah White Sept. 15th 1782 Benjn. White Junr. April 13th 1784 Warren White Decemr. 20th 1790 Moses G Howe Aug 18th 1827 Husband of Abigail W. Whitney Abel Whitney May 23d. 1783 Susannah White July 7th 1786 William L Whitney March 11th 1811 Augustus Anson Whitney December 4th 1812 Benjamin White Whitney August 9th 1815 Susan Elizebeth Whitney Feby. 20 1817 Abigail White Whitney April 10th, 1827 Lucy Ann Jones born June 9th 1812 Rebeck R. Brackett march 26 1809 Lucy Ann Whitney August 14th 1841 William Lambert Whitney born Febuary 1 1844 Julia Ann Whitney born August 1st 1847 S B M W born Oct 1st 1817 Deaths Thom L. Whitney July 1812 Julia Whitney Febuy. 16 1772 Julia Whitney Novr. 29 1800 Isaac White May 29th 1781 Abigail Gore Decemr 2d, 1801 Benjn. White March 20th 1814 Mariah Bass June 10th, 1815 Revd. Peter Whitney February the 29th 1816 Benjn. Bass August 25th 1819 Madam Julia Whitney Jany. 10th 1821 Col William Whitney July 26th 1834 Ann White Feby. 28 1835 Thankfull White Novr. 17 1836 Lucy Ann J. Whitney Augt. 10 1838 Benjamin White July 7th 1839 Revd. Peter Whitney March 3d 1843 Margarett Whitney Feby 3d 1849 John Whitney Jany 2d 1850 Abel Whitney Feby. 22d. 1853 Elizabeth Whitney Adams Sept 26th 1856 Sally Whitney Brackett May 3d 1864 Warren White April 30th 1867 Susannah Whitney Dec 14th 1867 Benjamin White Whitney Dec 19th 1879 Rebecca R Whitney Dec 8th 1881 Susan B. M. Whitney March 5th, 1885 James Brackett, Aug 21st 1887 Augustus A. Whitney July 29th 1891 Susan Elisabeth Whitney Brackett September 21st, 1894 Moses Giles Howe August 13th, 1896 Evelyn A Whitney Sept 18th 1898 William Lambert Whitney, May 29th, 1900 ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:34:11 1996 From: Val Adkins and/or Mary-Lib Whitney <[email protected]> To: "ERIE-ROOTS users list" <[email protected]> Subject: HOBBY, ADKINS, WHITNEY Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 15:43:49 -0500 Hi Rooters, I've finally gotten some ancestral stuff up on my web page. As with life in general, it is still under construction. At any rate, there are 3 families included here. 1. Hobby--my birth family 2. Adkins--my adoptive family 3. Whitney--my friend Mary-Lib's family http://www.gremlan.org/~vadkins/hmpg/gen.html If, by some great miracle (I spend my best days dead-ended :>)), someone connects with any of these families, please let me know. If it happens to be one of my families, I'll bake you some wonderful homemade bread, directly after I'm finished doing cartwheels (and get out of traction). Val Adkins [email protected] ==================================================== From - Fri Sep 13 16:39:26 1996 From: Val Adkins and/or Mary-Lib Whitney <[email protected]> To: "NORTHEAST-ROOTS users list" <[email protected]> Subject: HOBBY, ADKINS, WHITNEY Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 15:46:03 -0500 Hi Rooters, I've finally gotten some ancestral stuff up on my web page. As with life in general, it is still under construction. At any rate, there are 3 families included here. 1. Hobby--my birth family 2. Adkins--my adoptive family 3. Whitney--my friend Mary-Lib's family http://www.gremlan.org/~vadkins/hmpg/gen.html If, by some great miracle (I spend my best days dead-ended :>)) someone connects with any of these families, please let me know. If it happens to be one of my families, I'll bake you some wonderful homemade bread, directly after I'm finished doing cartwheels (and get out of traction). Val Adkins [email protected] ==================================================== From - Wed Sep 18 23:13:37 1996 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:48:22 -0400 From: "Loren J. McCullough" <[email protected]> To: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: More Descendants I just found this in a book called Burke's American Families with British Ancestry Loren McCullough ****************************************************************** Descendants of Thomas Whitney 1 WHITNEY, Thomas . 2 WHITNEY, John b: 20 Jul 1592 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England/or Westminster, Eng. d: 1 Jun 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex Co. Massachusetts Baptism: 20 Jul 1592 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England ..... +?, Ellen b: 1597 in St. Margarets, Warwick, England m: 1618 in London, London, Middlesex, England d: 11 May 1659 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachuscetts Father: Mother: .... 3 WHITNEY, Mary b: 23 May 1619 .... 3 WHITNEY, John b: 14 Sep 1621 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England d: 12 Oct 1692 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA .... 3 WHITNEY, Richard b: 6 Jan 1623/24 in Hesworth, London, England d: 20 Sep 1719 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachuetts .... 3 WHITNEY, Nathaniel b: 1625 in England .... 3 WHITNEY, Thomas b: 10 Dec 1627 in England d: 20 Sep 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA ........ +KEDELL, Mary b: 1599 m: 11 Jan 1654/55 in Watertown, MA Father: Mother: ....... 4 WHITNEY, Thomas b: 24 Aug 1656 in Watertown, Middlesex co. Massachusetts d: 12 Apr 1742 ........... +LAWRENCE, Elizabeth b: 28 Feb 1658/59 m: 29 Jan 1678/79 d: 8 Feb 1740/41 in Bolton, MA LAWRENCE, George Mother: .......... 5 WHITNEY, Thomas b: 17 Sep 1681 .......... 5 WHITNEY, Elizabeth b: 16 Feb 1681/82 .......... 5 WHITNEY, John b: 13 May 1684 .......... 5 WHITNEY, Mary b: 13 Jan 1684/85 .......... 5 WHITNEY, Benjamin b: 7 Oct 1687 d: 24 Oct 1737 .............. +BARRETT, Sarah b: 28 Nov 1692 m: 7 Feb 1709/10 d: 15 Feb 1729/30 BARRETT, John Mother: ............. 6 WHITNEY, David b: 21 Jun 1717 in Marlboro, Middlesex, MA ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? ............. 6 WHITNEY, ? .......... *2nd Wife of Benjamin Whitney: .............. +BRIDGE, Abigail m: 1730 d: 1 Aug 1767 BRIDGE, Matthew Mother: ............. 6 WHITNEY, Abigail b: 13 May 1731 d: May 1793 ................. +AUSTIN, Samuel Father: Mother: ............. 6 WHITNEY, Benjamin b: 9 May 1732 d: Mar 1750/51 ............. 6 WHITNEY, George b: 27 Mar 1733 d: 26 Dec 1751 ............. 6 WHITNEY, Samuel b: 5 Sep 1734 d: 29 May 1808 ................. +CUTLER, Abigail m: 20 Oct 1757 d: 2 Jul 1813 CUTLER, David Mother: ................ 7 WHITNEY, Joseph b: 27 May 1771 d: 24 Jun 1812 .................... +COLLINS, Sally m: 24 Sep 1793 d: 22 Sep 1799 COLLINS, Elijah Mother: ................... 8 WHITNEY, Joseph b: 11 Jun 1796 d: 11 Sep 1869 ....................... +PRATT, Elizabeth m: 23 Jul 1822 d: 5 Jan 1890 PRATT, John Mother: ...................... 9 WHITNEY, Caroline Elizabeth b: 25 Oct 1825 d: 24 Apr 1908 .......................... +JOHNSON, Hezron Ayers m: 28 Nov 1867 Father: Mother: ...................... 9 WHITNEY, Henry Austin b: 6 Oct 1826 d: 21 Jan 1889 .......................... +LAWRENCE, Fanny d: 28 Jan 1883 LAWRENCE, William Mother: ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Henry Lawrence b: 27 Oct 1853 ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Joseph Cutler b: 7 Dec 1856 d: 18 Jul 1911 ............................. +HAYWARD, Georgianna d: 18 Dec 1933 in Boston, , MA HAYWARD, George Mother: ............................ 11 WHITNEY, Henry Lawrence b: 13 Jan 1886 ................................ +HOUGHTON, Rosamund m: 25 Aug 1923 HOUGHTON, Henry Oscar Mother: ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Georgiana b: 23 May 1925 ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Rosamond b: 1 Dec 1930 ............................ 11 WHITNEY, George Hayward b: 31 Jan 1892 ................................ +JORDAN, Dorothy m: 20 Jan 1925 JORDAN, Robert A. Mother: ............................... 12 WHITNEY, George Hayward b: 1 May 1927 ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Dorothy b: 23 Dec 1925 ............................ 11 WHITNEY, Robert Upton b: 6 Nov 1895 ................................ +BURGESS, Lucy Holman m: 18 Aug 1917 Father: Mother: ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Robert Upton b: 7 Jun 1918 ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Mary Burgess b: 13 Aug 1920 ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Fanny Lawrence b: 10 Aug 1922 ............................... 12 WHITNEY, Joseph Cutler b: 14 Apr 1927 ............................ *2nd Wife of Robert Upton Whitney: ................................ +SLINGLUFF, Dorothy McSherry m: 27 Sep 1935 SLINGLUFF, Richard S. Mother: ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Ellerton Pratt b: 21 Aug 1858 ............................. +SARGENT, Ellen Cushman m: 5 Jun 1901 Father: Mother: ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Elizabeth b: 23 Mar 1860 d: 19 Feb 1903 ............................. +MINOR, James Jackson m: 30 Oct 1884 Father: Mother: ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Constance b: 11 May 1865 ............................. +ZERRAHN, Franz Edward m: 11 Sep 1890 Father: Mother: ......................... 10 WHITNEY, Hugh b: 7 Sep 1870 d: 23 Oct 1907 ............................. +SHATTUCK, Eleanor m: 20 Oct 1897 Father: Mother: ...................... 9 WHITNEY, Sarah Josephine b: 18 Jan 1837 d: 24 Mar 1842 ................ *2nd Wife of Joseph Whitney: .................... +SMITH, Catherine m: 18 Oct 1803 SMITH, Henry Mother: ............. 6 WHITNEY, Anna b: 27 Oct 1736 d: 2 Jan 1762 ................. +BOWES, William m: 22 Dec 1761 Father: Mother: .......... 5 WHITNEY, Nathan b: 18 Nov 1689 .......... 5 WHITNEY, Susanna b: Abt 1691 .......... 5 WHITNEY, Abigail b: Abt 1693 ....... 4 WHITNEY, John b: 9 May 1659 d: 16 May 1659 ....... 4 WHITNEY, John b: 22 Aug 1660 d: 26 Aug 1660 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Eleazar b: 2 Sep 1662 in Watertown, Middlesex co. Massachusetts ....... 4 WHITNEY, Elnathan b: 2 Sep 1662 d: 8 Mar 1726/27 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Mary b: 22 Dec 1663 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Bezaleel b: 16 Sep 1665 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Sarah b: 23 Mar 1665/66 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Mary b: 6 Aug 1668 d: 6 Sep 1669 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Isaiah b: 16 Sep 1671 d: 7 Jan 1711/12 ....... 4 WHITNEY, Martha b: 30 Jan 1672/73 .... 3 WHITNEY, Jonathan b: 1634 in England d: 1702 in Sherburne, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts .... 3 WHITNEY, Joshua b: 15 Jul 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA d: 7 Aug 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex Co. MA .... 3 WHITNEY, Caleb b: 12 Jul 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d: 12 Jul 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts .... 3 WHITNEY, Benjamin b: 6 Jun 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex co. Massachusetts d: 26 Mar 1723 in Sherburne, MA/or Maine . *2nd Wife of John Whitney: ..... +CLEMENT, Judah (Judith) b: Abt 1595 m: 29 Sep 1659 d: Bef Apr 1673 Father: Mother: ==================================================== From - Sat Sep 21 23:40:21 1996 Date: 21 Sep 96 16:25:24 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Whitney Newsletter 9-21-96 Re: Whitney newsletter 9-21-96 Hello cuz! Welcome a new member Steve Kraus <[email protected]> who is researching OHIO / IOWA Whitneys. Here's his query, which he posted in the CompuServe Genealogy Forum. Contact Steve with any leads on his line. >>Seeking ancestry of Ed Ohel WHITNEY, B. 1842 OH. Served in Civil War with Brother Henry Newell who died at Andersonville Prison. Married Mary Esther Askren. Lived in near Fairfield, IA. Father's name was possibly Albert. E-mail 103002,2212 or fax available.<< ************ Dean Jackson <[email protected]> has found some Whitney photos! Here is his message to me (9-18): >>While digging thru old family papers I found a page out of the Saturday Evening Post. It was titled "From these forebears came the Whitney fortune". There are about sixteen pictures of Whitneys such as William C. Whitney, Payne, Pauline, Harry Payne, Cornelius Vanderbilt, etc. Anyone interested ?? Dean<< ************ One of our newest members, Ron Whitney <[email protected]> sent me this tidbit this week: >>I don't know if this will interest anyone in the group, but last year on one of our travels we found a little town and lake in NW Nebraska called Whitney. Zip is 69367. Being curious about the origin of the name, I sent a SASE to the Postmaster. Received the following response: "The original town (handwriting poor, but looks like 1885) was named Dawes City. It was on the south bank of White River. This town was abandoned and a new one started on the north bank (higher ground) 1887. This was named Earth Lodge. However, this name was changed to Whitney - Peter Whitney was an officer in Pioneer Town Site Company. The town moved when the railroad came. Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley." She said her grandparents on both sides were early Whitney residents. Her grandfather Birkitt started a general store in 1887. Ron the Miscwhit Ron and Roxie Whitney 1460 County Road 92 Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 Phone: 612.472.4021<< ************ Mary Ann Lindsay sent us this obituary: >>WHITNEY, Winston Lance "Winnie" - died Sept. 3, 1996 from a long time illness. He is survived by his devoted daughter Shannon Fern Whitney Pearce and brother, Ross Whitney. Friends and family are welcome to share in an afternoon of memories, Sunday, Sept. 22, 1996 at 2:00pm at Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Ranchoria Road, Nicasio, CA--- 415-662-2219.<< ************ Correction to my news of 9-14: >>ABNER WHITNEY-6, son of Samuel & Abigail, b. 18 May 1848<< change birth year to 1748! (typo) Does anyone have further info on the following: Capt. NATHAN WHITNEY b. (abt 1726?) d. 10 Aug 1803 (age 77) m. TABITHA MERRIAM (she died 26 Dec 1822) JOSIAH WHITNEY b. 1688 Groton, Mass d. 1766 JOTHAM WHITNEY b. 22 Aug 1797 Hadley, Mass d. 17 Jun 1872 Monkton, VT ************ Last week I gave you the children of SAMUEL WHITNEY-5 (William-4, Nathaniel-3, John-2, John-1). His 6th child: SILAS WHITNEY b. 20 Oct 1752 d. 14 Nov 1798 aged 46 m. Sarah Withington 27 Jan 1774 Per the NEHG Register Vol 75 p197 Sarah Withington was born at Stow, Mass., 1 May 1754 and died at Leicester 12 Jan 1820, daug. of William Withington-5 (John-4, Philip-3, Richard-2, Henry-1) and Sarah Locke (dau of Francis and Elizabeth (Winship) Locke). After Silas Whitney died on 27 Jan 1774, Sarah married 2nd in 1802 Thomas Earle of Leicester. Children of Silas Whitney and Sarah Withington were: 1) Susannah b. 29 Sep 1776; m. in Apr 1797 Josiah Brown; eight children 2) Silas b. 1 Oct 1779; m. Hannah Cushing 3) Sarah b. 1 July 1781; d. 14 June 1820; m. 27 Nov 1800 Capt. Caleb Wheeler 4) Samuel b. 20 May 1783; d. 9 May 1837; m. 12 Aug 1802 Abigail Wilder 5) William b. 5 Aug. 1785; d. 22 Jul 1852; m. 1st on 22 May 1808 Lucy Brooks; m. 2nd on 7 May 1830 Mercy (Burgess) Bemis. 6) Ohio b. 22 Mar 1789; d. 23 Mar. 1870; m. 1st on 3 Jan. 1809 Mary Bolton; m. 2nd in June 1844 Dorothy (Maynard) Brown. 7) Abigail b. 15 May 1791; d. 24 Jan. 1869; m. 8 Nov. 1807 Jesse Ellis-7 chil 8) Nancy b. 19 Nov 1794; d. 27 Jan. 1871; m. 23 Apr. 1811 Laban Cushing-12 chil ************ EVEN MORE DESCENDANTS FOUND! I found these in a Gedcom file which was contributed to CompuServe's Genealogy Forum. No sources were listed. JOEL WHITNEY-5 (Abel-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) b. 7 Sep 1741* (see note below) in York, Maine married in Abt 1767 (We have marriage date as 26 Sep 1765) MARY WEST (we have her surname as WESTON) (no dates or parents given). Joel and Mary (West/Weston) Whitney had the following children, all born in Jonesboro, Maine: 1) Ephraim Whitney b. 7 Nov 1770 m. on 9 Jul 1794 Sarah Noyes 2) Mary Whitney (no date given) 3) Paul Whitney b. 10 Jan 1785 4) Porter Whitney (no date given) 5) Reuben Whitney *= The birthdate for Joel Whitney of 7 Sep 1741 conflicts with our data. We have it as 21 May 1743, which I believe to be correct looking at the births of his siblings. However, I also have no source notes. Is he in Pierce? ************ That's all for this week! :-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse [email protected] 9/21/96 ==================================================== From - Tue Sep 24 06:23:51 1996 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 23:58:57 -0400 Subject: Looking for ties to this WHITNEY Line I have been anxiously reading all of the WHITNE mail for the previous months and have been updating my dataset along the way. I have been tied up with work lately and have not been able to jump in the activity very much. I sent this out to some when we first introduced ourselves a number of months ago but the list has grown quite a bit since then I am interested in any ties others may have to my particular WHITNEY line. Here is the direct line. I have a lot of sidelines if anyone is interested but am particularly interested in "later growth" in the tree John WHITNEY & ELinor Nathaniel WHITNEY & Sarah Hagar Nathaniel WHITNEY & Mercy Robinson Samuel WHITNEY & Elizabeth Hastings Samuel WHITNEY & Abigail Cutler Samuel WHITNEY & Susannah Kimball Newell Kimball WHITNEY & Elizabeth Ann Smith Isaac Groo & Mary Jane WHITNEY William Alfred Taylor & Vilate Whitney Groo Albert Christian Johnson & Ruth Groo Taylor Rulon Spilsbury Brown & Ruth Jean Johnson Robin Christopher Brown (ME) and Joy Ann Selch Heather Ann Brown (!/7 children) & Layne Curtis Bro I have quite a bit of data on this and closely related lines and would love to share. Thanks again for everyone's support of WHITNEY research. Robin Brown Dener, CO ==================================================== From - Mon Sep 30 17:22:10 1996 Date: 29 Sep 96 17:45:17 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Whitney Newsletter 9-29-96 Here's my weekly update. This weekend I have a brand new computer - Gateway P166 pentium with Windows 95. I am still learning the Win-95 interface, but looks like I'm going to like it. Now onto the Whitney news. LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER(s) to be in charge of a list/mail server for our group. As Jon Aston told us last week "Regarding the listserver, I believe it requires someone that is willing to devote what may be considerable time and perservance to keep up with it." From what I understand of it, setting it up will take the majority of the time, but once done, weekly maintenance is minimal (1-2 hours per week). I would be willing to be an active contributing member -- but, as I'm still in the work force (I own a very busy small business), I would not be able to be the sole manager. Does anyone have experience in this area? Suggestions?? Contacts?? The "pros" outweigh the "cons", in my opinion. Send me your feedback! We'll see what we can see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WELCOME NEW MEMBER --> Jessie Hamm <[email protected]> and add here to your address books. Here is Jessie's Whitney research interest posted to me on 9/23. Can anyone help her? >>Subject: Anna WHITNEY Percival Anna Whitney Percival was married to Warren Percival around 1800. Their first child Julianna was born in Poultney, VT in 1801. My Anna was said to be born in Hadley, Massachusetts, somehow related to the Eli Whitney family. As remembered, she had two brothers (or nephews), Joseph and William (or Wilson) who lived at Oswego, NY at the time of the Civil War. They were preachers and corresponded with the Percivals in Ohio. After her husband's death, she moved to DeWitt, Iowa, and lived with her daughter's family, Caroline and George Woodworth. She died in 1845 and was buried in DeWitt, Iowa. I would like to find her parents and her connection to Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin-if any. I have the Whitney genealogies, but can't find my Anna. Any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated. I can provide Percival ancestry for several generations back if you have any interest in them. Thanks for any information you can provide. Does one ever have the chance to review other association members' surname lists. I have found that several of my Percival sisters married Woodworths. Jessie Marie Hamm<< Jessie - you can request the Witney10.Ged gedcom file from Jon Aston <[email protected]>. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer to my query (newsletter 9-21)- Who is? JOSIAH WHITNEY b. 1688 Groton, Mass d. 1766 Vickie (Elam) White responded with this info. Still no connection. Anybody have other ideas? Don't know who these Whitneys are. On 9-22 Vickie wrote: >>I looked at Groton VR and found no birth, marriage or death record for this man. I also checked Dunstable, Chelmsford, Westford, Lancaster, and Townsend. The only thing I found was a Josiah and Miriam ( --) WHITNEY living in Chelmsford. They had the following children born in Chelmsford: Eunice b 5 Nov 1707 Martha b 10 Jun 1712 Josiah b 26 Jan 1714/5 Benjamin b 20 Nov 1718 Miriam b 9 Aug 1721 Peter b 17 Feb 1724/5 Elenor b 2 Apr 1727 A large percentage of the early Chelmsford settlers came from Concord and Woburn, so perhaps this Josiah WHITNEY came from one of those towns. If he is the right one, perhaps his birth record can be found there.<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jon Aston: Thanks for the copies of Steve Whitney's gedcoms. I like to keep current. Thanks all folks! Happy hunting! :-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse [email protected] 9/29/96 ====================================================
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