Archive:D. A. R. Lineage Books, Volume 11
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Volume 11, page 29
Mrs. A. Amelia Morse.
DAR ID Number: 10069
Born in Massachusetts.
Widow of William Frank Morse.
Descendant of Maj. Abishai Brown, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of George Washington Hildreth and Eliza Ann Whitney Brown, his wife.
Granddaughter of Abel Brown and Susan Stimpson, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Abishai Brown and Mary Farrar, his wife.
[p.29] Abishai Brown was a minute man at Lexington, and with him were his brothers, Jacob and
Zachariah. He commanded a company that marched to Cambridge in 1775, and served at the
siege of Boston. In the Rhode Island campaign he was promoted to major. He gave valuable civil
service at Concord, where he was born in 1746. He died in 1779 and his grave is marked by the
Sons of the American Revolution.
Volume 11, page 80
Mrs. Frances Whitney Strong.
DAR ID Number: 10201
Born in Ohio.
Wife of Lyman A. Strong.
Descendant of Sergt. Peter Whitney, of Connecticut.
Daughter of Benjamin F. Whitney, M. D., and Sarah Renfrew Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Thomas Whitney and Fannie Jennings, his wife.
Great-granddaughter of Peter Whitney, who marched from Wellington at the Lexington Alarm
and served at the siege of Boston. He was sergeant in the New York campaign of 1776, and in
1777 served as midshipman on the frigate ôTrumbull.ö He was a pensioner when he died in
Vermont in 1827, aged eighty-nine.
Volume 11, page 126
Miss Laura Gay.
DAR ID Number: 10321
Born in New York.
Descendant of Capt. David Whitney, of Connecticut.
Daughter of David Hyde Gay and Susan Gardiner, his wife. Granddaughter of William Gay and
Anna Seymour, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Seymour and Anna Whitney, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of David Whitney and Elizabeth Hyatt, his wife.
David Whitney served as a mariner and in his sloop he carried at Norwalk dispatches and supplies
for the army. He died at New Canaan in 1816, aged ninety-five.
Also Nos. 4695, 5828.
Volume 11, page 153
Mrs. Harriet Whitney Powe Baldwin.
DAR ID Number: 10393
Born in Connecticut.
Wife of Frank G. Baldwin.
Descendant of Abraham Batholomew, of Connecticut.
Daughter of William Powe and Emma J. Bartholomew, his wife.
Granddaughter of Jeremiah H. Bartholomew and Polly Hemingway Root, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Jonathan Bartholomew and Mary Hotchkiss, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Abraham Bartholomew and Eunice Orvis, his wife.
Abraham Bartholomew served in Sheldon's Light Dragoons in the defense of the Hudson. He died
in 1785 at Farmington, where he was born in 1732.
Also No. 5934.
Volume 11, page 188
Mrs. Anna Myrick Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 10485
Born in Massachusetts.
Wife of Frank Ormond Whitney.
Descendant of Maj. Samuel Armstrong, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Franklin Snow and Anna Elizabeth Armstrong, his wife.
Granddaughter of Washington Armstrong and Mary Hunt, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Armstrong and Nancy Allen, his wife.
Samuel Armstrong entered the army as ensign and served to the close of the war. He was with his
brother, John, when that colonel was killed at Harlem Heights. He was a member of the Cincinnati
and died at Boston in 1810, aged fifty-six.
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