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


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                         PEDIGREE OF WHITNEY, OF CLIFFORD, IN HEREFORDSHIRE

                                      DESCENDED FROM A YOUNGER BRANCH OF THE WHITNEYS OF WHITNEY,
                                                           IN THE SAME COUNTY

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                               This Branch bore the same Arms as Whitney of Whitney, with a Crescent for Difference.

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                                  JOHN WHITNEY, of Gorsington,        = ... dau. and heir of John Michael Walter,
                                  in the parish of Clifford, in Here- | by the dau. and heir of Sir William Gor-
                                  fordshire, in right of his wife     | sington, of Gorsington, Knt.
                                      ________________________________|
                                     |
                                  Eustace Whitney, of Gorsington, Esq. = ..., dau. and heir of William Vaughan,
                                                                       | the tyrant of Clifford.
                                     __________________________________|
                                    |
                                  James Whitney, of Clifford, Esq. = Sibyl, dau. of ... Parry, of Newcourt, by the
                                                                   | dau. of Sir Henry Stradling.
                                      _____________________________|
                                     |
                                  Eustace Whitney, of Clifford, Esq. = Constance, dau. of Sir Richard Vaughan, of
                                                                     | Bredwarden, Knt.
                                     ________________________________|
                                    |
                                  James Whitney, of Clifford, Esq. = Anne, dau. and heir of Oliver Vaughan, of the
                                                                   | house of Hargest, in Herefordshire.
   ________________________________________________________________|______________________________
  |                                            |                                                  |
James Whitney, of Donhead = Mary, widow of  Richard Whitney, of Clifford. = Margaret, dau. of  Eustace Whitney, of Gorsington,     = Blanche, dau. of
in Wiltshire, Bachelor of   John Button,    Administration granted to his   Henry Vaughan, of  Esq., represented the family there  | Paulo de la Hay,
Divinity.                   of Donhead.     widow, Nov. 26, 1655.           Mancy, Esq.        at the time of the Herald's Visita- | of Hattons, in
                                                                                               tion in 1634; died in 1648.         | Herefordshire,
                                    _______________________________________________________________________________________________| Esq.; died before
                                   |                                  |                   |                                             1648.
                                 James Whitney, administered      Constance Whitney    Blanche Whitney.
                                 upon his father's estate, who 
                                 was then a widower, June 8,
                                 1648.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON.

1608, April 1. -- Eustace Whitney was licensed to convey the manor of
   Clifford to Roger Bodenham.
1588. -- Inquisitio post mortem on the estate of James Whitney, of Here-
   fordshire, deceased.


PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY.

1640, June 30. -- Administration on the estate of Thomas Whitney, of
   Marston in Herefordshire, Gent., to his son, Walter Whitney.
1648, June 8. -- Administration on the estate of Eustace Whitney, late
   of Clifford, Esq., to his son, James Whitney.
1655, Nov. 26. -- Administration granted to Margaret Whitney, widow of
   Richard Whitney, late of Clifford, deceased.


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