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The Whitney Family of Connecticut
by S. Whitney Phoenix
(New York: 1878)
Transcribed by Robert L. Ward.
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From a copy of the book at Heritage Quest Online.
Handwritten material in the front of the book:
Frances Selina Clark m. James Robert Neal s. John and Rebecca Wilson Neal b. Mar. 15, 1846 d. Jan 24, 1914 Their children were: 1. Louise Whitney Neal, b. Ap. 2, 1880 m. Julius Henry Wilson, M.D. b. July 7, 1878 in Chicago Their children: 1. Robert Neal Wilson, b. 1910 m. Dorother E. Wilson in 1937 daughter: Robert L. Wilson, married Joseph Charles Chapman in 1959 2. Richard Bradford Wilson, b. 1919 m. Harriet Elizabeth Gill in 1945 Children - Linda Kay, Bradford Lee, Constance Ann 2. Grace Wilson Neal, b. 1882 m. Alfred A. Crimp 3. Marguerite Gertrude Neal, b. 1888 m. William Stanley Threlfall Child of Marguerite & Wm. Threlfall: 1. Stanley Neal Threlfall, b. 1919 m. Joann Cooper, 1943. Children - Jerry Nan, William S., and Susan
Letter copied into the front of the same copy of the book:
(Copy.) London, Eng., Jan. 16, 1880. + + + + + I do not know whether Mr. Whitmore has mentioned to you the contents of my last letter to him, respecting the Whitney pedigree in Mr. Phoenix's splendid volume. If not, I may now say to you that Mr. Phoenix's suspicions being aroused as to the accuracy of the English pedigree furnished by Mrs. De Salis, he begged me to investigate it. It required but a single glance at the pedigree and her statements in the text, to enable me to determine that they were fictitious, as I saw at once that they stated what I knew to be impossibilities. A little investigation revealed all that she had done, and enabled me to determine exactly how she had done it. As this is now the third of her American cases which I have examined with similar results, I felt not only justified, but bound to interpose be- tween her and my countrymen. I taxed her with what I had discovered, and now have her confession that the two wills of Thomas Whitney and Ann Roberts, the alleged father and aunt of the emigrant Henry Whitney, on which alone the pedigree is based (as you will see by referring to the books), were pure fabrications, although she persists in declaring that they were not fabricated by herself, but by some mysterious assistant, whom she trusted. This, however, I have good reason for not believe- ing. I have also her written pledge that she will never again seek or accept a commission from the United States. I do not know yet what course Mr. Phoenix will pursue either here or at home, so perhaps you will guard what I now write as at least semi-confidential. After this experience, it is fair to presume that all her other American clients have been treated in a similar manner. Sincerely yours, Jos. L. Chester.
Hand-written letter pasted in the front of the same copy of the book:
New York April 29th Charles H. Guild, Esq. Dear Sir I have just recd. your letters of Sept. 10th 1880 and Oct. 4th of the same year, having been absent from home for eleven months. I should be much pleased to oblige you in the way indicated, but am precluded from doing so by my promise that the edition should be distributed only among members of the family and public libraries. Yours very truly, S. Whitney Phoenix
Newspaper clipping, date and name of paper unknown, pasted in the front of the same copy of the book:
The late Mr. S. Whitney Phoenix, who was a trustee in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York city, in which he always took a deep interest, has left in his will to that institution the art collections which it was his great pleasure during many years to gath- er. To the museum he has left all his statu- ary, oil paintings, drawings in watercolor and crayon, embroideries, framed engrav- ings, lithographs, photographs (excepting those relating to the history of the city of New York), lacquer ware, carvings in ivory, wood or methal; jade or precious stones, bronzes, enamels, rock crystal and glass, porcelain and faience, coins, silverware and mosaics. Mr. Phoenix has also made valu- able gifts to Columbia College, the Museum of Natural History and the New York His- torical Society.
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