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Blake, Francis E., "James Barrett's Returns of Men Mustered into Service, 1778", NEHGR, vol. L (1896), pp. 15-19.

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June ye 23, 1778

To the Honorb. Council for the State of Massachusetts bay I have mustered the nine months men and there names are as follows

Marlborough Men

James Whitney

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Davis, Andrew McFarland, "Alphabetical List of Partners in the Land Bank of 1740," NEHGR, vol. L (1896), pp. 308-317.

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WHITNEY, WHITTNEY, WITNEY, Jonathan.

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Francis Bacon Trowbridge, "Notes and Queries: WHITNEY GENEALOGY", NEHGR, vol. L (1896), p. 357.

I send for the REGISTER corrections to the "Whintey Genealogy," by Col. F. C. Pierce.

No. 193, pp. 59-60. "Squire" Joshua Whitney's wife was Amy Blodgett, daughter of Dr. William and Sarah (Spalding nee Hall) Blodgett. She was born 16 February, 1723-4, in Plainfield, Conn. Their daughter ABIGAIL WHITNEY was born 10 January, 1744, in Plainfield, married 2 June, 1768, in Plainfield, Capt. Asa Bacon of Canterbury, Conn., and died 21 September, 1821, in Woodstock, Conn. Captain Bacon was a son of "Leftenant" John and Ruth (Spalding) Bacon, was born 21 November, 1734, in Canterbury, and died there 15 October, 1819. He was active and prominent in town affairs, and was an officer in the Revolution.

New Haven, Conn. . . . . . . . . FRANCIS BACON TROWBRIDGE.

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"Book Notices," NEHGR, vol. L (1896), p. 377.

[A review of The Ancestry of John Whitney, by Henry Melville:]

The Ancestry of John Whitney, the first title on our list, is a superb volume. Its elegant paper and print, its stamped vellum cover, and the number and excellence of its illustrations, commend it to the most fastidious taste. "At the beginning of the work, the results of which appear in these pages," says Mr. Melville, "Mr. Joseph C. Whitney, of Boston, with great courtesy placed freely at my disposal a mass of memoranda accumulated in the course of several years of investigation by his late father, Henry Austin Whitney." With the clews found in Mr. Whitney's manuscripts, Mr. Melville pushed his investigations into English genealogy with enthusiasm, and the result is the volume before us. The surname Whitney is traced in this volume to Sir Robert de Whitney of Whitney &c., Knight, living in 1242 and mentioned in "Testa de Neville." Abundant details of later generations of the Whitneys to the beginning of the seventeenth century, when John Whitney came to New England and settled in Watertown, are here preserved. There are nearly fifty appropriate illustrations, such as views of castles and their ruins, monuments, coats-of-arms, maps and plans, fac-similes of ancient documents, etc. Several large folding tabular pedigrees are also given. The Whitneys of America owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Melville for the thorough manner in which he has pursued his researches into the history of the English Whitneys and their honorable record.

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Blake, Francis E., "James Barrett's Returns of Men Mustered into Service, 1777-1778," NEHGR, vol. L (1896), pp. 468-482.

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June: 6: 1777

To the Honorb. Council for the State of the massachusetts Bay I have musterd & paid the Bounty to the men Whose names are Hearafter menshoned Sence my Last Returne Viz

Col. Jackson Batt

Capt. Benjm. Brown Company

Phineas Whitney

[p. 476] Concord June ye 23: 1777

To the Honorb. Council for the State of Nassachusetts Bay I have musterd & paid the Bounty to the men Whose names are Hearafter menshoned Sence my Last Retune Viz

Col Nixon Battallen

Capt Cory Compa

Butler Whetney

[p. 477] Concord August ye 5: 1777

To the Honorb. Council for the State of massachusetts Bay I have musterd & paid the Bounty to the men Whouse names are Hearafter menshond Sence my Last Return Viz:--

Col Biglow Battallen

Capt Brown Com

John Whitney

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Col Roberson Battallen

Capt Parker Company

Daniel Whitney

Col Roberson Battallen

Capt Lacin Company

Uriele Whitney

[p. 481] June ye 11: 1778

To the Honorb. Council for the State of the massachusetts bay I have musterd & paid the Bounty to the men Whose names are Hearable menshond Sence my Last Returne viz

Colo Lee Battallen

Capt North Company

James Whitney

Concord August ye 8: 1778

To the Honorb. Council for the State of the massachusetts Bay I have musterd & paid the Bounty to the men whose names are Hereafter menshond Sence my Last Returne Viz

Colo Lee Battallen

Capt North Company

James Whitney

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