Mailing List:1999-06-15 01, Fw: Whitney-Worden crossings, by Jeanne Muse
Mailing List Archives > 1999-06-15 01, Fw: Whitney-Worden crossings, by Jeanne Muse
From: "Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse -at- csi.com> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: Whitney-Worden crossings Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:18:52 -0400 -----Original Message----- From: R. Kyser <sorryken -at- worldnet.att.net> To: jwmuse -at- csi.com <jwmuse -at- csi.com> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 4:21 AM Subject: Whitney-Worden crossings Dear Mrs Muse: I just discovered your page this evening, and spent some time digging through surnames. One that stood out was the marriage of Neil Leavitt Harvey, son of Delia Whitney and descendent of John, to Jane Worden in 1956. (Her tree was labeled "unknown".) This would not be the first time a Whitney married a Worden. My great-grandfather Charles F. Kyser's mother Samantha was a product of an earlier Whitney-Worden match. Lucretia Whitney, daughter of Brig. Gen. William Whitney and descendent of John, married Pardon Worden II in 1818. (This is illustrated on this genealogical chart: <a href="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Orrin-E-Sharp/GENE4-0051.html">http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Orrin-E-Sharp/GENE4-0051.html</a> , though be aware there are several mistakes on it, such as my grandfather Ralph and some of his siblings shown as the children, rather than the grandchildren, of Samantha.) Also of note is the fact that a Fanny Whitney married a Worden Babcock in 1829. (Perhaps he is an ancestor of composer Jimmy van Heusen, who was born a Babcock.) Finally, seeing your address brought to mind our family's six-month stay in Brevard in the mid-1960's. It was during that time that our brother Douglas Kyser, Jr., was killed in action in Vietnam. This makes me wonder how many of the other names on the wall in Washington belong to descendents of John Whitney. Sincerely, Ronald R. Kyser St. Paul, Minnesota
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