Mailing List:2008-02-09 05, Re: Next Question!, by Jon Whitney
Mailing List Archives > 2008-02-09 05, Re: Next Question!, by Jon Whitney
From: Jonathan Whitney <ccreview -at- mediacombb.net> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Next Question! Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:06:36 -0600 References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Allan, I sent the following to you privately before I had read all of the postings. After reading this posting, I decided I had best post this for the WRG since it's obvious we are talking about the same family. My 3rd great-grandfather, Palmer, was a half-brother of Samuel Whitney. Jon Whitney Hi Allan, This is off the subject of what county a town is in, but you mentioned, in particular or in coincidental passing, Lima, New York. This is one of my major road blocks. My 4th great-grandfather Joseph Whitney is supposed to have died there as did his wife. She reportedly died sometime after 1784. I have some documentation that leads me to believe Joseph died about 1803. That is from a document that show his son going there for a period of time from Gilsum, NH, and then returning to Gilsum in that time frame. Our guess is that he went because his father died "killed by a falling tree" and he went to take care of the estate. My question is, do you have a Whitney connection in Lima, NY? I have been unable to trace Joseph Whitney or his wife Anna in that area. A cousin and I spent some time there, but were told there were no records extant of that period. We even went so far as to walk the cemeteries and did find a couple of Whitneys, but apparently no immediate connection to us. I am simply wondering if you have any information regarding Joseph and Anna (Palmer?) Whitney who reportedly died in Lima, NY, after moving there from Warwick, MA? Thank you for taking the time to read this. Hopefully, there is some "happy hunting" out of all of this. Jon Whitney Thomson (Carroll County), IL On Feb 8, 2008, at 11:58 PM, ALLAGREEN -at- aol.com wrote: > Dear WRG: > > Since so many of you are still up and on line, here's another > question. I am > working with the family of Samuel Whitney (1758 - 1831) whose > lineage is > John-1, John-2, John-3, Timothy-4, Joseph-5). The appropriate page > on the WRG > web site says he died 1 Jun 1831. It doesn't say where at the same > place as the > date. Later in the short bio it states that he resided in > Worcester, MA, > Gilsum, NH, and Lawrenceville, NY. My problem is that, with the > help of several > kind WRGers within the last half hour, I have determined that there > are three > Lawrencevilles, one in Greene > County, one in Saint Lawrence County, and one in Ulster County. > > How can I determine which of these three towns was the one where this > Samuel-6 Whitney lived, and since it was the last (and most > Western) place in which > he resided, probably died? > > I have a slight suspicion that this last question might well be one > for > Robert and Tim! > > If anyone else has an answer I will be most gratefully surprised. > > Happy Hunting! > > Allan E. Green > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (<a href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy">http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy</a>? > NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY- > request -at- rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
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