Mailing List Discussions, June 1999
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:36:31 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fanny, Free, Hugh, Gene, Bert, and Vic To: [email protected]
I am searching for my great great grandfather's sibling's descendants. Do you know any information about the following brothers and sisters?
Frances Jane 'Fanny' WHITNEY, b. 1847, m. Southwick E. FRITZ. Last known residence: 1900, Nunda, Livingston Co., New York.
John C. Freemont 'Free' WHITNEY, b. 1849, m. Eliza (-----). Last known residence: 1888, North Topeka, Kansas.
Hugh Monticello WHITNEY, b. 1851 (my ancestor).
Eugene Lamont "Gene" WHITNEY, b. 1854. Last known residence: 1907, Idaho.
Egbert Dermont "Bert" WHITNEY, b. 1861. Last known residence: 1888, Buffalo, New York.
Victor Hugo "Vic" WHITNEY, b. 1869. Last known residence: 1888 Canaseraga, Allegany Co., New York.
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:43:12 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WHITNEY marriages in Idaho To: [email protected]
If your WHITNEYs were from Idaho, there are many WHITNEY marriages listed at:
http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbsearch.asp
Have fun!
Tim
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 21:28:33 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] James children spouses To: [email protected]
I have James' marriage to "Mrs. Rhoda Peet" as "married second," no date & no mention of children. Spouses for James, I have:
Abraham - m. Philena Adams
Hannah - m. Major Samuel Chard
Zerah - m. Jane Demond 2/19/1808 (Jane Demond b. 12/22/1788,
died 6/25/1843. Zerah died in Bradley, Mich.1/15/1873
Ruth Ann - m. (not listed)
Jerush - m. Henry Shenuck
James - m. Maria Cass
Sarah - m. Amason Washburn (Sarah listed as d. 1839)
Philo - m. Jerusha Wheeler, second Aurelia Wheeler
Ezra - m. (not listed)
Eli - m. Dorcas Austin
Ethiel - m. Elizabeth Leonard
Abel - m. Eliria Beecher
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 21:53:18 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Abraham Johnson & Frances Bennett Whitney, child of: To: [email protected]
Son, Willard Johnson Whitney, born Grand Rapids Michigan Dec. 12, 1876, died September 4, 1954 (G.R. Mich.)
Married 11/24/1897 Carrie Myrtle Fannaff, born April 26, 1878, died
1942
children: infant died at birth, 1898
Chester Gaylord Whitney, born G.R. Mich. June 18,
1901 died April 17, 1975; married Marguerite Sigmon, born 11/18/1898 North Vernon, Indiana, died Grand Rapids, Mich. October 7, 1954. Children:
Wyman Gaylord Whitney, born December 28, 1929, died Feb. 8, 1968
Geraldine Whitney, born January 24, 1937
Merry Janet Whitney, born October 9, 1938
Wyman Gaylord Whitney married Maxine Sterenberg, 1957
Son, Sherard Willard Whitney, b. 1959?
Maxine remarried, second husband adopted & changed surname of Shard
to "Stariha"
Is other information useful, such as military service, etc.?
Merry, [email protected]
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 20:23:30 -0700 From: The Fergusons <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Lida (Whitney) Zander; 1877-1950; MI To: [email protected]
Here is what information I have on my gg-grandmother, Lida (WHITNEY) ZANDER.
>From Death Certificate: b. 26 Oct 1877 in Shiawassee County, MI d. 30 Dec 1949 in Detroit, MI mother: Carrie STICKLER father: Jerrod WHITNEY
Obituary from Saginaw News, Michigan, 1 Jan 1950:
ZANDER, MRS. LIDA Passed away yesterday at the home of her son James Morley Jr. at 3744 West Philadelphia Ave., Detroit, Mich., after a two week illness. Mrs. ZANDER was born in Shiawassee County on October 26 1877 and has resided here 40 years. Lida WHITNEY was married to J. Morley ZANDER in 1903. Mr. Morley passed away January 11, 1949. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church and was recording secretary of the Saginaw Bible Conference. She leaves one son, James Morley ZANDER of Detroit, Mich.; one brother, Frank J. WHITNEY of Altoona, Florida; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Funeral will take place Tuesday 1 p.m. from the Wallace and Chilson Funeral Home. Rev. A. C. Edwards officiating. Burial in Ellington Cemetery at Caro. She may be seen Monday noon until time of service.
Are any of you related to or aware of this family? I'd love to find out more about them.
Sheri Ferguson
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:52:03 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney marriage in NY To: [email protected]
Hi again list, Didn't get any comments to my post a few days ago so I thought I would give it one more try. Is anyone researching this line? Kim Schildwachter
William Wesley WHITNEY Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Harriet Bostwick MOORE Marriage: 2 Mar 1836 Lyons, Wayne, New York
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 08:45:16 -0800 From: Bud Reel <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] John Whitney,Son of Emory, page 332 To: [email protected]
To anyone that may get me around or over my brick wall. My GGrandfather JOHN F. WHITNEY b aug. 1834. That is all that I knew of him. Now I find what I believe to be him in Pierce book but he is Married to the wrong lady (Mary McMillen) My records (un-documented) say that he married (Pentalope Ward) of New Brunswick Ca. Could he have married twice? Johns Son CYRUS C. WHITNEY was born in Vermont 10/Aug 1861. (un-documented) There is a family rumor that they were both born in England. Boy am I up against a big stump. Heeeeeeeelp. Thanks to all. Lenard Reel
From: "Mike and Annette Poston" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:00:43 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: whjitney family (fwd) To: [email protected]
WRG,
I suspect that the lady who wrote to me is concerned with one of the children of Henry Whitney of Chesterville, ME, but my files are currently boxed up and I can't lay my hands on the relevant folder at the moment.
I have suggested that she consult Robert and Tim's website (http://www.whitneygen.org/) and that she subscribe to this group, but perhaps one of you has the information at your fingertips.
Mike Poston Rockville, Maryland
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From: J. Michael Poston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: whjitney family (fwd)
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 20:11:10 -0000
>From: lanochawk <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: whjitney family
>
>Dear Michael:
>
>While browsing on rootsweb, I found that you are researching the Whitney
>family. I also have a Whitney in the family tree and hope that you can
>provide some information.
>
> Abigail
> b. 3/1804
>
> d. 4/161856
>
>married 11/26/1824 to Noah Mortimer Soper, Sr.
> b. 1/30/1804
> Chesterville, Maine
> d. 2/10/1834
>
>Children of Noah and Abigail:
>
> George b. 3/6/1830
> Minerva b.8/14/1832
> Noah Mortimer, Jr. b.4/18/1834
>
>Any information that may have, would be welcomed.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Anne
>
>
>
>
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:17:31 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Mike's forwarded inquiry about Abigail Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear Anne, Mike and WRG:
Apropos Anne's query and Mike's response:
>Dear Michael: >While browsing on Rootsweb, I found that you are researching the >Whitney family. I also have a Whitney in the family tree and hope >that you can provide some information.
> Abigail, (Here I assume Whitney, AEG) b. 3/1804, d. 4/161856 > married 11/26/1824 to Noah Mortimer Soper, Sr., b. 1/30/1804 > Chesterville, Maine, d. 2/10/1834 > Children of Noah and Abigail:
George b. 3/6/1830
Minerva b.8/14/1832
Noah MortimerJr., 4/18/1834
>Any information that may have, would be welcomed. >Thanks, Anne
(Mike's response forwarded to WRG) I suspect that the lady who wrote to me is concerned with one of the children of Henry Whitney of Chesterville, ME, but my files are currently boxed up and I can't lay my hands on the relevant folder at the moment.
I have suggested that she consult Robert and Tim's website (http://www.whitneygen.org/) and that she subscribe to this group, but perhaps one of you has the information at your fingertips.
Mike Poston
I happen to have the children of Henry & Abigail (Walker) Whitney that Mike sent me earlier, data that he had dug out of the Vital Records of Chesterville, ME, FHS Film #010792. His guess without his records at hand is logical, especially since the mother's name was Abigail. However, an Abigail was not among the children listed, and another, Henry, is listed as having been born in February of 1804. The first Henry, the father, had a brother named Timothy, who also had children born around this time in Chesterville, but his daughter born in March of 1804 was named Rebeckah. So, unless Anne's birthdate was incorrect, or the name was not Abigail but Rebeckah, we don't have a match.
This same Henry Whitney DID have a daughter named Abigail Warren Whitney, born 26 July 1824, the only child with his second wife, Martha Warren, and seemingly named for his deceased first wife and his second. This Abigail died in 1836 in Chesterville, at age 12.
I have looked through all the other Maine families having children around the 1804 time and have found none with a daughter named Abigail, much less in that year. That is not to say that there wasn't one, just that I don't have her in my database.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I'm looking forward to September, when I'll be able to run up to the Library of Congress at will from our new home in MD, and meet more of you who reside in the DC area.
Allan E. Green
P.S. I just leafed further through the North Yarmouth Vital Records, where Henry and Abigail's first two children were born, and noted that the infamous Abigail Milk Wheeler, wife of the mysterious Jabez Whitney of no known provenance, was from Chesterville. Perhaps this Abigail stems from the same source as Jabez??
AEG
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:11:09 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] HEZEKIAH-1742-1801-VT To: [email protected]
Is anyone researching the family of HEZEKIAH WHITNEY? He was b ca 1742 in CT.and marr. SARAH TAYLOR. Their children:
1. Thankful
2. Jeremiah
3. Zadock
4. Nathan
5. William
6. Josiah
7. Hezekiah
8. Jesse
9. Ira
10. Sara marr John PARSELL
11. Hannah marr John G. HUYLER
12. Margaret marr. Henry EATON
Hezekiah's will was written 22 Nov 1797 and proved 7 April 1801 in Wolcott, Orleans, VT. His wife, Sarah wrote her will 27 December 1802 and it was proved 21 March 1803 in Wolcott. Their daughter, Hannah #11 above, evidently died between 1801 and 1803...would like to learn where and when she died. Also, data on the other children of Hezekiah and Sarah.
Helen Stevenson [email protected] Washington State
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 22:35:45 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] HEZEKIAH-1742-1801-VT To: [email protected]
Dear Helen:
This Hezekiah Whitney is part of the descendants of Henry Whitney of CT, and is found in the on-line database with thirteen children, eight of whom have descent included in the same source. See the database at our new website at:
Please write to the WRG again after you have explored this source, and let us know if we can be of further help. We would eventually be interested in whatever extension you could supply to the point where you link into the existing database.
Happy Hunting!
Allan E. Green
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:12:16 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Eleanor WHITNEY and Albert CHENEY NY > MI To: [email protected]
I'm not familiar with an Eleanor Whitney and Albert Cheney marriage. You might research it further on this web site: http://www.whitneygen.org Good luck!
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: "undisclosed-recipients:;"@aol.com <"undisclosed-recipients:;"@aol.com> Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 12:53 AM Subject: Eleanor WHITNEY and Albert CHENEY NY > MI
>Thank you for all the helpful information on Daniel WHITNEY of CT on the
>GenForum/WHITNEY
>
>Do you know anything of an Eleanor WHITNEY's marriage to Albert CHENEY?
>The union may have taken place in NY or MI, possibly Barry County MI? I
>believe she may fit into the Daniel & Martha [BURT] WHITNEY or Thomas &
>Hannah [PARKER] WHITNEY family:
>
>Name: Albert CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>Birth: ca 1840
>Spouse: Eleanor WHITNEY
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>Birth: ca 1840
>
>Children
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>1 M: Alfred CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>2 F: Alley CHENEY
>Spouse: Charles BURPEE
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>3 M: William CHENEY
>Death: 1928
>Spouse: Hannah BAULCH
>Marriage: 21 Apr 1897 Highbank, MI
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>4 M: John CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>5 M: Male.5 CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>6 M: Male.6 CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>7 M: ?Male.7? CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>8 F: Mary CHENEY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------
>9 F: Lydia CHENEY
>Spouse: Raymond
>
>
>Notes for John (Child 4)
>Married
>Died Young
>
>
>Notes for Male.5 (Child 5)
>Died of lung problems
>
>
>Notes for Male.6 (Child 6)
>Died of lung problems
>
>
>Notes for ?Male.7? (Child 7)
>Died of lung problems
>
>
>Notes for Mary (Child 8)
>Died at 16 or 17 years
>
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>Website: http://www.nvisionet.com
>1 Henry WHITNEY
>2 John & Elizabeth [SMITH] WHITNEY
>3 Henry & Elizabeth [OLMSTEAD] WHITNEY
>4 Daniel & Thankful [BURT] WHITNEY
>5 Daniel & Martha [BURT] WHITNEY
>6 Thomas & Hannah [PARKER] WHITNEY
>7 Jonathan & Mary [WHITNEY] NICHOLS
>8 Henry Lorenzo & Mary Ann [NICHOLS] TOBIAS
>9 James Horace & Addie Orabelle [TOBIAS] WINSLOW
>10 Maj Lloyd Raymond & Bertha Anne [WENDT] WINSLOW
>11 Sgt Raymond Clibborn & Irene Lucile [CUMMINGS] WINSLOW
>12 James Bernhard & Mary Faith [POWERS] WINSLOW
>13 James Raymond WINSLOW
>
>Winslow Motto: "Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again"
>
>
From: "Mike and Annette Poston" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Mike's forwarded inquiry about Abigail Whitney Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:39:39 -0400 To: [email protected]
Allen Green wrote:
>Dear Anne, Mike and WRG:
[snip]
>Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I'm looking forward to September, when
>I'll be able to run up to the Library of Congress at will from our new home
>in MD, and meet more of you who reside in the DC area.
We look forward to having you more or less in the Washington area and wish
you well in your move.
> >Allan E. Green > >P.S. I just leafed further through the North Yarmouth Vital Records, where >Henry and Abigail's first two children were born, and noted that the infamous >Abigail Milk Wheeler, wife of the mysterious Jabez Whitney of no known >provenance, was from Chesterville. Perhaps this Abigail stems >from the same source as Jabez??
It would be nice to think that Jabez had a sister. At the moment I think he
must have crawled out from under a rock. Abigail Milk Wheeler, however, has
a well understood lineage.
Thanks for helping.
Mike Poston Rockville, Maryland
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:02:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Whitney <[email protected]>
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: Cute Cartoon - I've tried it. To: [email protected]
> I've tried this cartoon address, and nothing bad happened. It's funny,
> especially for genealogists.
>
> http://deseretnews.com/edt_toon/wed.htm
Here's another:
http://www.inkstains.com/
or
(Skywalker family genealogy Cartoon re LDS online)
(If it's not there any more, see
)
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:13:54 -0400 From: Tim Whitney <[email protected]>
[email protected]
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] The Whitney's To: [email protected]
I visited Lakeside Pa this past weekend and visited my Great grandfathers grave Alonzo Whitney(1850-1931) and his wife Della Simpson (1858-1929). They are buried in the Presbyterian cemetery in Sesquehana. My grandfather Leonard son of Alonzo is buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Sesquehana. If any body has any information at all on Alonzo (ie where he lived and worked ect) I would appreciate it. I find it hard to believe that Alonzo left the farm in Arat and worked in Sesquehana without ever running into Leonard.
While visiting Alonzo's grave I saw a marker for a Cora Whitney next to his b.1884 and d.1973. Does anybody know who she is and her decendants?
I also stopped off at a cemetery in Jackson where I found a marker for Elbert G. Whitney- I couldn't make out any dates. I found a marker for a Laura Whitney by marriage and a possible Frank H. Whitney. Again all I could make out were the names. If any one has information these people I would appreciate it as well. I also found the marker of Betsy Lamb wife of Torrey Whitney in this cemetery. I checked the South Gibson cemetery but found no Whitney's. We did pass another cemetery in the middle of Gibson off route 92. It was off the road about a quarter of the mile on a hillside. We tried to find a road in to it, but had no success. There might be some Whitney's buried there. It would be near the area where the Whitney farm was in Gibson/Arat PA.
Thanks,
Tim
From: "Kathy Beaucher" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:10:27 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] RE:looking info Anne Whitney 1844-1922 To: [email protected]
Hello, I am not a member of the Whitney family,but I am doing some research ,and if it is not to much trouble I would appreciate any help. I need to find some information on Anna Whitney,born Nov 30,1844 in Cambridge Ma. The daughter of Asa Hammond Whitney born, Boston 1819. Her mother was Laura Leffingwell Henshaw. Anna never married and lived most of her life in Lancaster Ma. She died in Lancaster on Aug. 10,1922. She was educated at the Lasell seminary in Auburndale. She was a teacher for many years in Lancaster.She was a trustee and board member of the local library. She was an artist and she had a small art studio. she did a lot to promote women's rights. She ran a dog kennel and was known all over the country for the St Bernards she raised. She was also one of the only women judges at the dog shows in Boston,and New York. What I am trying to find out is did she leave a family collection, Perhaps diaries, or other papers? Do any of her paintings still exist.?Perhaps these things have been passed down among Whitney family members. Or maybe they were given to a historical society someplace. I have tried the Lancaster historical commission and the local library. Neither of them have anything. I even tried the Worcester historical society because Lancaster is part of Worcester county and they had nothing. If any one on this list knows anything about this Anne Whitney I would love to hear from you. Or if any one has any ideas of other places that I can locate information on her personal papers .I am not even sure if the type of papers and diaries I am looking for ,even exist . .I would love any help I can get ,Thank You all, for letting me take up your time,and thank you for any help you can give me. Kathy
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:18:16 -0700 From: Shawn Whitney <[email protected]>
"Listserver, WHITNEY" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] RE:looking info Anne Whitney 1844-1922 References: <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
Of course there was the "artist" Anne Whitney (1821-1915) daughter of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Sally Stone. She also never married, graduated from college and lived in the Boston area. Not the same one? If you need more info on this one, I have a chapter in a book I could transcribe. Shawn
Kathy Beaucher wrote:
> Hello, > I am not a member of the Whitney family,but I am doing some research ,and if > it is not to much trouble I would appreciate any help. > I need to find some information on Anna Whitney,born Nov 30,1844 in > Cambridge Ma. The daughter of Asa Hammond Whitney born, Boston 1819. Her > mother was Laura Leffingwell Henshaw. > Anna never married and lived most of her life in Lancaster Ma. She died in > Lancaster on Aug. 10,1922. She was educated at the Lasell seminary in > Auburndale. She was a teacher for many years in Lancaster.She was a trustee > and board member of the local library. She was an artist and she had a > small art studio. she did a lot to promote women's rights. She ran a dog > kennel and was known all over the country for the St Bernards she raised. > She was also one of the only women judges at the dog shows in Boston,and New > York. > What I am trying to find out is did she leave a family collection, Perhaps > diaries, or other papers? Do any of her paintings still exist.?Perhaps these > things have been passed down among Whitney family members. Or maybe they > were given to a historical society someplace. I have tried the Lancaster > historical commission and the local library. Neither of them have anything. > I even tried the Worcester historical society because Lancaster is part of > Worcester county and they had nothing. If any one on this list knows > anything about this Anne Whitney I would love to hear from you. Or if any > one has any ideas of other places that I can locate information on her > personal papers .I am not even sure if the type of papers and diaries I am > looking for ,even exist . .I would love any help I can get ,Thank You all, > for letting me take up your time,and thank you for any help you can give me. > Kathy
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 07:37:37 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WRG's Ten Most Wanted List To: [email protected]
As most of you are aware, we still have many unsolved mysteries in our WHITNEY research. In an effort to solve these problems, I suggest we create a "Ten Most Wanted" List. Each problem on this list would be outlined by the researcher(s) most familiar with the problem and placed on the new WRG web site for others to see. Each outline might contain the following information:
A short title.
Author's name(s) and contact information.
A paragraph outlining the problem.
A detailed and fully-cited description of the problem containing everything known about the individual in question.
A list of sources checked without positive results.
A paragraph describing suggestions for further research.
Off the top of my head, I would think that the following would probably make it on the list:
1. John-1 Whitney's Ancestry 2. Henry-1 Whitney's Ancestry 3. Samuel-1 Whitney's Ancestry 4. Origin of Jabez Whitney 5. Origin of Ebenezer Whitney who married Huldah Mooers etc.
The criteria for a research problem making the list as well as for the ordering on the list would be based on the number of WRG members affected. This would probably go hand in hand with the time that the person lived - earlier problems would be more likely to make the list.
Can you think of a research problem that might make the Ten Most Wanted list? If so, speak up! We'll then ask for a volunteer(s) to write up an outline.
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:00:06 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Passing To: [email protected]
Shirley E. Thatcher, 74 TOWNSEND-- Shirley E. (Whitney) Thatcher, 74, of 52 Brookline St., died yesterday at Birchwood Care Center, Fitchburg, after an illness.
She leaves two sons, David S. Thatcher of Brookline, N.H., and James
R. Thatcher of Amherst, N.H.; two daughters, Anne M. Adams of Townsend and Janet L. Philbrick of Ashby; a brother, Donald Whitney of Newton, Kan.; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Two brothers, Edward R. Whitney Jr. and Woodrow L. Whitney, predeceased her. She was born in Brattleboro, Vt., daughter of Edward R. and Rita May (Clough) Whitney. She lived in Townsend for 56 years.
Mrs. Thatcher was a member of the Townsend Congregational Church.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Townsend
Congregational Church, 7 Brookline St. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at T.J. Anderson & Son Funeral Home, 250 Main St.
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:41:32 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] James B. Whitney, VT, ~1856 To: [email protected]
I believe I have found the progenitor of a separate and distinct Whitney line.
All my evidence points to a James Packard, born 1856, prob. July 4th if the age recconing from his death record is right, being taken in by an Ara And Sara (Chamberlain) Whitney sometime before the 1860 Census. Tracking this couple through the census shows a 4 yo James Packard in 1860, a 14 yo James Whitney in 1870, and a 24 yo James Whitney in 1880. Marriage record for Ara And Sara indicate first marriages for both in their early-mid 30's. James' birth record has not been found under either surname in the microfilm at Middlesex, VT. I have not yet investigated a birth record under Chamberlain, but I am not suspecting James is Sara's illegitamate son since the couple also appears to have taken in an older unrelated girl. (There is a Packard/Chamberlain family connection but the records are incomplete to draw conclusions that Sara may have taken in a relation.) But a marriage and death record for James B Whitney have been found. The marriage record does not list a mother, but the father is listed as James Packard Whitney. (I suspect the clerk didn't understand that James Packard was the full name and not the first and middle. I have found no trace of a James Whitney in the right place and time to be James B.'s father. I would welcome such a piece of evidence, but really think I am looking for a Packard father or mother). On James B.'s death record his father is listed as Eric (pretty close sounding to Ara) and Sara Whitney. I am sure they survivors only knew of the people who raised him at thetime of his death. Nothing had been passed down in family lore to hint at an "adoption" of any sort. All James B.'s records and those birth records of his children indicate he was born in Stockbridge, VT. By 1860 he was in Rochester, VT and later he, Ara and Sara moved to Hancock, VT. Upon his marriage he moved from Hancock to Rochester.
My quest is to find James Packard/James B. Whitney's birth parents. I am also curious about Ara Whitney and Sara Chamberlain's families and ancestors, since I suspect there might be a blood relation to James. Ara and Sara appear to have not produced any of their own children. Except for James, Ara is the end of the line and there is probably no one tracing him. If anyone has anything on Whitneys, Packards, and/or Chamberlains in and around the 3 towns I mentioned that may relate to James, I'd appreciate knowing about it.
Thanks. -Denise
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:01:50 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Willard Whitney & 6/4 database search
To: [email protected]
I noticed when looking at the data base log that a search on June 4 was entered for WILLARD WHITNEY, WILLARD STRAIGHT, and WILLARD WHITNEY STRAIGHT. I am aware of two Willards -- one, my grandfather, was Willard Johnson Whitney, b. 12/12/1876, d. 9/4/1954, parents Abraham Johnson Whitney (b. NY Jan, 1820, d. G.R. Mich 3/12/1891; son of Zerah, b. Conn. 6/10/1784), & Francess Bennett Whitney.
The other Willard, Willard Straight, married Dorothy Whitney, daughter
of William Collins Whitney & Flora Payne Whitney (NY). There is much information on Wm Collins Whitney, the Paynes, and Dorothy & Willard Straight in Swanberg's "Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress," Scribner Publishing - I think published in the 1970's, but could have been '60's.
Merry Whitney
From: "Glenn Barnett" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 18:52:32 -0300 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Marriage To: [email protected]
I'm not sure where this took place or who they are. Maybe someone knows! Sharon
Marriages and Deaths
from Vol. X of Proceedings & Collections of Wyoming Historical & Geological
Society
GOODWIN POLLY, m. November 3, 1816, to Eliot Whitney.
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 20:24:17 -0400
From: Gene Whitney <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] newby
To: [email protected]
Hello all,
Just subscribed to this site. I am not at all familar with tracing
family names. My father's name is Chester,C. Whitney. His father's is Richard Whitney, both from N.Y. Richard's father"s name is William. Richard married Clara Pixley, then moved to Detroit Mi. died in 1934 or 35. Anybody out there who can get me started on tracing this branch?
Thanks, Gene Whitney
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 21:03:04 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Marriage To: [email protected]
At 06:52 PM 6/4/99 -0300, Glenn Barnett wrote: >I'm not sure where this took place or who they are. Maybe someone knows! >Sharon > > >Marriages and Deaths >from Vol. X of Proceedings & Collections of Wyoming Historical & Geological >Society >GOODWIN POLLY, m. November 3, 1816, to Eliot Whitney.
I'm pretty sure this was Eliot/Elliott-7 WHITNEY [Elisha-6, Joshua-5, Nathaniel-4, Nathaniel-3, John-2, John-1]. Polly GOODWIN was daughter of Abraham and Catherine (KING) GOODWIN, b. 1790-1800, Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co., PA.
Reference: John S. Goodwin, "The Goodwin Families in America: Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Tompkins Co., N.Y., and Luzerne Co., Pa., Goodwins," _The William and Mary Quarterly_ (1899), vol. 8, no. 2, supplement, pp. 61-95.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: "Kathy Beaucher" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] RE:looking info Anne Whitney 1844-1922 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 21:42:43 -0400 To: [email protected]
Shawn wrote:
>Of course there was the "artist" Anne Whitney (1821-1915) daughter of Nathaniel >Ruggles Whitney and Sally Stone. She also never married, graduated from college >and lived in the Boston area. Not the same one? If you need more info on this >one, I have a chapter in a book I could transcribe. >Shawn
Thank you so much for the offer but I don't believe that it is the Anna Whitney I am looking for. Although they do seem to have alot in common.Perhaps they were cousins. My Anna lived in Lancaster with another sister who never married named Emma. She also had a brother Harold. And I think also a sister Laura. Thank You Kathy
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 00:11:56 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ebenezer from Ireland? To: [email protected]
The following was posted to the WHITNEY Family Genealogy Forum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitney/
If this is true and can be verified, we've just solved one of our Ten Most Wanted! Well, maybe not solved, but it sure would point us in a new direction of research. Did we know about this source before or is this really new to us?
Posted by Ginger Hoch <[email protected]> on June 04, 1999 at 18:43:11:
I'm new to the site -- one week - but have this reference, from a manuscript "The Genealogy of Ebenezer Whitney," by Doreen Menzies Arbuckle, 1986:
"Ebenezer WHITNEY, Sr., b. cir. 1747, d. 15 Aug 1810, aged 63, bur. at the Enclosure, Newcastle, NB, Canada. m. Hulda Mooers 17 Jan 1769 at Sheffield, on the Saint John River near Fredericton. She was dau. of Peter and Mary (HOW) MOOERS of the Maugerville area. ... Land petition No. 520, 1809, states that he was a native of Ireland."
When I build my email contacts, I hope to have more details from the NB Whitney family.
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
From: janet <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 07:17:22 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] 10 Most Wanted List To: [email protected]
I definitely have a MOST WANTED. George Addison Whitney. I will get my information together.
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 10:32:37 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Henry Whitney To: [email protected]
I am wondering if anyone has any data on a Henry Whitney in
Illinois? I have reference to a lawsuit that occurred in Iroquois County, Illinois, Circuit Court in 1846, in which a Henry Whitney and Henry L Marsh were plaintiffs against John Strickler defendant.
This indicated that John Strickler gave a promissory note on
May 15, 1845, in Milford, Illinois, in Iroquois County, Illinois, to Whitney & Marsh, promising to pay on or before January 1, 1846 six hundred eighty four and 50/100 dollars and did not do so. I have a copy of this Court Document
I am interested in that it is possible he was the husband of
Polly Whitney, who appeared in the Iroquois County, Illinois, 1850 census, along with a child that I believe was my great grandfather, James Whitney, and with six other children, and all of whom were shown as being born in New York.
If I can learn something about this Henry Whitney, I think it
is quite possible that I can go on back and identify the antecedants of my Great Grandfather, whom I have been seeking for over four years. I have been unable to find Polly Whitney in either an earlier or later census in this area.
Any help that can be furnished, would be much appreciated.
Ray Whitney, Topeka, Kansas.
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 10:22:43 -0400 From: Barbara M Jacobs <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY, Judson Henry -- parents and/or siblings To: [email protected]
Does anyone have information on the parents and or siblings of the following WHITNEY? He is my maternal g grandfather.
JUDSON HENRY WHITNEY, b. October 7, 1853 in Keeneyville, Tioga County, PA -- d. February 24, 1905 in Gold, PA. Married (1874) ELLA S. WESTBROOK, b. May 3, 1857 in Keeneyville, Tioga County, PA -- d. February 25, 1943 in Lake Placid, NY at the home of her youngest son, Lynn Ellis Whitney, Sr.
Both Judson and Ella are buried in Farming Hill Cemetery in Gold, PA
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 22:46:34 -0400 From: Jonalee Slackta <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ten most wanted To: [email protected]
I too have a definitely have a MOST WANTED. Ezra Leonard Whitney born between 1790-1800 New York and died after 1850 Spring Arbor, Jackson, MI.married Julia Pelton 1822 in Livingston Co, NY. born January 10, 1804 Lyme, Grafton, NH and died 1852 in Kalamazoo, MI. Who are Ezra parents?
From: "Marion Leska" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ten most wanted Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 17:57:39 -0700 To: [email protected]
Hi, Again I offer my gggGrandfather Calvin,as one of the ten most wanted. He appeared in the Thomaston,Maine area about 1810 (guesstimate) with his brother, or at least it has been said it was his brother, Haynes. They supposedly came from the Woodstock area of Vermont. He and his wife, Eliza Everton, declared intentions to marry 7 May 1817, 12 Oct 1819, and 4 Oct 1821. They finally were married 29 Nov 1821. Their children were born 7 Apr 1816, 25 Apr 1818, 28 Jan 1822, 10 Nov 1823, 19 June 1826, and 31 July 1830. He died in October 1832. His wife subsequently married Joseph Thompson. All this information comes from the Camden-Rockport, Maine town records. The second marriage of Eliza is "documented' in the DAR records, in one of the earliest books. I have been dead-ended on this for several years since finding out and proving that Pierce was in error concerning this individual. I nominate Calvin as one of the ten most wanted! Marion Whitney Leska
From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 22:01:45 EDT
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ten most wanted
To: [email protected]
I would like to list (Probably not eligible for the "ten most
wanted" as I seem to be the only person searching for this family)
DANIEL R. WHITNEY b. Ohio or NY 1822: d. Iowa 1912 married
Josepheny(Isaphena-several spellings) DOW 1847 in Rives, Jackson, Michigan
Unknown WHITNEY (Daniel's father) was a "professor" who went to
Michigan to establish schools in Sandusky and Battle Creek Michigan. On 1840 census in Rives, Jackson, Michigan A Benjamin and Daniel were listed together. We thought perhaps Benjamin was the father-However he is more of the same age as A brother. Israel Whitney was the witness of Daniel and Isapheny's marriagb Israel was listed as a neighbor of Daniel in the 1850 census of Tompkins, Jackson, Mi. -Also making him near the age of a brother.
This is more of what I know from family and research.
Birth: family said New York: according to 1900 census-Ohio His parents were from New York
His mother was a Bennet :
His Father was a school professor organizing Schools in Battle Creek Michigan and Sandusky, Mich. He retired on a farm at Jackson Michigan
Census 1900 Harlan Shelby co. Iowa-Daniel b. 1823 age 76 m. 54 years.
10 children 8 living, b. in Ohio. father b. in New york. mother b. NY. Owns his home free of Mortgage d.1912 Clarenda State Hospital of a stroke
An article in Progressive Men of Iowa -©abt 1895 About CASSIUS WHITNEY-son of Daniel R. WHITNEY: Farmer b. Ohio July 16. 1822) <<"D. R. Whitney was an early settler in IoIowa City, the nearest railway station, to Marshalltown, Fort Dodge, Webster City, and other pioneer towns. After a few years the family moved onto a farm near Le Grand, in Marshall county.">>
I have all the names of the descendents but have been searching for
Years for the name of his father.
Barbara Crowder Black granddaughter of ROSINA WHITNEY B. 1851 In
Jackson, MI.
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 08:52:39 -0700 From: Chuck & Betty Weatherly <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ephraim Whitney To: [email protected]
Hi Whitney researcher,
Does anyone have any information on Ephraim Whitney ( Joseph, Jonathan,
John)? I looked him up in the Pierce book and I couldn't find anything on
him and his descendants. The LDS has my Edward Whitney (Ebenezer,
Ebenezer, Ephraim, Joseph, etc.), but I'm trying to proove this
information. I'm having a great deal of trouble with my Whitneys and would
appreciate any help that you could give me.
Thanks, Betty
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:14:37 +0200 From: "Tracy, Sandra (FIDI)" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Ephraim Whitney
[email protected]
Betty,
I have 3 Ephraim Whitney's in and around Maine area two I don't have
their parents, but I have their spouses and children, maybe we might have a match. Can you supply dates of some kind? Sandra Tracy
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck & Betty Weatherly [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 05 June 1999 17:53
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ephraim Whitney
Hi Whitney researcher,
Does anyone have any information on Ephraim Whitney ( Joseph,
Jonathan,
John)? I looked him up in the Pierce book and I couldn't find
anything on
him and his descendants. The LDS has my Edward Whitney (Ebenezer,
Ebenezer, Ephraim, Joseph, etc.), but I'm trying to proove this
information. I'm having a great deal of trouble with my Whitneys
and would
appreciate any help that you could give me.
Thanks, Betty
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:11:23 +0200 From: "Tracy, Sandra (FIDI)" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Ten most wanted To: [email protected]
Marion,
I have quite a few Whitneys in Maine, I found a Calvin G. but that
was not yours obviously, I have not really worked much on my Whitney line so far, you know W at the end of the alphabet *s*. Try in these two sites if you can find something though, they are sites of census all areas of Maine, and the other has census as well as births, deaths, cemetary infor as well, and good luck. http://home.att.net/~n.c.hall/Census.html this one has the other info as well, and is constantly updated last update was I think 4th June 1999.
and http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html This is an online site of all states censuses, try under Maine.
Hope this helps, Sandra Tracy
-----Original Message-----
From: Marion Leska [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 06 June 1999 02:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ten most wanted
Hi,
Again I offer my gggGrandfather Calvin,as one of the ten most
wanted. He
appeared in the Thomaston,Maine area about 1810 (guesstimate) with
his
brother, or at least it has been said it was his brother, Haynes.
They
supposedly came from the Woodstock area of Vermont. He and his wife,
Eliza
Everton, declared intentions to marry 7 May 1817, 12 Oct 1819, and 4
Oct
1821. They finally were married 29 Nov 1821. Their children were
born 7 Apr
1816, 25 Apr 1818, 28 Jan 1822, 10 Nov 1823, 19 June 1826, and 31
July 1830.
He died in October 1832. His wife subsequently married Joseph
Thompson. All
this information comes from the Camden-Rockport, Maine town records.
The
second marriage of Eliza is "documented' in the DAR records, in one
of the
earliest books. I have been dead-ended on this for several years
since
finding out and proving that Pierce was in error concerning this
individual.
I nominate Calvin as one of the ten most wanted!
Marion Whitney Leska
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 13:26:51 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ephraim Whitney To: [email protected]
At 08:52 AM 6/5/99 -0700, Chuck & Betty Weatherly wrote: > >Hi Whitney researcher, >Does anyone have any information on Ephraim Whitney ( Joseph, Jonathan, >John)? I looked him up in the Pierce book and I couldn't find anything on >him and his descendants. The LDS has my Edward Whitney (Ebenezer, >Ebenezer, Ephraim, Joseph, etc.), but I'm trying to proove this >information. I'm having a great deal of trouble with my Whitneys and would >appreciate any help that you could give me. > >Thanks, Betty
Betty,
You can find his oldest five children's birth from Pepperell, MA, vital records, at
<http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/john49.html#id10300>
I suspect that he is the Ephraim WHITNEY who is later found at Guilford, Vermont, but I have no further details on these families. A few more dates and places would be helpful, even if from the LDS.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:43:03 -0500 From: Colleen Knights <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in Marlow, NH To: [email protected]
Has anyone studied the Whitneys who were in Marlow, Cheshire, NH in the 1760s. I'd be interested in any info you might have.
Thanks,
Colleen Knights
From: "Ann Hafso" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:06:03 -0600 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Wanted: These Whitney connections To: [email protected]
Hi Group I'm ever so slowly gathering more information. I'm posting what I know in hopes someone sees something familiar. If you do please let me know!! Thanks Ann
Descendants of John Whitney Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 WHITNEY. He married LOVINA BULLOCK November 3, 1796, daughter of WILLIAM BULLOCK and MIRIAM WHITNEY.
Known Child (so far and looking for more!!) of JOHN WHITNEY and LOVINA BULLOCK is: 2. i. JOHN BULLOCK2 WHITNEY, b. May 7, 1806, Stukeley, Quebec; d. Aft. 1869, Stukeley, Quebec.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN BULLOCK2 WHITNEY (JOHN1) was born May 7, 1806 in Stukeley, Quebec, and died Aft. 1869 in Stukeley, Quebec. He married LUCINDA AVERY July 7, 1829 in Abbotsford, Quebec, daughter of WILLIAM AVERY and MARTHA STEWART.
Children of JOHN WHITNEY and LUCINDA AVERY are:
i. WILLIAM3 WHITNEY, b. August 18, 1830. ii. ALONZO WHITNEY, b. November 1, 1832, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. in
Australia
iii. LOVINA WHITNEY, b. July 8, 1835.
3. iv. MARY ANN STEWART WHITNEY, b. February 28, 1837. 4. v. MARTHA LOVINA WHITNEY, b. January 25, 1839, Abbotsford, Quebec. 5. vi. WILLIAM "JOHN" WHITNEY, b. February 26, 1844, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. November 19, 1913, Edmonton, Alberta.
Generation No. 3
3. MARY ANN STEWART3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born February 28, 1837. She married UNKNOWN HOLBROOK.
Children of MARY WHITNEY and UNKNOWN HOLBROOK are:
i. HENRY SHERIDAN4 HOLBROOK. ii. EDWARD ALONZO HOLBROOK.
4. MARTHA LOVINA3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born January 25, 1839 in Abbotsford, Quebec. She married ?.
Children of MARTHA WHITNEY and ? are:
i. WILLIAM FREDERICK4 ?. ii. A BOY, b. November 1868.
5. WILLIAM "JOHN"3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born February 26, 1844 in Abbotsford, Quebec, and died November 19, 1913 in Edmonton, Alberta. He married HELEN SOPHIA NASH June 21, 1870 in Abbotsford, Quebec, daughter of EPHRAIM NASH and HARRIET PARKER.
Children of WILLIAM WHITNEY and HELEN NASH are:
i. HARRIET LOUISA4 WHITNEY, b. July 25, 1871, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. July
4, 1896.
ii. MARTHA STEWART WHITNEY, b. November 25, 1872, Abbotsford, Quebec; d.
October 6, 1945.
iii. AGNES MARY WHITNEY, b. April 16, 1875, Farnham, Quebec; d. December
21, 1928.
iv. WILLIAM NASH WHITNEY, b. February 4, 1877, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. May
5, 1927.
v. FRANK PARKER WHITNEY, b. January 31, 1883, Abbotsford, Quebec; d.
November 19, 1951.
vi. EDWARD LLEWELLYN WHITNEY, b. June 15, 1885, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. July
23, 1959.
vii. HELEN GERTRUDE WHITNEY, b. January 26, 1890, Abbotsford, Quebec; d.
December 5, 1965.
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:31:11 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ephraim Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
This seemingly would be the Ephraim-4 Whitney born 11 Mar 1715/16 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA to Joseph-3 (Jonathan-2, John-1) and Rebecca (BURGE/BARGE) Whitney, who were married 26 May 1706 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA.
Have you looked at Robert Ward's 6-Generation study of the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney? You can find it at:
I haven't take the time to look myself, but that work is likely to have further information for at least two more generations, and thus may provide the linkage you are seeking.
Happy Hunting!
Allan E. Green
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:20:27 +0200 From: "Tracy, Sandra (FIDI)" <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Gustavus Fellows Whitney To: [email protected]
I am looking for info on this Whitney, all I have is
Gustavus Fellows WHITNEY m. Hannah LIBBY had at least two children Reuben WHITNEY b. May 1 1818, Jonesboro, ME d. Jan 12 1896 Jonesboro, ME and Ephraim WHITNEY b July 14, 1835, Jonesboro, ME, d May 1904, Jonesboro, ME.
Reuben WHITNEY m. c. 1847 Lydia Holmes Tabbutt b. c May 1813, S. Addision, Washington Co.,ME, d. Feb 17, 1883 Jonesboro, ME.
Ephraim WHITNEY m. Mar. 31 1857 at Addison, Wash. Co., ME. Rebecca Drisko LEIGHTON b. Jun 9 1833 Addison, Wash. Co., ME, d. Sept. 3, 1921 Jonesboro, ME.
Anyone have more info on Gustavus and the marriage? or any connection to this line?
Thanks Sandra
-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Hafso [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 4:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Wanted: These Whitney connections
Hi Group
I'm ever so slowly gathering more information. I'm posting what I
know in
hopes someone sees something familiar. If you do please let me
know!!
Thanks
Ann
Descendants of John Whitney
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 WHITNEY. He married LOVINA BULLOCK November 3, 1796,
daughter of
WILLIAM BULLOCK and MIRIAM WHITNEY.
Known Child (so far and looking for more!!) of JOHN WHITNEY and
LOVINA
BULLOCK is: 2. i. JOHN BULLOCK2 WHITNEY, b. May 7, 1806, Stukeley,
Quebec;
d. Aft. 1869, Stukeley, Quebec.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN BULLOCK2 WHITNEY (JOHN1) was born May 7, 1806 in Stukeley,
Quebec,
and died Aft. 1869 in Stukeley, Quebec. He married LUCINDA AVERY
July 7,
1829 in Abbotsford, Quebec, daughter of WILLIAM AVERY and MARTHA
STEWART.
Children of JOHN WHITNEY and LUCINDA AVERY are:
i. WILLIAM3 WHITNEY, b. August 18, 1830.
ii. ALONZO WHITNEY, b. November 1, 1832, Abbotsford, Quebec; d. in
Australia
iii. LOVINA WHITNEY, b. July 8, 1835.
3. iv. MARY ANN STEWART WHITNEY, b. February 28, 1837.
4. v. MARTHA LOVINA WHITNEY, b. January 25, 1839, Abbotsford,
Quebec.
5. vi. WILLIAM "JOHN" WHITNEY, b. February 26, 1844, Abbotsford,
Quebec; d.
November 19, 1913, Edmonton, Alberta.
Generation No. 3
3. MARY ANN STEWART3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born
February 28,
1837. She married UNKNOWN HOLBROOK.
Children of MARY WHITNEY and UNKNOWN HOLBROOK are:
i. HENRY SHERIDAN4 HOLBROOK.
ii. EDWARD ALONZO HOLBROOK.
4. MARTHA LOVINA3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born January
25, 1839
in Abbotsford, Quebec. She married ?.
Children of MARTHA WHITNEY and ? are:
i. WILLIAM FREDERICK4 ?.
ii. A BOY, b. November 1868.
5. WILLIAM "JOHN"3 WHITNEY (JOHN BULLOCK2, JOHN1) was born February
26,
1844 in Abbotsford, Quebec, and died November 19, 1913 in Edmonton,
Alberta.
He married HELEN SOPHIA NASH June 21, 1870 in Abbotsford, Quebec,
daughter
of EPHRAIM NASH and HARRIET PARKER.
Children of WILLIAM WHITNEY and HELEN NASH are:
i. HARRIET LOUISA4 WHITNEY, b. July 25, 1871, Abbotsford, Quebec;
d. July
4, 1896.
ii. MARTHA STEWART WHITNEY, b. November 25, 1872, Abbotsford,
Quebec; d.
October 6, 1945.
iii. AGNES MARY WHITNEY, b. April 16, 1875, Farnham, Quebec; d.
December
21, 1928.
iv. WILLIAM NASH WHITNEY, b. February 4, 1877, Abbotsford, Quebec;
d. May
5, 1927.
v. FRANK PARKER WHITNEY, b. January 31, 1883, Abbotsford, Quebec;
d.
November 19, 1951.
vi. EDWARD LLEWELLYN WHITNEY, b. June 15, 1885, Abbotsford, Quebec;
d. July
23, 1959.
vii. HELEN GERTRUDE WHITNEY, b. January 26, 1890, Abbotsford,
Quebec; d.
December 5, 1965.
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:41:18 +0200 From: "Tracy, Sandra (FIDI)" <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ruth Ruggles Whitney To: [email protected]
I need more info on this Whitney, parents, brothers and sisters etc. I have some of the offspring etc.
Chandler Robbins DRISKO b. May 5, 1799 Columbia, Wash. Co., ME d. June 3, 1845 Jonesboro, Wash. Co., ME m. June 5, 1823 Ruth Ruggles WHITNEY b. April 11, 1805, Jonesboro, ME, d. Sept 25 1888 Whitneyville, ME. Had following children George West N. DRISKO b Oct 10 1824 Eri Hathaway DRISKO b. Mar 8 1827 Joseph Whitney DRISKO b. Oct 11 1829 Sarah Dyer DRISKO b. Apr 2 1832 Martha W. DRISKO b. Nov 2, 1834 Jerusha Corthell DRISKO b. Jul 16, 1840 Catherine S. DRISKO b. June 21 1842 I have a bit more info on them like death dates and marriages etc., not all but some. Anyone have connections?
Thanks Sandra
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:43:30 +0200 From: "Tracy, Sandra (FIDI)" <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ruth Ruggles Whitney To: [email protected]
I forgot to mention that also Ruth remarried in 1849 to Thomas Greenleaf WATTS b. Dec 22 1804 Jonesboro ME, d. Dec 10, 1888 Whitneyville, ME.
I need more info on this Whitney, parents, brothers and sisters etc. I have some of the offspring etc.
Chandler Robbins DRISKO b. May 5, 1799 Columbia, Wash. Co., ME d. June 3, 1845 Jonesboro, Wash. Co., ME m. June 5, 1823 Ruth Ruggles WHITNEY b. April 11, 1805, Jonesboro, ME, d. Sept 25 1888 Whitneyville, ME. Had following children George West N. DRISKO b Oct 10 1824 Eri Hathaway DRISKO b. Mar 8 1827 Joseph Whitney DRISKO b. Oct 11 1829 Sarah Dyer DRISKO b. Apr 2 1832 Martha W. DRISKO b. Nov 2, 1834 Jerusha Corthell DRISKO b. Jul 16, 1840 Catherine S. DRISKO b. June 21 1842 I have a bit more info on them like death dates and marriages etc., not all but some. Anyone have connections?
Thanks Sandra
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:30:10 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear Deb: You're more than welcome! Glad I could help. I've taken the liberty of forwarding your message to our Whitney Research Group, about 80 of us who have joined together on an e-mail list. If someone connects to your line, you may hear from them. If you haven't done so already, visit the web page: http://www.whitneygen.org where you can find sources and documentation.
I know so little about Anna Palmer who married Joseph-5 WHITNEY (Timothy-4, John-3, John-2, John-1)? Was PALMER her maiden name, do you know, or was that her married name? And do you know her date and place of birth by chance?
- -) Jeanne W. Muse
Original Message-----
From: Deb Whit <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 5:56 PM
Thank you for all you wonderful information on the family name. My
limited research in the Whtiney name intersected with yours at Joseph
Whitney born-2-21-1716 and married Anna Palmer. Joseph is my great
great great great great grandfather, if i counted right. Your database
got me back even farther --4 more generations. Thank you again. I
don't have a lot of infor, but if there is anything i can help you with,
feel free to email me. Unfortunately I'm on webtv and don't have a way
to download infor. I have entered my family tree into my parents
computer using the program Family Trees Quick and Easy but my parents
arn't online.
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:49:08 -0700 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] BAKER -- WHITNEY MARRIAGE To: [email protected]
Hello everyone....I know I've asked this before, but I still have NO leads in my search.....Does anyone in the Whitney line have a male Whitney that married a lady named SARAH LOUISE BAKER...she was born 1846 in New York, to Ephraim and Nancy (Head) Baker....I do not have a marriage date, place, or first name of this Whitney....I have to ASSUME that she was at least 18 when they married,making it around 1864-1865...this is only a guess...It has been said that they had two children, but both were stillborn....She appears on the 1880 Yankton,S.D. Census in the household of her mother Nancy (Head)Baker...she is listed as ...S.L.Whitney...She is said to have died in 1927 in Corsicana, Texas while living in the household of her nephew,Morris John Whitney Baker. ANYONE with ANY information, please contact me......thank you. JudyAnn Lairson [email protected]
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:25:42 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ten Most Wanted -- Aaron Whitney To: [email protected]
Our "Most Wanted" for the list continues to be Aaron Whitney, born Sept. 1774 in (probably) Lewiston, Beaudoin, or Lisbon, Maine. He married (1) Betsey Hildreth of Lewiston in May 1799, (2) Mary Crockett Doble Aug 3, 1822 in Guilford , (3) Jemima Grover in 1828 in Guilford, Maine. He died in about 1848-1850 in Guilford. Children born in Lisbon, Strong, Litchfield, Industry and Guilford. Children: (from Betsey) Abigail, Robert, Reliance (m. Manoah Harriman), Annis (m. Drusilla Wright), Relief, Sally, Thomas (m. Adeline Wright), William and Betsy Jr.; (from Mary) Stillman F. (m. Ellsbyra Ann S. Merrill).
Contributed by Evelyn Brown ([email protected]) and
Don Whitney ([email protected])
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 11:10:54 -0700 From: "Nancy W. Hicks" <[email protected]> Organization: ZDNet Mail (http://www.zdnetmail.com:80) Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Most wanted To: [email protected]
I only have one most wanted! I wanna find Grandpa!! Harry Earl Whitney. Where did he go after leaving Grandma? M. in Sandpoint,ID-1921, b.supposedly Detroit-but when and to whom. There are a few young Harry Whitneys in the census (1880) living with their grandfathers but no middle names listed. BIG WALL.nwhitney
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From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:09:28 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Margaret A. Whitney To: [email protected]
Hi Again...I've done this before and have had little luck...But I'm a sucker for abuse
I'm trying to find the parents of one Margaret A. Whitney who married Charles Greenleaf Ramsdell on August 31st, 1870 in Hartland Me. Somerset county. She later married a Charlie A. Welch (of Hartland) and moved out of the picture. The only clue I have is that her marriage to Charles Ramsdell was a double ceremony. Also married that day was one Sumner Whitney and Augusta Wyman, both of Hartland. I'm assuming, and since I've been stuck on this for nearly 18 months, am probably wrong that they were siblings.
A Sumner Whitney who was born in Palmyra, Me. (approx. 1843) and died in Hartland 9/28/1918 had his father listed as one Edward Whitney born in Belgrade (Me. ?), and his mother as one Annie Knox born in Oakland....I've had no luck with the VR's in Belgrade. A nice lady who I can't remember her name, said that she thought that Edward was really one Charles Edward Whitney......No luck there either...
I have recently found an Edward Whitney who died in Hartland Me. Aug. 1, 1897 at the age of 87 yrs. 4 mo. and 5 days. ( b at approx. 1810 ) and was supposedly born in Webster.....I don't know what state..... His father was E. Whitney born Topham His mother was Nat Knawn ( that last name is not written to clearly so it could be off a little..or a lot) who was born Gardner...
Also an Annie Whitney who died in Hartland Oct. 15, 1897 at the age of 82 yrs. and 11 days. (b at aprox. 1815) and was supposedly born in Lebanon N.H. There is no record that these two were married or that they had children together Her parents were Stephen Knox and Aussie Hanson with no birth place known.
Does any of this make any sense to anyone???? Do any of these people seem familar????
Please help if you can...Thanks a lot [email protected]
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 21:44:58 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ruth Ruggles Whitney To: [email protected]
At 09:43 AM 6/7/99 +0200, Tracy, Sandra (FIDI) wrote: >I forgot to mention that also Ruth remarried in 1849 to Thomas Greenleaf >WATTS b. Dec 22 1804 Jonesboro ME, d. Dec 10, 1888 Whitneyville, ME. > >I need more info on this Whitney, parents, brothers and sisters etc. I have >some of the offspring etc. > >Chandler Robbins DRISKO b. May 5, 1799 Columbia, Wash. Co., ME d. June 3, >1845 Jonesboro, Wash. Co., ME m. June 5, 1823 Ruth Ruggles WHITNEY b. April >11, 1805, Jonesboro, ME, d. Sept 25 1888 Whitneyville, ME. Had following >children >George West N. DRISKO b Oct 10 1824 >Eri Hathaway DRISKO b. Mar 8 1827 >Joseph Whitney DRISKO b. Oct 11 1829 >Sarah Dyer DRISKO b. Apr 2 1832 >Martha W. DRISKO b. Nov 2, 1834 >Jerusha Corthell DRISKO b. Jul 16, 1840 >Catherine S. DRISKO b. June 21 1842 >I have a bit more info on them like death dates and marriages etc., not all >but some. >Anyone have connections? > >Thanks Sandra
See the following URLs:
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gumby/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=Whitney?I07867>
<http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/W/WHITNEY+1999+79107006+F >
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward [email protected] <http://www.erols.com/rlward1/>
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For Eddie Prillaman: I don't know if you've seem this or not? I'll let you decide if you should alert our IT people and others. Steve Stutsman
For Greg Hartley - Thanks for the warning. Hope everything is going
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>> > > > components and render them useless. Immediately
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Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 06:11:45 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear Penny: While I don't have anything in my personal database on Walter WHITNEY and his wife Alice S. ORCUTT, I have taken the liberty of forwarding your message on to the Whitney Research Group's e-mail list. This will give others the opportunity to reply if they find connections.
Be sure and visit the group's web site where you can search more sources & records. http://www.whitneygen.org
Good luck!
- -) Jeanne W. Muse
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From: Joseph Gilpin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 1:00 AM Subject: Whitney
Do you have any info on a family Alice S. Orcutt
who married a WALTER WHITNEY Walter Andrew Whitney was the postmaster
at Cassadaga New York Burial 1930 at Cassadaga New York near Jamestown.
Alice was still living in 1883. They had one daughter named Gertrude E.
Whitney b 1897 married to an unknown Green also known to have lived in
Cassadaga .
I would like to continue the line with info for the Orcutt data base,
but I do not have any names of Gertrude Whitneys children . Please email
if you can help me.
Alice's father was John Orcutt who died young and she was raised by her
grandfather Cyrus Orcutt.......I am from Johns brother William b. abt
1840
Alice was a cousin to Lucille Ball through Williams son Fred and his
twin sister Flora who was Lucys grandmother. Thanks
Penny ORCUTT Hill. P>S> Your data base is super and I can tell you
spent many hours on creating this gift for future generations....P
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:10:57 -0500 From: carol ann berry <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] whitney To: [email protected]
I am a newcomer to this list and hope someone can give me a clue.. I am related to George Reed Willey who married Minerva WHITNEY(born Genesee co.NY dec 2,1825)-married in Medina co.Ohio. They came to Cedar co.Iowa and are found on the Iowa 1856 census with the following,including Basheba Whitney,which says she is born NY.A biog. on Andrew Clow Whitney(Hardin co.Iowa) would lead me to believe the parents are Soloman Whitney-Bersheba Clow of LDS internet information.Since my Soloman and Basheba are on the Willey monument, can you tell me, what, if any, connection there is..?Are there 2 Soloman-Basheba WHITNEY...The Willey's are also connected to the Beach family.Thanks for any help or answers. carol ann berry
1856==Iowa Census lists following
g r willey 36===== resident of Ia---5yrs-bn ohio minerva willey 31===== resident=========5yrs-bn new york harriet willey 9====== resident=========5yrs-bn ohio charles willey 8====== resident=========5yrs-bn ohio franklin e. willey6======resident========5yrs-bn ohio edwin willey 3====== resident=========3yrs-bn iowa bashela whitney 54===== resident====== ==4yrs-bn new york franklin whitney19 = resident=========4yrs-bn newyork josephine whitney13=====resident=========4yrs-bn new york ward w. willey 22======resident=========5yrs-bn ohio s.j. willey 19===== resident=========3yrs-bn ohio
1850 Federal Census Wadsworth, Ohio; page 525 Family # 84 next door toWM. K. Beach; GEORGE WILLLEY (31),Minerva (26).George was a cooper with 800 Value of Real Estate owned. listed are harriet,5,charles,3,frank ,1, all born Ohio,came to Iowa 1851
Descendants of solomon whitney
1 solomon WHITNEY b: 1802 n.y. or Highgate
Springs,Vermont? Died: January 29, 1855 bennett,inland twp.,cedar co.iowa Source: date(year only) listed on monument of George Willey at Inland cem.Bennett,iowa Buried in Inland cem,;Bennett,cedar co.iowa . + basheba-bersheba-bashelba ?? b: 1803 new york or Quebec,Canada? Died: August 21, 1862 bennett,inland twp.,cedar co,iowa,age 59 Source: personal observation of monument march 21,1998-name is listed on George Willey stone Buried in inland cem. Bennett, cedar co.iowa Father: Mother:
.... 2 minerva WHITNEY b: December 02, 1823 new york Died: March 19, 1873 Inland twp.cedar co.,tipton,,iowa Buried in Inland cem.cedar co.Bennett,Iowa
........ + george reed WILLEY b: June 28, 1819 morgan twp.ashtabula co.,ohio m: January 15, 1845 Medina co.ohio
Died: April 22, 1879 Inland,,cedar co.,iowa Source: cedar
co.ia.probate case no 1391,court house,tipton,ia. Buried in Inland Cem.Bennett,cedar co.Iowa section 16-8-2 Source: "sites and stones"of tipton;Tipton,Ia Library Father: merrells WILLEY Mother: charlotte m BEACH
.... 2 herman w WHITNEY b: 1827 new york src: 1850 ohio census,medina co. page 599,roll 709montville twp.Ohio .... 2 lucy WHITNEY b: 1833 new york src: 1850 ohio census page 599,roll 709 montville twp,medina co.Ohio .... 2 franklin WHITNEY b: 1836 montville twp.medina co.ohio src: 1850 Ohiocensus,Medina co.Montville twp.page 599, roll 709+LDS microfiche for Ohio .... 2 ellen WHITNEY b: 1840 montville twp.medina co.,ohio src: 1850 census,Medina co.Montville twp.Ohio- page a 599,roll 709 .... 2 josephine WHITNEY b: 1842 montville twp.,medina co.ohio src: LDS microfiche for Ohio
Bashela(Basheba)-54,Franklin and Josephine Whitney are on the Iowa 1856 census as coming to Iowa in 1852
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:10:12 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] unsubscribe To: [email protected]
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From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:35:41 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] NAT KNAWN..maybe German background? To: [email protected]
I posted a message looking for parents of Margaret Whitney. I mentioned a Nat Knawn....two people mentioned it had to be NOT KNOWN!!! Dumb da Dumb Dumb...DUMB.......! Thanks for pointing that out to me before I spent 6 months researching the KNAWN family.
Does anyone recognize any of the other names I mentioned. This Whitney branch is driving me CRAZY!!!
Thanks for the [email protected]
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:41:38 -0400 From: [email protected] (Jan Whitaker) Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sumner Whitney To: [email protected]
Hi!
I had seen the name Sumner Whitney in my Maine research before, and
found this for you, probably not very helpful as dates don't jibe: "Ties of Common Blood: a History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great Britain, 1783-1842" G. T. Scott, Heritage Books, Inc.----page 396-397. 1854-Sumner Whitney purchased from the state, of lots improved before August 9, 1836 , at Township F, Range 2(Presque Isle, Aroostook County). And again as above, (but)"lots purchased or contracted for and improved before August 9, 1842".
Can't find some other info I received from another researcher on
him, but will keep looking if you wish. Cheers, Jan
From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:57:00 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Jeremiah/William Whitney
To: [email protected]
Hi List,
I thought I would try one more time to find my Whitney famiily. Is anyone out there a member of this line?
Thanks, Gail
Generation No. 1
1. JEREMIAH1 WHITNEY was born in New England.
Child of JEREMIAH WHITNEY is: 2. i. WILLIAM E.2 WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1811, Rochester, NY; d. 1873.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM E.2 WHITNEY (JEREMIAH1) was born Abt. 1811 in Rochester, NY, and
died 1873. He married MARY SCOTT (b. Niagara Co., NY, in 1815), daughter of WILLIAM SCOTT and JOANNA CRANE of NJ.
William E. Whitney was a minister of the Gospel in Free-Will Baptist Church.
Per the 1850 Census for Jackson County, Michigan, William E. Whitney was a farmer.
Children of WILLIAM WHITNEY and MARY SCOTT are:
i. LUCY A. WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1833.
3. ii. WILLIAM W. WHITNEY, b. March 25, 1836, Ontario, Canada; d.
Bef. 1900.
iii. MARTHA WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1837.
iv. FERDENAND/FERDINAND S. WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1839.
v. HANNAH E. WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1846; m. ??? (HUSBAND OF HANNAH E.
WHITNEY) KNEELAND.
vi. JOANNA C. WHITNEY, b. Aft. 1849; m. ??? (HUSBAND OF JOANNA C.
WHITNEY) RUNDALL.
vii. D. ADEL WHITNEY, b. Aft. 1849; m. ??? (HUSBAND OF D. ADEL
WHITNEY) WISNER.
viii. SARAH G./(GEORGIE?) WHITNEY, b. Aft. 1849; m. ??? (HUSBAND OF
MRS. GEORGIE WHITNEY HUN HUNTER.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM W.3 WHITNEY (WILLIAM E.2, JEREMIAH1) was born March 25, 1836 in
Ontario, Canada, and died Bef. 1900. He married ELIZABETH C. BERRY October 03, 1858 in Illinois.
Notes for WILLIAM W. WHITNEY: 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa" for bio of WILLIAM W.
WHITNEY, b. Ontario, March 25, 1836, son of WILLIAM E. WHITNEY (b. Rochester, NY), and William E. was the son of JEREMIAH WHITNEY, a native of New England.
William W. Whitney lived in Ontario until 1849 when he was 13 when the family moved to Jackson Co, Michigan, and later to Ingham Co, MI. Around 1857 when William W. was the age of 21, he went to Whiteside County, IL and in 1862 entered the Civil War (Company B, 75th, Illinois Volunteer Infantry). He returned to Illinois, to Bureau County, living there until 1867 when he moved to Iowa. In 1881 the family moved to Center Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where they were still residing in 1891.
William W. Whitney's obituary lists the following for his siblings: Ferdenand S. of Iowa (Uncle Ferd), Joanna Rundall of Michigan, Mrs. H. E. Kneeland of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Adel Wisner of Long Island, NY, and Mrs. Georgie Hunter of Mason, Michigan.
William W. Whitney first attended school in St. Thomas, Ontario.
Children of WILLIAM WHITNEY and ELIZABETH BERRY are:
i. ADA L. (KITTIE)4 WHITNEY, d. September 07, 1937, Blair,
Nebraska.
ii. LAURA J. WHITNEY, d. Bef. 1900.
iii. WILLIAM B. WHITNEY, d. Bef. 1900; m. NELLIE UNKNOWN.
Notes for WILLIAM B. WHITNEY: It is believed that William B. Whitney was a photographer and had his own portrait studio.
4. iv. MARY ADELAIDE (ADDIE) WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1863; d. 1951,
Richmond, VA.
Generation No. 4
4. MARY ADELAIDE (ADDIE)4 WHITNEY (WILLIAM W.3, WILLIAM E.2, JEREMIAH1)
was born Abt. 1863, and died 1951 in Richmond, VA. She married (1) ??? DICKINSON. She married (2) EDWARD FOSTER December 05, 1900.
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:19:52 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Annie WHITNEY / Josiah Dexter HOWE To: [email protected]
Hello all: A few unconnected Whitneys are in my database. Maybe someone out there has a connection here.
Josiah Dexter HOWE Jr. (son of Josiah Dexter Howe and Hannah Rice) b: 5 Aug 1838 Princeton, Mass; d. 4 May 1865
married Annie M. WHITNEY
Who were Annie M. Whitney's parents?
Children of Josiah Dexter Howe Jr. and Annie M. Whitney were: Alice Grace HOWE (b. abt 1857, Harvard, Illinois; d. Chicago) Susie Estelle HOWE (b. 20 Sep 1858, Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois) Edward Morrill HOWE (b. 31 Oct 1860 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.)
My sources: "Howe Genealogies" by Daniel Wait Howe, Boston 1929 page 333 "John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough" p436: [Josiah Dexter Howe Jr.] lived a few years in Harvard, Ill., then returned to Mass. and settled in Dedham."
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 20:41:48 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Jeremiah/William Whitney To: [email protected]
At 06:57 PM 6/8/99 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Hi List, > >I thought I would try one more time to find my Whitney famiily. Is anyone >out there a member of this line? > >Thanks, >Gail > >Generation No. 1 > > 1. JEREMIAH1 WHITNEY was born in New England. > > Child of JEREMIAH WHITNEY is: > 2. i. WILLIAM E.2 WHITNEY, b. Abt. 1811, Rochester, NY; d. 1873. > > >Generation No. 2 > > 2. WILLIAM E.2 WHITNEY (JEREMIAH1) was born Abt. 1811 in Rochester, NY, and >died 1873. He married MARY SCOTT (b. Niagara Co., NY, in 1815), daughter of >WILLIAM SCOTT and JOANNA CRANE of NJ.
This seems to connect to the Henry-1 WHITNEY family:
Jeremiah-6 WHITNEY [Abijah-5, Daniel-4, Henry-3, John-2, Henry-1], b. 18 Mar 1782, Warwick, Orange Co., NY, m. Rachel KING, and d. in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. See <http://www.whitneygen.org/families/henryw/ctwhitn.html#i1740>.
The 1830 Census of Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY, lists a Jeremiah E. WHITNEY. The 1840 Census of Irondequoit, Monroe Co., NY, lists a Jeremiah E. WHITNEY. I haven't found him in the 1850 Census, either in NY or MI.
Since his mother's name was Elizabeth ELLSWORTH, it would be a reasonable guess that Jeremiah's and William's middle names were Ellsworth.
This is only a possibility, and should be checked out further before being accepted.
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:15:48 -0400 From: [email protected] (Jan Whitaker) Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sumner Whitney To: [email protected]
Hi!
I had seen the name Sumner Whitney in my Maine research before, and
found this for you, probably not very helpful as dates don't jibe: "Ties of Common Blood: a History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great Britain, 1783-1842" G. T. Scott, Heritage Books, Inc.----page 396-397. 1854-Sumner Whitney purchased from the state, of lots improved before August 9, 1836 , at Township F, Range 2(Presque Isle, Aroostook County). And again as above, (but)"lots purchased or contracted for and improved before August 9, 1842".
Can't find some other info I received from another researcher on
him, but will keep looking if you wish. Cheers, Jan
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 04:13:08 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Another Whitney Entry in Boston Journal
To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Found the following in the continuing posting of information from this newspaper that names names and places.
>From the issue of Jan. 17, 1889: List of New England Pensions:
Edward H. Whitney, Worcester Edward W. Whitney, Farmington
Allan E. Green
From: "Richard Whitney" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:17:57 -0500 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Sumner Whitney To: [email protected]
I have an entry in my family Bible, Whitneys from Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, noting the marriage of Sumner Whitney to Drana Bradstreet, September 2, 1836.
If this seems relevent to your search, I can send additional listings in this Bible.
Original Message-----
From: Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:17 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sumner Whitney
>Hi!
> I had seen the name Sumner Whitney in my Maine research before, and
>found this for you, probably not very helpful as dates don't jibe: "Ties
>of Common Blood: a History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great
>Britain, 1783-1842" G. T. Scott, Heritage Books, Inc.----page 396-397.
>1854-Sumner Whitney purchased from the state, of lots improved before
>August 9, 1836 , at Township F, Range 2(Presque Isle, Aroostook County).
>And again as above, (but)"lots purchased or contracted for and improved
>before August 9, 1842".
> Can't find some other info I received from another researcher on
>him, but will keep looking if you wish. Cheers, Jan
>
>
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Sumner Whitney Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 18:48:50 -0400 To: [email protected]
Richard: Personally I think it would be a wonderful addition to our Whitney Archives. The transcription of the Bible might help other people looking in the future.
- -) Jeanne Muse
Original Message-----
From: Richard Whitney <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:20 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Sumner Whitney
>I have an entry in my family Bible, Whitneys from Presque Isle, Aroostook
>County, Maine, noting the marriage of
>Sumner Whitney to Drana Bradstreet, September 2, 1836.
>
>If this seems relevent to your search, I can send additional listings in
>this Bible.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jan Whitaker <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:17 PM
>Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sumner Whitney
>
>
>>Hi!
>> I had seen the name Sumner Whitney in my Maine research before,
and
>>found this for you, probably not very helpful as dates don't jibe: "Ties
>>of Common Blood: a History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with
Great
>>Britain, 1783-1842" G. T. Scott, Heritage Books, Inc.----page 396-397.
>>1854-Sumner Whitney purchased from the state, of lots improved before
>>August 9, 1836 , at Township F, Range 2(Presque Isle, Aroostook County).
>>And again as above, (but)"lots purchased or contracted for and improved
>>before August 9, 1842".
>> Can't find some other info I received from another researcher on
>>him, but will keep looking if you wish. Cheers, Jan
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:11:05 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Sumner Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear Jeanne, Richard and WRG:
I don't remember how the interest in Sumner Whitney got started, but it is really immaterial. The two of you are to be congratulated in finding him! What you are doing is "in the highest tradition of the principles for which our Society was founded."
May there be many more of the same.
Allan E. Green
From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:50:16 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Boston Journal Gleanings To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Boston Weekly Journal, Thursday, Jan. 24, 1889, continued
The Musical Convention at Littleton closed with a concert on Friday evening, under the direction of Carl ZERRAHN, with Mrs. M. D. SHEPHERD as pianist. Misses Elizabeth HAMLIN and Lilian Carl SMITH and Messrs. J. H. RICKETSON and W. L. WHITNEY, all of Boston, took prominent parts.
Allan E. Green
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:51:14 -0700 From: "Nancy W. Hicks" <[email protected]>
Organization: ZDNet Mail (http://www.zdnetmail.com:80) Subject: [WHITNEY-L] whitney line from IL To: [email protected]
Have a Whitney line I haven't seen in WRG yet. Found it while looking for my grandfather. George Whitney b.1888 d.1977,Frank b.1891 d.1981,Harry b.1892 d.1973, Calvin b.1896 d.1970, Athens,IL Parents: Calvin John Whitney b.1860, Rose Christen Clinton b.1866. Parents of Calvin:Barney Cook Whitney b.1824 d.1892, m.Mary Francis b.1828. Parents of Mary F.: Calvin Francis b. 1802 Wethersfield, CT. d.1886 Athens, Il m. Abigail Deming b.1801 d.1865 Parents of Calvin F.:Simeon Francis b.1769 d. 1823 Wethersfield, m.Mary Ann Adams b.1773 d.1822 Weth. CT. Parents of Mary Ann: Camp Adams b.1739 d.1823,m.Mehitabel Baxter b.1740 d. 1825 CT. Parents of Camp: Amasa Adams b. 1708 Hartford, CT d.1790, m.Hannah Camp b.1712 d.1798 Weth.CT Parents of Hannah: Joseph Camp b.1678 or79 d.1712 Hartford,Ct.,m. Abigail Benton b.1691 d.1752 Weth. Ct Parents of Joseph: John Camp b.1645 Milford,Ct d. 1709/10 Hartford m. Mary Sanford b. 1651 Hartford d. 1727. Parents of John Camp: Nicholas Camp b. 1595 Nazeing, Essex, Eng. d.1653 Milford,CT m. Sarah b. 1599 Essex,Eng. d. 1645 Milford, CT/
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:40:37 -0700 From: Larry Knigga <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands To: [email protected]
Sometime back while visiting Niagra Falls, we took the stroll to the Sister Islands at the top of the falls. The sign said that they were named for the Whitney Sisters...
Does anyone know who these "Whitney Sisters" are, and to which line they belong? What's the story behind them that these tiny islands are named for them?
Larry
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:34:06 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] More Unknown Whitneys To: [email protected]
I could not help Donald Ballantyne with his search. I have suggested he join the group, but just in case any of you can help him here are his unknown Whitneys:
Original Message-----
From: Donald B. Ballantyne <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:00 PM Subject: Whitney
>My great-grandmother was Esther Ann Whitney. Here's the information have: > >Donald Ballantyne (me) > Mother - Ruth Brooks > Father - Josepth Brooks > Mother - Esther Ann Whitney 10/20/1835-11/18/1915 > Father James Whitney (b 1790, 1 of 7 brothers, in > Gorham Maine, d 1877) m Lucy Mountfort - 1823 > other children Elmira, Loemma, David, > Franklin, John > Father James Whitney - can be traced to Watertown Massachusetts >- not-Eli branch. >other children - Humphrey, Alexander, Benjamin, Perez, Phineas, Ammi > >I'm providing this because of the name and linkage to Watertown Mass. > >Does it tie into you family? > >Its my understanding that Lucy Mountfort - Edmund Mountfort, 5 generations >before, immigrated from England in ship Providence in 1656, and can be >traced back to Hugh de Mountfort who commanded the cavalry of William the >conquerer at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. > >Thanks > >Don Ballantyne
From: "sheila peel" <[email protected]>
"Larry Knigga" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:42:31 -0400 To: [email protected]
Larry, Hi I live here in Niagara Falls and I will do some research to find out that info for you. I know that there were quite a few Whitneys in the area. There is a Whitney Ave.. and there is also a Whitney Mansion located very near the falls on Buffalo Avenue. A person told me that one Whitney of prominence here was a Solon Whitney. I haven't had a chance to look him up in the database yet though. I'll get back to you soon.
Sheila Stratton-Peel
Original Message-----
From: Larry Knigga <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:19 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands
>Sometime back while visiting Niagra Falls, we took the stroll to the Sister
>Islands at the top of the falls. The sign said that they were named for
>the Whitney Sisters...
>
>Does anyone know who these "Whitney Sisters" are, and to which line they
>belong? What's the story behind them that these tiny islands are named for
>them?
>
>Larry
>
From: Carolyn Tilton <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:33:45 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jan Whitaker)
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Help with unknown Maine Whitneys
To: [email protected]
Dear Don,
I saw your message, forwarded to the Whitney Research Group through
Jean Muse. I have some important info for you that I just learned in April. The combination of James, Alexander and Ammi was the tip-off! I will send you the original message sent to the group, and will be happy to follow up with any questions you have, as I own a fairly good Maine reference library. Good Luck!
To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Found Whitney Family Maine
Dear WRG's,
I 've learned of an apparently undocumented Whitney family( at
least to our group) that lived in CUMBERLAND (town) ME, which was part of North Yarmouth until the early 1820's. Can anyone help to identify them?
This was found in a note from Ina Loring Norton (1896-1983) to the
Falmouth ME Historical Society: "My mother was CARRIE WHITNEY-her father was JAMES WHITNEY- his father was also JAMES WHITNEY."
Her father's brothers were ALEXANDER, ULYSSES & AMMI(of Falmouth).
She states that there were seven Whitney brothers[in all] who came to the West Cumberland area(no dates given, or indication from whence they came).
I found AMMI in Cumberland 1830,Falmouth 1850, Portland 1870
census lists. JAMES and ALEXANDER, in Cumberland Census lists , are buried in Morrison Hill Church Cemetery along with thirteen other Whitneys born ca 1788-1833. None of these Whitneys are related to Abner Whitney's descendents in No. Yarmouth, Falmouth, or Gorham, as I have found in research[my line].
I wonder if this family produced either the mysterious JABEZ who
came from Cumberland at the time of his marriage to Abigail Milk Wheeler(Michael Poston's) or Aaron who married in ME, Betsy Hildreth(Evelyn Brown's)?
One last comment-- I found a James Whitney on an Ancestry
database"Passenger Arrivals in the United States 1819-1820" :Whitney, James
- male ;age 24; occupation Merchant. No place of origin, arrival port, or
name of ship. Does anyone know who this is? Cheers! Jan
______________________________
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 05:18:56 -0700
From: Shawn Whitney <[email protected]>
"Listserver, WHITNEY" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands References: <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
They are named for the three daughters of Parkhurst-6 WHITNEY (Jonathan-5, Jonathan-4, Jonathan-3, Benjamin-2, John-1). Parkhurst was a prominent figure in the Niagara Falls area. He owned and operated a major hotel in the area. Supposedly his daughters, Angeline, Sally & Celinda were the first white women to set foot on the island, hence the name.
Shawn Whitney
Larry Knigga wrote:
> Sometime back while visiting Niagra Falls, we took the stroll to the Sister > Islands at the top of the falls. The sign said that they were named for > the Whitney Sisters... > > Does anyone know who these "Whitney Sisters" are, and to which line they > belong? What's the story behind them that these tiny islands are named for > them? > > Larry
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 05:21:29 -0700 From: Shawn Whitney <[email protected]>
"Listserver, WHITNEY" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands References: <00b601beb39a$eb4d4dc0$7d6cc0d8@jeanluc> To: [email protected]
Solon Whitney was Parkhurst Whitney's son. And the Whitney mansion, was indeed, the home of Parkhurst Whitney. Denis Adams forwarded me a picture of it, if anyone would like it. Shawn Whitney
sheila peel wrote:
> Larry, Hi I live here in Niagara Falls and I will do some research to find > out that info for you. I know that there were quite a few Whitneys in the > area. There is a Whitney Ave.. and there is also a Whitney Mansion located > very near the falls on Buffalo Avenue. > A person told me that one Whitney of prominence here was a Solon Whitney. I > haven't had a chance to look him up in the database yet though. I'll get > back to you soon. > > Sheila Stratton-Peel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Knigga <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:19 PM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re:(Whitney) Sister Islands > > >Sometime back while visiting Niagra Falls, we took the stroll to the Sister > >Islands at the top of the falls. The sign said that they were named for > >the Whitney Sisters... > > > >Does anyone know who these "Whitney Sisters" are, and to which line they > >belong? What's the story behind them that these tiny islands are named for > >them? > > > >Larry > >
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:28:33 -0400 From: [email protected] (Jan Whitaker) Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Help with unknown Maine Whitneys To: [email protected]
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:26:10 -0400 >To:[email protected] >From:[email protected] (Jan Whitaker) >Subject:Help with unknown Maine Whitneys > >Dear Don, > I saw your message, forwarded to the Whitney Research Group >through Jean Muse. I have some important info for you that I just learned >in April. The combination of James, Alexander and Ammi was the tip-off! >I will send you the original message sent to the group, and will be happy >to follow up with any questions you have, as I own a fairly good Maine >reference library. Good Luck! > >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <v01540b00b32bd8f4d658@[146.115.246.60]> >Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Found Whitney Family Maine > >Dear WRG's, > I 've learned of an apparently undocumented Whitney family( at >least to our group) that lived in CUMBERLAND (town) ME, which was part of >North Yarmouth until the early 1820's. Can anyone help to identify them? > > This was found in a note from Ina Loring Norton (1896-1983) to the >Falmouth ME Historical Society: "My mother was CARRIE WHITNEY-her father >was JAMES WHITNEY- his father was also JAMES WHITNEY." > Her father's brothers were ALEXANDER, ULYSSES & AMMI(of Falmouth). >She states that there were seven Whitney brothers[in all] who came to the >West Cumberland area(no dates given, or indication from whence they came). > > I found AMMI in Cumberland 1830,Falmouth 1850, Portland 1870 >census lists. JAMES and ALEXANDER, in Cumberland Census lists , are buried >in Morrison Hill Church Cemetery along with thirteen other Whitneys born ca >1788-1833. None of these Whitneys are related to Abner Whitney's >descendents in No. Yarmouth, Falmouth, or Gorham, as I have found in >research[my line]. > I wonder if this family produced either the mysterious JABEZ who >came from Cumberland at the time of his marriage to Abigail Milk >Wheeler(Michael Poston's) or Aaron who married in ME, Betsy Hildreth(Evelyn >Brown's)? > One last comment-- I found a James Whitney on an Ancestry >database"Passenger Arrivals in the United States 1819-1820" :Whitney, James >;male ;age 24; occupation Merchant. No place of origin, arrival port, or >name of ship. Does anyone know who this is? Cheers! Jan > >______________________________
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:43:44 -0700
From: Paul & Brenda Nichols <[email protected]>
Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] UNKNOWN WHITNEY
To: [email protected]
Hi.
Still searching for information on:
DARIUS THOMAS WHITNEY.
b abt 1833 in Long Island or Steuben County, N.Y.
d. b 26 Jun, 1923, Colorado Springs, Co.
lived in Kansas for a while with second wife, Mary Ella Glidden,
possibly his second wife, his first being a Mary Ella Glidden's sister??
Paul of San Diego
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:31:45 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney ancestor To: [email protected]
I have a Whitney line that I can't seem to be able to trace prior to 1800. My ancestor is John Dudley Whitney b. 1803 in Watertown, MA. He married Elizabeth Doughty and had 12 children. Can anyone help?
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:53:31 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Item from Boston Journal To: [email protected]
WRG:
Another gleaning from the Boston Weekly Journal, Thursday, Feb. 28. 1889
Hon. George H. WHITNEY of Nashua has brought a claim against that city, demanding damages in the sum of $5000 for personal injuries alleged to have been received by a fall upon a sidewalk.
Allan E. Green
From: "Linda Bastarache" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Help with unknown Maine Whitneys Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:15:53 -0400 To: [email protected]
Jan Whitaker wrote on Friday, June 11, 1999 at 12:35 AM
>Dear Don, > I saw your message, forwarded to the Whitney Research Group through >Jean Muse. I have some important info for you that I just learned in >April. The combination of James, Alexander and Ammi was the tip-off! I >will send you the original message sent to the group, and will be happy to >follow up with any questions you have, as I own a fairly good Maine >reference library. Good Luck! > ><snip>
Hello All,
I'm new to the list (have been lurking for just a few days), but the message from Jan Whitaker yesterday prompted me to finally gather my information and post an inquiry.
I'm descended from the Gorham/Cumberland/Falmouth, Maine Whitneys, from JAMES through his son ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER had a son HEZEKIAH who had a daughter LEONORA, who was my great-grandmother. I've included the complete line as I have it below.
I inherited all of my Whitney data from my father, who obtained it from other relatives, so I don't have much in the way of sources. My father's notes indicated, however, that the JAMES Whitney of Gorham might be the son of ISAAC4 (Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1) of York, Saco and Buxton. ISAAC married SARAH CROSBY and HANNAH PAINE. Isaac and Hannah had a son James, but I have been unable to find any information about this James so far.
Does anyone know any more about these Whitney's from Maine, especially about the origins of James? Any leads would be most appreciated.
Linda Chapman Bastarache
Randolph, Massachusetts
[email protected]
JAMES1 WHITNEY and Deborah Murch were engaged 26 Mar 1785 at Gorham, Maine;
m. Deborah Murch, daughter of Samuel Murch and Deborah Amory, 15 Aug 1785 at
Gorham, Maine.
DEBORAH MURCH was born on 25 Sep 1763 at Gorham, Maine. She died on 27
Aug 1845 at Cumberland, Maine, at age 81.
Known children of James1 Whitney and Deborah Murch were: HUMPHREY,
ALEXANDER, JAMES, BENJAMIN, PHINEAS, PEREZ, AMMI.
ALEXANDER2 WHITNEY (James1); b. Mar 1788 at Gorham, Maine; m. Barbara Winslow, daughter of Captain Hezekiah Winslow and Phebe Doughty; d. 15 Oct 1871 at Cumberland, Maine, at age 83; bur. after 15 Oct 1871 at Morrison's Hill, West Cumberland, Maine.
BARBARA WINSLOW was born on 6 Aug 1792 at Falmouth, Maine. She died on
19 Mar 1870 at Cumberland, Maine, at age 77. She was buried after 19 Mar 1870 at Morrison's Hill, West Cumberland, Maine.
Known children of Alexander2 Whitney and Barbara Winslow were: EMILY,
JAMES, HEZEKIAH, AURELIA, MINERVA, SEWALL, PHEBE.
HEZEKIAH3 WHITNEY (Alexander2, James1); b. 12 Oct 1822 at Cumberland, Maine; m. Mary Ellen Merrill, daughter of Daniel Merrill and Dorcas Merrill, 20 May 1853 at Falmouth, Maine; d. 12 Jun 1895 at Gray, Maine, at age 72.
MARY ELLEN MERRILL was born on 26 Aug 1832 at Falmouth, Maine. She
died on 31 Oct 1908 at Gray, Maine, at age 76.
Known children of Hezekiah3 Whitney and Mary Ellen Merrill were: DANIEL
MERRILL, CELIA EMMELINE, SUMNER, LEONORA.
LEONORA4 WHITNEY (Hezekiah3, Alexander2, James1); b. 3 Aug 1866 at Gray, Maine; m. Willard Buxton Sweetser, son of Charles Stuart Sweetser and Huldah Ellen Rowe, 27 Mar 1895 at Gray, Maine; d. 29 Oct 1939 at age 73; bur. after 29 Oct 1939 at Gray, Maine.
WILLARD BUXTON SWEETSER was born on 11 Nov 1869 at North Yarmouth,
Maine. He died on 25 Apr 1945 at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at age 75. He was buried after 25 Apr 1945 at Gray, Maine.
Known children of Leonora4 Whitney and Willard Buxton Sweetser all b.
at Gray, Maine, were:
i. HELEN MERRILL; b. 17 Jul 1899.
ii. MARY ROWE; b. 1 Jan 1901.
iii. WILLARD MERTON; b. 9 Jun 1902.
iv. ALICE WINSLOW; b. 31 Aug 1903; m. Eaton Shaw Lothrop, son of
Warren Eaton Lothrop and Mary Caroline Weeks, 3 Sep 1928 at Gray, Maine; d. 12 Feb 1972 at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at age 68; bur. after 12 Feb 1972 at Evergreen, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine.
v. KATHRYN WHITNEY; b. 6 Aug 1904.
Bibliography
Hill, George T.. History, Records, and Recollections of Gray, Maine. n.p.: n.pub., 1978.
Sweetser, Philip Starr. Seth Sweetser and His Descendants. n.p.: n.pub., 1938.
From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:14:16 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WRG: Whitney's of PA
To: [email protected]
Here is my Whitney background for the records:
My Grandfather - Charles E. Whitney b. 1903 d. 1954 (location at time of death Cleveland, Ohio) married to Nora Margaret Berry
Charles E.'s Father - Charles Henry Whitney b. 1875 Pittsburgh, PA, died in Cleveland, Ohio) married to Mary Bodecker (I believe she died between 1904 and 1910)
Charles H.'s Father - George Whitney (birthdate and city unknown) married to Anna Devlin.
Does any of this Whitney "branch" fit onto one of your trees?
Thanks. Nora Rezabek Orlando, Florida
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 16:29:31 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Norman Rockwell -- Descendant of Henry Whitney of CT To: [email protected]
Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago my husband and I spent a lovely lunch here in North Carolina with Bill Whitney and his wife Marge. Bill handed me the pedigree of the famous artist Norman ROCKWELL showing his descendancy from Henry WHITNEY of Connecticut.
So it can become part of our Henry database, I have forwarded the pages to Carolyn Tilton for addition. In the meantime, here is the line in brief. As you can see, he is connected in two ways.
Norman Percevel Rockwell (1894-1978)
Jarvis Waring Rockwell (b.1867) and Nancy Hill
John William Rockwell (b.1838) and Phebe Boyce Waring (b. 1841)
Samuel Darling Rockwell (b. 1810) and Oril Janes Sherman (b. 1808)
Runa Rockwell (1773-1864) and Rachel Darling (1773-1860)
Abraham Rockwell (1749-1818) and Esther Riggs (1752-1816) *
John Rockwell (1706-1773) and Elizabeth Keeler (b. 1708)
Joseph Keeler (1683-1757) and Elizabeth Whitney (1684-1763) **
- Esther Riggs was the daughter of Miles Riggs and Elizabeth-4 Whitney
(Joseph-3, John-2, Henry-1)
- Joseph Keeler's wife was Elizabeth-3 Whitney (John-2, Henry-1)
Thank you again Bill. It was such a pleasure to meet you and your wife. We hope to do it again sometime!
- -) Jeanne W. Muse
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 19:07:47 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Check out Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The
Rezabek Fam
<A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/e/z/Nora-J-Rezabek/">Click
here: Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Rezabek Family Home Page </A>
Please add to your list of home pages
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Check out Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Rezabek Fam Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:04:16 -0400 To: [email protected]
I followed the link you gave to the Whitney group ... but the actual Rezabek Family Page has a bad address. It tries to go to http://www.rezabek and gets stuck there. Isn't there more to this address?
- -) Jeanne
Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Check out Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Rezabek Fam
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From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:39:51 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Norman Rockwell -- Descendant of Henry Whitney of CT To: [email protected]
Thank you for this post. I have always loved Norman Rockwell since I was a child with the Saturday Evening Post. It's nice to know he was a cousin. Betsy Lindsay
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:56:04 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Genealogies in the Library of Congress To: [email protected]
Original Message-----
From: Sherry Roark <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 6:53 PM Subject: Re:Whitney Family History
>Jeanne,
>
>Greetings again from Sherry in Colorado, Just a note to let you know in
>case you were unaware of this solurce for the WHITNEY Family History,
>if you ever get a chance, the Library of COngress has a 2 volume set of
>"GENEALOGIES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS" Volume #2 page #860, has a
>list of books in their collection on the Whitney('s) that we as
>descendents of the Whitney's might be interested in.
>
>Just wanted to let you know.
>
>
>Sherry
>
>
>===
>Sherry Roark
>11781 Elkhead Range Road
>Littleton, Colorado 80127
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From: "PATRICIA O'SULLIVAN" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:00:36 +1000 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys of Surrey To: [email protected]
I am a new member of this group and have been watching with interest. Does anyone have any Whitney ancestors from Surrey, England? I am searching for information on Joseph James Whitney. He was born about 1809 and married Hannah Reed 1832 at St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey. They had a daughter, Emma, born 1839 in Rotherhithe, Surrey. Emma married Robert Linsey Feaviour. I think that Joseph's father was named Joshua, but have been unable to confirm this. I would appreciate any help with this line. Thanks. Pat
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:18:52 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: Whitney-Worden crossings To: [email protected]
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From: R. Kyser <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> 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: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Orrin-E-Sharp/GENE4-0051.html , 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
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:58:23 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys of Surrey To: [email protected]
Dear Patricia:
I have the CD's from the LDS Church on the British Vital Records, and I just checked them. I found no entries for a birth for Joseph J. Whitney, no marriage for either him or a Hannah Reed, no birth for an Emma Whitney or a marriage for her either. This does NOT mean that none of that happened, just that it isn't on the CD's. Have you tried the IGI at the LDS website? If you do, be sure to be wary of events marked Births and Deaths. Most, if not all, of them come from individual submissions, not from actual records of events at the time they took place. On the other hand, christenings, marriages and burials do mostly come from the transcriptions of the microfilmed Parish Registers. Watch the film number. If it begins with a letter of the alphabet, and is not just numbers, it will have come from a Parish Register source (at least that is what I was told).
As I was going through the search I mentioned above, I noted that there were very few Surrey records included, so don't dismay.
Allan E. Green
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:40:25 -0700 From: Paul & Brenda Nichols <[email protected]> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DARIUS T WHITNEY To: [email protected]
Hi.
Still looking for my wifes DARIUS THOMAS WHITNEY.
There is a DARIUS WHITNEY in Hornby, Steuben Cty, N.Y.
in the 1850 census. He was 43 then..born 1807. I suspect he was my D.T. WHITNEY'S father. He came from Vermont, as did all other Whitney's there (Hornby) but one, who came from N.H.
Then looked in Vermont and found scads of Whitney's from the
1700's. Probably my wifes connection..but still grasping.
Paul
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:14:04 +0100 From: "J.G. Whitney" <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] re. Pat's Surrey query To: [email protected]
Allan,
Since you sent your response to Pat to the whole group, I thought I would do the same! Here is a copy of what I sent to Pat yesterday
Regards
John
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Pat,
You may well have some or all of this, copied from the St Caths (GRO) and the IGI. I have no idea if any of these people are related, but it seems quite likely. "Father: Josh" in the IGI is consistent with your "Joshua" so that looks good, and is too early for GRO corroboration.
IGI entries
Joseph James WHITNEY............. C: 16 Jul 1809
Father: Josh. WHITNEY Saint Paul, Deptford, London
Mother: Mary
Alexander Edward John WHITNEY.... C: 12 Nov 1848
Father: Joseph James WHITNEY Saint Paul, Deptford, London
Mother: Hannah
Joseph Adolphus WHITNEY.......... C: 6 Feb 1848
Father: Joseph James WHITNEY Saint Paul, Deptford, London
Mother: Hannah
William Agate Patch WHITNEY ..... C: 6 Feb 1848
Father: Joseph James WHITNEY Saint Paul, Deptford, London
Mother: Hannah
GRO entries (dates are YYYY/Q)
BIRTHS
1839/3 Emma Rotherhythe
1841/3 William Agar Rotherhithe
* 1844/2 Joseph Adolphus Greenwich
+ 1845/4 Joseph Greenwich
1848/4 Alexander John Greenwich
MARRIAGES
1876/1 Joseph Adolphus Greenwich
1883/3 Alexander E J Greenwich
DEATHS
* 1844/3 Joseph Adolphus Greenwich
++ 1920/4 Joseph A (aged 75) Greenwich
I noticed the two * entries, suggesting death in infancy. I also noticed the ++ death, so went back and found the + birth which probably corresponds to it. As you probably know, it was very common for a child baptised and who died in infancy to give his/her name to a subsequent child.
John Whitney Oxford.
From: "Ronald Weaver" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:04:29 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re:Whitneys Clearfield Co., Pa 1880 census To: [email protected]
>From a visit to the National Archives: Name Age Occupation Where born Whitney ,John WM 34 Coal Miner Wales Mary WF 30 Wife Wales Emily 12 Dau. Mary J. 9 Dau. Walter 7 Son Rebecca 4 Dau. Page 34, North Houtzdale Clearfield County ,Pennsylvania 1880 census >From the same 1880 Census Whitney, Elisia White Male 49 Worker Mill New York
Matilda White Female 39 Wife New York
Hattie White Female 9 Dau. Penna.
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:16:36 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sarah Whitney
To: [email protected]
Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850 Acton Marriages to the Year 1850
WHITNEY, Sarah of Acton and Loami Burges of Tingsborough, publishment of intention of marriage Nov. 18, 1791. Came across this while checking Burges records. Hope it helps someone
From: "PATRICIA O'SULLIVAN" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:03:33 +1000 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys of Surrey To: [email protected]
Hello to all, Thanks to Alan and John for taking time to reply to my request for help.I am now keen to follow up the information I was given. Pat
From: "sheila peel" <[email protected]>
"FingerLakes" <[email protected]>, "Whitney Research Group" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:07:49 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Interactive database for looking up towns and cities To: [email protected]
Hi, everyone,
I found this listing for towns, cities and counties for an interactive search. I know how frustrating it can be not to know where the town is that your ancestors were born and lived in. I hope that this helps someone in their search. This is a small portion of the Rootsweb mail that I get on a monthly basis. Sorry if others have the same info.
Happy Hunting !
Sheila Stratton-Peel [email protected]
UNITED STATES TOWN/COUNTY DATABASE INTERACTIVE SEARCH. <http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi>. Have you heard the name of a place where your ancestors might have lived, but not had a clue in what county (and sometimes in what state) it was? There's no need to fear, RootsWeb is here. Now when you are faced with this situation, there is an easy way to solve the problem. Simply type in the town's name and a list with links to the states/counties in which there is such a place will appear.
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 02:09:15 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fwd: James Whitney of Illinois, early & mid-1800s.
To: [email protected]
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From: [email protected] Full-name: MerryJWhit Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:36:00 EDT Subject: James Whitney of Illinois, early & mid-1800s. To: [email protected]
Found the following while looking for something else. Hope it helps someone. =09=09=09MJW
Entry in Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, pub 1929
Whitney, James W., pioneer lawyer and early teacher, known by the nickname o= f=20 "Lord Coke"; came to Illinois in Territorial days (believed to have been=20 about 1800); resided for some time at or near Edwardsville, then became a=20 teacher at Atlas, Pike County, and still later, the first Circuit and County=20 Clerk of that county. Though nominally a lawyer, he had little if any=20 practice. He acquired the title, by which he was popularly known for a=20 quarter of a century, by his custom of visiting the State Capital, during th= e=20 sessions of the General Assembly, when he would organize the lobbyists and=20 visitors about the capital=97of which there were an unusual number in those=20 days=97into what was called the "Third House." Having been regularly chosen = to=20 preside under the name of "Speaker of the Lobby," he would deliver a message=20 full of practical hits and jokes, aimed at members of the two houses and=20 others, which would be received with cheers and laughter. The meetings of th= e=20 "Third House," being held in the evening, were attended by many members and=20 visitors in lieu of other forms of entertainment. Mr. Whitney's home, in his=20 latter years, was at Pittsfield. He resided for a time at Quincy. Died, Dec.=20 13, 1860, aged over 80 years.
=09(copy-typed verbatim, no other info in that volume but I will have=20 add'l Illinois Whitneys from 19th century from a couple of other old volumes= ,=20 probably next week. Merry J. Whitney - [email protected] 6/17/99)
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Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 06:49:22 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Eliphalet Mace / Lois Whitney To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Anyone interested in ancestry of Eliphalet MACE "the 5th generation descendant of Robert MACE of Gosport, New Hampshire" and husband of Lois-6 WHITNEY (Joshua-5, Joshua-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1) contact J. A. Koso [email protected] who was kind enough to send along the following info on their family.
According to my database records (none confirmed) Lois WHITNEY - b. 16 Jan 1766 Stow, Mass. Eliphalet MACE - b. 9 Nov 1762 Billerica, Mass.; d. Bef. 1827 (b.&d. info from J.A.Koso) They were married in Littleton, Mass. on 16 Mar 1785 Children are listed below.
- -) Jeanne
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 11:17 AM Subject: Re: Eliphalet Mace
>Dear Jeanne W. Muse:
>
>Children of Eliphalet and Lois Whitney:
>
>Lois b 1 August 1783; m Elijah Averill
>Eliphalet b c 1785; m1 Ann Pierce; m2 Olive Gleason; 1 child
>John b c 1789; m Fanny Johnson; 11 children
>
>Regards,
>
>J. A. Koso
>
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:11:44 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Another note from the Boston Journal To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Continuing with the items found in this source, this time from the issue of August 6, 1885.
Business Troubles
Attachments reported: B. F. WHITNEY, dealer in shoe findings, Portland, ME; F. GONSETT & CO., grocers, Lee, MA; E. S. WHITTEMORE, fish dealer, Providence, RI
Allan E. Green
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 23:08:11 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Esau J. Whitney (Jr.) of Minnesota To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
In clearing through old papers as a part of the process of deciding what to throw out and what to pack up to move, I came across a letter from the Minnesota Historical Society, dated Apr. 29, 1996. We left for our last trip to England and Europe on May 13th of that year, and I know this was set aside to take care of later and then migrated to the bottom of a pile. Thus, I am sure I never informed the WRG about it, either.
Somewhere I had discovered that the Minnesota Historical Society had some Whitney papers. I wrote to ask about them and received a response, the material mentioned above. The letter said:
"Enclosed is a photocopy of the inventory description to the Esau J. Whitney correspondence. You can request photocopies of these letters." It goes on about charges. The inventory description then said:
DESCRIPTION OF THE LETTERS
The letters of 1854-1856 are primarily love letters written by Whitney to Rachel Ellis in Ionia, Michigan, while he was living in Whitney Valley, New York. He discusses the opposition of his family to their wedding plans and his intention to go to the West. Some of the letters contain poems."
"Five letters of 1859 were written from Princeton, Minnesota, to Rachel who remained in Ionia with their daughter, Sarah (Nettie). A letter of August 1 contains a map of the area and a description of a journey to Green Lake. [NB from AEG - I've swum in that lake many times] His letters generally describe the land and soil, the prairie, weather, crops, neighbors (August 6), and Rachel's journey to join him. On August 14 he writes of the damage by a tornado(?), and includes a description of the town of Anoka. A letter of March 22, 1886, from Silas Sprague (Ionia, Mich.), contains details about settling the estate of Rachel's father."
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
"Esau J. Whitney was born in 1829 in New York. [He appears in Witney13 as Esau Jr, b. abt 1830, no further data] In 1859 he moved to Minnesota with his father and brother (Benjamin) to stake out claims in Princeton Township, Mille Lacs County. Rachel Ellis was born in New York in 1835 and was living in Ionia, Michigan, during the time the letters were written. They were married about 1856 and had a daughter, Sarah (b. 1857). Rachel remained in Michigan when Whitney went to Minnesota, but joined him in Princeton in the fall of 1859. Rachel later married Jonas R. Hill and continued to live in Princeton."
I know we have (or have had) some members who are interested in the families of Whitney Valley in New York, and I also know that a few are interested in Whitneys who lived in Minnesota. If these materials can be of use to some of you, I'll follow up and order them for transcription later and posting on the "whitneygen" website. I won't get it done until next fall, however, after my relocation to Maryland. Alternatively, if someone else wants to tackle the project out of a greater sense of urgency, I would be glad to furnish anyone with the details of how to get copies made from the Minnesota Historical Society. On the other (third?) hand, if someone has already secured copies of these letters, please let me know -- and I would suggest sending them to Tim for placement on our website.
Allan E. Green
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:07:40 -0600 From: Tim Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Pierce Project Status To: [email protected]
Here are the current Pierce Project Stats:
109 sets completed and online (81%)
15 sets completed and being edited (11%)
--- 124 sets completed (93%)
7 sets to be adopted / assigned (5%) 2 sets being worked on (1%)
--- 133 sets total
Although we were 100% adopted, several people have either written to inform me that they are unable to complete their sets or have not responded to several emails from me. I am now ready to ask for volunteers to adopt these 7 remaining sets and get this project finished up. Listed below are the available sets and the status of any scans. If you do volunteer and have the Pierce book, please pick a set that does not have scans made. Thank you!
Set 11- 15 Small scans available Set 71- 75 Small scans available Set 176-180 Good scans available Set 311-315 Good scans available Set 356-360 No scans available Set 406-410 No scans available Set 554-555 No scans available (551-553 of this set are done)
We're almost there - just a few more sets to complete. Everyone who has volunteered has done a fantastic job!
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle http://www.doit.com/tdoyle/ [email protected] ftp://ftp.doit.com/pub/tdoyle/
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 12:14:47 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Esau J. Whitney (Jr.) of Minnesota To: [email protected]
In a message dated 6/19/1999 11:11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
<< Alternatively, if someone else wants to tackle the
project out of a greater sense of urgency, I would be glad to furnish anyone with the details of how to get copies made from the Minnesota Historical Society. On the other (third?) hand, if someone has already secured copies of these letters, please let me know -- and I would suggest sending them to Tim for placement on our website.
Allan E. Green >>
Allan and WRG,
I will do one better, I will drive over to the MHS and get copies of all the materials. Will save somebody the costs of postage, etc. Our Whitneys are in Minnesota, but not connected to Esau. Every once in a while I come across some Whitneys in my digging, and post it to the list, but this one I had not seen yet.
I will get the copies, and then we can decide what we should do with them. Sounds like Tim is busy with packing and moving and then going through it again almost immediately. But with my scanner I can send them to folks individually as an attachment, and then eventually mail them to whoever is part of this line. I will try and get over there this week if my migraines cooperate.
Jo Hogle
From: "Mystic" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 14:11:50 -0700 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Minnesota Whitney family To: [email protected]
Hello, I am researching my Whitney family in Minnesota, does any one have family in Minnesota? I have a box of old post cards of my grandmothers, but I can't seem to put this family tree together. Here are some of the names: Mrs. Josie H. Whitney (lived at 1159 Raymond Ave, St. Paul, MN) Mrs.W.H.Whitney ( lived in san Pedro Ca.)? Mary J. Whitney Harry Whitney Renabelle Whitney Raymond Whitney Married Minnie Son:Donald Amy Whitney (My grandmother) Married Sigfred C. Johnson Sadie Whithey Married George C. Walker Sarah Walker? I have several other names that are probably aunts & Uncles: Ella H. Ethel married Milton Awbrey? Oscar Mrs.Louis Johnson Roy Charley Art Grace Bill Willie There is one from Aunt Emma & Uncle Sylas that mentions Oscar building a dance Hall next to his Hotel ( I beleive in Minneapolis) it also mentions a Lessly.
There is one that mentions Uncle Frank selling his farm and trading the Mill for land in Georgia, and PaPa would be laeving for Geogia also. Some of the family names and friends: Whitney, Walker,Kelly (lived in Gresham Ore.), cousin Thompson in Elkhart Ind. Mrs.Knudson Mrs.Mary Denson? If any one is familiar with these names, I would like to try and put this family tree together. Sincerely Mrs. Jody Farmer [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:37:22 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Sucess Story
To: [email protected]
Just thought I would let you know that I was contacted by a distant cousin who was able to extend my family tree. All of this happened within 3 days of posting my family background on the WRG website. Hopefully between the two of us we will be able to expand the Cleveland Ohio and Pittsburgh, PA Whitney Tree.
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:56:57 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Old Letters To: [email protected]
My family, too, has a number of old letters written to Mary Adelaide (Addie) Whitney. Addie was married first to a man named Dickinson, and second to a man named Edward Foster. She was the daughter of William W. Whitney (b. 3/25/1836 in Ontario, Canada) and Elizabeth C. Berry (b. in Darke County, Ohio).
William W. Whitney lived in Ontario until 1849 when he was 13 when the family moved to Jackson Co, Michigan, and later to Ingham Co, MI. Around 1857 when William W. was the age of 21, he went to Whiteside County, IL. William and Elizabeth married in Whiteside County, IL, in 1858. In 1862, William entered the Civil War (Company B, 75th, Illinois Volunteer Infantry). He returned to Illinois, to Bureau County, living there until 1867 when they moved to Franklin County, Iowa. Six years later he went to Cass County, Iowa, and in 1881 the family moved to Center Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where they were still residing in 1891.
William W. Whitney's obituary lists the following for his siblings: Ferdenand S. of Iowa (Uncle Ferd), Joanna Rundall of Michigan, Mrs. H. E. Kneeland of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Adel Wisner of Long Island, NY, and Mrs. Georgie Hunter of Mason, Michigan.
Here are some of the names in the letters that we cannot connect to the family. Maybe someone will recognize something.
Aunt Eliza and Uncle Mart Amy Maxwell Russell Nash (Manning?) Edie and Amy Pollac Willie Whitsett Gladys Maggie Glenn Mrs. M. F. Post (Aunt Frank), 133 S. Plum St., Troy, Ohio Lib, Mary and Sarah (the three women were sisters---Lib was born around 1842) Lizzie and Mary Wilson Abe Harbison Emma Townsend with a sister named Myrtle who lived in Dayton, OH Clifford (son of Mrs. M. F. Post)---wife's name was Irene---son's name was Billy---- lived at 6337 Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL, in 1926 Roy (son of Mrs. M. F. Post) Jean George (died 4/5/1929) and wife Oleto Pearl Emma Merrill Townsend Pleasie Uncle Albert Aunt Joe Mary
Thanks, [email protected]
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:57:48 +0000 From: Roy & Michele Painter <[email protected]>
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Lorraine O'Dell" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Roger D. Chick" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Looking for a Book To: [email protected]
I'm trying to find a book called - "Wells: The Frontier Town of Maine" by Perkins, Esselyn Gilman.
If anyone has it or knows where I might get a copy of it, please contact me. It supposedly has quite a bit of information concerning my branch of Penney's.
Thanks,
Michele Painter Researching: DAY, WILLEY, DeBECK, HIRVIMAKI, ELKHILL, PENNEY, CHICK, HATCH, WHITNEY, LITTLEFIELD, CAMPBELL
From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 21:44:05 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Looking for a Book To: [email protected]
Try checking the following website:
<A HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/">Advanced Book Exchange - Search ABE for
used, out of print, rare, antiquarian a </A>
They list the above book for sale.
Pat in Va.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 03:11:58 -0400 From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Sarah Whitney To: [email protected]
At 11:16 PM 6/16/99 EDT, you wrote: >Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850 >Acton Marriages to the Year 1850 > >WHITNEY, Sarah of Acton and Loami Burges of Tingsborough, publishment of >intention of marriage Nov. 18, 1791. >Came across this while checking Burges records. Hope it helps someone
This can be found at <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/mass/acton.html>. Keep a look out for more data, though!
Regards,
Robert
Robert L. Ward Whitney Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:09:24 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Mich. Whitney, Civil War Medal of Honor To: [email protected]
A book donated by a veteran's group to my library, "America's Medal of Honor Recipients" (Highland Publishers, Minnesota, 1980), pages 937 - 938, contains the following:
"WHITNEY, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered service at: Quincy, Mich. Born: 13 December 1840, Allen, Mich. Date of Issue: 21 October 1895. Citation: As the enemy were about to charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again repulsing the attack."
(Hope this helps someone fill in info)
Merry J. Whitney
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:29:44 EDT Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Minnesota Whitney family To: [email protected]
Dear Mrs. Farmer:
We may be able to help you, but really need for you to attach some dates, even if approximations, and places to the collection of names you have provided. If you will take your previous letter and estimate birth, marriage and death dates, and any places that you know or have heard about; then we might be better able to help you connect to other Whitney family lines.
Sincerely,
Allan E. Green
From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:23:19 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Two Ezra Whitneys To: [email protected]
For many years I and several others have been seeking the parents of Ezra Whitney, of Ontario County, NY, b. 1790-1800, m. 1822, in NY state, Julia Pelton, d. 1847-50 in Michigan. Recently I was contacted by a very distant cousin who has family records that claim the parents of this Ezra Whitney were Ezra Whitney, Sr, and Juliette Stewart. This elder Ezra Whitney is unknown to me, but one possibility I find in Phoenix is Ezra, son of John Whitney and Thankful Benedict, born 1760. Does anyone know anything about this individual, or of any marriage between an Ezra Whitney and Juliette Stewart? Thanks, A. Whitney Brown
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:05:05 +0000 From: Roy & Michele Painter <[email protected]>
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] RE:Looking for Book To: [email protected]
Many thanks to all of you who gave the wonderful advice on finding the book I'm looking for. To those of you who asked the miscellaneous questions about my lines, I'll be in touch with you very shortly. I'm transferring some information and can't get to it right now.
Thanks again,
Michele
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:35:43 +0000 From: Roy & Michele Painter <[email protected]>
lharper <[email protected]> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Lorraine O'Dell" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Scott Mackay <[email protected]>, "Lorraine O'Dell" <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DeBecks PART I To: [email protected]
Sending this to all lists and miscellaneous acquaintances, because you never know what might interest some people.
Michele
THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL AND ALICE (HARDISON) DeBECK, SR.
Samuel DeBeck, Sr. b. 1765-74 France, m. (1) Alice hardison, daughter of Nathaniel and Charity (Shorey) Hardison, bapt. 17 May 1760 Berwick, Me., (2) int. 8 September 1816 Hannah. Hannah m. (1) Eddy.
CHILDREN:
1. ALICE d. at birth, never married.
2. Thomas b. 11 October 1796 Trenton, Me., d. 25 June 1876, buried East Eddington, Me. (Pine Tree), m. (1) Eunice Hathorn b. October 1800, d. 7 April 1871, buried East Eddington, Me. (Pine Tree), m. (2) 14 December 1871 Clifton, Me. Hepsibeth Staples, daughter of William, Sr. and Susannah (Dow) Staples, b. 19 July 1810 Deer Isle, Me., d. 23 December 1897 Bradley, Me. buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood). Hepsibeth m. (1) William DeBeck Sr.
3. Charity b. 13 October 1799 Mariaville, Me., d. 8 February 1892 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood), m. (1) John Dow Staples, son of William Sr. and Susannah (Dow) Staples, b. 28 September 1798 Deer Isle , Me., m. (2) Otis S. Tracy b. 25 December 1793, m. (3) int. 11 March 1855 Solomon P. Row b. 1791 Mass. Otis M. (1) Abigail Rowell. Solomon m. (1) Sarah Lanacaster.
4. Samuel, Jr. b. 8 February 1801 Trenton, Me., d. 3 June 1874 Clifton, Me. buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood), m. (1) 23 October 1822 Eddington, Me. Eliza Orcutt, daughter of Seth and Annie (Fletcher) Orcutt, b. 19 May 1805 Holden, Me., d. 15 march 1826, m. (2) 1828 Betsey Staples, daughter of William, Sr. and Susannah (Dow) Staples, b. 16 February 1805 Deer Isle, Me., d. 31 July 1884, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood).
5. William, Sr. b. 2 May 1803, d. 9 November 1869, buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood), m. 1828 Hepsibeth Staples, daughter of William, Sr. and Susannah (Dow) Staples, b. 19 July 1810 Deer Isle, Me., 23 December 1896 Bradley, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood). Hepsibeth m. (2) Thomas DeBeck.
6. John b. 1805, d. 9 mos., never married.
Sources:
Emily DeBeck Gravestones Maine Vital Statistics Marriage Returns of Penobscot County, by Ruth Gray Maine Archives Patsy Jordon
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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DeBecks PART II To: [email protected]
THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DeBECK, JR.
Samuel DeBeck, Jr., son of Samuel, Sr. and Alice (Hardison) DeBeck, b. 8 February 1801 Trenton, Me., d. 3 June 1874 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood), m. (1) 23 October 1822 Eddington, Me. Eliza Orcutt, daughter of Seth and Annie (Fletcher) Orcutt, b. 19 May 1805 Holden, Me., d. 15 March 1826, m. (2) 1828 Betsey Staples, daughter of William and Susannah (Dow) Staples, b. 18 February 1805 Deer Isle, Me., d. 31 July 1884, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood).
CHILDREN:
by 1st wife 1. Leonard Silsby b. 12 October 1823 Clifton, Me., d. 31 October 1882 Aurora, Me., buried Franklin, Me. (Bayview), m. 17 September 1848 Ellsworth, Me. Mary A. Orcutt, daughter of John and Sally (Hardison) Orcutt, b. 13 February 1829 Franklin, Me., d. 4 December 1892 West Franklin, Me., buried Franklin, Me. (Maplewood)
2. Milton b. 15 December 1825 Aurora, Me., d. 8 August 1896 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. Ann M. Tracy, daughter of Otis S. and Abigail (Rowell) Tracy, b. 3 August 1832 Eddington, Me., d. 20 August 1909 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (maplewood).
by 2nd wife 3. Eliza Ann b. 4 January 1829, d. 1882, m. int. 22 September 1847 Josiah M. Bragg.
4. Eunice b. 9 February 1831 Clifton, Me., d. 15 September 1860, m. 28 November 1847 Surry, Me. Francis M. Gaspar, Jr., son of Francis M., Sr. and Suan (Meader) Gaspar, b. 29 July 1823 Surry, Me., d. 10 August 1896 Surry, Me. Francis M. (2) Annette C. DeBeck.
5. Charity b. 23 January 1833, d. 23 March 1881, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), never married.
6. Edward b. 29 may 1836 Clifton, Me., d. 20 January 1896 Franklin, Me., buried Franklin, Me. (Bayview), m. 31 October 1858 Eddington, Me. Araminta B. Orcutt, daughter of John and Sally (Hardison) Orcutt, b. 24 October 1839 Franklin, Me., d. 21 June 1913 Franklin, Me., buried Franklin, Me. (Bayview).
7. Thomas b. 28 August 1838 Clifton, Me., d. 30 January 1914 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (1) 24 November 1851 Clifton, Me. Avilda L. Penney daughter of Josiah Penney, b. 23 April 1842 Clifton, Me., d. 27 February 1866, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (2) 1869 Meribah M. Penney, daughter of Benjamin, Jr. and Olive H. (Smith) Penney, b. January 1843 Clifton, Me., d. 22 May 1870, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (3) 20 May 1874 Clifton, Me. Mahala "Hellie" J. Jellison, daughter of Theodore and Mary Jane (Fletcher) Jellison, b. 14 August 1847 Waltham, Me., d. 23 October 1883 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me., (Rte. 9), m. (4) 14 September 1886 Clifton, Me. Anstress Adelaide Hayes, daughter of Luther and Lucy (Day) Hayes, b. 28 January 1838 Belfast, Me., d. 3 August 1929 East Eddington, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood). Anstress m. (1) Albert Mosher.
8. Samuel III b. 19 August 1840 Clifton, Me., d. 2 February 1916 East Eddington, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), never married.
9. *Alfred E. b. 8 November 1842 Clifton, Me., d. 16 May 1887 Ellsworth, Me., buried West Ellsworth, Me. (Birch Grove), m. (1) 22 February 1866 Clifton, Me. Lucy Arabelle Jellison, daughter of John and Elmina Candace (day) Jellison, b. 1 January 18March 1944vorced, m. (2) 14 August 1889 Surry, Me. Catherine "Kate" W. Stackpole, daughter of Greenleaf and Olive B. (Meader) Stackpole, b. 9 May 1849 Ellsworth, Me. d. 22 November 1931 Dedham, Me., buried West Ellsowrth, Me. (Birch Grove). Lucy m. (2)
- Sylvanus R. White.
10. Annette C. b. 15 September 1845 Clifton, Me., d. 1886, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. 10 November 1862 Surry, Me. Francis M. Gaspar, Jr., son of Francis M., Sr. and Suan (Meader) Gaspar, b. 29 July 1823 Surry, Me., d. 10 August 1896 Surry, Me. Francis m. (1) Eunice DeBeck.
11. Ebenezer B. b. 29 May 1852 Clifton, Me., d. 12 May 1899 Surry, Me., bured West Ellsworth, Me. (birch Grove), never married.
- Civil War
Sources:
Emery DeBeck Gravestones Daniel Smith Surry Vital Records Marriage Records of Hancock County, Maine by Alice M. Long Deaths and Marriages in the Ellsworth American by Mrs. Arthur Ward Marriage Returns of Penobscot County, Maine by Ruth Gray
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:40:02 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Hagar Genealgoy To: [email protected]
Dear Cynthia:
Here is the rest of what I promised you from the CD that has Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England. I would still recommend that you check the Henry Bond book on Watertown, and TGMB by Anderson.
Genealogical Dictionary of New England
AGER, AGAR, AUGER, EGER, or EAGER, WILLIAM, adm. freem. 18 May 1631. I dare not attempt to indicate how close is the reality of relationship with those who spell Auger and Hagar.
Genealogical Dictionary of New England (HAGAR)
WILLIAM, Watertown, prob. came ill the fleet with Winth. as made freem. 18 May 1631, tho. he may have arr. only a few wks. bef. with Rev. Roger Williams, but nothing more is kn. of him. WILLIAMS, Watertown, perhaps s. of the preced. b. in Eng,. m. 20 Mar. 1645, Mary Bemis, had Mary, b. 25 Dec. 1645; Ruhamah, and Samuel, tw. 20 Nov. 1647; Hannah, 21 Nov. 1649; Sarah, 3 Sept. 1651; Susanna; William, 12 Feb. 1659; Rebecca, 29 Oct. 1661; Abigail, and Mehitable; and d. 10 Jan. 1684; and his wid. d. Dec. 1695. Ruhamah m. Joseph Wait; Sarah m. 12 Mar. 1674, Nathaniel Whitney; Susanna m. Joseph Groat; Hannah m........Priest; Abigail m. 30 Mar. 1687, Benjamin Whitney; Rebecca m. 14 July 1681, Nathaniel Healey; and Mehitable m. 20 June 1687, Nathaniel Norcross.
[I found no entry for BEMIS that provided any clues to the origin of the Mary Bemis who married William Hagar in 1645 - except the possi- bility that her father's name was Joseph with no other data about him. - AEG]
Genealogical Dictionary of New England
ROBINSON. 555 (This is one entry at the end of about 5 pages of Robinson info. Note that the daughter Mary, born 6 Sep 1676 would seem to preclude a daughter Mercy being born 7 Aug 1676 to this family -- UNTIL I checked Robert Ward's 6-Generation Study which shows that the 6 Sep date was the date of Mercy's christening! The wife's name is given as Eliz. - which is consistent with the Elizabeth Cutter that appears in the Whitney database.
I would make no brief for which version of the name to choose - the Whitney
entry shows no marriage for the first Nathaniel.)
Genealogical Dictionary of New England
WILLIAM, Concord, by w. Eliz. had Hannah, b. 13 July 1671; rem to Cambridge, in that part now Newton, there by w. Eliz. had William, b. 10 July 1673; Mary, 6 Sept. 1676; David, 23 Mar. 1678; Samuel, 20 Apr. 1680; and Jeremiah, 20 Apr. 1682; and Robert; freem. 1685.
(The entry for Mercy in the Whitney database says she was born in Cambridge)
I hope this helps. If you find good material from satisfactory sources, I'd appreciate it if you would pass it back to me so I can include it into my own database.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:55:34 -0400 From: Michael Roman <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V99 #155 To: [email protected]
A little to add to what AEG provided:
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:40:02 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Hagar Genealgoy >
... <snip> ...
> >[I found no entry for BEMIS that provided any clues to the origin of >the Mary Bemis who married William Hagar in 1645 - except the possi- >bility that her father's name was Joseph with no other data about >him. - AEG]
Her brother's name was Joseph. Unfortunately his origins are still unknown.
>Genealogical Dictionary of New England > >ROBINSON. 555 >(This is one entry at the end of about 5 pages of Robinson info. >Note that the daughter Mary, born 6 Sep 1676 would seem to preclude a >daughter Mercy being born 7 Aug 1676 to this family -- UNTIL I checked >Robert Ward's 6-Generation Study which shows that the 6 Sep date was the date >of Mercy's christening! The wife's name is given as Eliz. - which >is consistent with the Elizabeth Cutter that appears in the Whitney database. > I would make no brief for which version of the name to choose - the Whitney >entry shows no marriage for the first Nathaniel.)
She was called Mercy in all other records as far as I know. The interesting thing is their first child Nathaniel was born two months after their marriage. I had chosen to believe that it was a year and two months due to the double year thing with the Gregorian calendar, but the Diary of Ebenezer Parkman put that theory to rest when he wrote about Nathaniel's age at his death. I would have expected some court action for the couple's "folly" but have not found one. It also makes me wonder if Nathaniel Whitney was the real father (I know, I know. I hate going here myself!).
>Genealogical Dictionary of New England > >WILLIAM, Concord, by w. Eliz. had Hannah, b. 13 July 1671; rem to >Cambridge, in that part now Newton, there by w. Eliz. had William, >b. 10 July 1673; Mary, 6 Sept. 1676; David, 23 Mar. 1678; Samuel, >20 Apr. 1680; and Jeremiah, 20 Apr. 1682; and Robert; freem. 1685. > >(The entry for Mercy in the Whitney database says she was born in Cambridge)
Newton wasn't yet a town at the time of her birth.
>I hope this helps. If you find good material from satisfactory sources, I'd >appreciate it if you would pass it back to me so I can include it into my own >database.
Check out my site for more information and details ... especially since this was all off the top of my head and I could be wrong on some of the finer points.
Michael http://pw2.netcom.com/~mj_roman/whitney.htm
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:36:53 -0400 From: Michael Roman <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V99 #155 To: [email protected]
At 02:04 PM 6/23/99 -0600, you wrote: >Michael Roman wrote: >> >> A little to add to what AEG provided: >> >> She was called Mercy in all other records as far as I know. The >> interesting thing is their first child Nathaniel was born two months >> after their marriage.
^^^^^
YIKES!! That was meant to be *before* their marriage. It's amazing what lack of sleep can do to you ... or old age!!
>> >Hi Michael, >I'm new...just joined the Whitney Research Group this month and have >been getting the daily mailings and find it all fascinating. Only last >night I was able to find the ship listings for John Whitney + family's >arrival. Then today after reading your email I did what you said and >logged on to your web site and found lots more info. Am really jealous >of the 'cousins' who are still in the east and have access to all this >wonderful history. My great-great grandfather Whitney came from Vermont >in 1867 and I'm now trying to find out where he was married and it was >in my home state of Idaho but I'm having trouble finding the place. >Anyway, what I'm writing about is your comment that Nathaniel and >Mercy's first child was born 2 months after marriage and then your >reference to what Ebenezer Parkman said in his diary. If you had the >time, would you please elaborate on that. I'm confused. I also find >that a natural state of mind when one is trying to sort everything out. >I do have a geneology that was prepared by someone else in the family >but it was done many years ago and is mostly based on Henry Melville's >book. So, I'm like lots of people..looking for 'new' information to >light up a few dark corridors. >Thanks so much. >Ronna Rook >
Ronna,
I hope you don't mind me including your message to the wider group. As more active researchers in the group can tell you, the Melville book is flawed with regard to John's ancestry at the grandparent level. There was a good article in The American Genealogist back in 1934(?). You can find reference to it on my site.
As for the Parkman Diary, I would strongly recommend anyone with early Westborough (MA) ancestry to get ahold of a copy. Parkman was the first minister in town and kept a diary from the 1720's until his death in the 1780's. Back in 1975 the American Antiquarian Society had the part up to and including 1755 published with a full index. It's an interesting read from several perspectives, but is a genealogist's gold mine. It was able to prove two of my heretofore dead end female lines, one of which was Mary Child, wife of Nathaniel Whitney. That info is also on my Whitney page or can be found in a 1983 NEHGR article that also pointed out one of Pierce's errors on assignment of Whitney children to the wrong mother. The diary, last I knew, could be ordered from Oak Knoll Press in Maryland or Delaware. Several years ago it was $45. The AAS in Worcester, MA would also be able to tell you how to get a copy.
Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in the product I've just recommended. The interest I do have is two-fold. One is that many genealogists can benefit from this resource. The other is that if there is enough interest in this volume, perhaps the AAS would commission the second half of the diary to be published which could probably benefit even more of us genealogists.
Some personal type info tidbits from the diary: Mary (Child) Whitney was given to some outbursts. I think there was some religious fad that caused people to do this. Pls forgive my poor description of it, but I don't have time to look up the data in order to better describe it right now. Also my Abijah Bruce had quite a temper as can be seen on my Bruce page, a link to which can be found near the bottom of the Whitney page. There was also the boy/ man who was an ancestor of someone I worked with. He was terribly accident prone and was always getting hurt and ended up crippled. Part of the meeting house collapsed and he was the only one it landed on.
Michael
http://pw2.netcom.com/~mj_roman/whitney.htm
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:47:26 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Savage on line To: [email protected]
I saw Allan's posting about Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England which reminded me that you can access it in four parts at
http://genweb.net/~blackwell/books.html
There is quite a lot at this site. Well worth visiting if you are doing any New England work.
Karen Grubaugh [email protected] Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, Florida Volunteer for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm
From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:24:53 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Boston Journal, Nov. 3, 1887 To: [email protected]
WRG:
More gleanings.
The wife and daughters of Hon. George E. WHITNEY of San Francisco are visiting friends in Farmington, and, after a short stay, will leave for Europe, whither they go to finish the education of their daughters.
Allan E. Green
Sender: [email protected] From: "Jeanne Muse" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:03:52 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in Australia To: [email protected]
Dear WRG: I received this interesting mail today concerning Whitneys in Australia. Correspond with Mal Whitney, [email protected] , for more information.
- -) Jeanne
His original message received 6/24/99:
I was reading the Whitney Family tree page and I may have some information which might prove useful to you.
It would appear that my branch of the family here in Australia emigrated from America and not from England with the early settlers/convicts. I have found that I am not related to any of the other Whitneys in this country.
Apparently, my great Grandfather (christian names unknown) was a Police officer in America and moved to Australia in the mid to late 19th century. He became a Police officer in New South Wales. His son, James Francis Whitney, joined the prison services and there was another son, Otley, about whom I know very little.
My father told me that he was related to John Hay Whitney, the American ambassador to England in the 50's/60's. I could not find any information in the Whitney database on him, unfortunately. He also said our lineage went as far back as Eli, but I strongly doubt that.
Francis seems to have been a family second name of sorts and my father's name was George Francis Harvey Whitney. The name Otley may be common as well.
I don't know if this helps you at all, but if you are aware of a branch which moved to Australia, please let me know and I'll see if I can get some more information for you.
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Francis (Mal) Whitney.
(By the way, a Richard L. Whitney contacted me several years ago. Unfortunately I lost his details and haven't been able to find him on the Net.)
From: "Arlene Durrett" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:25:31 -0700
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney/Robinson/Sawyer/Holman Miscellaneous
To: [email protected]
Taken from family research notes dated June 16, 1966 by my aunt Ruth Whitney Ryder. Hope these are of help to someone. We're just plumbing the riches of this lady's research.
Ardra L. Whitney told this story: Miss Kate Sawyer, sister of Almira Sawyer, was moving across the Charles River. Some things were being carried by hand. Her nephew, George Robinson (son of Almira (Sawyer) Robinson). He had a heavy load and when he arrived he was asked what it was. She told him it was an old wash bowl - deep, heavy, an inch or more thick for taking a bath. The bottom was out of it but she hoped to find another to fit it as she had the pitcher to match it.
Laura (Robinson) Stringham was sister of Mary E. (Robinson) Whitney.
Blanche Stringham told me - her Aunt Mabel and Uncle Frank Robinson got a book with lots of Robinsons in it when they were in Litchfield Maine. It was the Centennial of Litchfield - before 1940. Aunt Mabel was a member of D.A.R. and Colonial Dames. Mable Stringham married Frank Robinson, no relation. Laura (Robinson) Stringham was her mother. Florence Robinson MacGarvey has the book. (A copy in California Historical Society Library in SF).
Samuel Whitney, youngest brother of Ebenezer (24) bought a small luster pitcher that pleased him. When he took it home his mother asked him rather sharply who he bought it for and he replied that he bought it for his eldest daughter. (He was unmarried at the time.) His eldest daughter was Cordelia who married Elbert Holman. Their daughter was Gertrude. As she was a single lady she gave the pitcher to Ardra Whitney, her second cousin.
1999 Note: Upon Ardra's death, she, too, being a single lady, left the pitcher to Ruth Ryder, and upon her death it remains in her home with her son Lowell Ryder.
in her home with =
her son Lowell Ryder.
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 07:30:10 -0500 From: Lorne & Joan Reznowski <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] geneology To: [email protected]
Went to Ithaca, N.Y. to visit my 95 yr. old mother.Talked on the phone to the town historian of Newfield.He told me he bought a book for $75 on the Whitneys. Must be the Pierce book. I asked why he was interested in the Whitneys and he replied "I am interested in any book that has the town of Newfield in it." Since the book was amongst many in his basement I didn't find out the title.He told me that there is a Whitney cemetery in Elmira, N.Y.Too bad I didn't have more time to talk to him. New York State has enough Whitney geneology to drive one bonkers. I looked in some books in The Tompkins County Library for my line, Heslop, Babcock, Whitney. I also researched in the Gilbertsville (formerly called Butternuts) Library that has a Local History Collection. Some Babcocks (Fanny Whitney) and Heslops lived there. The "Who's Who in America" books always have material on the Whitneys. Stopped at the cemetery in E. Aurora, New York and looked for Fanny Whitneys mother and father, William Henry Whitney and Fanny Miller. E. Aurora is a beautiful place as is Gillbertsville. Found a George G. Whitney who lived near Gilbertsville and came from Adams, Mass. He is the son of Erastus and Sarah (Sheldon) Whitney and a sister to my Grandma Henry Worden Babcocks wife Letitia. Their mother is a Ballou from the old family of Ballous from the l600's. There is a book "Ballous in America". After driving with my son, who just came back from a year in Ukraine, and my husband, back to Toronto with our rented car I thought I would clear my head of geneology on the plane back to Winnipeg by reading the June "Readers Digest." Oh no! that Whitney name is driving me crazy. On page 73 "Quotable Quotes" is a quote by A. Whitney Brown. "The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down." from "The Big Picture" (Harper Collins).
From: "RC" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:36:17 -0500 Importance: Normal Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Lydia To: [email protected]
would someone have information on
Lydia WHITNEY and Isaac HILL married 2 May 1745
Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA
Please send- yours: RC
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:12:38 EDT
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Lydia
To: [email protected]
Dear RC:
This would be Lydia-4 Whitney (Jonathan-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), born 3 Mar 1711/12 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA (Sherborn VR) to Jonathan-3 and Susannah (FAIRBANKS) Whitney. That she was this Lydia, who, oddly enough, married at age 33, is demonstrated by the fact that Isaac Hill appears in her father's will (in right of his wife, one assumes) -- i.e., on 17 May 1754, Isaac Hill and Lydia Hill quit their claim to the estate...
Full details back to the immigrant ancestor may be found on the Whitney Research Group WebSite, at
If this doesn't fully meet your needs, please feel free to write to me again and I'll do my best to help you.
Sincerely,
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:37:47 +0000 From: Roy & Michele Painter <[email protected]>
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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DeBeck Part III To: [email protected]
THE FAMILY OF THOMAS DeBECK
Thomas DeBeck, son of Samuel, Jr. and Betsey (Staples) DeBeck, Jr., b. 28 August 1838 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (1) 24 November 1861 Clifton, Me. Avilda L. Penney, daughter of Josiah Penney, b. 23 April 1842 Clifton, Me., d. 27 February 1866, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (2) int. 15 April 1869 Meribah M. Penney, daughter of Benjamin Jr. and Olive H. (Smith) Penney, b. 1843 Clifton, Me., d. 12 May 1970, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. (3) 20 May 1874 Clifton, Me. Mahala "Hellie" J. Jellison, daughter of Theodore and Mary Jane (Fletcher) Jellison, b. 14 August 1847 Waltham, Me., d. 23 October 1883 Clifton, Me. buried Clifton, Me. (Rte. 9), m. (4) 14 September 1886 Clifton, Me. Anstress Adelaide Hayes, daughter of Luther and Lucy (Day) Hayes, b. 28 January 1838 Belfast, Me., d. 3 August 1929 East Eddington, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood). Antress m. (1) Albert Mosher.
CHILDREN:
by 1 st wife: 1. Frank J. b. 1862 Clifton, Me., d. 25 May 1899 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me., m. 6 December 1885 Eddington, Me. Hattie A. Day, daughter of Rufus B. and Susannah S. (DeBeck) Day, b. 13 February 1868 Eddington, Me., d. 11 September 1892 Clifton, Me. buried Clifton, Me.
2. Amelia b. 3 November 1864, d. 10 January 1866, buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood) never married
by 2nd wife 3. Benjamin Waldo b. 23 March 1868 Clifton, Me., d. 5 July 1908 Clifton, Me., buried Clifton, Me. (Maplewood), m. 1 January 1898 Bangor, Me. Lillian H. Day, daughter of Rufus B. and Susannah S. (DeBeck) Day, b. December 1874 Eddington, Me.
by 3rd wife 4. Clara L. b. 1872 Clifton, Me., m. 4 December 1896 Boston, Mass. George H. Thibault, son of William and Sarah Thibault, b. 1869 Grafton, Mass.
Sources:
Gravestones Emery DeBeck Marriage Returns of Penobscot County by Ruth Gray Patsy Jordan
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:32:04 -0500 From: Marika Kolb <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1 To: [email protected]
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1
Author: Ellery Bicknell Crane
Call Number: F72.W9C8vol.1
This book contains a history of Worchester County Massachusetts.
Volume 1 of 2.
Bibliographic Information: Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogical
and Personal Memoirs of
Worchester
County vol.1. The Lewis Publishing Company. New York. 1907.
WHITNEY FAMILY. John Whitney, the emigrant ancestor of George C. Whitney and the late Edward Whitney. of Worcester. settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. He was born about 1589. His wife, Elinor, was born about 1599. With seven children they embarked at Ipswich, England, in April, 1635. They have a very large posterity in America. Another John Whitney settled in Connecticut and founded an equally large family.
John Whitney bought the sixteen acres homestead of John
Strickland at what is now Waltham, in Watertown then, situated on what is now Belmont and East Common streets. Strickland went to Wethersfield, Connecticut, to live. John Whitney was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635-6. He was a constable in 1641 and a selectman from 1638 to 1655 inclusive. He was town clerk in 1655. His wife Elinor died May 11, 1659, said to be fifty-four years old, though other records would make her about sixty. He married (second), September 29, 1669, Judah Clement. He died June 1, 1673, said to be seventy-four years old. The ancestry of John Whitney is given with the Whitney Family elsewhere in this work.
The children of John and Elinor Whitney were: Mary, baptized in
England, May 23, 1619, died young; John, baptized in England, 1620; Richard, baptized in England, 1626, married Martha Coldam; Nathaniel, baptized in England, 1627; Thomas, baptized in England, 1629, married Mary Kedall (Kettell); Jonathan, baptized in England, 1634, married Lydia Jones; Joshua, baptized in England, July 5, 1635, married Lydia (???); Mary (???); and Abigail Tarbell; Caleb, born in Watertown, July 12, 1640; Benjamin, born in Watertown, June 6, 1643, married Jane (???) and Mary Poor.
(II) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (1) was born in England
in 1620. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. He married, 1642, Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, of Wethersfield, Watertown and Boston. John Whitney lived on a three acre lot on the east side of Lexington street on land granted to E. How, next the homestead of the Phillips (q. v.) Family. Whitney was admitted a freeman May 26, 1647, at the age of twenty-three He was selectman from 1673 to 1680 inclusive He was a soldier in 1673, and was in King Philip's war. He died October 12, 1692.
The children of John and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney were: John,
born September 12, 1643, married Elizabeth Harris; Ruth, born April 15, 1645, married, June 20, 1664, John Shattuck, son of the emigrant William Shattuck; John was drowned while crossing the Charlestown Ferry, September 14, 1675; he was in the Squakeag fight September 4, 1675, and was on his way to Boston to report the disaster to his company; Nathaniel, born February 1, 1646, married Sarah Hagar; Samuel, born July 26, 1648, married Mary Bemis; Mary, born April 29, 1650, died unmarried after 1693; Joseph, born January 15, 1651, married Martha Beach; Sarah, born March 17, 1653, married. October 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington: she died June 8, 1720; he married (second), October 25, 1720, Elizabeth Bridge, widow of Captain Benjamin Garfield; Elizabeth, born June 9. 1656. married, December 19, 1678, Daniel Warren; Hannah; Benjamin, born June 28, 1660, married Abigail Hagar and Elizabeth (???).
(III) Benjamin Whitney, son of John Whitney (2), was born in
Watertown, Massachusetts, June 28, 1660. He married. March 30, 1687, Abigail Hagar, daughter of William and Mary (Bemis) Hagar. He married (second) Elizabeth (???). He died in 1736. His children were: Abigail, born in Watertown, March 3, 1688. married, March 18, 1717. Richard Sawtel; Benjamin, baptized July 10, 1698. married Rebecca (???); Ruth, baptized July 10, 1698, married, July 7, 1715, John Bond, baptized November 23, 1690, removed to Worcester
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before 1752; John, born June 15, 1694, married (first) Susan
(???), (second) Bethia Cutter and (third) Mrs. Beriah (Bemis) (Child) Pierce; David, born June 16, 1697; Daniel, born July 17, 1700, married Dorothy Tainter.
(IV) Ensign David Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney (3), was born
in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 16, 1697. He married, 1720, Rebecca Fillebrown, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 6, 1695, and died 1749. He was one of the proprietors of land at Paris, Maine, in 1736. He died in 1745. He resided in Watertown and Waltham, Massachusetts. Their children were: Rebecca, born November 2, 1721, married, July 18, 1845, Thomas Stowell; David, September 25, 1723, married Mary Merriam; Anna, August 8, 1725, married, June 4, 1752, Samuel Merriam; Nathan, born March 12, 1726; Ruth, February 23, 1728, died April 23, 1757; Josiah, November 22, 1730, married Sarah Lawrence; Jonas, June 25, 1733, married Sarah Whittemore; Jonathan, February 10, 1735, died April 9, 1757.
(V) Nathan Whitney, son of David Whitney (4), was born March 12,
1726-7. He married Tabitha Merriam. He settled in Westminster, Massachusetts. He bought of Benjamin Brown, December 26, 1750, a lot of ninety acres of land in the southern part of the town; part of this land is still owned by his descendants and used as the summer home of George C. Whitney and the family of Edward Whitney, of Worcester. He also bought of Thomas Merriam, his father-in-law, the southeast ends of the adjoining lots, 83 and 84, on which he built his first temporary house. His framed house which was built later forms the older part of the present structure on the old homestead. He brought his bride to Westminster in 1752 or 1753. His struggle with the soil and misfortune almost discouraged him. In the epidemic of 1756 both their children were taken. Again in 1764 their four children died of the epidemic. Out of nine children only three lived to maturity.
Nathan Whitney was a persevering and enterprising man, and at
length he prospered. He became one of the leading men of the town, and had an honorable military record. He was corporal in Captain Daniel Hoar's company in 1759. From 1771 to 1776 he held a commission from George III as captain. He sided with the colonists against the king, resigned his commission and took what part his age and health permitted in the revolution. In 1776 he was in charge of the Hessian prisoners from the British army stationed at his old homestead in Westminster. He died August 10, 1803, aged seventy-six. His wife Tabitha died December 26, 1822, aged ninety years. Mr. Whitney was one of the largest property holders on the Westminster tax list of 1798.
The children of Nathan and Tabitha (Merriam)
Whitney were: Tabitha, born June 29, 1753; Nathan, May 16, 1755, died August 28, 1756; Tabitha, July 6, 1757, died January 27, 1764; Nathan, April 9, 1760, died July 2, 1764; Jonathan, May 14, 1761, died June 21, 1764; Ruth, April 17, 1763, died July 7, 1764; Nathan, July 1, 1765; David, August 10, 1767; John, October 13, 1769.
(VI) John Whitney, son of Captain Nathan Whitney (5), was born
in Westminster, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stearns, daughter of Josiah and Abigail (Emerson) Stearns, December 31, 1793. He settled on the first lot bought by his father, No. 90, and built the house now in use as a summer home by the Whitney family of Worcester. He died at the early age of thirty-two years, June 25, 1802. His widow married James Walker, who died without issue. She married (third) Luke Warren, of Hibbardston, by whom she had four children. She died October 30, 1838, aged sixty-eight years. The children of John and Elizabeth (Stearns) Whitney were: John, born January 15, 1795, died February 22, 1796; John, February 20, 1797; Betsy, May 3, 1799, married April 30, 1829, Thomas Merriam, and resided at Westminster; had three children; died July 15, 1888.
(VII) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (6), was born in
Westminster, Massachusetts. He succeeded to his father's estate and lived upon it all his life. He married Lydia Allen, daughter of Deacon Ephraim Allen, of Hubbardston (published September 30), 1821. They had a family of eight children, all of whom were of excellent character and reputation. He was greatly interested in the education of his children, fitted up a school room in his house, and maintained a private school, the advantages of which were shared by many children besides his own. He became a Baptist in middle life and joined the church. Later he was chosen deacon. In 1843-4 typhoid fever struck down all the members of the household. The father, mother and one child died. The date of his death was March 15, 1844, aged forty-seven; of his wife December 19, 1843, aged forty-one.
Their children were: J. Emerson, born September 13, 1822,
married twice, resided at Grafton, Massachusetts; Sumner A., June 27, 1824, married Lura Clarke, had three children; he died August 29, 1861; Ephraim, July 6, 1826, died June 20, 1850; Mary, October 23, 1829, married Charles M. Tinley, had three daughters; she died February 25, 1859; Harriet, May 29, 1832, married twice, resided in Worcester and Minnesota; had two children; Edward, August 12, 1834; Francis S., March 25, 1840, died January 16, 1844; George Clarkson, September 19, 1842.
(VIII) Edward Whitney, son of John Whitney (7), was born on the
old Whitney homestead in Westminster, Massachusetts, August 12, 1834. He obtained his elementary education in the public schools of his native town. In 1852, at the age of eighteen, he went to New York to strike out in business for himself. There he remained for four years, holding a position of trust in the Metropolitan Bank. In 1856 he came to Worcester, joining his elder brother, Sumner A. Whitney, in the stationery business which was carried on in the Butman block for a few years. His brother died in 1861 and he continued the business alone. He removed soon after to the Bowen block at the corner of Main and Mechanic streets, where he remained for about twenty years. Early in the eighties he removed to the present location of the business at 112 Front street. Shortly before his death Mr. Whitney admitted to partnership his two sons, Edward Cutting Whitney and Harry Sumner Whitney, and they have succeeded to the business which is carried on under the same name. The firm does a large wholesale trade in paper and stationery, blank books, manila paper and paper bags, all over New England. Mr. Whitney occupied a high position in the business community. His sterling character was the foundation of the great business success of his business.
During the last few years of his life he turned his business
cares over to his sons and spent some time in foreign travel, visiting various sections of America, Europe and the Holy Land, in which he took especial interest. He was an active and efficient worker in church and Sunday school. When he first came to Worcester he joined the Union Congregational Church and was superintendent of its Sunday school for more than ten years. He was
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also deacon for many years. About 1892 he transferred his
membership to the Plymouth Congregational Church. He was president of the Worcester Young Men's Christian Association for two years. He was for several years chairman of the executive committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of Massachusetts. He was president of the Worcester Congregational Club for two years. He was a trustee of the Home for Aged Men. Few men have done more for the religious interests of the city than Mr. Whitney. He never cared for politics to any extent and never considered public office. It has been said of him that he was "interested in whatever was conducive to human welfare, and he did much to promote the better life of his adopted city and to lift the world to a higher level." Mr. Whitney died February 5, 1897. He married, November 26, 1857, Susan Louise Cutting, born August 29, 1838, died January 1, 1880. He married (second), October 27, 1886, Emma Louise Rice, who survives him; she is the daughter of William Rice. The children of Edward and Susan Louise (Cutting) Whitney were: Lillie Marie, born in Worcester, June 19, 1867, died August 24, 1868; Edward Cutting, born July 19, 1869; Harry Sumner, born June 1, 1873, married Alice Wright Gibson, of Germantown, Philadelphia, daughter of Alfred C. Gibson, of Germantown, they have one daughter. Louise, born March 30, 1905.
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:42:43 -0500
From: Marika Kolb <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1
To: [email protected]
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1
Author: Ellery Bicknell Crane
Call Number: F72.W9C8vol.1
This book contains a history of Worchester County Massachusetts.
Volume 1 of 2.
Bibliographic Information: Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogical
and Personal Memoirs of
Worchester
County vol.1. The Lewis Publishing Company. New York. 1907.
WHITNEY FAMILY. John Whitney (1), the immigrant ancestor of Anna Henshaw Whitney, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1659. He settled early in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was living in June, 1635. He married in England. Elinor (???), who was born in 1599 and died at Watertown, May 11, 1659. He married (second) in Watertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clement, who died before him. He died June 1, 1673. (Something of his ancestry and more of his early history will be found under the sketch of the Whitney family of Worcester, Massachusetts, in this work.)
The children of John and Elinor Whitney were: Mary, baptized in
England, May 23, 1619, died young; John, of whom later; Richard, born in England, 1626, married Martha Coldam; Nathaniel, born in England, 1627; Thomas, born in England, 1629, married Mary Kettell; Jonathan, born in England, 1634, married Lydia Jones; Joshua, born in Watertown, July 5, 1635, married Lydia (???); (second) Mary (???); (third) Abigail Tarbell; Caleb, born at Watertown, July 12, 1640, buried July 12, 1640; Benjamin, born at Watertown, July 6, 1643, married Jane (???) and (second) Mary Poor.
(II) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (1), was born in England,
1620. He settled in Watertown. He married Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, of Watertown, Weathersfield and Boston. John Whitney's estate was administered by his widow and sons, John and Benjamin. The inventory dated October 26, 1692, included eighteen parcels of land amounting to two hundred and ten acres. His will was dated February 27, 1685; it was not proved. His homestead was a three-acre lot on the east side of Lexington street on land granted first to E. How, bought by him in 1643, the lot next south of the homestead of the Phillips family and probably the same lot occupied by his grandson, Bradshaw Whitney. He was a soldier in King Philip's war under Captain Hugh Mason. He died October 12, 1692.
The children of John and Ruth Whitney were: John, born September
17, 1643, married Elizabeth Hinds; Ruth, born April 15, 1645, married, June 20, 1664, John Shattuck, who was in the Squakeag fight September 4, 1675, and was drowned soon afterward at Charlestown Ferry; Nathaniel, born February 1, 1646, married Sarah Hagar; Samuel, born July 26, 1648, married Mary Bemis; Mary, born April 29, 1650; Joseph, born January 15, 1651, married Martha Beach; Sarah, born March 17, 1653, married, October 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington; Elizabeth, born June 9, 1656, married, December 19, 1678, Daniel Warren; Hannah; Benjamin, born June 28, 1660, married Abigail Hagar.
(III) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (2), was born in
Watertown, September 17, 1643, married in 1669, Elizabeth Harris, who was born November 9, 1644, daughter of Robert Harris. She owned the covenant in the Roxbury church March 30, 1671. He was admitted a freeman in May, 1684. He was a member of the Second Church of Roxbury, November 2, 1712, and doubtless had belonged to the First Church there. His house lot, containing nine acres, was situated on Pond street, in that part of Roxbury called Jamaica Plain. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1676, and owned the covenant in the church at Roxbury in February, 1684. He was a tailor by trade. His will is dated September, 1718, and was proved March 13, 1726-7. He died March 4, 1726. The children of John and Elizabeth Whitney were: Daniel, born December 3, 1681, married Susanna Curtis; Timothy, born April 16, 1678, married Margaret Bacon; Elizabeth, born September 9, 1670; Ruth, born at Roxbury, baptized August 31, 1674, married, April 22, 1701, Joseph Adams, resided in Brookline; Sarah, baptized August 2, 1684, died July 4, 1689; John, born April 1, 1672, died young.
(IV) Daniel Whitney, eldest son of John Whitney (3), was born in
Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 3, 1681. He lived at Roxbury. He married, June 21, 1704, Susanna Curtis. Their children were: John, born May 23, 1705, inherited land of his grandfather Whitney at Woodstock, Connecticut, then in Massachusetts; Elizabeth, born February 4, 1706; Susanna, born February 21, 1708; Daniel, born March 26, 1711; Anna, born April 30, 1713; Elijah, of whom later; Ruth, born December 5, 1718; Elisha, born October 5, 1722; Esther, born July 11, 1726, married, March 8, 1745, John White.
(V) Elijah Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney (4), was born at
Roxbury, Massachusetts, January 15, 1715. He married Hannah (???). They settled in Warwick, Massachusetts, where in 1776 he served on the committee of safety and correspondence. Their children, born at Roxbury, were: Elijah, born September 23, 1744; Elisha, born October 6, 1747, of whom later; John, born November 29, 1749, married May Payson; Hannah, born June 13, 1756, baptized at Roxbury same year; Daniel, married Sarah Gay.
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(VI) Elisha Whitney, son of Elijah Whitney (5), was born at
Roxbury, October 6, 1747. He married in Newton, Massachusetts, June 4, 1769, Abigail Dana. He was a lieutenant in the revolution. His picture painted by Stuart is owned by his grandson, Benjamin D. Whitney. He resided at West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The children of Lieutenant Elisha and Abigail Whitney were: Experience, born February, 1776, died September 17, 1777; Abigail, born April 10, 1778, married, November 17, 1799, Joseph Seaver, of Boston; Elisha, born February 4, 1780, married Sarah Heath; Asa, of whom later; Pedy, born July 20, 1784, married in Roxbury, 1801, Colonel Joseph Dudley, who was born October 16, 1780; he owned and occupied the old Dudley homestead in Roxbury; he was a farmer strict in principles, generous with his fortune; he gave a site for a townhouse in Roxbury; William, born June 17, 1788, died unmarried; Elizabeth, born March 3, 1793, died unmarried.
(VII) Asa Whitney, son of Elisha Whitney (6), was born in Boston, May 18, 1782. He married at Pomfret, Connecticut, December 31, 1805, Mary Hammond, who was born December 7, 1787, and died 1845. He died March 4, 1826. He resided at Pomfret, Roxbury, Cambridge and Boston.
The children of Asa and Mary Whitney were: 1. Benjamin Duick,
born November 6, 1807, married (first) Elizabeth Williams and (second) Charlotte Genella. 2. Daniel H., born October 7, 1809, died October 6, 1817. 3. Sarah Hammond, born May 23, 1812, died June 23, 1817. 4. Mary, born March 5, 1815, married Professor Cornelius C. Felton, of Harvard University, who was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, November 6, 1807, and died in Chester, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1862. He graduated from Harvard in 1827, taught school two years at Geneseo, New York, was appointed Latin tutor at Harvard in 1820, became Greek tutor in 1830, college professor of Greek in 1832, and in 1834 was chosen Eliot professor of Greek literature. He was for many years regent of the college; in 1860 he was elected president and continued in the office until his death. He was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education and one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institute. He was one of the most profound and enthusiastic classical scholars in the country. He edited and translated a number of important works. He wrote "Greece. Ancient and Modern,"--and other important books. 5. Emily, born September 27, 1817, married Dr. Joseph Sargent, of Worcester. (See sketch of Dr. Sargent and his family in this work.) 6. Asa H., of whom later. 7. Sarah, born July 13, 1822, married Frederick W. Gale of Worcester; both lost on the steamer "Arctic," September 27, 1854. 8. Catherine Dean, born December 17, 1824, married, May, 1849, Dr. Henry Sargent. (See Sargent family of Worcester and Leicester.)
(VIII) Asa Hammond Whitney, son of Asa Whitney (7), was born in
Boston, June 17, 1819. He married, October 3, 1842, Laura Leffingwell Henshaw, who was born June 23, 1820, at Warren, Ohio, and died April 20, 1886. He prepared for college in Boston schools and was graduated at Harvard College in 1838. After leaving college he made a voyage to the Mediterranean for his health and subsequently went to Rio Janiero as supercargo. On his return he became the junior partner of the firm of Henshaw & Whitney, wholesale druggists, Boston. He resided in Cambridge; later he became interested in railroad business and removed to Norfolk, Virginia, where he managed the financial affairs of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company, as its treasurer. He was a man of great energy and earnestness of character. He resided late in life at Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he died October 7, 1858.
The children of Asa Hammond and Laura Leffingwell Whitney were:
1. Laura L., born June 15, 1843, died January 24, 1870. 2. Anna Henshaw, of whom later. 3. Richard Sullivan, born June 19, 1846, died August 23, 1847. 4. Catherine Dean, born June 17, 1849, married Robert George Lawton, of Hudson, New York, on the English frigate "Narcissus," off Havana, Cuba, May 31, 1871. He was born August 12, 1839, and died December 2, 1904; was a resident of Havana; member of the banking firm of Lawton Brothers. Their children were: Robert Henshaw Lawton, born in Havana, April 3, 1872, died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, December 10, 1881; Sydney Allen Lawton, born at Lancaster, November 2, 1873, graduate of Harvard University, 1895, now with the firm of Wrenn Brothers, brokers, New York city; married, June 29, 1901, Harriet Sheldon Lawton, of Hudson, New York, and they reside at Rye, New York, and have two children--Sarah, born October 19, 1902, and Katharine, born October 14, 1904; Ethel Whitney Lawton, born at Lancaster, October 4, 1875, married Chester Parker, of South Lancaster, Massachusetts, at New York city, October 5, 1899; resides in Lancaster and they have had three children--Chester Parker, Jr., born September 29, 1900; Felton Parker, born January 14, 1902, died March 21, 1902; and Lydia Parker, born November 4, 1903; Richard Henshaw Lawton, born in Lancaster, March 23, 1888, resides in Rye, New York. 4. Hammond Moore, born at Norfolk, Virginia, June 28, 1851, resides in Brookline. Massachusetts; married at Boston, November 13, 1879, Catherine Howard Reed, and their children are--Catherine, born at Longwood, Massachusetts, September 28, 1881, married, September 30, 1903, Theodore W. Little, at Cohasset, Massachusetts; they reside in Brookline; Margaret, born at Longwood, Massachusetts, December 28, 1886, resides at Longwood. 5. Emily Stark, born at Norfolk, Virginia, July 10, 1854, resides at Lancaster.
(IX) Anna Henshaw Whitney, daughter of Asa Hammond Whitney (8),
was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 30, 1844. She attended school there and in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1855 she was sent to a boarding school at Keene, New Hampshire with her elder sister, Laura L. Whitney. In 1858 they entered Lasell Seminary at Auburndale, Massachusetts, graduating in 1860. During the next two years she was a teacher in Lasell Seminary and in the year following she taught for a year in a private school in Worcester. In February, 1864, she accepted a position as teacher in the academy at Lancaster, which shortly became the Lancaster high school. With the exception of one year, 1880-1, spent abroad, she continued to teach there until 1888.
Miss Whitney has served several three-year terms on the school
committee of Lancaster, and is at present secretary of the board. She is also secretary of the board of trustees of the Public Library.
Since giving up her work as teacher in the public schools she
has taught drawing and painting to private pupils and in the public schools at times. Miss Whitney has an attractive home at Lancaster and pursues agriculture at her farm, "Few Acres," as one of her avocations. For many years she kept kennels of St. Bernards and pug dogs for pleasure and profit, and has officiated as judge of these and various other breeds at the leading bench shows in the United States and Canada, beginning
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soon after her return from Europe and continuing to the present
time.
From: "John J. Whitney" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:40:55 -0400
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Enoch Whitney
To: [email protected]
I tried to pass on some information concerning Enoch Whitney (1837-1905, Monroe County, OH) to a person who had posted a message carried on the WRG site, but that person's address is no longer a good address. If the interested person receives this, please contact me.
From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:24:26 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] John Dudley Whitney To: [email protected]
Hi,
I sent this message a while ago but I thought I'd try again...
I am related to John Dudley Whitney born in 1803 m. Elizabeth Doughty in 1826, their son Henry Martin Whitney b June 9, 1854 m. Cora Fisk d. 1930, and their daughter Laura Isabel Whitney b. Feb 17, 1889 m. Frank Vanderhoof, 1911. I haven't been able to trace the family back any further.
Thought I'd take a chance!
Thanks, Crystal Orton
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:59:34 -0400 From: "Debbie J. Stlelmach" <[email protected]> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] geneology Sender: "Debbie J. Stlelmach" <[email protected]>
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Would you happen to know if William Henry Whitney and Fanny Miller had any descendents named Charles Whitney?
A Charles Whitney was born in 1823 in MA, lived for a bit in Ohio and settled in North Collins, Erie Co, NY around 1865. He died in 1902. North Collins is a short few miles from East Aurora. He and his wife Marion Snyder named their eldest daughter Fanny and had other children as well.
I've been unable to find his death record so far or any clues as to his parentage. There is another group of Whitneys in nearby Ashford and haven't been able to connect him to them either.
Debbie Kailua, HI
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 10:47:14 -0400
From: Richard W Whitney Sr <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Leon Rouleau Whitney
To: [email protected]
I trying to trace Leon Rouleau Whitney, my father. b 20 June 1892, Buffalo, NY d 24 Jan 1951 at the Phila. Naval Hospital. m Viola Reis in Phila. PA Father was Harry Whitney, mother was Louise Rouleau. Source: Death Certificate signed by R W Holmes 25 Jan 1951. Served in the US Army 1917 to 1919, Sergeant, Co E, 19th Engineers, 17th Bn, 153rd DB. Honorable discharge states LRW was born in Buffalo NY, was 26 years old when he enlisted and occupation was a clerk. He had blue eyes, brown hair and was 5'10" in height. Served as president of the Phila. Marine Travel Club and was General Passenger Agent for American Export Lines. He also worked for F. Schumacher, Raymond-Whitcomb and Royal Mail. I have been trying to trace him on and off for four years with no success. Any information will be appreciated. I have some further information I would share with anyone who is also researching LRW. Thank you. Richard W. Whitney Sr.
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 05:55:23 -0500 From: carol ann berry <[email protected]>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Pioneer Women To: [email protected]
In the 1850 Ohio Census i find: Salmon Whitney,age 49, Medina co.Ohio, Montville twp,,farmer,born New York Bathsheba, age 48, Herman W Whitney age 23. Lucy,age 17 Franklin, age 14 born Ohio Ellen, age 10-born Ohio Josephine, age 8-born Ohio
In the "Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve for Ohio"this is listed
Whitney,Mrs. Ruloff(sp?)....?.....,Bathsheba,from or born-Sheffield,Mass-last residence was Ravenna twp,Portage co.Ohio,came to Ohio before 1840.
I am sure this is Soloman Whitney and Basheba who came to Iowa,Cedar co.,1851 with Franklin and Josephine. There is also a Shubal Whitney,75;Sarah,73;Clara,19 all from Conn. living Wadsworth twp.Ohio same 1850 census. Does anyone see a clue where this Soloman(Salmon) and Basheba Whitney fit in? Is Soloman Ruloff?(Rudolph?) Whitney,the same person,with this as a middle name?? thanks for any help. carol
From: "jetjock" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:03:00 -0700 Organization: None Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Salmon Whitney To: [email protected]
For Carol A. Berry - Carol I too have the Salmon Whitney and Bathsheba in my Ohio data base, they are in both the 1840 and 1850 census of Medina Co. I have nothing further on them, however I am fairly certain that the two Bathsheba Whitney's you mention are not the same. The Medina County census of 1850 gives her age as 48, born then in 1802. The Ruluff Dutcher Whitney of Sheffield, MA is the one found in Portage Co., Ohio in 1850. However he was born 3 March, 1793 and died 30 Sep., 1884. His wife was Bathsheba Fuller (a son was John Fuller) and she was born 28 Nov., 1789 and died 24 Jan., 1854. Therefore (if her age given on the census is correct) she is not the one to have traveled to Cedar County, Iowa in 1851.
I hope this helps you and would like to see who Salmon and Bathsheba of your family turn out to be.
Ben Whitney
From: "Mark & Lisa Whitney" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:16:59 -0400 Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Children of Enoch Whitney and Hannah Newcomb To: [email protected]
I am look for any information verifying the children of Enoch Whitney (b. 8 Apr 1773 in Gorham, Maine) and Hannah Newcomb. The following references in "A History of the Town of Harrison" and "Whitney Genealogy" by Fairfield Whitney state they had 10 children although 8 were listed as follows:
1. Daniel, b. 22 Jan 1793 in Limington; d. 24 Mar 1873 married 19 Jan 1815 to Susan Harmon b. 31 Aug 1792; d. 31 Oct 1875
2. Mary; married William Decker of Casco
3. Freeman, b. 9 Mar 1800 in Standish; d. 24 Mar 1873 married (1) Mary Stickney Gray; (2) Melinda (Parkard) Trafton
4. Eunice, b. 30 May 1807 in Gorham, d. 29 Aug 1856 married 4 Mar 1824 to Simon Newcomb of Buxton
5. Eleazer b. about 1809 in Gorham, died at sea in 1829
6. William, b. in Harrison married Agnes Smith of Lee
7. John, b. in Harrison and died young
8. Eli
Any additional links to Freeman Whitney and Mary Stickney Gray would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Lisa Long Whitney
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:37:11 -0700 From: Paul & Brenda Nichols <[email protected]> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services
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From: GMBy <[email protected]> Organization: Microsoft Corporation Subject: [NORTHEAST] Whitney Family To: [email protected]
Does anyone have an Augustus Whitney from Lowell, MA who married 24 Dec. 1849 Laura Currier b. 2 Aug. 1824. They lived in Haverhill, NH. Thank you for checking.
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From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:12:21 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V99 #160 To: [email protected]
Does any one know of a Silas Whitney supposed to maybe born in Drew Co. Arkansas served in Civil War. Died in Texas. Father of Caldonia Whitney who married Robert Burton Watts. Not much known on the Whitney line, would appreciate any clue at all.
Thank you Jody ([email protected])
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:53:46 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in the Civil War for Illinois To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
Someone just posted material of this kind on another list (Green-L) so I took the URL and substituted Whitney, and this is what I got. I haven't looked to see if it is already on the WebSite, but if it isn't, Tim, please put it there. I'll experiment a bit with the URL to see if it works for other states as well.
Allan
Result of search for "Whitney".
NAME COMPANY & UNIT RESIDENCE
- BROWN, WHITNEY E G 51 INF GOODALE DUTTON, WHITNEY K 8 CAV SOMONAUK McWHITNEY, JOHN B 116 INF DECATUR SCHOOLCRAFT, WHITNEY I 74 INF DAVIS STRONG, WHITNEY F K 9 CAV TRURO VAN NORMAN, WHITNEY D L 5 CAV EFFINGHAM WHITNEY, ADVENT K 58 INF CON COAL VALLEY WHITNEY, ALLEN B B 96 INF AVON WHITNEY, ALLEN B G 21 INF AVON WHITNEY, ALONZO C 30 INF SPARTA WHITNEY, ANDREW E G 10 CAV CON WHITNEY, ANDREW G B 9 CAV HENRY CO WHITNEY, ARTHUR C 37 INF AVON WHITNEY, BARNEY C A 3 CAV CHATHAM WHITNEY, BENJAMIN B 92 INF BYRON WHITNEY, BEVERLY W B 15 INF BELVIDERE WHITNEY, BEVERLY W K 46 INF BOONE WHITNEY, CALEB B 96 INF WARREN WHITNEY, CASTLE E 50 INF CAMP POINT WHITNEY, CHARLES B 1 ART CHICAGO WHITNEY, CHARLES F 27 INF JERSEYVILLE WHITNEY, CHARLES K 50 INF WHITNEY, CHARLES B B 9 INF CON TROY PRECINCT WHITNEY, CHARLES J A 137 INF QUINCY WHITNEY, CHARLES W G 37 INF EAST BEND WHITNEY, DANIEL E 36 INF LITTLE ROCK WHITNEY, EDWARD F 52 INF YORK WHITNEY, EDWARD H 10 INF SANDWICH WHITNEY, EDWARD A G 10 CAV ATHENS WHITNEY, FERDINAND S B 64 INF YORKTOWN WHITNEY, FERDINAND S F 151 INF FAIRFIELD WHITNEY, FERDINAND S H 12 INF TISKILWA WHITNEY, FRANCIS H 49 INF WATERLOO WHITNEY, FRANK G 52 INF HAMPSHIRE WHITNEY, FRANKLIN A F 36 INF MISSION WHITNEY, FRANKLIN M C 129 INF LIVINGSTON CO WHITNEY, GEORGE W A 15 INF ONECO WHITNEY, GEORGE W E 15 INF CON FREEPORT WHITNEY, H B D 46 INF CORDOVA WHITNEY, HAMILTON B 96 INF WARREN WHITNEY, HENRY A A 33 INF NEW MILFORD WHITNEY, HENRY M K 62 INF MATTOON WHITNEY, HENRY P A 39 INF WILMINGTON WHITNEY, IRA B B 127 INF WHITNEY, ISAAC N E 28 INF CON WHITNEY, JACOB F 1 CAV QUINCY WHITNEY, JAMES D C STURGIS RIFLES CHICAGO WHITNEY, JAMES F D 41 INF MATTOON WHITNEY, JAMES L F 125 INF NEWCOMB WHITNEY, JASPER B 18 INF SHAWNEETOWN WHITNEY, JENSEL B D 112 INF BURNS WHITNEY, JOHN C B 127 INF ALTO WHITNEY, JOHN F C 11 INF CENTRALIA WHITNEY, JOHN H A 52 INF KANEVILLE WHITNEY, JOHN H F 36 INF NETTLE CREEK WHITNEY, JOHN M 10 CAV PETERSBURG WHITNEY, JOHN T A 148 INF PRINCETON WHITNEY, JOHN W 17 CAV VERNON WHITNEY, JOHN W 53 INF ELLINGTON WHITNEY, JOHN W F 45 INF VERNON WHITNEY, JOHN W H 70 INF SPRINGFIELD WHITNEY, JONAS E B 126 INF BUFFALO PRAIRIE WHITNEY, JONAS E G 126 INF EDGINGTON WHITNEY, JOSEPH F 1 CAV QUINCY WHITNEY, JOSEPH B B 11 CAV BLUE MOUND WHITNEY, JOSEPH B E 133 INF SPRINGFIELD WHITNEY, JOSEPH C C 96 INF ELA WHITNEY, JOSEPH M A 113 INF CHICAGO WHITNEY, LEONARD I 53 INF OTTAWA WHITNEY, LEROY D B 34 INF ELLINGTON WHITNEY, LEROY J C 146 INF LYSANDER WHITNEY, LORENZO B F 13 INF SYCAMORE WHITNEY, LORENZO H B 8 CAV KINGSTON WHITNEY, LORENZO H HQ 140 INF DIXON WHITNEY, LUTHER C 92 INF YORK WHITNEY, MARK J I 42 INF ST CHARLES WHITNEY, MERRITT T B K 58 INF CON COAL VALLEY WHITNEY, MORTIMER W D 1 CAV GALVA WHITNEY, MOSES P A 54 INF MATTOON WHITNEY, NATHAN D 2 ART FREEDOM WHITNEY, NORMAN W A 143 INF CHARLESTON WHITNEY, OSCAR B 15 INF BELVIDERE WHITNEY, P WARREN MERCANTILE CHICAGO WHITNEY, RUFUS L C 146 INF LYSANDER WHITNEY, RUFUS L D 11 INF ROCKFORD WHITNEY, RUFUS L HQ 146 INF LYSANDER WHITNEY, RUFUS L K 1 CAV WINNEBAGO WHITNEY, RUFUS L M 15 CAV WHITNEY, SAMUEL G 58 INF DEMENT WHITNEY, SAMUEL D I 9 CAV SPRING WHITNEY, SAMUEL H I 58 INF DEMENT WHITNEY, SANFORD R D 71 INF PORT BYRON WHITNEY, SILAS D HQ 7 CAV WHITNEY, SYLVESTER B 11 CAV CURRAN WHITNEY, THEODORE F G 89 INF KNOXVILLE WHITNEY, WILFORD H G 89 INF KNOXVILLE WHITNEY, WILLARD B 96 INF AVON WHITNEY, WILLARD G E 106 INF SALT CREEK WHITNEY, WILLIAM B 75 INF FAIRFIELD WHITNEY, WILLIAM F 85 INF WHITNEY, WILLIAM G 113 INF CHICAGO WHITNEY, WILLIAM I 23 INF CHICAGO WHITNEY, WILLIAM K 141 INF ST CHARLES WHITNEY, WILLIAM C 1 ART CHICAGO WHITNEY, WILLIAM C D 1 ART WHITNEY, WILLIAM C D 156 INF LISLE WHITNEY, WILLIAM C G 2 ART KISHWAUKEE WHITNEY, WILLIAM C I 120 INF WHITNEY, WILLIAM H B 8 CAV KINGSTON WHITNEY, WILLIAM J G 112 INF CLOVER WHITNEY, WILLIAM R H 14 INF CON DOVER
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:26:49 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Civil War WHITNEYS To: [email protected]
In a message dated 6/30/99 5:27:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Someone just posted material of this kind on another list (Green-L) so I
took
the URL and substituted Whitney, and this is what I got. I haven't looked
to
see if it is already on the WebSite, but if it isn't, Tim, please put it there. I'll experiment a bit with the URL to see if it works for other states as well. Allan >>
I would appreciate knowing the URL. I have other Illinois lines I would like to check. Thanks so much. Karen Grubaugh
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:42:37 EDT Subject: [WHITNEY-L] What's going on?! To: [email protected]
Dear WRG:
These two articles just came out, yesterday, I think. I believe some of you have web pages at GeoCities. If it actually means what it seems to say on the surface, it is of great concern to me and I thought it might well be of concern to you. There also seems to be brewing a somewhat similar kind of controversy at Rootsweb. I don't want to turn this genealogy group into a forum on this whole problem, but some of us may want to discuss it further privately. Copied news article from "Wired News" follows:
Allan E. Green
Yahoo: Your House Is My House
by Declan McCullagh
3:00 a.m. 29.Jun.99.PDT
If you're a GeoCities homesteader, be
warned: Your Web site is no longer your
own.
Yahoo, which launched its
Yahoo-GeoCities site Monday, says it
owns all Web pages, articles, and images
on member sites and has "irrevocable"
rights to them for all time.
This presents a problem for those
GeoCities members who have
painstakingly assembled large sites with
dozens, even hundreds, of pages of
valuable material.
"Somebody please tell me that this does
not mean that Yahoo is demanding the
rights to a large portion of my
professional writing and photography if I
use my Web site there," complained Tracy
Marks, who estimates that she has 600
Web pages and 23 MB of files on
GeoCities.
To create or update GeoCities pages,
members must agree to a contract that
gives Yahoo broad rights over their
intellectual property.
Under its terms of service, publishers
must give Yahoo a "royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and
fully sublicensable right and license to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform and display such
Content" in any form or media.
Yahoo defends the terms in the contract,
saying it's trying to prevent itself from
being sued over copyright infringements
and wants the ability to promote its
service.
Consumer advocates say Yahoo has gone
too far.
"It's a bad idea. People don't read the fine
print on these contracts. People will give
up intellectual property to Yahoo without
understanding what they're getting into,"
said Jamie Love of the Ralph
Nader-affiliated Consumer Project on
Technology.
"People have made investments by
promoting their site and people start to
link to them. They're changing the rules in
midstream," Love said.
Legal experts say that it's likely Yahoo will
change its mind.
"I bet that once it comes to light, they'll
modify it. They can't get away with it.
They'd have people leaving in droves,"
said David Post, a law professor at
George Mason University who teaches
intellectual property law.
"My prediction is that Yahoo will say,
'That's not what we intended. We don't
really want to do all these things with
their content. We had it as an insurance
policy,'" Post said.
Some scholarly journals have standardized
similar contracts that are even more
restrictive: They require authors to give
up all rights to the publication. But as
authors began to want to post their
writings on their Web sites, journals have
started to become more flexible.
Yahoo will let users keep their existing
GeoCities pages under the old contract,
but customers cannot modify their site
until they agree to the revised terms of
service.
Some other Web page-hosting services
have similar contracts. Tripod, which is
owned by the parent company of Wired
News, requires its users to grant it "a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
nonexclusive, worldwide, unrestricted
license to use, copy, modify, transmit,
distribute, and publicly perform or display
the submitted Member Web Page."
Second Article from Internet News
Yahoo! Angers Homesteaders June 29, 1999 Cyrus Afzali, InternetNews.com Managing Editor
Web Developer News Archives
Many Web developers are angrily protesting revisions in Yahoo!-GeoCities
terms of service.
The changes, announced June 25, give the company a license to use a GeoCities member's content in any way it wishes and give Yahoo!-GeoCities irrevocable rights to the work. That means developers are excluded from receiving any royalties resulting from profits Yahoo!-GeoCities may make on homesteader sites.
Once word of the changes reached the developer community, reaction was swift.
"This crosses the line. Yahoo! is claiming that by submitting any content, I am granting an unqualified license for all of my content to be used by Yahoo! in any way it chooses and to create any kind of derivative works.
"They can profit in any way, in perpetuity from my copyrighted works, without ever requesting my permission or providing me with any benefits. Even worse, Yahoo! won't even let me edit my GeoCities Web site or remove my content from the service without first accepting the new usage contract," wrote GeoCities member Mark Welch, who also publishes Adbility's Web Publishers' Advertising Guide.
After protesting to Yahoo!-GeoCities, Welch was contacted by a Yahoo! attorney who said the changes were not significant since the previous contract allowed GeoCities to use homesteader content for promotional purposes. The new contract gives Yahoo!-GeoCities the right to use the content however it wishes without giving the developer credit.
Consumer and privacy advocates have criticized the new rules, saying many will agree to the provisions without having a clear understanding of their implications.
However, GeoCities isn't the only Web community that reserves the right to use member content however it wishes. Tripod, owned by Web portal Lycos Inc. also requires users to sign a royalty-free, unrestricted license to use or modify member content.
Copyright 1999 internet.com Corp. All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices, Reprints.
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:46:49 EDT
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Joseph & Mary
To: [email protected]
Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, pages 107-110: Joseph Whitney b. Oct.20, 1755 married Mary Woods----their last child listed is Alvah, b. & d. unm. I just received word that this couple are the parents of my Alva Whitney who married Marenda Hartwell. Does anyone know wether Joseph & Mary had another child they may have named Alva? Thanks.
From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:08:51 EDT
[email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Apropos the recent concern about Yahoo/Geocities To: [email protected]
Dear Friends on several lists:
I have been trying to make sense out of all of this, and thought these two extracted messages would help some of the rest of you. I know that many of us have or have had content on Geocities in one of the Heartland areas dedicated to genealogy.
First is a response from Yahoo/Geocities that came to me via one of the lists to which I am a subscriber.
> Dear XXXXXXXXX, > > Thank you for contacting us re: Yahoo! GeoCities. > > We'd like to be really clear - Yahoo! does not claim to own content > submitted to it by its users. > > Our terms of service require homesteaders to grant us the right to > reproduce and otherwise use their content when we post and maintain it > on the Yahoo! Network. There are simple and important reasons we have > this policy and they are designed to benefit you. Listed below are two > of the biggest reasons: > > 1. When you upload a Web page or image to us, we often need to copy it > to put it on the many computers that we use to serve home pages to > people that want to look at your page. We need you to give us the right > to copy and reproduce that content. > > 2. We also might want to feature your home page on the front page of > Yahoo! GeoCities or elsewhere on the Yahoo! Network, so you can get more > people to see your page. We need to have that right; otherwise we > couldn't reproduce this content. > > Yahoo! has always been focused on providing users with a compelling > experience on the Web, and the Terms of Service are standard throughout > the Yahoo! Network. We hope you understand that all of our actions are > taken with you, the user, in our mind. > > Thank you again for taking the time to write to us. > > Yahoo! GeoCities > www.geocities.com
Now here is a copy of what is supposed to be the current TOS document put out by Yahoo/Geocities.
By submitting Content to any Yahoo property, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such Content has expressly granted, Yahoo the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You acknowledge that Yahoo does not pre-screen Content, but that Yahoo and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any Content that is publicly available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Yahoo and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Yahoo or submitted to Yahoo, including without limitation information in Yahoo! Message Boards, Yahoo! Clubs, and in all other parts of the Service.
23. COPYRIGHTS and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
Yahoo respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Yahoo's Copyright Agent the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Now I've only got a Bachelor's, Masters and Doctoral degree, not a Law degree, but does anyone but me think that these two paragraphs are not in agreement? Or even in the same universe?
I hope that this is informative to those of you on our common lists.
Allan E. Green, Barbourville, KY IBSSG (Charter) -- Proud Sponsor of Rootsweb WHITNEY-L, BADEN-WURTTEMBURG-L, BILLINGSLEY-L, BlackSheep-L, BOMAN-L (BAUMANN), CORBETT-L, GERMAN-AMERICAN-L, GREEN-L, KELLAM-L, NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L, REYNOLDS-L, "The Law of Common Sense"
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