Mailing List Discussions, October 1996

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From - Sun Oct 06 08:26:12 1996 Date: 05 Oct 96 14:58:27 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Part 1-Whitney newsletter 10-5-96

Re: Part 1 - Whitney Newsletter 10-5-96

My news for the week:

Belated adding of a new member. Guess it goes to prove that even e-mail can get lost! Welcome Donald Watson <[email protected]> who sent the following to Michael Whitney recently:

>>Hi Micheal, I can handle GEDCOM for PAF or FTW sent as an attached file. My WHITNEY line is from John WHITNEY and Ellinor, Benjamin and wife Jane POOR, Nathaniel and wife Sarah FORD, Nathan and wife Elizabeth MELCHER(need her parents). Elizabeth Ann WHITNEY married Ebenezer WATSON and were my G4grandparents. H&H, Donald Watson JR [email protected]<<

Donald: I know we would love to have your complete line for our database. If you haven't done so already, get in touch with Jon Aston who maintains the "master" database <MRJ79@aolcom>, & arrange for him to receive your Gedcom file. Jon will also be able to send you the most recent copy of the association's master database.

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Everybody say a little prayer for Joan Hicks. She advises me that she just had surgery for cancer of the throat & is going through radiation treatments now. Get well soon, Joan! We're all pulling for you!

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Here are some interesting notes that I received this week from Ron & Roxie Whitney: >> Just a short note to share some info I found. I have a letter dated January 22, 1945 from a Mabel May Whitney in Harvey, Illinois to my Grandfather's sister Frances. She was seeking information about her father who was also an Oliver Whitney. In the letter she said her greatgrandfather was named John. Her grandfather was Norman J. Whitney and had brothers named William, Irving, Oliver and Caleb. There were also sisters, but she didn't name them. She figured her father was buried somewhere in Minnesota. She also said her grandfather had an outfit and made trips to California with a couple of his brothers after gold was discovered there.

If this rings any bells for anyone, they can let me know and I will be happy to send them a copy of the letter. Ron<<

>>Roxie and I visited the Soldier Valley Cemetery in Iowa near the town of Pisgah. We found the following headstones. -George C. Whitney b. Oct 29, 1817 d. Sep 29, 1901 and his wife Sarah B. b.Jan 7,1825 d. Aug 12,1904. -Alvin J. Whitney 1850-1931 & Jennie H. 1857-1916. - Oscar G. Whitney, Iowa Wagoner Infantry WWI b.Dec 7 1892 d.Jun 12, 1971 & Dortha E. b.Aug 18, 1900 d.Oct 20,1987. - Charles F. Whitney b.Dec 22 1885 d. Apr 24 1960 & Celia b.May 23, 1886 d.(no date shown) -Isaac E. Whitney d. Sep 9,1901 at 60y 4mo 2days &Jane L. b.Feb 10,1838 d.Oct 26,1912. - Alfred Whitney 1845-1925 & Mary A. d.Jan 18,1896 at 17y 3mo 3days & Albert son of A&M Whitney b.Oct 12, 1888 d. Feb 16, 1889. There were also a couple of kids of A&M but info was hard to read. Names Edmond and Charles.

I checked these names against Witney10 file and family tree maker CD's. Didn't find any matches, but thought it might be of interest if any of the Miscwhit's are looking for relatives in Iowa.

Ron and Roxie Whitney 1460 County Road 92 Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 Phone: 612.472.4021<<

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Steve Kraus passed this on to me for the membership:

>>As a newbie to the club, I really don't know where you guys have been and what's already been discussed. If I'm repeating old news, just tell me to shut up and get back on the porch (local redneck joke). I thought this might be of interest to someone.

I ran across an ad for a genealogy mail order store in a 25 year old magazine at our library a while back. Not to be discouraged, I called them up and asked for their advertised $2.00 catalog. They are still in business and are called Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc. in Rutland, VT. They specialize in original and bound photocopies of published geneologies and local history books (including some from Canada and Europe) ranging from $7.50 to about $300. The genealogy catalog is now $7.50 and is 275 pages. It gives description of books, condition if original, and if it includes fold out trees, etc.

Of interest in catalog no. 15...

WHITNEY, Decendants of John, who came from England to Watertown, MA in 1635, Frederick C. Pierce, 692 pp, 1895, photocopy with vinyl covers. $138.50 (I know everyone will want 2 at that price <g>)

WHITNEY, Incidents in the Life of Samuel Whitney, born in Marlborough, MA 1734, died at Castine, ME 1800, by Henry A. Whitney, 139 pp, photocopy with vinyl covers $27.50. Only 100 copies were originally published.

I haven't ordered anything from them yet but the person answering the phone was friendly and competent. The catalog was shipped promptly. It says they also buy books too if you want to sell some. They can be contacted at [email protected] or (802) 773-8229.

bye... Steve Kraus / Kissimmee, FL<<

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Mary Ann Lindsey sends the following on about some Whitneys: >>There was an inquiry about a Josiah Whitney b 1688 in MASS, d 1766. I have a Josiah Whitney b abt 1700 CT, d abt 1750 CT m Eunice Hanford. For what it is worth to anyone.

Also I found on Chris Rumbaugh's homepage while I was looking for my Emma Rumbaugh-- Charles W. Whitney m Sarah A Mitchell on Feb 9, 1868 Shelby Co Missouri. For what that is worth to anyone! I cannot find it in my files on CT Whitneys. As for Anna Whitney Percival sounds like she might be one of my VT Whitneys, but cannot find her. I need to do an in-depth analysis of my files again.

I would volunteer to maintain the listserver, but I really do not have the energy of some of you other dudes! I have my own homepage you know.

<http://metro.net/malincal/> I am doing too many things at once and have to set my priorities sooooooon. Good luck! MAL<<

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A note from Barbara Black this week says: >>Subject: more WHITNEY research

So far I find no connection to my DANIEL. but  thought someone else. could use

some of the

WHITNEY  DESCENDENTS as researched by M. Posehn for a client
 A copy of her research is in the California State Library.-California Section.

She is a genealogy contributor on Prodigy. The Whitneys in her research begins with

 Tuston (The Feming) DeWhitney abt 1170 -abt 1194: ( I will only give the

descendants from John & Elinor.)

JOHN (1592-1673) ELINOR

    >RICHARD -1624-1719
          >EBENEZER -1672-1727
                >ZACHARIAH- 1708- ?
                       >ZACHARIAH-1732-1808
                             >ZACHARIAH-1764-1849
                                      >AARON-1802-1898
                                              >CHARLES WILSON WHITNEY

-1837-1916

                                                        >NELLIE

WHITNEY-1879-1929

Margaret stated that her client was a widow of the person who started the research more than 26 years before his death. I know nothing about the accuracy and sources. They are probably in the book. If anyone is interested I can contact her as I have both Prodigy and AOL. (Internet for a Mac on Prodigy is nil)

 Barbara Crowder Black    (Babseeb)<<

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As this week's newsletter is a bit long, I will split it into 2 parts. Part 2 will concentrate on the discussion about the surname of Elinor - wife of our immigrant, John Whitney.

-) Jeanne

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From - Sun Oct 06 08:26:07 1996 Date: 05 Oct 96 14:58:47 EDT From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Part 2-Whitney Newsletter 10-5

Hello again cousins!

There has been some recent discussion concerning the surname of Elinor/Ellen - wife of immigrant, John Whitney. Our database has her birthdate as 1597/1599 & that she died "aged 60" on 11 May 1659 in Watertown, Mass.

It has been suggested that her name may have been Elinor ARNOLD. Her son, John Whitney, had a land transaction in Watertown with a "Father Arnold".

The NEHG Register gives us a possibility. The writings in Vol 33 of the Registry (dated Oct 1879) beginning on p427, were prepared by 2 different people: Edwin Hubbard, Esq., of Chicago, Ill, who personally examined a copy of "early Arnold records, received from Canada by the Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, president of the Chicago Historical Society" in May, 1878. and Henry T. Drowne, Esq., of New York City, who printed the "copy of the early portion of a manuscript genealogy compiled by the late Horatio G. Somerby, in 1870, for Benjamin G. Arnold, Esq., of New ork city." Mr. Drowne wrote "The reader will notice discrepancies between the documents as to dates, names, &c. We hope that further research will decide which is correct."

Vol 33 beginning on p.427 under "Early Records of the Arnold Family" gives an account of the 2 brothers both of whom came to America...William Arnold & Thomas Arnold -- who had a sister named ELEANOR ARNOLD. These brothers were the children of: THOMAS ARNOLD, son of Richard Arnold of Somersetshire and Bagbere, England. William was the son of Thomas Arnold & his 1st wife Alice Gulley. Thomas was the son of Thomas Arnold & his 2nd wife - name not given.

This is what was written about Richard Arnold, grandfather of the immigrant brothers to America: RICHARD ARNOLD, eldest son and heir of Richard Arnold, of Somersetshire, removed into Dorsetshire, and became seated at Bagbere, in the parish of Middleton, otherwise Milton Abbas. He was Lord of the manor of Bagbere, and also possessed states in Alton Pancras, Buckland Newton, Cheselbourne, Melcombe Horsey, and other places in that county. He was also patron of the churches of Blandford and of Bingham Melcombe. His name appears in the Subsidy Rolls of the county of Dorset, as being assessed to the King's subsidies in 1549. He is also mentioned in the inquisition held in 1607, after the death of his son Richard, respecting the tenure of the estates. His manor house at Bagbere was standing until a few years later [1807], when it was demolished, and a smaller building, occupied as a farm house, erected upon its site. A small portion of the ancient building incorporated in the walls of the modern dwelling, is the only vestige of the original building. Mr. Arnold made his last will and testament on the 15th of May, 1593, which was proved July 9, 1595. He desires "to be buried in the Parishe Churche of Milton in the Ile called Jesus Ile as we goe to the Tower." The church of Milton was restored a few years since, and many of the ancient memorials removed. The early parish registers have also been lost, and the oldest now in possession of the Vicar dating from 1650. Mr. Arnold was twice married. By his first wife he had, besides a daughter Repentance, who became the wife of her cousin William Arnold ***** four sons, namely: 1. Richard Arnold of Alton Pancras. +2. Thomas 3. Robert, of Armswell 4. John, the elder by first wife, [etc.] ***** <footnote reads: Ten pages genealogy omitted. The omissions were not in the direct line.--H.T.D.>

Here is what was written about the immigrant brothers' father: THOMAS ARNOLD, the second son of Richard Arnold of Bagbere, is mentioned in the will of his father. He resided some time at Melcombe Horsey, as appears from the Subsidy Rolls of the year 1598, from which place he removed to Cheselbourne, and seated himself on an estate previously belonging to his father. The earliest parish registers now extant of Cheselbourne date only from 1644, and those of Melcombe Horsey from 1690. Fortunately, however, this branch of the family possessed a private record of the baptisms of their children, which was preserved and brought to America. Mr. Arnold was twice married. His first wife was ALICE, daughter of John GULLEY, of North Over, in the parish of Tolpuddle, a short distance from Cheselbourne.

By his first wife (Alice Gulley), 6 children are then listed, including the WILLIAM ARNOLD, who immigrated to America. This William Arnold was the ancestor of BENEDICT ARNOLD. William was born June 24, 1587. "He resided in Cheselbourne, where on 23d of November, 1616, he was appointed administrator to the estate of brother John, also of Cheselbourne, and guardian to his children during their minority. In the year 1635, Mr. <William> Arnold, with his family, left Dorsetshire and came to New England. <footnote: "William Arnold set sail with his family from Dartmouth, old England, May 1, 1635, and arrived on the 24th of the following month in New England. He removed with his family on the 20th of April, 1636, to Providence."> William settled in Providence, Rhode Island, and was one of the proprietors of the first settlement. He had six children.

THOMAS ARNOLD by his second wife had one son and two daughters, namely: 7. Elizabeth, b. in 1596; m. Feb. 1617, to John Sayles, Jr. +8. Thomas, bapt. April 18, 1599 9. Eleanor, bapt. July 31, 1606 <***Could this be our Elinor ?>

William Arnold, born June 14, 1587, wrote: "A Register, or true account of my owne agge, with my Mother, my Wife, my Brothers and Sisters, and Others of my frinds and acquantance." And listed there is this entry: "9. Elenor Arnold, my Sister was Baptized the 31 of July, 1603."

<notice the difference in the year of baptism in the 2 records>

THOMAS ARNOLD (half brother of William, and full brother of Eleanor), son of Thomas Arnold and his 2nd wife, "was baptized April 18, 1599; married his first wife in England. His second wife was Phebe Parkhurst, daughter of George Parkhurst, of Watertown, Mass." "settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1640, and on the 13th of May of that year, was admitted freeman of the colony. He is supposed by Savage (Gen. Dict. 1.66), Locke (ante, v.250), and Bond (Wat. 1,9), to have been the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who embarked May 15, 1635, in the Plain Joan for Virginia; but if so his age is not correctly given. His first wife's name is not known. He married, probably about 1640, Phebe, daughter of George Parkhurst, of Watertown. In 1654 and 1655 he was fined for not attending public worship. He afterwards removed to Providence, and was admitted freeman of the Rhode Island colony, May 18, 1658. He was deputy in 1670. He died March 24, 1674-5." 3 children are listed from his 1st wife; 5 children are listed from his 2nd wife (Phebe Parkhurst).

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CONCLUSION: Further research into the Arnold family is necessary to determine more about Elenor/Eleanor Arnold who was baptized 31 July 1603/1606 in England. Her father, Thomas Arnold, married 1st Alice Gulley, dau. of John Gulley, of North Over, England, and 2nd to ?? (who was Elenor/Eleanor's mother).

In reviewing the writings in the NEHG Register alone, it would appear that the will of Eleanor Arnold's father, Thomas, cannot be found. The same seems to be true of old parish records in England where he and his father resided.

However, since he was the half-brother of William, the ancestor of Benedict Arnold, other researchers may have had more luck in uncovering information about the Arnold family...especially in Rhode Island.

Questions: 1) Eleanor Whitney died May 11, 1659. Is it possible that this year could be 1658? Thomas Arnold moved to Providence on May 18, 1658, according to the above info. If Eleanor Whitney & Thomas Arnold were brother & sister, she could have been his only family left in Watertown -- thus upon her death & burial he decided to move to Providence, Rhode Island, where his brother William resided, having moved there in 1636 & had become well established and a very prominent citizen.

2) Is there any reference to Thomas Arnold in Eleanor Whitney's will? or to any of Thomas' children?

Thomas' children still living in 1658/1659 would have been: (by 1st wife) Susannah, m. at Boston, April 7, 1654 John Farnum; (by 2nd wife Phebe): Ichabod Arnold, b. Watertown March 1, 1640-1 Richard Arnold, b. Watertown March 22, 1642-3 Elizabeth Arnold, b. 1645; d. 1745, m. Samuel Comstock John Arnold, b. Watertown Feb. 19, 1647-8; d. Providence June 5, 1722 Eleazer Arnold, b. Watertown June 17, 1651; d. Providence Aug. 29, 1722.

Of the children above, it would appear the only one who may have stayed in Massachusetts might be Susannah, since she married before her father's migration to Rhode Island. If she was mentioned in Eleanor's will, her name would probably have been listed as Susannah Farnum & the reference would be as neice.

3) Who was the "Father Arnold" who had a land transaction with Eleanor Whitney's son, John Whitney? Was the date of the transaction concurrent with the above 1658/1659 date of Thomas Arnold's move to Providence?

Any ideas, anybody? :-) Jeanne

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From - Sun Oct 13 20:37:26 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: list check Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:58:59 -0400

Hi Guys,

Just a quick note from me your humble listowner(God help us all). The reason

you may be subscribed to the list without sending in your subscribe message is because I found out my orginal message didn't get to a large number of people. So I just added everyone currently on the e-mail list last night. So you can now take that list of 80 address' out of your address book and replace them with [email protected] and it will go to us all. One quick item of business. Every time any mail bounces or any errors happen with the mail on this list I will get an error message from MAISER. I will not worry about one error from your address but after 2 or 3 of them I will bounce that person from the list for my sanity. So if your service provider goes down for a week check with me to see if I need to resubscribe you. Well good luck and enjoy and remember I'm learning how to do this as I go along so keep a sense of humor.

Bye, Michael Whitney

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From - Wed Oct 16 21:10:28 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Whitney ancestors and descendants Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:16:21 -0400

Hi everyone. I am looking, in particular for descendants of the following (if Whitney parents are unknown to me, the individual is marked with an asterisk):

• CHARLES KELLOG WHITNEY, b. 1828 of Westford, Mass. and CHASTINA HODGE;

• JAMES B. WHITNEY, b. 4/9/1845 Marlboro, Mass. and ANN WILKINS;

• SARAH E. WHITNEY and FREDERICK M. PIERCE, m. 3/4/1879;

• MARY WHITING WHITNEY of Harvard, Mass., and WILLIAM STEARNS LOCKE, m.

11/19/1846;

• SILAS WHITNEY and SARAH WITHINGTON;

• HANNAH WHITNEY and JONAS BILLINGS, m. 5/30/1810;

• ELI WHITNEY and SALLY LOCKE, m. 3/6/1808;

• EMERY WHITNEY and LYDIA LOCKE, m. 5/29/1817;

• STEPHEN WHITNEY b. of Harvard, Mass, d. of Lynn, Mass and PERSIS LOCKE;

POLLY WHITNEY b. 3/2/1783 Shutesbury, Mass. and BENJAMIN MARSH;

• MOSES WHITNEY b. 1/26/1767, d. 1/19/1834 Hoosack, NY and BERNICE LOCKE, m.

5/4/1789;

• GUILFORD WHITNEY, b. 1/2/1769, d. 1/29/1831 Strongsville, Ohio and ANNA

LOCKE, m. 2/6/1793;

• GRATIA FRANCES WHITNEY of Fitchburg, Mass. and EDWARD CUTTER LOCKE, b.

12/31/1848;

• ESTHER MARIA WHITNEY, b. abt 1820, of Millbury, Mass, d. 1/14/1875 and

EMERSON EDDY, m. 10/23/1844;

• HANNAH WHITNEY of Royalston, Mass. and JOEL PIERCE, m. 11/11/1833;

• DEBORAH WHITMAN WHITNEY, b. 1807 of Bridgewater, Mass., d. 9/14/1875 of

Lancaster, Mass, and JOEL WILDER, m. 5/4/1828;

• LYDIA WHITNEY and JAMES LOCKE, m. 5/18/1813;

• MOSES WHITNEY of Stow, Mass. and OLIVE J. BRUCE;

• GEORGE ALEXANDER WHITNEY, b. 2/12/1824 of Wilmot, NH and ANN ELIZA JONES,

m. 9/1/1852.

I would gladly share any information. Thanks for any leads to descendants of these WHITNEYs.

Regards,

Jerry Harrison [email protected]

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:47:08 1996 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 12:06:25 EDT From: [email protected] (Robert Ward) To: <img src="/robertward.gif"> Subject: Reed Article on Whitney Origins

Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John-1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry-1 Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," _The_American_Genealogist,_ vol. 69, No. 1 (Jan 1994), pp. 9-14.

It has been claimed that John-1 Whitney, of Watertown, Massachusetts, is of illustrious and royal descent. The strongest argument for such a connection ws put forth by Henry Melville in his _Ancestry_of_John_Whitney_..._ ([New York, 1896], hereafter _Whitney_Anc._). Melville cited pedigrees found in the Harleian manuscripts, now at the British Library, London (MSS 1442, fols. 66, 67), that had been drawn up on behalf of John Whitney, apparently a cousin of the New England immigrant. This John claimed to be the male heir of the Whitney family of Whitney, Herefordshire, and stated that his grand- father, Thomas Whitney, gentleman, of Westminster, was a son of Robert Whitney, a younger son of Sir Robert Whitney by Sibel Baskerville--and thus the royal descent. Melville also supplemented his genealogy with many transcriptions of wills, chancery records, inquisitions _post_mortem_, and other primary sources, making his work appear to be highly trustworthy.

Donald Lines Jacobus challenged this line in an article published in 1933 (_TAG_ 10[1933-34]:84-88). Jacobus tentatively accepted the conclusion that John-1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, was a son of Thomas Whitney of Westminster, but he argued that the latter was not the son of Sir Robert. Jacobus concluded that the pedigree was either incorrect or fraudulent, and that chronology made such a connection implausible (_TAG_ 10[1933-34]:87). The burden of proof was therefore unmet.

Some descendants still cling to the hope that the immigrant descends from royalty, however, and the connection is still appearing in new publications. It is argued that, though Sir James Whitney died on 31 May 1587, aged forty- two, his younger brother, Robert (supposed father of Thomas Whitney of Westminster), could have been born about 1548-9 (given ten- to fifteen-month birth intervals). His alleged son, Thomas Whitney of Westminster, married Mary Bray on 12 May 1583. Assuming that both Robert and Thomas were about seventeen when they married, the connection sitll seemed chronologically possible, even if unlikely.

It should be pointed out that, although John Whitney made such a claim, it was unsubstantiated and not accepted by the College of Arms. We can now show that the claim is not only unlikely, it is certainly false. The allegation for the marriage license of Thomas Whitney and Mary Bray is recorded in the first act book of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (fol. 94, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, film #94,507: Joseph Lemuel Chester and Geo. J. Armytage, eds., _Allegations_for_Marriage_Licenses_Issued_by_the_ _Dean_and_Chapter_ of_Westminster,_1558_to_1699_..._, Harleian Soc. Pubs., 23[London, 1886]:8). Though it did not specifically state the ages of the groom and bride, it must be concluded that Thomas Whitney was at least twenty-one on 10 May 1583, the date of the record, because no mention of consent is made. This would push his birth date back to at least 1562, probably earlier (a point not made by Jacobus). James Whitney, Thomas's alleged uncle, was found to be aged twenty-three at the inquisition _post_ _mortem_ of his father, taken 18 September 1567, and aged forty-three at the time of his own death on 31 May 1587. He was therefore born about 1544. The Robert Whitney who was younger brother of Sir James and Eustace would therefore be born no earlier than the beginning of 1546, and more probably 1548 or later. Robert Whitney would not have fathered a son at age thirteen!

That Robert was definitely third, not second son is proved by the entail of land made in Sir James Whitney's will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury [PCC] 38 Spencer), which agrees with _Llfyr_Baglan_, a collection of pedigrees compiled by the Welsh scholar, John Williams, between 1600 and 1607 [Note 1]. The administration of Sir Robert Whitney, their father, was granted to his relict, Dame Mary, and son James Whitney on 5 February 1567/8 (PCC Admons. Act Book, 1559-1571, fol. 128). At James's death, and administration _de_ _bonis_non_ was granted to Robert's son, Eustace Whitney, on 1 February 1588/9. Sir Eustace Whitney died in 1608, heir of his elder brother James. Eustace's four granddaughters eventually became coheirs of the estate.

Thomas Whitney of Westminster had a son Robert, whose son John claimed to be male heir in 1676, about the time that the Hereford estate was settled among the female coheirs. It is most likely that the claimant was trying to obtain some sort of inheritance to make his life less burdensome. The wills of both the claimant's parents were proved in the Archdeaconry of London. Their residence was the parish of St. Peter Cornhill, London, where Robert Whitney, merchant taylor, was buried on 3 Apr 1662. Robert Whitney's original will was dated 19 January 1661/2 and proved 16 April 1662 (FHL Film #94,280). He was of a very low estate, though a citizen and merchant tailor. He gave his loving children John and Mary Whitney 5s. each. He also gave John the great ring he had had from his father. His daughter, Mary, was to receive the lesser ring he usually wore. Robert gave his wife Mary the lease of the house they lived in for the remainder of the term during her widowhood. Mary was made sole executrix. Though the will was sealed with a small seal which appeared to be in good condition it could not be made out on the microfilm copy.

The original will of Mary Whitney was dated 23 October 1667 and proved 11 February 1667/8 (FHL Film #588,057). She left her son, John Whitney, and his wife, Elizabeth, 5s. each, to be paid within a year and a day after her decease. She gave her loving grandchild, Jane Whitney, one silver gilt spoon. She also mentioned her cousin Mary West, daughter to Edward West, to whom she left 12s. The residue was left to her daughter Maryfrances [sic] Whitney, whom she made sole executrix. Lastly, she gave 12d. to her friend Anne Stockinhall, who was to be overseer. In the following records, Mary was stated to be relict of Robert Whitney, of St. Peter Cornhill, London, deceased. William Parker, parson of St. Peter Cornhill, was assigned to administer the estate on 13 February 1667/8 during the minority of the executrix, Mary Frances Whitney. Neither will made any reference to a connection with the Whitneys of Whitney, county Hereford.

If John Whitney, the claimant, were male heir of the Whitneys of Whitney, it would seem inconceivable that the female heirs would have allowed him to fall into such relative poverty. Some legacy or settlement would have been given to him if he had any proof for his claim.

As it is clear that the parentage of Thomas Whitney of Westminster is unknown (though examined by Horatio Gates Somerby in 1871), we present a clue to the actual origin of the family in the marriage entry of Robert Whitney, son of Thomas of Westminster. He married Mary Towers at Stepney, county Middlesex, on 18 January 1635/6 (original register on FHL film #579,245; Thomas Colyer- Fergusson, _The_Marriage_Registers_of_St._Dunstan's,_Stepney,_in_the_County_ _of_Middlesex_, 3 vols. [Canterbury, 1898-1901], 1:239: "Robert Whitney of Westminster merchantailor & Mary Towers of Tarvin [the printed transcript says "Tarring," but is in error] in the Coun[ty] of Chester maid maried by licensece from the Office of Facult[ie]." [There is a gap in the marriage allegations of the Faculty Office during this period.]

The pedigree made by John Whitney, the 1676 claimant, states that his mother was a daughter of John Towers, of Chester or Shropshire (_Whitney_Anc._, 272-73). It seems likely that Robert Whitney, Thomas's father, had close connections in Cheshire. Only one prominent Whitney family was situated in Cheshire, seated at Coole Pilate in the parish of Acton. Howell Whitney held land there in 12 and 17 Richard II [1388-1394] (George Ormerod, _The_History_ _of_..._Chester_..._, 2d ed., 3 vols. [London, 1882], hereafter Ormerod, 3:389) and in 1404. The male representative of the family when Thomas was at Westminster was a Robert Whitney, gentleman, of Coole (married 1574/5), who is found in 1593, 1600, 1614, and died 24 January 1615/6 at Coole, leaving his grandson Hugh (son of Hugh), his heir (born January 1601) (R. Stewart- Browne, ed., _Cheshire_Inquisitions_..._, Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 91[n.p., 1938]:169-71).

The fullest purported account of the Cheshire Whitney family is found in S. Whitney Phoenix's _The_Whitney_Family_of_Connecticut_..._ (3 vols. [New York, 1878]). It traces the ancestry of Henry-1 Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut, from the ancient family by way of counties Hertford, Essex, and Chester. Such a connection would have provided a better royal descent than the main branch of the Whitneys had. Unfortunately, the work is based on many false and dubious sources. A careful examination found that nine key documents used to prove connections do not exist. Had they been real, their discoveries would have presented one of the most brilliant compilations in the field.

The purported English ancestry was the work of Harriet A. Bainbridge DeSalis; and after he had published the book, S. Whitney Phoenix became suspicious. He commissioned the distinguished Anglo-American genealogist, Joseph Lemuel Chester, to examine the accuracy of Mrs. DeSalis's work. Chester quickly noted the fraud.

[MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS PURPORTING TO PROVE THE ANCESTRY OF HENRY-1 WHITNEY OMITTED]

Actual sources for the early Cheshire family are meager and scant, and provide no hint or illustrious royal descent such as the Parry and Vaughan matches would have provided. It is most likely that Thomas Whitney of Westminster descends from the Cheshire Whitneys at Coole Pilate, in Acton, near Nantwich. A Thomas Whitney, found in 1505, 1510, and 1517, and earlier in the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509), married Anne Brooke, daughter of John Brooke, of Leighton, Cheshire, and Jane Meverell, of Throwlegh, county Stafford (Ormerod, 3:454). It would be through this connection that the only possible royal descent for this family might present itself. That the family spread beyond Cheshire is clear from the will of Geoffrey Whitney, son of an earlier Geoffrey. Born at Coole Pilate about 1548, he attended both Oxford and Cambridge, was under-bailiff of Great Yarmouth, county Norfolk, 1580-86, and admitted to the university at Leyden 1 March 1586 (Joseph Foster, _Alumni_Oxoniensis_..._1500-1714_, 4 vols. [London, 1887-92], 4:1623]; John and J. A. Venn, _Alumni_Cantbrigiensis_, Pt. 1, 4 vols. [Cambridge, 1922-27], 4:396]; and _Dictionary_of_National_Biography_). His will, dated 11 September 1600 and proved 28 May 1601 (PCC 33 Woodhall), mentioned many relatives, including his brother, Brooke Whitney, of Oxford and Berkshire (PCC 100 Byrde) [probably a great-grandson of the Whitney-Brooke alliance], Geoffrey Whitney, of Draiton, Shropshire (citizen and merchant tailor of London, PCC 15 Bolein), and Walter Whitney, citizen and plasterer of London (Commissary Court of London, Orig. Will, 1608), but no possible reference to Thomas of Westminster was noted.

[MORE ABOUT HENRY-1 WHITNEY OMITTED --RLW]

... Cheshire, Hereford, Lichfield, Gloucester, Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk wills have been exhausted. Other records are still being searched, but the parentage of Thomas Whitney, gentleman, of Westminster, still remains to be found.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:53:10 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Whitney ancestors and descendants Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:38:33 -0400

Moses (b.1767) and Guilford (b.1769) were sons of Samuel and Phebe Harrington Whitney and brothers of my g-g-g-g grandfather Simci Whitney of Marboro, VT.

You'll find information about Moses and Guilford on pages 135 and 256 in Whit

ney: The Descendants of John Whitney . . . by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1895. Moses' identification number in this book is 1842; Guilford's is 1844; and Samuel's is 753. The Pierce book is indexed, so you likely could trace others on your list. Good luck.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:45:27 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Whitney ancestors and descendants Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:38:49 -0400

In a message dated 96-10-16 10:14:45 EDT, you write:

>Subj: Whitney ancestors and descendants >Date: 96-10-16 10:14:45 EDT >From: [email protected] >Sender:[email protected] >Reply-to: [email protected] >To: [email protected] (Whitney Family discussion list) > >Hi everyone. I am looking, in particular for descendants of the following (if >Whitney parents are unknown to me, the individual is marked with an >asterisk): > >*CHARLES KELLOG WHITNEY, b. 1828 of Westford, Mass. and CHASTINA HODGE; > >*JAMES B. WHITNEY, b. 4/9/1845 Marlboro, Mass. and ANN WILKINS; > >* SARAH E. WHITNEY and FREDERICK M. PIERCE, m. 3/4/1879; > >*MARY WHITING WHITNEY of Harvard, Mass., and WILLIAM STEARNS LOCKE, m. >11/19/1846; > >*SILAS WHITNEY and SARAH WITHINGTON; > >*HANNAH WHITNEY and JONAS BILLINGS, m. 5/30/1810; > >*ELI WHITNEY and SALLY LOCKE, m. 3/6/1808; > >*EMERY WHITNEY and LYDIA LOCKE, m. 5/29/1817; > >*STEPHEN WHITNEY b. of Harvard, Mass, d. of Lynn, Mass and PERSIS LOCKE; > >POLLY WHITNEY b. 3/2/1783 Shutesbury, Mass. and BENJAMIN MARSH; > >*MOSES WHITNEY b. 1/26/1767, d. 1/19/1834 Hoosack, NY and BERNICE LOCKE, m. >5/4/1789; > >*GUILFORD WHITNEY, b. 1/2/1769, d. 1/29/1831 Strongsville, Ohio and ANNA >LOCKE, m. 2/6/1793; > >*GRATIA FRANCES WHITNEY of Fitchburg, Mass. and EDWARD CUTTER LOCKE, b. >12/31/1848; > >*ESTHER MARIA WHITNEY, b. abt 1820, of Millbury, Mass, d. 1/14/1875 and >EMERSON EDDY, m. 10/23/1844; > >*HANNAH WHITNEY of Royalston, Mass. and JOEL PIERCE, m. 11/11/1833; > >*DEBORAH WHITMAN WHITNEY, b. 1807 of Bridgewater, Mass., d. 9/14/1875 of >Lancaster, Mass, and JOEL WILDER, m. 5/4/1828; > >*LYDIA WHITNEY and JAMES LOCKE, m. 5/18/1813; > >*MOSES WHITNEY of Stow, Mass. and OLIVE J. BRUCE; > >*GEORGE ALEXANDER WHITNEY, b. 2/12/1824 of Wilmot, NH and ANN ELIZA JONES, m. >9/1/1852. > >I would gladly share any information. Thanks for any leads to descendants of >these WHITNEYs. > >Regards, > >Jerry Harrison >[email protected] > > >

I hav Mary Whitney born 2-22-1813 in Harvard, Ma., died 3-21-1851 in Worcester, Ma. daughter of Isaah Whitney, III and Lydia Sawyer, marries on 12-10-1833 in Worcester, Ma. Edwards Whipple Green of Westboro and Worcester, Ma. I dont know the origins of Isaah Whitney, III or Lydia Sawyer. I do have a bit and quite a bit on the decendants of Edwards Whipple Green abd his second wife Henryetta Evelina Atkinson.

Jon Normandin 94 Sunset Drive Burlington, Vt. 05401-1912

802-864-7706

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:48:18 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Your recent inquiry Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:22:34 -0400

Dear Jerry:

Well I found something for you. The Moses Whitney who married your Bernice Locke on 5 Apr 1789 was the son of "Capt." Samuel Whitney of Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA and his wife Phoebe Harrington Whitney. I have their ancestry and all(?) the other children of that marriage. Your Moses was the second Moses, his older brother of the same name died in infancy. I would be interested in any family and descendants, as Moses was all I had, but his birthdate was exactly the same. You should probably also send the connection/descent to Jon Aston for inclusion in his latest collective GED.

AND, Guilford Whitney was Moses younger brother, so all of the above applies to him as well. I have also found a Lydia Whitney, born 6 Jul 1795, d. of Josiah and Anna Scollay Whitney, who could be the one married in 1813.

That's all I had in my own database. I assume you tried the one Jon sent out last summer as Witney10.GED, which was the collective of the descendants of John and Elinor as best it was known at that time.

Happy Hunting:-) Allan

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:50:03 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Some feedback Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 20:39:25 -0400

Hello Jerry;

I traced some of your inquiries and can give you more information. If you tell me which of the following to concentrate on I will trace them as far as Pierce takes them:

John Whitney and Elinor

John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds
 Nathaniel Whitney and Sarah Hagar
  Nathaniel Whitney and Mercy Robinson
   Samuel Whitney and Elizabeth Hastings
    Samuel Whitney and Phebe Harington
     Moses Whitney and Bernice Locke
       William Ayers Whitney and Cynthia Merrill
       Russell Whitney and Polly Lamb
       Torry Whitney and Betsey Lamb
       Stephen Whitney and Annice Winchester
       Barnard Whitney and Lydia Buell
       Moses Allis Whitney and Amanda Morgan + Lousia L. Fletcher
       Brittania Whitney and Waters Gillet
       Bernice Whitney
       Zenas H. Whitney and Polly Ingraham
     Guilford Whitney and Anna Locke
       Hollis Whitney and Charlotte + Sarah Burnett
       Bernice Whitney and John Willard
       Vina Whitney
       Betsey Whitney
       Vina Whitney and G. Strong
       Flavel and Clarinda Tuttle+ Electa Hervey + Amelia Allen
          + Mrs Catherine Barnes
       Jubel and Abigail Gilbert
       Lucy Whitney
       Samuel Franklin Whitney
       Betsey and Willard Wilkinson

John Whitney and Elinor

John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds
 Nathaniel Whitney and Sarah Hagar
  William Whitney and Martha Pierce
   Samuel Whitney and Abigail Fletcher
     Silas Whitney and Sarah Withington
       Susannah Whitney and Josiah Brown
       Silas Whitney and Hannah Cushing
       Sarah Whitney and Capt. Caleb Wilder
       Samuel Whitney and Abigail Wilder
       William Whitney and Lucy Brooks + Mercy (Burgess) Bemis
       Ohio Whitney and Mary Bolton + Mrs. Dorothy (Maynard) Brown
       Abigail Whitney and Jesse Ellis
       Nancy Whitney and Laban Cushing

John Whitney and Elinor

 Richard Whitney and Martha Coldam
  Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight
   Jonas Whitney and Dorcas Wood + Margaret Stratton
    Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney ( Daughter of Jonathan Whitney)
      Simon Whitney and Lucy Hammond
        Oliver Whitney
        Lucy Whitney and Amasa Bryant
        Nancy Whitney
        Timothy Whitney and Lucy Bryant
        Betsey Whitney and John Browker
        Simon Whitney and Sarah Holmes
        George Whitney and Lucy Kellogg + Mrs. Emeline Tyler
                                + Mrs Caroline Walton
        Lewis Whitney and Pamelia V. Day
        John Whitney and Harriet F. Bruce
        Julia Ann Whitney and Eleazer Metcalf Wilson
        Nancy Whitney
        Amory Whitney

Allan;

I looked up F.C. Pierce's relationship to John and Elinor it is as follows:

John and Elinor

John and
 Nathaniel and
  Nathaniel and
   Nathaniel and
    Anna and David Forbush
     Silas Forbush and Rhodah Fiske
      Nancy Forbush and Nathaniel Smith
       Maria N. Smith and Silas Austin Pierce
          Frederick Clifton Pierce

I couldn't find a reference to Franklin M. Pierce.

Jerry;

There are 11 references to the Locke name in Pierce, if you want I'll give you the info on each.

Keep in Touch

Jon Aston

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:49:04 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Some feedback Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:16:58 -0400

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:49:40 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Jon's message to Allan & Jerry Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 01:37:09 -0400

Hi Jon (and Jerry & Mike Poston):

Thanks for all the data on the lines that Jerry has brought to our attention - I'm interested in the descendants as well. Would I be correct in assuming that you will be including them in <Witney11.GED>, along with all the supporting information about dates and places?? If so, I won't take the time to put in just the names and have to go through that much more Match/Merge later.

I wrote tonight to Michael (WhitneyMR), asking about how we are going to transfer files, GEDCOMs, text attachments, etc., as Karen's effort tonight obviously didn't work. Many lists do not allow for attachments, and I don't know how we will be handling it. Maybe you, Joan, Jeanne and I will have to keep an up-to-date list after all, so as to be able to send GEDCOMs, etc., to all. Then each can choose to accept or delete them, depending on which set of files they want to work with.

Mike, are you on <northeast-roots>? I wrote to the Cumberland County, ME co-ordinator for the GenWeb project, asking about how to get to information in the Vital Records of North Yarmouth, looking for Jabez Whitney. I got back a note suggesting that I try NE-Roots. I also E-mailed several people on the Franklin Co. GenWeb Query page that had postings about the Wheeler family, asking if they had any further information about Abigail's husband, and realized later that I had reinvented the circular question by asking you for information in order to answer your question. I did discover that her father was John Wheeler, a famous sailor with John Paul Jones.

Just curious about the above. Are either or both of Jerry and Jon using AOL 3.0? If so, did the <northeast-roots> above come out red on a cream background?? I just started to try to use this version, and had never

• colored* anything in a message before. I guess it only works within AOL.

One thing I don't like (yet) is the fact that when I click on the file

cabinet above, I don't get the choice of dumping a message into my family subdirectories of my word processor program. In order to do that, I have to learn to use the *Save As...* under *File*.

Jon - will Witney11.GED be forthcoming in the near future? During the late summer and early fall, while I was so busy with school stuff, I got way behind in entering all the information that kept showing up in all the Whitney traffic. If you have it all coming soon in your usual excellent manner, I'll not bother trying to hunt back through all the messages (which I did print, at least) to try and get caught up.

Happy Hunting, Keep in Touch, TTYL, and all the rest of that stuff. Allan

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:50:57 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Some feedback Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 10:24:33 -0400

Jon - I think that you figured what I'm up to...making the LOCKE connections with the WHITNEY lines. If you have some time, I would appreciate any of the LOCKE references you can find. In regard to descendants, those of CHARLES KELLOG WHITNEY and CHASTINA HODGE, grandchildren of SILAS WHITNEY and SARAH WITHINGTON, and the descendants of MOSES WHITNEY and OLIVE J. BRUCE are of the most direct interest to me.

Thanks for the trouble to which you have gone.

Regards,

Jerry [email protected]

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:51:16 1996 From: [email protected] (Jan Whitaker) To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WHITNEY in North Yarmouth, ME, ca 1780 Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 12:43:22 -0400 (EDT)

>Jabez WHITNEY married Abigail Milk WHEELER 11 March 1804. In the >Chesterville, Maine records Jabez is listed as being "of North Yarmouth." >I have looked through the database distributed by Jon Aston and cannot >find any Whitneys in North Yarmouth. Does anyone have a family that might >call North Yarmouth home? I yearn to find Jabez's parents. > >I just received this information and have not yet had an opportunity to >check the North Yarmouth Vital Records. > >Mike Poston >[email protected]

Dear Mike, There are Whitneys in my line in North Yarmouth but I have not found any Jabez. You might look at Gorham, Me vital statistics as there were Whitneys settled there early. Uriel(Royal, Urial) Whitney, son of Abner(John, Moses, Richard, John) married and settled in North Yarmouth after serving in the Revolutionary War, had three sons out of 12 children, but not a Jabez. North Yarmouth covered a large area that was eventually divided into Yarmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth and perhaps even part went to Pownal, so try the others as well. See Pierce for Uriel' brothers -Samuel which is my line doen't have what you seek, but try the others.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:51:32 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Looking for help Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 13:00:37 -0400

Hi Guys,

Is anyone holding much info on the Whitney family in England? The reason I

ask is I've finally figured out how the southern Whitneys got there. We didn't come down from New England we came up from Bermuda! In the book Southern Colonial Families by David A. Avant Jr. he proves Loubrad and my family back to a Samuel Whitney born circa 1615 in England, will proven 1674 in Bermuda. He makes a very strong case that his father was a Capt. Francis Whitney who was in command of the ship Garland out of London going to Virginia Colony when he died from injuries suffered in a storm off of Bermuda in 1619. He was born ca. 1585 in England. (Yes Louise this is what I asked for your snail mail address for). Any chance of anyone having any hunches on where I could look for more info on these two? By the way this family's migration was Eng>Ber>VA>NC>SC>KY. So if you find any inquiries about Whitney's in those southern states make sure they get to me.

Thanks, Michael Whitney

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:54:09 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Templeton, MA Records Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:08:40 -0400

"Vital Records of Templeton, MA to 1850", compiler and publisher unknown.

Templeton Births, pg 75: WHITNEY, Aaron s. Moses and Betty, April 24, 1769. Abigail, d. Moses and Betty, July 20, 1765. Abijah, s. Moses and Tabitha, Aug. 13, 1800. Amos Kimball, s. Charles and Elizabeth, bap. April 15, 1775. C.R. Arathusea, d. Charles and Elizabeth, April 29, 1777.

Augustus T., s. Joel and Saraph, Jan. 17, 1844.

Barzeliel, s. Charles and Elizabeth, Sept. 29, 176[6?]. Bethyah, d. Moses and Betty, Jan. 22, 1759 [1758? Bap is

  Jul2 2 of that year,  C.R.]

Betty, d. Moses and Betty, Dec. 9, 1757. Betty, d. Charles and Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 12, 1770. C.R. Charles, s. Charles and Elizabeth, July 13, 1768. Charles, s. Joel and Seraph, Oct. -----, 1848. Dolly, d. Charles and Elizabeth, bap. FEb. 14, 1773. C.R. Eliphalet, s. Micah and Hannah, bap. July 4, 1762. C.R. Ella Dulcenah, d. William and Abigail, Nov. 9, 1847. Elmer Eliza, d. Eleazar S. and Lucy, March 19, 1849. Hezekiah, s. Hezekiah and Susanna, July 6, 1795. Isac Henry, s. Moses and Tabitha, April 7, 1802. Jonathan, s. Hezekiah and Susanna, april 9, 1794. Lucy, d. Moses and Betty, Oct. 10, 176(0?). Lucy Harriet, d. Jonathan and Lorena, Dec. 3, 1847. Moses, s. Moses and Betty, March 28, 1762. Moses, s. Moses and Betty, July 15, 1773. Priscilla, d. Moses and Martha, Feb. 13, 1785. Ruth, d. Moses and Betty, Dec. 18, 1770. Sally [Sarah in C.R.] d. Moses and Betty, July 11, 1775* Simeon Freyes, s. Moses and Tabitha, April 18, 1799. Susa, d. Moses and Betty, March 7, 1764.

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,s. Moses, bap. May 22, 1763. C.R.

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, s. William and Abba T., July 22, 1849.

Templeton Marriages, pg. 164:

WHITNEY, Aaron and Hannah Wait of Petersham, July 20,
          1769.

Abigail and Job Whitcomb, int. March 6, 1769. Abigail and Elisha Maynard of Westfield, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1792. Bethiah of Westmorland and George Farrar, April--, 1783. Betsey of Sterling and Joshua Church, int. May 4, 1820. Betsey (d. William and Dulcena. a. 17), and Charles W. Wilder,

      Sept. 13, 1847.

Betty and Thomas Maynard [Hayward?} Jr. March 24, 1783. Eleazer S. and Lucy Peckham of Dana, int. March 20, 1847. Eliza B. of Petersham and Thomas B. Greenwood, int. Sept. 15,

   1845.

Elizabeth B. and Winsor White, Dec. 7, 1842. Eunice and David Thurston, April 16, 1766. Frances H. of Hubbardston and Windsor White, int. Sept. 11,

 1841.

George W. [Washington in int.] of Hubbardston and Abigail

   Sawyer, Sept. 19, 1838.

Capt. Henry of Gardner and Mary Ann S. Bassett, May 6, 1824. Hezekiah and Susanna White, Dec. 15, 1793. Jonathan and Lorena French, May 28, 1843. Levi of Harvard and Sarah Davis, Jan. 6, 1812. Mary of Sterling and John Sawyer Jr., int. Nov. 26, 1827. Molla of Sterling and Samuel King, int. April 22, 1773. Moses and Martha Cunningham of Barre, Dec. 17, 1782 [1783,

   Barre C.R.].  In Barre.

Moses and Tabitha Keyes of Gerry, int. June 23, 1798. Phebe of Athol and Artemas Hancock, int. Nov 16, 1811. Polly and John West, both of Petersham, April 20. 1795. Ruth and Silas Bruce, March 8, 1790. Sally of Gardner and Luther Alden, int. May 14, 1819. Salmon and Hepzibah Raymond, April 22, 1784. Samuel and Sarah Smith of Barre, int. May 12, 1804. Samuel and Hannah Wetherbee of Westminster, int. Oct. 1, 1812. Sarah of Bolton and William Bently Sanger, int. May 31, 1823. Sibel (d. William and Dulcena, a. 21) and Lisander Warren Benton

     of Buckland, Dec. 31, 1846.

Susa and Luis Turner, June 5, 1788. William and Dulcena Turner, Feb. 10, 1819.

Templeton Deaths, pg. 210: WHITNEY, Betsey, d. William, Dec. 27, 1823, a. 9 C.R. Betty, w. Moses, March 24, 1772 (82?), in 45th year. G.S.I. George Washington, s. William and Dulcena, Nov. 13, 1826,

    a. 20 mo.    C.R.

Henry, s. Moses, May 2, 1811. C.R. Lucy, w. Jonathan, Aug. 19, 1833 a. 32. C.R. Lucy Arminda, d. Jonathan, Dec. 26, 1840, a. 10. C.R. Moses, June 26 [28, C.R.], 1810, a. 76. G.S.I. Moses, s. Samuel, Aug 26, 1837 [a. 73, C.R.]. Wid. Sarah, Feb. 4, 1810, a. 29. C.R. Sibbyl, w. William, Dec. 1, 1817, a. 25. C.R. Sybbil, d. William and Dulcena, Dec. 13, 1823. C.R.

pg. 211: Walter F., s.--------- and Lorena, Aug. 9, 1849, a. 5.

    Convulsions.

William, s. William, May 29, 1818, a. 1. C.R. William, Aug. 23, 1839, a. 48. C.R.

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, w. Samuel, Dec. 14, 1807. C.R.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:54:13 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Harvard, MA Births Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:10:10 -0400

"Vital Records of Harvard, MA to 1850", Thomas Baldwin, Wright & Potter

Printing Co, Boston, 1917.

Harvard Births, pg. 110: WHITNEY, --------ch. of George and Abby, Feb. 16, 1841. Aaron, s. of Jonas and Margaret, June 2, 1740. Aaron, s. of Aaron and Sarah, Nov. 7, 1777.

pg. 111: Aaron, s. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna,

    C.R.I.), Dec. 1, 1812.

Abba Eliza, d. of (Capt. C.R.I.) Asa W. and Abigail, Dec. 13,

    1817.

Abel, s. of Timothy and Alice, Sept. 19, 1752. Abel, s. of A[a]ron, bp. May 28, 1786. C.R.I. (Abel Esq.,

   b.  Feb. 17, 1786.  G.R.I.)

Abel, s. of Abraham and Rebecca, bp. July 8, 1792. Abel, s. of Abraham and Alice, Feb. 20, 1804. Abel, s. of Aaron and Susan, Nov. 23, 1830. Abigail, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Jan. 29, 1763. Twin. Abijah, s. of Nathan, bp. May 8, 1768. C.R.I. Abner, s. of John and Rebecca, Jan. 21, 1733-4. Abraham, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Dec. 20, 1748. Abraham, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Mar. 3. 1777. Abraham, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Nov. 29, 1779. Addison, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Oc.t 20. 1802 (Jos. Addison,

     Oct. 23, 1802.  G.R.I. ).

Alfred, s. of Richard 2nd and Sally, May 10, 1813. Alice, d. of Jonathan and Alice, Apr. 2, 1733. Alice, d. of Simon and Olive, May 26, 1755. Allice, d. of (Capt., C.R.I.) Hezekiah and Lucy, July 29, 1780. Almira, d. of Abraham 2nd and Alice, Oct. 24, 1805. Almira, d. of William and Betsy, July 20, 1806. Amos, s. of Isaiah and Peirses, Dec. 27, 1768. Amos, s. of Isaiah Jr., bp. May 8, 1791. C.R.I. Amos, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Mar. 9, 1795. Angelina, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Apr. 15, 1822. Ann, d. of Abraham and Sarah, May 2, 1760. Anna, d. of Aaron and Anna, Nov. 18, 1766. Annas, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Mar. 30, 1765. Annes, d. of Caleb and Annes, May 9, 1756. Anness, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Feb. 26, 1761. Arathusa, d. of Israel and Hannah, Dec. 12, 1783. Artemus, s. of Wetherbe and Abigail, June 8, 1775. Artemus Ward, s. of (Col., C.R.I.) Josiah and Sarah, Nov. 17

    1778.

Asa Willard, s. of Isaac and Lucy, Apr. 24, 1787. Asena, d. of Cyrus and Asena, Mar. 18, 1800. Augustus Luke, s. of Luke and Abigail, June 19, 1845. Benjamin Franklin, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Mar. 21, 1804.

  (Mar. 23, 1804.   G.R.I.)

Bethia, d. of Moses and Betty, Jan. 22, 1757. Betsey, d. of Israel and Hannah, May 24, 1782.

pg. 112: WHITNEY, Betsey Willard, d. of Richard (Jr. C.R.I.) and

    Mercy, June 5, 1774.

Bettee, d. of Isaiah and Elizabeth, Jan. 3, 1733-4. Betty, d. of Moses and Betty, Dec. 9, 1756. Beulah, d. of John and Rebec[c]a, Jan. 23, 1730. Caleb, s. of Caleb and Annes, June 23, 1758. Caroline F., d. of Will[ia]m and Jane A., Oct. 2, 1844. Claresy, d. of Isaac and Lucy, Oct. 23, 1791. Clarinda, d. of Cyrus and Asena, Oct. 24, 1797. Cyrene Adelia, inf. d. of Nathan and Nancy,

  bp. Jan. 4, 1835.

Cyrus, s. of Isaiah and Persis, Aug. 17, 1771. Daniel, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Oct. 25, 1786. Daniel, s. of Isaiah 2nd and Mary, Apr. 12, 1797. Daniel, s. of Aaron and Susan, Sept. 5, 1825. (Daniel Hartwell,

   s. of Capt. Aaron, bp. June 18, 1826.   C.R.I.)

Dolly, d. of wid.-------, bp. May 2, 1785. C.R.I. Dorcas, d. of Isaiah and Peirses, Apr. 20, 1760. Drusilia, d. of Levi and Sarah, Nov. 24, 1816. Dwelle, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Aug. 21, 1782. Edwin, S. of Cyrus and Polly, Oct. 2, 1812. Edwin, s. of Nathan and Nancy, Aug. 22, 1826. Elbridge, s. of Moses and Patty, Nov. 23, 1802. Eli, s. of Jacob and Mercy, May 7, 1783. Elias, s. of Elijah and Rebeccah, June 11, 1740. Elijah, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Feb. 15, 1754. Elijah, s. of wid. Rebekah, July 8, 1755. Elisabeth, d. of Caleb and Annes, June 27, 1751. Elisabeth, d. of Josiah and Sarah, May 7, 1755. Eliza, d. of Moses and Patty, May 13, 1806. Elizabeth, d. of Abraham and Sarah, Mar. 22, 1739. Elizabeth, d. of Abraham and Sarah, Apr. 25, 1742. Elizabeth, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Sept. 22, 1802. Elizabeth, d. of Josiah and Rhoda, Jan. 24, 1810. Ella Amanda, d. of Luke and Abby, July 6, 1849. Ella Cecelia, d. of Isaiah and Mary A. b. in Charlestown, NY,

   Nov. 19, 1849.

Ellen Frances, d. of Justin and Mary C., June 7, 1847. Ellen Maria, d. of George and Abby, Feb. 10, 1840. Emely, d. of Jonas and Relief, Jan. 23, 1797. (Emily, d. of

  wid. Relief, bp. July 12, 1812.   C.R.I.)

Emery, s. of Jacob and Lois, Oct. 1, 1791. Enoch, s. of David and Sarah, Sept. 25, 1756. Ephraim, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zebudah, Apr. 2, 1754.

pg. 113:

WHITNEY, Ephraim, s. of Salmon and Helphsebeth, Jan. 12, 1791.

Ephraim, Sept. 19, 1817. G.R. 3. Esther, d. of Phinehas, bp. Nov. 13, 1768. C.R.I. Eva H. Burt [------], w. of George F., July -------, 1842. G.R.I. Evelina, d. of Levi and Sarah, Dec. 26, 1812. Ezra, s. of John and Rebec[c]a, Aug. 24, 1731. Fordyce, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Apr. 14, 1806. Frances Lucy, d. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, in Acton, Feb. 15,

    1848.

Francis Wheeler, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Nov. 30, 1778. Francis Wheeler, s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, Jan. 18, 1808. George, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Dec. 16, 1788. George, s. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna, C.R.I). Dec.

    13, 1809 (Dec. 26 dup.).

George Henry, s. of Justus and Mary C., July 18, 1839. George Washington, s. of George and Polly, Nov. 19, 1816. Han[n]ah, d. of Daniel and Dorothy, Apr. 29, 1746. Hannah, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Mar. 24, 1756. Hannah, d. of Richard and Mary, Oct. 17, 1763. Hannah, d. of Jacob and Lois, Dec. 14, 1772. Hannah, d. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 23, 1773. Hannah, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 22, 1813. Harriet Whitcomb, d. of Moses and Patty, Sept. 7, 1811.

    (Harriot Whitcomb, d. of wid. Patty, bp. July 7, 1816.
    C.R.I.)

Harriot I., (Harriet Isabel, C.R. 2), d. of Justin and Mary, Jan.

   6, 1837.

Harry M., ---------, 1845. G.R.I. Hezekiah, s. of Jonathan and Alice, Apr. 14, 1735. Hiram, s. of James and Susan, Mar. 11, 1815. Horatio Turner, s. of Luke and Charlottee, Mar. 5, 1840. Isaac, s. of David and Sarah, Nov. 27, 1761. Isaac, s. of Cyrus and Polly, July 24, 1818. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah and Elizabeth, Nov. 28, 1735. Isaiah, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Oct. 6, 1751. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah, bp. Oct. 25, 1762. C.R.I. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah and Peirses, Dec. 13, 1764. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Sept. 8, 1781. Isaiah, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Sept. 22, 1815. Israel, s. of Elijah and Rebekah, Dec. 29, 1748. Israel, s. of Elijah and Rebeckah, June 22, 1751. Israel, s. of Jonas (Jr., C.R.I.) and Zebudah, Jan. 16, 1767. Israel, s. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 18, 1775. (Apr. 18, 1776).

    G.R.I.)

pg. 114

WHITNEY, Israel, s. of Israel and Susan[n]a, in Littleton, May

    30, 1790.

Jacob, s. of Richard and Mary, Mar. 24, 1748-9. Jacob, s. of Jacob and Lois, Oct. 16, 1776. Jacob Milton, s. of Jacob and Mercy, bp. July 28, 1816. C.R.I. James, s. of Richard and Mary, May 29, 1760. James Harris, s. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Aug. 16, 1835. James Laughton, s. of Richard 2d and Sally, Feb. 2, 1817. Jefferson, s. of Josiah and Sally, Nov. 29, 1804. Jefferson, s. of James and Lucy, Apr. 26, 1806. Jeremiah Laughton, s. of James and Rachel, Aug. 13, 1788. Joel, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Oct. 15, 1762. John, s. of John and Rebecca, Mar. 20, 1725. John, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Oct. 3, 1746. John, s. of Isaiah and Percis, bp. Mar. 30, 1760. C.R.I. John, s. of Abra[ha]m and Rebekah, July 31, 1783. John, s. of James and Rachel, July 20, 1796. John, s. of Salmon and Hephsibah, Sept. 1, 1803. John, s. of John and Sally, Mar. 16, 1813. (John, s. of wid.

       Sally, bp. July 3, 1814.  C.R.I.)

John Hancock, s. of Josiah (Jr. C.R.I.) and Sarah, Dec. 13,

     1788.

Jonah, s. of Isaiah and Persis, June 19, 1758. Jonas, s. of Jonas and Relief, June 10, 1784. Jonas, s. of Nathan and Zebudah, Nov. 9, 1809. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, July 1, 1749. Jonathan, s. of Caleb, bp. Nov. 3, 1769. C.R. I. Jonathan, s. of Phineas, bp. Aug. 21, 1774. C.R.I. Jonathan, s. of Hezekiah and Lucy, Mar. 4, 1775. Jonathan, s. of (Capt. C.R.I.) Hezekiah and Lucy, May 20,

     1782.

Joseph, s. of Caleb and Annes, July 9, 1760. Joseph, s. of Abraham and Rebecca, bp. Aug. 9, 1795. C.R.I. Joshua, s. of Caleb and Annis, Feb. 18, 1754. Joshua, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Feb. 25, 1753. Josiah, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Aug. 18, 1781. Josiah, s. of Josiah and Rhoda, May 3, 1817. Judah, s. of Simon and Oleav, May 17, 1757. Judah, s. of Simon and Olive, June 16, 1761. Julianna, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Nov. 13, 1824. Justin, s. of Salmon and Hepsebeth, July 24 1801. Justin Otis, s. of Justus and Mary (s. of Justin and Sally,

   C.R.2), June 10, 1829.

pg. 115 WHITNEY, Lauretta, d. of Cyrus and Polly, Oct. 25, 1810. Laurilla, d. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna, C.R.I.)

    Mar. 25, 1808.

Lemuel, s. of (Col. C.R.I.) Josiah and sarah, Sept. 19, 1784. Levi, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, June 12, 1751. Levi, s. of Richard Jr. and Mercy, Apr. 26, 1781. Levi, s. of Hezekiah and Lucy, Aug. 30, 1786. Levi, s. of Jonas and Relief, Aug. 23, 1793. Levi, s. of Levi and Sarah, Apr. 25, 1818. Lois, d. of Simon and Olive, July 28, 1753. Lois, d. of Simon and Olive, Mar. 30, 1759. Lois, d. of Jacob and Lois, Aug. 1, 1770. Louisa Jane, d. of Jacob, bp. July 1, 1827. C.R. I. Louisa Lawrence [---------], w. of Benjamin Franklin, May 17,

  1808.  G.R.I.

Lucy, d. of Moses and Betty, Oct. 10, 1759. Lucy, d. of Simon and Olivea, Oct. 7, 1705. Lucy, d. of Hezekiah and Lucy, June 30, 1777. Lucy, d. of Reuben and Lucy, Jan. 24, 1782. Lucy, d. of Moses and Pattee, Sept. 28, 1800. Lucy, d. of James and Lucy, July 23, 1804. Lucy, d. of Rebecah Knight, Oct. 30, 1820. Lucy Emerson, d. of wid. Sally, bp. July 3, 1814. C.R.I. Lucy Stow, d. of John and Sally, July 12, 1805. Luke, s. of Israel and Abigail, Feb. 8, 1793. Luke, s. of Josiah and Sally, Apr. 22, 1803. Luther, s. of Israel and Abigail, Feb. 5, 1790. Luther Farwell, s. of Richard 2d and Sally, Mar. 8, 1819. Lydia, d. of Elijah and Rebaca, May 7, 1746. Lydia, d. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Oct. 17, 1757. Lydia, d. of Moses, bip. Oct. 13, 1771. C.R.I. Lydia, d. of Israel (Jr. C.R.I.) and Hannah, May 25, 1779. Lydia, d. of Enoch and Hannah, July 27, 1792. Maria, d. of Josiah and Rhoda, May 15, 1812. Maria Bird, d. of Justus and Mary, May 14, 1831. Marian, d. of Moses and Patty, Dec. 11, 1808. Marietta, d. of John and Mary Ann, Nov. 9, 1844. Marshall, s. of Reuben 2d and Mille, Mar. 9, 1809. Martha Ann, d. of Jacob and Mercy, Mar 22, 1812. Mary, d. of Elijah and Rebekah, June 26, 1738. Mary, d. of Abraham and Sarah, Sept. 16, 1744. Mary, d. of Richard and Mary, July 3, 1755. Mary, d. of Phinehas and Kezia, May 15, 1766. Mary, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Jan. 17, 1800.

pg. 116:

WHITNEY, Mary, d. of James and Lucy, Dec. 17, 1809.

Mary, d. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, Feb. 23, 1813. (Mary, d. of

     Is[siah] 3d dec. and Lydia, bp. May 15, 1813.  C.R.I.)

Mary, d. of Cyrus and Polly, Feb. 1, 1824. Mary Ann Bird, d. of Justin and Sally, bp. Oct. 23, 1831. C.R.2. Mary Farwellx d. of Nathan and Nancy, Jan. 4, 1832. Mary H. [-------], w. of Ephraim, Dec. 6, 1825. G.R. 3. Mary Hayward, d. of Isaiah and Mary, Mar. 9, 1777. Mary Louisa, d. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Dec. 25, 1828. Mary Perry, d. of Jacob and Mercy, July 25, 1814. Mary R., d. of Geroge and Polly, July 15, 1818. Mehitable [------], w. of Jonathan, Aug. 12, 1795. G.R.I. Aelissa Alviira, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Mar. 10, 1820. Mercy, d. of Abraham and Sarah, bp. Sept. 23, 1744. C.R.I. Mercy, d. of Jacob and Lois, Feb. 20, 1774. Mercy, d. of Abraham 2d and Alice, July 16, 1802. Mercy, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 10, 1815. Mercy Fairbank, d. of Reuben and Lucy, July 15, 1786. Milly Pollard, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Oct. 16, 1822. Miriam, d. of Jonas Jr. and Zebudah, Aug. 8, 1752. Moriah, d. of Abraham 2d and Alice, Nov. 15, 1807. Moses, s. of Jonas and Margaret, Oct. 17, 1733. Moses, s. of Moses and Betty, Mar. 18, 1761. Moses, s. of A[a]ron and Anna, May 3, 1772. Moses, s. of Aaron and Sarah, Oct. 5, 1775. Moses, s. of Isaac and Lucy, Feb. 14, 1782. Moses Gill, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Feb. 4, 1791. Nabbe, d. of Jonas and Relief, Mar. 25, 1786. Nancy, d. of Josiah Jr. and Anna, Apr. 12, 1777. Nancy, d. of Jacob and Mercy, Aug. 7, 1785. Nancy Flagg, d. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna,

       C.R.I.),  May 28, 1814.  Twin.

Nancy Levina, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Aug. 23, 1818 (1819

      dup.).

Naomi, d. of Israel and Abigail, Apr. 28, 1797. Nathan, s. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Aug. 1, 1793. Nathan, s. of Nathan and Nancy, Nov. 3, 1816. Newton, s. of Nathan and Nancy, July 22, 1820. Oliver, s. of Timothy and Alice, Mar. 10, 1754. Oliver, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Jan. 29, 1763. Twin. Oliver, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Jan. 9, 1777. Oliver, s. of Phinhas, bp. Nov. 4, 1781. C.R.I. Oliver, s. of Israel and Hannah, May 16, 1786. Persis, d. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Aug. 12, 1796.

pg. 117:

WHITNEY, Peter, s. of Jonas and Zebudah, Aug. 17, 1772.

P[h]inehas, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, July 3, 1747. Phinehas, s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, May 12, 1809. Polley, d. of Richard and Mercy, Mar. 16, 1777. Polley, d. of Isaac and Lucy, Dec. 13, 1779. Polley, d. of Richard Jr. and Mercy, Feb. 15, 1789. Rachel, d. of Simon and Olive, Jan. 5, 1748. Rachel, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Sept. 19, 1767. Rachel, d. of wid.-----, bp. May 2, 1785. C.R.I. Rachel, d. of Jonas and Relief, Apr. 17, 1788. Rachel, d. of James and Rachel, July 21, 1791. Rebecca, d. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 13, 1777. Rebecca, d. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Feb. 15, 1784. Rebecca, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Oct. 13, 1789. Rebec[c]ah, d. of Elijah and Rebec[c]ah, May 25, 1743. Releif, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, May 21, 1754. Relief, d. of Timothy and Alice, Feb. 2, 1758. Relief, d. of Jonathan and Sarah, Nov. 13, 1758. Relief, d. of Phinehas, bp. June 18, 1780. C.R.I. Relief, d. of Jonas and Relief, Nov. 4, 1799. (Relief, d. of wid.

     Relief, bp. July 12, 1812.  C.R.I.)

Reuben, s. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 21, 1758. Reuben, s. of Reuben and Lucy, Aug. 11, 1783. Rhoda, d. of Josiah and Rhoda, July 24, 1814. Richard, s. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 2, 1752. Richard, s. of James and Rachel, Mar. 20, 1784. Richard Harris, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Nov. 2, 1808. Ruhamah, d. of Jonathan and Alice, July 19, 1737. Ruth, d. of Jonas and Margaret, Sept. 8, 1736. Ruth, d. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Apr. 17, 1786. Salley, d. of Enoch and Hannah, Feb. 21, 1780. Salley, d. of Jonas and Relief, Oct. 26, 1789. Sally, d. of Moses and Patty, Aug. 12, 1798. Sally, d. of Aaron and Susan, July 8, 1823. (Sally Fairbank,

   d. of Capt. Aaron, bp. Nov. 9, 1823.  C.R.I.)

Sally Fairbank, d. of George and Polly, Feb. 15, 1815. Sally Flagg, d. of Aaron and Sally, May 28, 1814. Twin. Sally Turner, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Oct. 2, 1810. Salmon, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Feb. 16, 1760. Salmon, s. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Jan. 31, 1788. Salmon, s. of Justin and Mary (Justin and Sally, C.R.2), Mar.

     24, 1833.

Samuel, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, May 28, 1785. Samuel F., s. of Aaron and Susan, Oct. 20, 1821.

pg. 118:

WHITNEY, Sarah, d. of John and Rebecca, Feb. 5, 1727.

Sarah, d. of Abraham and Sarah,May 16, 1740.

Sarah, d. of (Capt. C.R.I ) Jon[a]th[an] and Alice, June 1, 1740. Sarah, d. of Simon and Olive, Feb. 5, 1749-50. Sarah, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Aug. 5, 1751. Sarah, d. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 9, 1767. Sarah, d. of Aaron and Anna, May 23, 1769. Sarah, d. of Phinehas, bp. July 8, 1770. C.R.I. Sarah, d. of Col. Josiah and Sarah, Apr. 11, 1775. Sarah, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Feb. 11, 1797. Sarah, d. of Moses and Patty, bp. Sept. 4, 1803. C.R.I. Sarah Hartwell, d. of Aaron and Susanna, bp. Dec. 14, 1817.

     C.R.I.

Sarah Louisa, d. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Nov. 25, 1833. Sarah Margaret, d. of Jacob, bp. Sept. 4, 1825. C.R.I. Sarah Maria, d. of Justin and Mary C., bp. Sept. 2, 1841. C.R. 2 Silas, s. of Simon and Olive, Oct. 16, 1751. Simeon, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Mar. 20, 1787. Simon, s. of Timothy and Alice, June 28, 1756. Simon, s. of Simon and Olivea, Jan. 17, 1767. Simon, s. of Simon and Patience, Mar. 17, 1770. Simry, s. of Reuben and Lucy, May 29, 1795. Solan Franklin, s. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Aug. 22, 1831. Sophronia, d. of Jonas and Relief, Sept. 3, 1802. (Sophronia,

     d. of wid. Relief, bp. Oct. 11, 1812.   C.R.I.

Stephen, s. of Josiah and Sarah, May 1, 1757. Sulliven, s. of John and Sally, jDec. 22, 1808. (Sullivan, s. of

     wid. Sally, bp. July 3, 1814.  C.R.I.)

Sumner, s. of Reuben 2d and Mille, Jan. 3, 1811. Susa, d. of Isaac and Lucy, mar. 26, 1785. Susan, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Dec. 29, 1808. Susan, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 23, 1811. Susan, d. of Aaron and Susan, Oct. 20, 1818. Susanna Hartwell, d. of Aaron and Susanna, bp. July 18, 1819.

      C.R.I.

Susannah, d. of Josiah and Sarah, Oct. 2, 1780. Syrena Adelia, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Aug. 22, 1834. Waldow, s. of Oliver and Mercy, Apr. 16, 1817. Walter Harris, s. of Isaac and Dorcas H., b. in Littleton, Nov.

   1, 1849.

William, s. of Enoch and Hannah, Feb. 27, 1785. William Whitcomb, s. of Josiah and Rhoda, Oct. 10, 1807. Witherbee, s. of Simon and Olive, May 3, 1746. Zebudah, d. of Jonas and Relief, Feb. 28, 1782.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:54:19 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Harvard, MA Marriages Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:11:14 -0400

"Vital Records of Harvard, MA to 1850", Thomas Baldwin, Wright & Potter

Printing Co, Boston, 1917.

HARVARD MARRIAGES:

pg. 229:

WHITNEY, Aaron and Anna Lawrence, Dec. 18, 1765.  (Dec.
       16, 1765.  C.R. I. )

Aaron and Sally Pollard, Apr. 21, 1774. Aaron Jr. and Sally Flagg of Holden, int. Aug. 3, 1807. Aaron Jr. and Susannah Fletcher of Littleton, int. May 11,

      1816.

Aaron Jr. and Mary Johnson of Chelmsford, int. May 29, 1836. Abigail and Nic[h]olas Patterson, int. Sept. 12, 1778. Abigail and Benjamin Hoar of Littleton, Nov. 17, 1789.* Abraham and Sarah Whitney, Apr. 20, 1738. C.R.I.* Abraham of Stow, and Sarah (Elisabeth, int.) Shed, in Stow,

   July 16, 1767.

Abraham Jr. and Allice Houghton, Apr. 3, 1802. Albert of Lunenberg, and Lucy W. Conant, int. Apr. 16, 1836. Alice and Timothy Whitney of Lancaster, May 20, 1752. Alice and Jonathan Davis, Aug. 10, 1777. Allice and Jonathan Adams, Jan. 25, 1803. Allice and John Forbush Jr., Mar. 27, 1816. Amos and Rhoda Cutter of Rindge, int. June 7, 1793. Anna and Oliver Mead, July 22, 1777. C.R.I. Anna and Benjamin Danforth, June 21, 1803. Arethusa and John Farwell Jr., June 22, 1802. Asa Willard and Abigail Whetcomb of Bolton, int. Dec. 25,

    1809.

Benjamin F. and Louisa Lawrence, int. May 25, 1828. Betsy and Joseph Fairbank, June 7, 1803. Betsy of Ashby, and William Conant, int. Nov. 7, 1814. Betsy W. (Eliza Willard, C.R.I) and Phineas Barnard, June 28,

     1796.

Betty (Elisabeth, int.) and Thomas Atherton of Bolton, Dec.

     15, 1774.

Bety and Phinehas Wetherbee of Stow, Mar. 5, 1740-1. Caleb and An[n]i[s]e Church, Nov. 16, 1749. Clarinda and Nathan Woodberry of Bolton, Mar. 29, 1819. Cyrus and Asenath Harris, June 19, 1796. Cyrus and Polly Whitney, Mar. 22, 1802. David and Olive Sawyer, Aug. 25, 1747.* David and Sarah Hill (of Lancaster, int.), Nov. 25, 1755. Dorcas and Ezra Baker of Stoddard, June 18, 1784.

          * Intention not recorded.

pg. 230. WHITNEY, Elijah and Rebekah Winship of Lexington, int.

    Oct. 30, 1736.

Elijah and Sarah Stearns of Bolton, in Bolton, Apr. 14, 1772. Elijah of Upton, and Sarah Reed [no date] (int. Oct. 5, 1821). Elizabeth (wid. int.) and Jonathan Sawyer Jr., Sept. 30, 1740. Ephraim of Stow, and Sarah Burgess, in Stow, Dec. 7, 1780. Esther and Edmund Wentworth, int. Feb. 25, 1786. Flora and John Falls of Dublin, Feb. 15, 1790. Francis Wheeler and Lydia Sawyer, Nov. 30, 1803. George and Polly Fairbank, Mar. 23, 1814. George and Abigail Bemis, Oct. 10, 1836. Grace and Josiah Houghton of Lancaster, int. Nov. 22, 1755. Hannah and Phineas Sawyer Jr., in Bolton, May 19, 1791. Hephsibah and Seth Sawyer, in Lancaster, Oct. 12, 1732.* Hepzebeth and Abraham Rugg, int. Oct. ---, 1747. Hezekiah and Lucy Pollard, May 5, 1774. Isaac of Stow, and Lucy Meeds, May 12, 1774. Isaac (Jr. int.) and Susanna Fletcher,Mar. 22, 1785. Isaac Jr. and Polly Hill, June 23, 1802. Isaac Esq. and Hannah Haskell, Apr. 15, 1829. Isaac and Dorcas W. Hoar of Littleton, int. May 24, 1846. Isaiah 3d and Lydia Sawyer, Apr. 15, 1807. Israel and Hannah Mead, May 14, 1772. Israel Jr. and Susanna Gary, Mar. 30, 1788. C.R.I. Israel and Abigail Puffer, in Bolton, Apr. 22, 1789. J. Milton (Jacob Milton, int.) and Sarah Ann Bigelow, Apr. 21,

  1842.

Jacob and Lois Hapgood, May 25, 1772. Jacob and Mary Patch of Littleton, in Littleton, June 29, 1794. Jacob and March F. (Mercy Fairbank, int.) Whitney, Feb. 20,

   1806.

Jacob and Hannah Whitney of Bolton, int. June 7, 1823. Jacob and Elizabeth Gates, June 2, 1839. James and Rachel Laughton, May 27, 1783. James and Lucy Reed, Oct. 20, 1803. James and Susan Whitney, Dec. 8, 1811. John and Sarah Atherton, in Bolton, Jan. 9, 1771. John of Stow, and Mary Farnsworth, in Stow, Feb. 3, 1778. John and Hannah Atherton, Jan. 2, 1785. John and Sally Stow, Nov. 23, 1804. John and Emily Meeds, Dec. 15, 1819. John and Mary Ann Nurse, Nov. 14, 1843. Jonah and Lois Hill, Sept. 24, 1783.

       *Intention not recorded.

pg. 231: WHITNEY, Jonah and Lydia Wetherbee of Boxborough, int.

   Apr. 8, 1786.

Jonas Jr. and Zebudah Davis, Sept. 13, 1750. Jonas Jr. and Relief Whitney, int. July 2, 1780. Jonathan of Gardner, and Mehitabel Davis, Oct. 27, 1817. Jonathan W. and Nabby Brooks of Stow, int. Mar. 25, 1820. Joseph and Han[n]ah Chandler, Aug. 7, 1744. Joshua of Stow, and Azubah Farnworth, int. Apr. 17, 1762. Joshua (Dea., C.R.I.) of Stow, and (wid., C.R.I.) Rebecca

  Whitney, Jan. 25, 1764.

Joshiah, Capt. and Sarah Dwelly, Feb. 3, 1774. Josiah Jr. and Anna Scolley, Jan. 10, 1776. Josiah (Isaiah, int.) Jr. and Mary Wheeler of Concord, in

  Concord, Feb. 28, 1776.

Josiah and Sally Puffer, Feb. 6, 1803. Justin and Mary Colton of Boxborough, int. Oct. 20, 1827. Levi of Concord, and Sarah Lawrence, Sept. 17, 1772. Lois Hill and James Turner, Nov. 14, 1806. Louisa J., d. of Jacob and Hannah, a. 23 y., and George G.

    Fales of Peterborough, N.H., s. of  Ephraim and Olive,
     b. in Lancaster, a. 27 y., Dec. 20, 1840.

Lucy of Stow, and James Whitcombe Jr., int. Nov. 18, 1768. Lucy and John Robins of Boston, Mar. 24, 1803. Lucy and Jonathan Wood of Gardner, Nov. 27, 1806. Lucy and John Knight, Apr. 17, 1811. Lucy E. and Sylvanus Wetherbee of Newton, May 6, 1820. Lucy P. and Elbridge Sufferance, Jan. 31, 1839. Luke and Charlotte (Charlotte M., int.) Turner, Apr. 27, 1836. Luke and Abby Knight, Mar. 1, 1841. Luther and Melinda Wetherbee, Jan. 3, 1814. Lydia of Bolton, and Phineas Warner, in Bolton, Feb. 27, 1769. Lydia and Samuel Sprague, Jan. 18, 1798. Lydia and Andrew Bigelow of Boylston, Oct. 23, 1806. Lydia and Samuel Farnsworth, Oct. 22, 1810. (Oct. 23, 1810.

      C.R.I.)

Marcy of Stow, and Peter Houghton, in Stow, July 27, 1782. Marcy F. (Mercy Fairbank, int.) and Jacob Whitney, Feb. 20,

     1806.

Maria and Daniel Willis, Apr. 19, 1828. Mary of Stow, and Jeremiah Preist, int. Dec. 17, 1743. Mary and Micah Stone, Mar. 17, 1759. (int. Mar. 25, 1759.) Mary and Joshua Bowers, Sept. 14, 1777. Mary and Richard Briant, int. Mar. 30, 1780.

pg. 232:

WHITNEY,  Mary and William Wollcott (Walcutt,int.) of Stow,
       Dec. 26, 1792.

Mary and Adison (Addison S., int.) Edgely, Apr. 1, 1824. Mary, d. of Cyrus and Mary, a. 22 y., and William S. Locke of

      Lancaster, s. of Jona[than] of Lancaster, and Mary, b. in
      Lancaster, a. 32 y., Nov. 19, 1846.

Mary H. (Mary Hayward, int.) and Jonathan Worster of

     Henniker, Feb. 5, 1798.

Mary P. and Dexter Sherman of Wayland, Apr. 26, 1842. Mercy and Elijah Houghton, Jan. 9, 1766. Mercy F. and Lysander S. Upham of Fitchburg, int. May 1,

    1847.

Moses and Betty (Elizabeth, C.R.I.) Hutchins, July 7, 1756. Moses and Pattee Baker of Littleton, int. Mar. 27, 1797. Nancy and Charles Preist, Oct. 20, 1814. Nancy and Richard H. Whitney of Albany, Feb. 22, 1837. Naomi and James Sawyer, June 17, 1817. Nathan and Nancy Farwell, May 23, 1816. Oliver and Abigail Hutchins, Nov. 16, 1752. Oliver and Mercy Whitcomb, Mar. 16, 1809. Patience and Samuel Meads Jr., int. June 13, 1779. Persis and Simeon Wetherbee (2d, int.) of Boxborough, Jan.

    2, 1822.

Phebe and John Warner Jr., June 28, 1749. Phinehas of Weston, and Miriam Willard, int. Mar. 27, 1762. Phinehas and Kezia Farnworth, Oct. 31, 1765. Polly and Cyrus Whitney, Mar. 22, 1802. Polly and Thomas Houghton 3d, Aug. 21, 1810. Rachel and Salmon Willard, Nov. 7, 1793.* Rachel (Jr., int.) and Amos Batchelor of Boxborough, Dec. 15,

    1812.

Rebecca and Paul Whitcomb of Bolton, in Bolton, Sept. 19,

     1759.

Rebecca (wid., C.R.I.) and (Dea., C.R.I.) Joshua Whitney of

     Stow, Jan. 25, 1764.

Rebecca and Amose Fairbank Jr., Apr. 26, 1795. Rebecca and Levi Houghton, Apr. 20, 1809. Rebecca and Joel Bowers, Sept. 30, 1811. Relief and Jonas Whitney jr., int. July 2, 1780. Reuben and Lucy Fairbank, int. Sept. 21, 1781. Reuben Jr. and Mille Pollard, May 11, 1808. (May 12, 1808.

     C.R.I.)

Richard and Mary Perry of Sudbury, int. Oct. -----, 1747. Richard Jr. and Mercy Willard, Dec. 15, 1772.

       * Intention not recorded.

pg. 233: WHITNEY, Richard Jr. and Salley Turner, Apr. 2, 1807. Richard H. of Albany and Nancy Whitney, Feb. 22, 1837. Ruhamah and Abel Davis, int. Sept. 24, 1757. Ruth and Jonathan Adams, Feb. 19, 1776. Sally and Elijah Dwinel, Nov. 1, 1808. Sally and Ezra Wetherbee, Apr. 17, 1814. Sally and Ethan Wetherbee, Oct. 5, 1819. Sally F. and Jacob F. of Watertown, Mar. 31, 1836. Samuel F., s. of Aaron and Susan, a 27 y., and Sarah T.

   Gardner, d. of Jerome and Sally, a 23 y., Oct. 26, 1848.

Sarah and Abraham Whitney, Apr. 20, 1738. C.R.I.* Sarah of Stow, and John Preist, int. Dec. 19, 1741. Sarah and Samuel Whetherbee of Stow, int. Apr. 3, 1767. Sarah of Stow, and Abel Whitcombe, Dec. 23, 1769. Sarah and John Mead, Aug. 26, 1771. Sarah and Levi Worster of Littleton, July 7, 1785. Sarah and Eleazer Davis, Apr. 10, 1787. Sarah and Cephas Houghton, June 24, 1819. Sarah F., d. of Aaron and Susan, a. 23 y., and Charles

    Whitcomb of Worcester, s. of Abel of Bolton, and Sophia,
     b. in Bolton, a. 25 y., Jan. 7, 1847.

Simeon and Nancy Barnard, Aug. 11, 1811. Simon and Olivea Witherbee of Stow, int. June 10, 1744. Simon and Patience Haseltine, May 5, 1768. Simon and Polley Welch (of Bolton, int.), May 22, 1792. Simri and Adaline Conant of Littleton, int. Mar. 15, 1840. Susan and Phineas Conant of Stow, Apr. 16, 1807. Susan and Joseph Bigelow, int. Sept. 16, 1809. Susan and James Whitney, Dec. 8, 1811. Susan and Alexander Eustice, int. Feb. 1, 1821. Susan H. and Allen B. Wood, Oct. 20, 1839. Timothy of Lancaster, and Alice Whitney, May 20, 1752. Unice of Stow, and Moses Warner, May 29, 1751. Wetherbe and Abigail Warner, July 7, 1774. William and Betsy Farnsworth of Concord, Dec. 5, 1804. William W. of Bolton, and Susanna Smith, Apr. 15, 1829. Zachariah of Fitchburg, and Elisabeth Whetherbe, Aug. 18,

       1774.
  * Intention not recorded.

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From - Sun Oct 20 06:54:26 1996 From: [email protected] To: "Whitney Family discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Harvard, MA Deaths Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:12:14 -0400

"Vital Records of Harvard, MA to 1850", Thomas Baldwin, Wright & Potter

Printing Co, Boston, 1917.

HARVARD DEATHS: pg. 314: WHITNEY, -----------. ch. of Josiah, June 4, 1761. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Isaiah, May 10, 1762. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Josiah, Mar. 16, 1763. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Josiah, Dec. 4, 1764. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Josiah, Feb. 1, 1766. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Josiah, Feb. 18, 1768. C.R.I.

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, d. of Richard, Ot. 12, 1768, a 5 y. C.R.I.

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. inf. ch. of Isaiah Jr., Aug. ----, 1780. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Jonas Jr., Aug. 4, 1780. C.R.I.

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, wid. of --------, Jan. 4, 1785, a. 76 y. C.R.I.

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, s. of Richard Jr., Apr. 5, 1784, a. 4 y. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of James, Feb. 28, 1786. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of John, June 16, 1786. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Israel Jr., June 8, 1789. C.R.I.

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, ch. of Jacob, Apr. 7, 1790. C.R.I.

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, ch. of John, Apr. 19, 1790. C.R.I.

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, ch. of Cyrus, Nov. 4, 1800. C.R.I.

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, inf. ch. of Jacob, Apr. 13, 1810. C.R.I.

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, ch. of Aaron Jr., Aug. 30, 1815, a. 15 m. C.R.I.

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, ch. of Justin, Feb. 7, 1828, a. 2 d. C.R.2.

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, ch. of Jonathan, July 17, 1831. C.R.I.

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, ch of George, Apr. 3, 1840, a. 19 m. C.R.I.

Aaron, Apr. 13, 1817, a. 77 y. Revolutionary solider. G.R.I. Abel, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Dec. 2, 1799, a. 8 7. 1 m.

     II d.    G.R.I.

Abel (Abel W., G.R.I.), s. of (Capt., C.R.I.) Aaron and Susan,

    Nov. 20, 1840, a. 10 y. 7 d.  (Nov. 25, 1849, a. II y.   G.R.I.)

Abigail, wid. of Dea. Oliver, Nov. 8, 1804, a. 73 y. G.R.I. Abigail, wid. of Dea. Israel, Sept. 13, 1841, a. 85 y. G.R.I. Abraham, s. of Abraham (Jr., C.R.I.) and Rebekah, Oct. 18,

    1778.

Abraham, May 19, 1784, a. 75 y. (May 22, 1784. C.R.I.) Abraham Jr., Dec. 1, 1799. C.R.I. Abraham Jr., Nov. 19, 1808, a. 29 y. Md. C.R.I. Abraham, Aug. 26, 1823. (Aug. 26, 1833, a. 84 y. G.R.I. and

       C.R.2.)

Allice, wid of Dea. Jonathan, Feb. 19, 1792. (a. 92 y. 2 m.

       G.R.I.)

pg. 315:

WHITNEY, Almira, d. of  Abraham Jr. and Alice, Jan. 10, 1811,
      a. 5 yr.  (Jan. 9, 1812, a. 6 y.  C.R.I.)

Amos, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Sept. 11, 1794, a. 3 y. (a. 3 y.

    6 m. 11 d.  G.R.I.)

Amos, Dec. 17, 1838, a. 45 y. (Dec. 15, 1838, a. 43 y. 9 m. G.R.I.) Annah, w. of (Aaron, G.R.I.), July 16, 1773. (a. 30 y. 11 m. 27 d.

   G.R.I.)

Annas, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, June 1, 1761. Annas, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Jan. 23, 1768. Anness, d. of Caleb and Anness, Jan. 31, 1758. (Jan. 13, 1758,

    a. 1 y. 8 m. 22 d.  G.R.I.)

Arcena, w. of Cyrus, Mar. 22, 1800, a. 27 y. G.R.I. Artamus, s. of Wetherbe dec. and Abigale, Mar. 1, 1777, in

    his 2 y.

Betsey, w. of --------, Aug. 18, 1836, a. 62 y. G.R. I. Caroline W., w. of Marshall, Sept. 16, 1846, a. 34 y. G.R.I. (Charles Hovey, C.R.2) s. of Marshall (and Caroline W., G.R.I.)

       Aug. 28, 1846, a. 2  y.   (Aug. 31, 1846, a. 1  y. 10 m.  G.R.I.)
      Cholera infantum.

Charlotte m. (Charlotte M. Turner, w. of Luke, G.R.I.) , June

    13, 1840, a. 24 y. 4 m.  (a. 23 y. 4 m. 3 d.   G.R.I.)

Claricy, d. of Dea. Isaac and Lucy, Sept. 8, 1796, a. 10 m. 10 d.

    G.R.I.

Cyrene Adelia, d. of Nathan and Nancy (in Lowell, C.R. 2),

   Oct. 6, 1835, a. 13 m. 13 d.  G.R.I.

Cyrus, Aug. 24, 1847, a. 76 y. Md. Daniel, Nov. 10, 1834, a. 38 y (a. 34 y. dup.) . (Nov. 13,

   1834, a. 37 y.  C.R.I.)

David, Feb. 13, 1802, a. 75 y. Widr. Consumption. C.R.I. David, Nov. 10, 1834, a. 37 y. 7 m. 28 d. G.R.I. Elias, s. of Lieut. Eliab and Rebeckah, Apr. 19, 1755, a. 14 y.

     9 m. 21 d.  G.R.I.

Elijah, Lieut., Feb. 19, 1755, a. 47 y. 6 m. G.R.I. Elizabeth, d. of Abraham and Sarah, Aug. 11, 1739. (a. abt.

   4  m.  C.R.I.)

Elizabeth, Miss, Jan. 20, 1830, a. 88 y. C.R. 2. Evelina (d. of Levi and Sarah, G.R.I.) , Sept. 9, 1838, a. 25 y.

     (Sept. 10, 1838.  C.R.I.)  (a. 26 y.   G.R.I.)

Frances Alice, d. of Benjamin Franklin and Louisa Lawrence,

    Aug. 27, 1839, a. 17 m.   G.R.I.

Francis W., s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Apr. 19, 1805, a. 27 y.

   (a. 26 y.  G.R.I.)

pg. 316: WHITNEY, Francis Wheeler, s. of wid. Lydia, Aug. 25, 1825, a.

   18 y.  C.R. 2.  (s. of Isaiah and Lydia,  Aug. 24, 1825, a. 17 y.
    6 m.  G.R.I.)

George, s. of Isaiah and mary, May 6, 1810, a. 30 y. (a. 30 y.

   a m. 21 d.  G.R.I.)

Hannah, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Oct. 26, 1756. (a. 7 m.

     C.R.I.)

Hannah, d. of Richard and Mary, Oct. 14, 1767, a. 4 y. 11 m.

    26 d.   G.R.I.)

Hannah, w. of Lieut. Israel, Aug. 14, 1788, a. 34 y. G.R.I. (Hannah, G.R.I.) d. of Isaiah 3d (and Lydia, G.R.I.), Feb. 8,

   1812, a. 4  m.   Consumption.   C.R.I.  (a. 3 m.  G.R.I.)

Hannah, (w. of Jacob, C.R.I.), May 26, 1838, a. 44 y. (May 24,

   1838.  G.R.I.)

Harriet Lucy, d. of Benjamin Franklin and Louisa Lawrence,

  May 15, 1844, a. 8 m.   G.R.I.

Henry, s. of Israel and Phebe, Sept. 1, 1808, a. 2 y. G.R.I. Hezekiah, Capt., July 23, 1805. Isaac, Dea., Apr. 29, 1815, a. 66 y. (Apr. 28, 1815, a. 66 y. 2 m.

     G.R.I.)

Isaac, Apr. 10, 1825, a. 64 y. G.R.I. Isai[a]h, Aug. 9, 1737. (a. 38 y. C.R.I.) Isaiah, s. of Abr[aha]m, Sept. 8, 1755, a. abt. 4 y. C.R.I. Isaiah, inf. ch. of Isaiah, Nov. 5, 1762. C.R.I. Isaiah 3d, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Sept. 26, 1812, a. 31 y. Isaiah, Feb. 23, 1817, a. 83 y. G.R.I. Isaiah Sr., Feb. 23, 1818, a. 82 y. Typhus fever. C.R.I. Isaiah, Jan. 15, 1841, in his 86th y. G.R.I. Israel, s. of Elijah and Rebekah, Jan. 9, 1748-9. (a. 10 d. C.R.I.) Israel, Dea., Dec. 20, 1826, a. 75 y. 5 m. 15 d. G.R.I. James, July 15, 1816, a. 57 y. G.R.I. Jefferson, Feb. 22, 1813, a. 8 y. C.R.I. Jeremiah, Jan. 19, 1815, a. 20 y. C.R.I. John, Apr. 30, 1795, a. 2 w. Convulsion fits. C.R.I. John, Feb. 10, 1813, a. 28 y. G.R.I. Jonas, Sept. 18, 1770, a. 71 y. (a. 71 yr. 7 m. 7 d. G.R.I.) Jonas, Dec. 23, 1781, in his 65th y. Revolutionary soldier.

 G.R.I.

Jonas, Dec. 23, 1792, a. 84 y. Jonas, Nov. 26, 1803, a. 47 y. Jonas, s. of Jonas and Relief, in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 25, 1807,

 a. 23 y.

Jonathan, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Oct. 27, 1756. (Oct.

  22, 1756, a. 7 y. 3 m.  C.R.I.)

pg. 317: WHITNEY, Jonathan Jr., Jan. 20, 1770 (in his 47th y. C.R.I.) Jonathan, Dea., Nov. 8, 1773. (a. 78 y. 8 m. 12 d. G.R.I.) Jonathan, s. of Hezekiah and Lucy, May 15, 1776. G.R.I. Jonathan, s. of Hesakiah ---------, Nov. 16, 1848, a. 66 y.

      Cancer.

Jos. Addison, Feb. 10, 1847, a. 44 y. 8 m. 17 d. G.R.I. Joseph, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, May 16, 1799, a. 4 y. 4 m.

     10 d.   G.R.I.   (Drowned.  C.R.I.)

Joshua, s. of Caleb and Annes, Jan. 24, 1750, a. 3 w. 4 d. G.R.I. Josiah, Feb. 26, 1813, a. 31 y. G.R.I. Josiah, Feb. 9, 1818, a. 32 y. 7 m. 18 d. Josiah 2d, June 7, 1820, a. 3 y. Judah, s. of Simon and Olive, May 22, 1761. (a. 4 y. C.R.I.) Lauretta, Nov. 3, 1842. G.R.I. (a. 32 y. C.R.I.) Levi, Sept. 18, 1793, a. 16 m. Dysentery. C.R.I. Levi, Apr. 25, 1818, a. 31 y. 7 m. 26 d. Lois, d. of Simon and Olive, July 17, 1756. (July 16, 1756,

     a. abt. 3 y.   C.R.I.)

Lois, d. of Simon, Feb. 26, 1772. C.R.I. Lois, May 24, 1793, a. 39 y. Md. Consumption. C.R.I. Lucy, d. of Simon and Olivea, Oct. 19, 1765. (Oct. 19, 1764.

      C.R.I.)

Lucy, w. of James, Jan. 13, 1810, a. 32 y. G.R.I. Lucy, Jan. 6, 1820, a. 68 y. Fits. C.R.I. Lucy, ---------, 1827, a. 82 y. (wid. of Dea. Isaac, Dec. 31, 1837,

    a. 82 y.  G.R.I.)

(Lucy, C.R.I.), wid. of ---------, May 23, 1838, a. 84 y. (a. 87 y.

      C.R.I.)

Lucy, wid. of Dea. Reuben, Nov. 17, 1843, a. 80 y. (Nov. 16,

   1843, a. 79 y.  C.R. 2.)

Luke, s. of (Dea., G.R.I.) Israel and Abigail, May 2, 1795. (a.

  2 y. 2 m. 24 d.  G.R.I.)

Lydia, d. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, May 1, 1759. (a. 18 m.

     13 d.   C.R.I.)

Lydia, Jan. 18, 1794, a. 28 y. Md. Consumption. C.R.I. Martha (Martha Ann, G.R.I.) eldest d. of Jacob, -------, 1829.

    C.R.I.  (Dec. 7, 1829, a. 18 y.  G.R.I.)

Mary, wid. of Richard, Feb. 18, 1804, a. 81 y. 1 m. G.R.I. Mary, w. of Capt. Simon, May 26, 1810, a. 68 y. G.R.I. Mary, w. of -------, Aug. 29, 1838 a. 81 y. Mary, May 27, 1840, a. 68 y. Mary, wid. of Isaiah, Dec. 5, 1843, in her 88th y. G.R.I. Mary Ann, Apr. -----, 1815, a. 6 y. Fever. C.R.I. Mary Hill, w. of Isaac, Aug. 31, 1828, a. 53 y. G.R.I.

pg. 318: WHITNEY, Sarah, w. of Moses of Stow, Mar. 23, 1755. (a. 88 y.

     C.R.I.)

Mary Louisa (d. of Benjamin Franklin and Louisa Lawrence,

  G.R.I.)  Oct. 6, 1829, a. 10 m.  (a. 9 m.  G.R.I.)

Melinda (Malinda Wetherbee, G.R.I.) w. of Luther, May 4, 1847,

   a. 50 y.  Consumption.  (May 3, 1847, a. 53 y.  G.R.I.)

Mercy, w. of Richard, Aug. 15, 1836, a. 81 y. 6 m. G.R.I.) Mercy F., July 9, 1822, a. 36 y. G.R.I. Miriam, d. of Jonus and Zebudah, Apr. 30, 1775. (a. 22 y.

    8 m. 11 d.   G.R.I.)

Moses, s. (only s. G.R.I.) of Aaron and Annah, Apr. 25, 1773.

  (a. 11 m. 21 d.   G.R.I.)
Moses, Jan. 11, 1816, a. 40 y.  Md.  C.R.I.

Olive, Aug. 19, 1750, a. abt. 24 y. C.R.I. Olivea, w. of Simon, Aug. 8, 1767. (a. 43 y. C.R.I.) Oliver, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Mar. 29, 1763. (Mar. 31,

 1763, a. 6 w.  C.R.I.)

Oliver, Dea., Apr. 16, 1802, in his 71st y. G.R.I. Patty, wid., Sept. 10, 1816, a. 38 y. C.R.I. Percis, w. of Isaiah, July 5, 1812, a. 76 y. G.R.I. (Phinehas, G.R.I.) , s. of Isaiah 3d (and Lydia, G.R.I.), Oct. 3,

    1810, a. 10 m.  Quinsy.  C.R.I.  (Oct. 4, 1810, a. 17 m.
     G.R.I.

Rachel, d. of Simon and Olivea, Dec. 16, 1766. (a. 18 y. C.R.I.) Rachel, w. of James, Apr. 14, 1803, a. 42 y. 8 m. 7 d. Rebekah, wid., July 27, 1780, "of advanced age." C.R.I. Rebekah, w. of Abraham, Aug. 27, 1838, a. 81 y. G.R.I. Relief, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Oct. 15, 1756. (a. 2 y.

    5 m.   C.R.I.)

Relief, wid., Apr. 17, 1818, a. 59 y. C.R.I. Reuben, Dea., Feb. 4, 1823, a. 60 y. Revolutionary soldier.

    G.R.I.

Reuben F., s. of Zimri and ---------, Dec. 11, 1845, a. 2 y. 3 m.

    Scarlet fever.

Rhoda, wid. of ---------, Aug. 30, 1828, a. 43 y. C.R.I. Richard, May 4, 1798, in his 73d y. G.R.I. Richard, Sept. 28, 1835, a. 82 y. 7 m. Revolutionary soldier.

     G.R.I.

Ruth, d. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Jan. 3, 1815, a. 29 y. Sally, w. of Capt. Aaron Jr., June 9, 1814. (a. 32 y. G.R.I.) Salmon, Aug. 11, 1844, a. 84 y. Md. Comsumption. Samuel, Jan. 27, 1840, a. 55 y. Sarah, d. of Jonathan and Alice, Dec. 26, 1746, a. 6 y. 6 m. 6 d.

     G.R.I.

pg. 319:

WHITNEY, Sarah, w. of Moses of Stow, Mar. 23, 1755.  (a. 88 y.
     C.R.I.)

Sarah, w. of Jonathan Jr., Oct. 29, 1769. Sarah, w. of Capt.Josiah, Apr. 21, 1773 (in her 39th y.

   G.R.I.)

Sarah, wid. of Abraham, July 4, 1800, a. 83 y. (July 4, 1800,

  a. 82 y.   G.R.I.)

Sarah, w. of David, Oct. 16, 1800. Sarah, w. of Aaron, Apr. 10, 1820, a. 73 y. G.R.I. Sarah H., d. of Capt. Aaron and Susan, Dec. 25, 1817, a. 8 m.

    G.R.I.

Simon, s. of Simon and Olivea, Jan. 18, 1767. Simon, May 26, 1778. C.R.I. Simon, Capt., Oct. 1, 1818, a. 48 y. Fever. C.R.I. Susan, d. of Richard Jr. and Sally, Jan. 7, 1810, a. 1 y. 9 d. Susan, w. of Aaron, b. in Littleton, Sept. 19, 1848, a. 63 y. Con-

  sumption.  (Susan H., w. of Capt. Aaron.   G.R.I.)

(Susanna, G.R.I.), wid. of Isaac, G.R.I.), Nov. 12, 1845, a. 81 y.

   Fever.  (Nov. 11, 1845.  G.R.I.)

Wetherbe, Oct. 14, 1775. (a. 29 y. 5 m. G.R.I.) William, Dec. 1, 1840, a. 2 m. Zebudah, Nov. 21, 1812, a. 85 y. Widr. Old age. C.R.I.

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To all interested in the WHITNEY families of New England:

There is an article in the January 1994 issue of _The American Genealogist_ (Vol. 69, No. 1), pp. 9-14, "Whitney Origins Revisited," by Paul C. Reed, debunking the alleged royal ancestries of both John WHITNEY of Watertown, MA, and Henry WHITNEY of Long Island, NY, and Norwalk, CT.

The conclusion is that neither ancestry can be supported by documents, and that the Henry WHITNEY pedigree was a deliberate forgery. John WHITNEY's ancestry cannot now be traced beyond his father, Thomas WHITNEY of Westminster, and the parentage of Henry WHITNEY is unknown.

Robert L. Ward

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Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John-1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry-1 Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," _The_American_Genealogist,_ vol. 69, No. 1 (Jan 1994), pp. 9-14.

It has been claimed that John-1 Whitney, of Watertown, Massachusetts, is of illustrious and royal descent. The strongest argument for such a connection was put forth by Henry Melville in his _Ancestry_of_John_Whitney_..._ ([New York, 1896], hereafter _Whitney_Anc._). Melville cited pedigrees found in the Harleian manuscripts, now at the British Library, London (MSS 1442, fols. 66, 67), that had been drawn up on behalf of John Whitney, apparently a cousin of the New England immigrant. This John claimed to be the male heir of the Whitney family of Whitney, Herefordshire, and stated that his grand- father, Thomas Whitney, gentleman, of Westminster, was a son of Robert Whitney, a younger son of Sir Robert Whitney by Sibel Baskerville--and thus the royal descent. Melville also supplemented his genealogy with many transcriptions of wills, chancery records, inquisitions _post_mortem_, and other primary sources, making his work appear to be highly trustworthy.

Donald Lines Jacobus challenged this line in an article published in 1933 (_TAG_ 10[1933-34]:84-88). Jacobus tentatively accepted the conclusion that John-1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, was a son of Thomas Whitney of Westminster, but he argued that the latter was not the son of Sir Robert. Jacobus concluded that the pedigree was either incorrect or fraudulent, and that chronology made such a connection implausible (_TAG_ 10[1933-34]:87). The burden of proof was therefore unmet.

Some descendants still cling to the hope that the immigrant descends from royalty, however, and the connection is still appearing in new publications. It is argued that, though Sir James Whitney died on 31 May 1587, aged forty- two, his younger brother, Robert (supposed father of Thomas Whitney of Westminster), could have been born about 1548-9 (given ten- to fifteen-month birth intervals). His alleged son, Thomas Whitney of Westminster, married Mary Bray on 12 May 1583. Assuming that both Robert and Thomas were about seventeen when they married, the connection still seemed chronologically possible, even if unlikely.

It should be pointed out that, although John Whitney made such a claim, it was unsubstantiated and not accepted by the College of Arms. We can now show that the claim is not only unlikely, it is certainly false. The allegation for the marriage license of Thomas Whitney and Mary Bray is recorded in the first act book of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (fol. 94, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, film #94,507: Joseph Lemuel Chester and Geo. J. Armytage, eds., _Allegations_for_Marriage_Licenses_Issued_by_the_ _Dean_and_Chapter_ of_Westminster,_1558_to_1699_..._, Harleian Soc. Pubs., 23[London, 1886]:8). Though it did not specifically state the ages of the groom and bride, it must be concluded that Thomas Whitney was at least twenty-one on 10 May 1583, the date of the record, because no mention of consent is made. This would push his birth date back to at least 1562, probably earlier (a point not made by Jacobus). James Whitney, Thomas's alleged uncle, was found to be aged twenty-three at the inquisition _post_ _mortem_ of his father, taken 18 September 1567, and aged forty-three at the time of his own death on 31 May 1587. He was therefore born about 1544. The Robert Whitney who was younger brother of Sir James and Eustace would therefore be born no earlier than the beginning of 1546, and more probably 1548 or later. Robert Whitney would not have fathered a son at age thirteen!

That Robert was definitely third, not second son is proved by the entail of land made in Sir James Whitney's will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury [PCC] 38 Spencer), which agrees with _Llfyr_Baglan_, a collection of pedigrees compiled by the Welsh scholar, John Williams, between 1600 and 1607 [Note 1]. The administration of Sir Robert Whitney, their father, was granted to his relict, Dame Mary, and son James Whitney on 5 February 1567/8 (PCC Admons. Act Book, 1559-1571, fol. 128). At James's death, and administration _de_ _bonis_non_ was granted to Robert's son, Eustace Whitney, on 1 February 1588/9. Sir Eustace Whitney died in 1608, heir of his elder brother James. Eustace's four granddaughters eventually became coheirs of the estate.

Thomas Whitney of Westminster had a son Robert, whose son John claimed to be male heir in 1676, about the time that the Hereford estate was settled among the female coheirs. It is most likely that the claimant was trying to obtain some sort of inheritance to make his life less burdensome. The wills of both the claimant's parents were proved in the Archdeaconry of London. Their residence was the parish of St. Peter Cornhill, London, where Robert Whitney, merchant tailor, was buried on 3 Apr 1662. Robert Whitney's original will was dated 19 January 1661/2 and proved 16 April 1662 (FHL Film #94,280). He was of a very low estate, though a citizen and merchant tailor. He gave his loving children John and Mary Whitney 5s. each. He also gave John the great ring he had had from his father. His daughter, Mary, was to receive the lesser ring he usually wore. Robert gave his wife Mary the lease of the house they lived in for the remainder of the term during her widowhood. Mary was made sole executrix. Though the will was sealed with a small seal which appeared to be in good condition it could not be made out on the microfilm copy.

The original will of Mary Whitney was dated 23 October 1667 and proved 11 February 1667/8 (FHL Film #588,057). She left her son, John Whitney, and his wife, Elizabeth, 5s. each, to be paid within a year and a day after her decease. She gave her loving grandchild, Jane Whitney, one silver gilt spoon. She also mentioned her cousin Mary West, daughter to Edward West, to whom she left 12s. The residue was left to her daughter Maryfrances [sic] Whitney, whom she made sole executrix. Lastly, she gave 12d. to her friend Anne Stockinhall, who was to be overseer. In the following records, Mary was stated to be relict of Robert Whitney, of St. Peter Cornhill, London, deceased. William Parker, parson of St. Peter Cornhill, was assigned to administer the estate on 13 February 1667/8 during the minority of the executrix, Mary Frances Whitney. Neither will made any reference to a connection with the Whitneys of Whitney, county Hereford.

If John Whitney, the claimant, were male heir of the Whitneys of Whitney, it would seem inconceivable that the female heirs would have allowed him to fall into such relative poverty. Some legacy or settlement would have been given to him if he had any proof for his claim.

As it is clear that the parentage of Thomas Whitney of Westminster is unknown (though examined by Horatio Gates Somerby in 1871), we present a clue to the actual origin of the family in the marriage entry of Robert Whitney, son of Thomas of Westminster. He married Mary Towers at Stepney, county Middlesex, on 18 January 1635/6 (original register on FHL film #579,245; Thomas Colyer- Fergusson, _The_Marriage_Registers_of_St._Dunstan's,_Stepney,_in_the_County_ _of_Middlesex_, 3 vols. [Canterbury, 1898-1901], 1:239: "Robert Whitney of Westminster merchantailor & Mary Towers of Tarvin [the printed transcript says "Tarring," but is in error] in the Coun[ty] of Chester maid maried by licence from the Office of Facult[ie]." [There is a gap in the marriage allegations of the Faculty Office during this period.]

The pedigree made by John Whitney, the 1676 claimant, states that his mother was a daughter of John Towers, of Chester or Shropshire (_Whitney_Anc._, 272-73). It seems likely that Robert Whitney, Thomas's father, had close connections in Cheshire. Only one prominent Whitney family was situated in Cheshire, seated at Coole Pilate in the parish of Acton. Howell Whitney held land there in 12 and 17 Richard II [1388-1394] (George Ormerod, _The_History_ _of_..._Chester_..._, 2d ed., 3 vols. [London, 1882], hereafter Ormerod, 3:389) and in 1404. The male representative of the family when Thomas was at Westminster was a Robert Whitney, gentleman, of Coole (married 1574/5), who is found in 1593, 1600, 1614, and died 24 January 1615/6 at Coole, leaving his grandson Hugh (son of Hugh), his heir (born January 1601) (R. Stewart- Browne, ed., _Cheshire_Inquisitions_..._, Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 91[n.p., 1938]:169-71).

The fullest purported account of the Cheshire Whitney family is found in S. Whitney Phoenix's _The_Whitney_Family_of_Connecticut_..._ (3 vols. [New York, 1878]). It traces the ancestry of Henry-1 Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut, from the ancient family by way of counties Hertford, Essex, and Chester. Such a connection would have provided a better royal descent than the main branch of the Whitneys had. Unfortunately, the work is based on many false and dubious sources. A careful examination found that nine key documents used to prove connections do not exist. Had they been real, their discoveries would have presented one of the most brilliant compilations in the field.

The purported English ancestry was the work of Harriet A. Bainbridge DeSalis; and after he had published the book, S. Whitney Phoenix became suspicious. He commissioned the distinguished Anglo-American genealogist, Joseph Lemuel Chester, to examine the accuracy of Mrs. DeSalis's work. Chester quickly noted the fraud.

[MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS PURPORTING TO PROVE THE ANCESTRY OF HENRY-1 WHITNEY OMITTED]

Actual sources for the early Cheshire family are meager and scant, and provide no hint or illustrious royal descent such as the Parry and Vaughan matches would have provided. It is most likely that Thomas Whitney of Westminster descends from the Cheshire Whitneys at Coole Pilate, in Acton, near Nantwich. A Thomas Whitney, found in 1505, 1510, and 1517, and earlier in the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509), married Anne Brooke, daughter of John Brooke, of Leighton, Cheshire, and Jane Meverell, of Throwlegh, county Stafford (Ormerod, 3:454). It would be through this connection that the only possible royal descent for this family might present itself. That the family spread beyond Cheshire is clear from the will of Geoffrey Whitney, son of an earlier Geoffrey. Born at Coole Pilate about 1548, he attended both Oxford and Cambridge, was under-bailiff of Great Yarmouth, county Norfolk, 1580-86, and admitted to the university at Leyden 1 March 1586 (Joseph Foster, _Alumni_Oxoniensis_..._1500-1714_, 4 vols. [London, 1887-92], 4:1623]; John and J. A. Venn, _Alumni_Cantbrigiensis_, Pt. 1, 4 vols. [Cambridge, 1922-27], 4:396]; and _Dictionary_of_National_Biography_). His will, dated 11 September 1600 and proved 28 May 1601 (PCC 33 Woodhall), mentioned many relatives, including his brother, Brooke Whitney, of Oxford and Berkshire (PCC 100 Byrde) [probably a great-grandson of the Whitney-Brooke alliance], Geoffrey Whitney, of Draiton, Shropshire (citizen and merchant tailor of London, PCC 15 Bolein), and Walter Whitney, citizen and plasterer of London (Commissary Court of London, Orig. Will, 1608), but no possible reference to Thomas of Westminster was noted.

[MORE ABOUT HENRY-1 WHITNEY OMITTED --RLW]

... Cheshire, Hereford, Lichfield, Gloucester, Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk wills have been exhausted. Other records are still being searched, but the parentage of Thomas Whitney, gentleman, of Westminster, still remains to be found.

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From: [email protected] Subject: address' Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 00:34:04 -0400

Hi guys,

I've started the address list. Right now there's only 3 of us, but I'll

update as I get more. If you want info on Allan, Karen, or me FTP to

members.aol.com:/whitneymr/private/genealogy

and it should be there. I also can take uploads at

members.aol.com:/whitneymr/private/incoming

that way when Whitney11.ged is ready it can be uploaded there for people to download. There is a discussion going on the listowners mailling list about how dead all of the other groups are right now. I was kind of proud to be able to say this list has been up for 2 weeks and has 87 people on it. Sounds like we are the envy of others because they can't get posts to there group. By the way I was "talking" to Larry @ MAISER and it turns out he accidently set us up as a restricted list. I had him leave it that way. What this means is people not subscribed to our list can't post to it. That's why after 2 weeks we've had no trash postings from people not on the list. So if someone gets hold of you about the list tell them to join if they want to post.

Thanks for making us all look good, Michael Whitney

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From: "Vickie (Elam) White" <[email protected]> Subject: Whitneys Date: 17 Oct 96 22:47:47 EDT

This is for Jerry Harrison and anyone else who is interested.

<<*CHARLES KELLOG WHITNEY, b. 1828 of Westford, Mass. and CHASTINA HODGE>>

>From the Westford Vital Records -- Charles WHITNEY was born in Southborough MA on 11 Dec 1828. The vital records don't mention a middle name for him. His parents were David and Catherine WHITNEY. He had the following siblings:

Charles -- your line David b 23 Aug 1830 in Westford MA Hiram b 10 Nov 1834 in W. Harriet b 29 Jul 1836 in W. Albert b 28 Oct 1839 in W. Mary b after 1839 in W.

<<*DEBORAH WHITMAN WHITNEY, b. 1807 of Bridgewater, Mass., d. 9/14/1875 of >>Lancaster, Mass, and JOEL WILDER, m. 5/4/1828>>

According to the Lancaster Vital Records, Joel WILDER Jr.married Deborah H. WHITMAN of Lancaster, not Deborah Whitman WHITNEY. In the death record of his son George Waite WILDER, he is listed as Joel WILDER 2d. You do have the correct date of marriage. Where did you get WHITNEY as her surname?

Hope this helps somewhat.

Vickie (Elam) White [email protected]

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:43:25 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Whitney list & newest UK member:

[email protected] wrote: > > Dear Edward: > > I was immediately struck by the Jonathan/Lydia Jones marriage you mention, > (one of) which is well known to many of us. However, the one we have is in > 1656(!) between the last son of immigrants John and Elinor to have been born > in England, and a Lydia, d. of Lewis and Anna Stone Jones. Lydia was born > (supposedly - I have no VR citation) in Sherborn, Middlesex Co., MA, in 1632. > > This is probably the long arm of coincidence showing up, but there is an > avenue to be trod here by following this Jones family down a couple of > generations (which I don't have) to see if there is another Lydia that turns > up marrying a Jonathan Whitney in the 1700's - we do have some as yet > unspoused Jonathans floating around about then.

Jonathan-4 WHITNEY (Jonathan-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) married Lydia JONES on 26 Jan 1726/7 in Mendon, MA. He was a grand-nephew of the Jonathan-2 WHITNEY who married an earlier Lydia JONES in Watertown, MA.

More details on request.

Regards,

Robert L. Ward <img src="/robertward.gif"> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 (301)776-1659

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From: "Paul Sinker" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Whitney list Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:20:31 +0100

Hi Everyone

> Got this from our new member Edward Sinker. Looks like a job for you New > England folks. > Bye, > Michael Whitney

I was going to lurk awhile but now that the cat is out of the bag I will show you what I have on my gggggggrandmother Keziah Whitney. What I need to do it connect with all you other Whitney's:

JOHN JONES son of Abraham and Sarah Whitman Jones was born in Hull Mass 1669/70. He married c. 1693 Sarah Lobdell daughter of John Lobdell of Hull. They moved to Mendon, Mass soon after April 11, 1703 where he died 28 March 1753 age 84 and his wife 3 March 1750 age 82. Children: Sarah b. 20 Oct 1694 m. 1717 Daniel Corbett Bridget 8 Jul 1696 1755 Joseph Wood Mercy 3 Sep 1697 1718 John Thwing John 27 Sep 1699 1723 Abigail Holbrook

                               Elizabeth Chillson
                               Mary Rockwood

Nathaniel 31 Mar 1702 d.1784 ?Priscilla Corbett

                     1748 Elizabeth Gage

Lydia 17 Sep 1705 1726/7 Jonathan Whitney) Jonathan and Keziah Abraham 2 Jul 1708 abt 1730 Keziah Whitney ) are brother and sister & Joseph 27 Dec 1709 1732 Mary Whitey ) I suppose Mary is too

                                                    but my source did not
                                          say so.

Footnote: Jonathan Whitney was son of Jonathan & Susannah of Mendon

                                              See Family Records for Holbrook

& Whitney.

Abraham Jones married about 1730 to Keziah Whitney of Framingham, Mass born 31 Jul 1706 in Holliston, Mass daughter of Jonathan Whitney and wife Susannah. Keziah died 29 June 1791 at Milford.

Edward Coates Sinker Church Lea Bosbury Herefordshire U.K. email: [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Subject: Whitney, Wyne book Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 21:09:24 -0400

Hi Guys,

When I got into it there was really nothing to help the Ohio folks but I'll

list what's there for everyone to see if it fills any holes.

John + Eleanor

  Mary, bapt. in Eng, May 23, 1619, died young
  John, b. Eng. 1620
  Richard, b. Eng. 1626
  Nathaniel, b. Eng. 1627
*Thomas b. Eng. 1629
  Jonathan b. Eng 1634
  Joshua b. Watertown July 5, 1635
  Caleb b. Watertown July 12, 1640
  Benjamin b. Watertown June 6, 1643

Thomas Whitney + Mary Kedall\Kettle

  Thomas b. Watertown Aug. 24, 1656 d. Bolton Mass. April 12, 1742
  John b. May 9, 1659 d. May 16, 1659
  John b. Aug 22,1660 d. Aug 26,1660
 *Eleazer b. Sept 2, 1662  \
  Elnathan b. Sept 2, 1662 /  twins
  Mary b. Dec 22, 1663, died young
  Bezaleel b. Sept 16, 1665
  Sarah b. March 25, 1667
  Mary b. Aug 6, 1668 d. Sept 6, 1669
  Isaiah b. Sept 16, 1671
  Martha b. Jan 30, 1673

Eleazer Whitney + Dorothy Ross m. April 11, 1687

  Sarah b. May 29, 1688
  Eleazer b. March 5, 1690, died young
  James b. Feb 11, 1697, died same year
 *Thomas bapt. Jan 28, 1699 d. Marlboro, Mass. 1748
  James bapt. Jan 28, 1699
  Mary
  Dorothy b. April 24,1700
  Eleazer bapt. April 15, 1702
  Elnathan b. May 5, 1705
  James bapt. June 1, 1708
  Jonas b. 1709

Thomas Whitney + Hannah Smith m. July 1, 1720

  Eleazer b. Nov 30, 1721 d. 1738
 *Thomas b. Sept 2, 1722 Shrewsbury, Mass. d.April 25, 1806 Westboro, MA
  Hannah b. July 17, 1724
  Nathan b. March 3, 1726
  Joshua b. May 14, 1728
  Susanna b. May 17, 1729

Thomas Whitney + Anna Gould m. Feb 24, 1753

  Timothy b. Nov 29, 1753
  Sarah b. Nov 21, 1756
  Elijah b. April 21, 1761
  Anna b. May 24, 1764
 *John Smith b. Dec 4, 1768 Shrewsbury, Mass d. "in the west"
  John b. Aug 25, 1771

John Smith Whitney + Susanna Knolton m Feb 24, 1794 Shrewsbury, Mass

 *William K. b. April 5, 1795
  Artemas H. b. Jan 14, 1797
  Joseph H. b. Feb 25, 1799
  John F. b. May 1805
  Washington

William K. Whitney + 1) Deborah Woodward

                                2) Mary Ann Billings m April 2, 1843 Athol,

MA Children of first Marriage

  Elbridge b. Feb 27, 1814 d. 1818
  Hannah b. Aug 11, 1815
 *William Benjamin b. May 17, 1817 Dana, Mass d. Aug 27, 1891
  Elbridge W. b. May 26, 1819
  Susanna K. b. Nov 1, 1820
  Barzilla J. b. April 21,1822
  Deborah W. b. Oct 30, 1823
  Bartholomew W. b. July 19, 1825
  John F. b. March 29, 1828
  Mary b. March 16, 1830 d. 1846

Children of second Marriage

  Eliza M. b. Aug 25, 1844
  Hiram b. Jan 15, 1850 d. 1868

William Benjamin Whitney + Marilla L. Clement m. July 12, 1841

  Josiah C. b. July 14, 1843
 *George Franklin b. May 29, 1847 Petersham MA d. June 16, 1918 Cleveland OH

George Franklin Whitney MD + Mary Wyne m. Aug 26, 1878 Dennison, OH

That's all folks. The Denver Library has two computers hooked up to the LDS library in Salt Lake City. I search Whitney in it and did get some film saying it was about Whitneys in Ohio. So the Ohio Whitneys might consider a trip to a Family History Center.

That's all for now, Michael Whitney

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From: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Whitney list Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 01:37:57 -0400

Hi guys,

Got this from our new member Edward Sinker. Looks like a job for you New England folks. Bye, Michael Whitney

In a message dated 96-10-23 01:05:20 EDT, [email protected] (Edward Sinker) writes:

<< Subj: Re: Whitney list

Date:    96-10-23 01:05:20 EDT
From:    [email protected] (Edward Sinker)
To: [email protected]

Hi Michael

That was quick service.  One minute I didn't know that there
was a list and the next minute I am subscribed. Thank you
very much for adding me to your list.  I received the welcome
message a short time ago.

The information which you saw on Keziah is about all that I
have except that she had a brother named Jonathan who
married the sister of Abraham Jones.  He name was Lydia
Jones.

It would also appear from my information that there was
a Mary Whitney who was probably a sister to Keziah and
and Jonathan and she also marred a brother to Abraham
Jones named Joseph Jones.

The information which I have came from research done
by Madelyn Jones Osgood titled "Ancestry of Solomon
Jones of Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N.Y.", on file at
the Fenton Historical Society, Jamestown, NY.  She
has a footnote "see records for Holbrook & Whitney"

I will lurk a bit on the list and then see if I can get  a
message sorted out to post,.

Thank you

---

Forwarded message: From: [email protected] (Edward Sinker) To: [email protected] Date: 96-10-23 01:05:20 EDT

Hi Michael

That was quick service. One minute I didn't know that there was a list and the next minute I am subscribed. Thank you very much for adding me to your list. I received the welcome message a short time ago.

The information which you saw on Keziah is about all that I have except that she had a brother named Jonathan who married the sister of Abraham Jones. He name was Lydia Jones.

It would also appear from my information that there was a Mary Whitney who was probably a sister to Keziah and and Jonathan and she also marred a brother to Abraham Jones named Joseph Jones.

The information which I have came from research done by Madelyn Jones Osgood titled "Ancestry of Solomon Jones of Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N.Y.", on file at the Fenton Historical Society, Jamestown, NY. She has a footnote "see records for Holbrook & Whitney"

I will lurk a bit on the list and then see if I can get a message sorted out to post,.

Thank you

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From: [email protected] Subject: Cyrena Whitney d/o Wm? Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 16:23:01 -0400

Dear WRG:

Rec'd a short note "snail-mail" from Dr. Jack Parrish, Memphis, this morning.

He asked if I could shed any further light on his Cyrena Whitney.  I think I

sent this questionaire out to our Whitney Research Group once before, but so many new members have joined lately, I thought I should submit it once again. So, here goes, once more, with feeling!

Lyn

Family Group Questionaire - 24 Oct 1996

Husband: William WHITNEY

Birth: 7 Mar 1764 Place: Templeton, Worcester, MA Christen: .............................. Place: ................................................... Death: .............................. Place: Salem, Washington, NY Burial: .............................. Place: ...................................... Occupation: ................................................... Education: ................................................... Religion: ................................................... Father: Moses WHITNEY (1733-1810) Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" HUTCHINS (1737-1782 [?]) Other spouses: ...................................................

Marriage: About 1794 Place: Templeton, Worcester, MA

Wife: Lucy LARABEE

Birth: Circa 1777 Place: ................................. Christen: .............................. Place: .............. Death: .............................. Place: ................... Burial: .............................. Place: ................... Occupation: ................................................... Education: ................................................... Religion: ................................................... Father: ................................................... Mother: ................................................... Other spouses: ..........................................

Children:

1. M Child: Augusta A. WHITNEY Birth: 1795 Place: Templeton, Worcester Co, MA Christen: .............................. Place: ............... Death: 1856 Place:.................... Burial: .............................. Place: ................... Occupation: ................................................... Education: ................................................... Religion: ................................................... 1st Spouse: Harriet FULLER Marriage: About 1824 Place: Templeton, MA Children: Charles A., Julia A., Jane Scott, Ann 2nd Spouse: Aurelia DODD Marriage: .............................. Place: ........... Children: Edward Dodd, b 10 Aug 1836, Salem, NY; Viola b 1835

2. F Child: Cyrena WHITNEY Birth: 1798 Place: Templeton, Worcester, MA Christen: .............................. Place: ............ Death: 11 Feb 1852 Place: .............................. Burial: .............................. Place: ................. Occupation: ................................................... Education: ................................................... Religion: ................................................... Spouse: Hiram PARISH Marriage: 1820 Place: Hebron, NY

3. F Child: Abigail WHITNEY Birth: 1797 Place: Templeton, MA Christen: .............................. Place: ................. Death: .............................. Place: .................... Burial: .............................. Place: .................... Occupation: ................................................... Education: ................................................... Religion: ................................................... Spouse: Caleb BROWN Col., of Hartford, CT Marriage: Before 1798 Place: ............................

References: "Vital Records of Templeton, MA to 1850", compiler and publisher unknown: Templeton Births, pg. 75:

 William, s. of Moses and Betty, March 7, 1764.

The History of Washington Co, NY, "The Dodd Family", pg. 104f, Film #897, 291.

Research: Wm. and Lucy Larabee Whitney Family History submitted by: Dr. Jack A. Parrish 2755 Stage Coach Dr. Memphis, TN 38134

Last Modified: 20 Oct 1996 Please send additions/corrections to: [email protected]

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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:10:21 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Harvard VRs

Robert,

 Maybe the rest of the file didn't arrive your mailbox because it was too

long. I'll try to send the remainder to you as an attached file. Hope it arrives okay!

Lyn

Harvard Births, cont:

WHITNEY: Francis Wheeler, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Nov. 30, 1778. Francis Wheeler, s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, Jan. 18, 1808. George, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Dec. 16, 1788. George, s. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna, C.R.I). Dec.

    13, 1809 (Dec. 26 dup.).

George Henry, s. of Justus and Mary C., July 18, 1839. George Washington, s. of George and Polly, Nov. 19, 1816. Han[n]ah, d. of Daniel and Dorothy, Apr. 29, 1746. Hannah, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Mar. 24, 1756. Hannah, d. of Richard and Mary, Oct. 17, 1763. Hannah, d. of Jacob and Lois, Dec. 14, 1772. Hannah, d. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 23, 1773. Hannah, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 22, 1813. Harriet Whitcomb, d. of Moses and Patty, Sept. 7, 1811.

    (Harriot Whitcomb, d. of wid. Patty, bp. July 7, 1816.
    C.R.I.)

Harriot I., (Harriet Isabel, C.R. 2), d. of Justin and Mary, Jan.

   6, 1837.

Harry M., ---------, 1845. G.R.I. Hezekiah, s. of Jonathan and Alice, Apr. 14, 1735. Hiram, s. of James and Susan, Mar. 11, 1815. Horatio Turner, s. of Luke and Charlottee, Mar. 5, 1840. Isaac, s. of David and Sarah, Nov. 27, 1761. Isaac, s. of Cyrus and Polly, July 24, 1818. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah and Elizabeth, Nov. 28, 1735. Isaiah, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Oct. 6, 1751. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah, bp. Oct. 25, 1762. C.R.I. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah and Peirses, Dec. 13, 1764. Isaiah, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Sept. 8, 1781. Isaiah, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Sept. 22, 1815. Israel, s. of Elijah and Rebekah, Dec. 29, 1748. Israel, s. of Elijah and Rebeckah, June 22, 1751. Israel, s. of Jonas (Jr., C.R.I.) and Zebudah, Jan. 16, 1767. Israel, s. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 18, 1775. (Apr. 18, 1776).

    G.R.I.)

pg. 114

WHITNEY, Israel, s. of Israel and Susan[n]a, in Littleton, May

    30, 1790.

Jacob, s. of Richard and Mary, Mar. 24, 1748-9. Jacob, s. of Jacob and Lois, Oct. 16, 1776. Jacob Milton, s. of Jacob and Mercy, bp. July 28, 1816. C.R.I. James, s. of Richard and Mary, May 29, 1760. James Harris, s. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Aug. 16, 1835. James Laughton, s. of Richard 2d and Sally, Feb. 2, 1817. Jefferson, s. of Josiah and Sally, Nov. 29, 1804. Jefferson, s. of James and Lucy, Apr. 26, 1806. Jeremiah Laughton, s. of James and Rachel, Aug. 13, 1788. Joel, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Oct. 15, 1762. John, s. of John and Rebecca, Mar. 20, 1725. John, s. of Abraham and Sarah, Oct. 3, 1746. John, s. of Isaiah and Percis, bp. Mar. 30, 1760. C.R.I. John, s. of Abra[ha]m and Rebekah, July 31, 1783. John, s. of James and Rachel, July 20, 1796. John, s. of Salmon and Hephsibah, Sept. 1, 1803. John, s. of John and Sally, Mar. 16, 1813. (John, s. of wid.

       Sally, bp. July 3, 1814.  C.R.I.)

John Hancock, s. of Josiah (Jr. C.R.I.) and Sarah, Dec. 13,

     1788.

Jonah, s. of Isaiah and Persis, June 19, 1758. Jonas, s. of Jonas and Relief, June 10, 1784. Jonas, s. of Nathan and Zebudah, Nov. 9, 1809. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, July 1, 1749. Jonathan, s. of Caleb, bp. Nov. 3, 1769. C.R. I. Jonathan, s. of Phineas, bp. Aug. 21, 1774. C.R.I. Jonathan, s. of Hezekiah and Lucy, Mar. 4, 1775. Jonathan, s. of (Capt. C.R.I.) Hezekiah and Lucy, May 20,

     1782.

Joseph, s. of Caleb and Annes, July 9, 1760. Joseph, s. of Abraham and Rebecca, bp. Aug. 9, 1795. C.R.I. Joshua, s. of Caleb and Annis, Feb. 18, 1754. Joshua, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Feb. 25, 1753. Josiah, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Aug. 18, 1781. Josiah, s. of Josiah and Rhoda, May 3, 1817. Judah, s. of Simon and Oleav, May 17, 1757. Judah, s. of Simon and Olive, June 16, 1761. Julianna, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Nov. 13, 1824. Justin, s. of Salmon and Hepsebeth, July 24 1801. Justin Otis, s. of Justus and Mary (s. of Justin and Sally,

   C.R.2), June 10, 1829.

pg. 115 WHITNEY, Lauretta, d. of Cyrus and Polly, Oct. 25, 1810. Laurilla, d. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna, C.R.I.)

    Mar. 25, 1808.

Lemuel, s. of (Col. C.R.I.) Josiah and sarah, Sept. 19, 1784. Levi, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, June 12, 1751. Levi, s. of Richard Jr. and Mercy, Apr. 26, 1781. Levi, s. of Hezekiah and Lucy, Aug. 30, 1786. Levi, s. of Jonas and Relief, Aug. 23, 1793. Levi, s. of Levi and Sarah, Apr. 25, 1818. Lois, d. of Simon and Olive, July 28, 1753. Lois, d. of Simon and Olive, Mar. 30, 1759. Lois, d. of Jacob and Lois, Aug. 1, 1770. Louisa Jane, d. of Jacob, bp. July 1, 1827. C.R. I. Louisa Lawrence [---------], w. of Benjamin Franklin, May 17,

  1808.  G.R.I.

Lucy, d. of Moses and Betty, Oct. 10, 1759. Lucy, d. of Simon and Olivea, Oct. 7, 1705. Lucy, d. of Hezekiah and Lucy, June 30, 1777. Lucy, d. of Reuben and Lucy, Jan. 24, 1782. Lucy, d. of Moses and Pattee, Sept. 28, 1800. Lucy, d. of James and Lucy, July 23, 1804. Lucy, d. of Rebecah Knight, Oct. 30, 1820. Lucy Emerson, d. of wid. Sally, bp. July 3, 1814. C.R.I. Lucy Stow, d. of John and Sally, July 12, 1805. Luke, s. of Israel and Abigail, Feb. 8, 1793. Luke, s. of Josiah and Sally, Apr. 22, 1803. Luther, s. of Israel and Abigail, Feb. 5, 1790. Luther Farwell, s. of Richard 2d and Sally, Mar. 8, 1819. Lydia, d. of Elijah and Rebaca, May 7, 1746. Lydia, d. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Oct. 17, 1757. Lydia, d. of Moses, bip. Oct. 13, 1771. C.R.I. Lydia, d. of Israel (Jr. C.R.I.) and Hannah, May 25, 1779. Lydia, d. of Enoch and Hannah, July 27, 1792. Maria, d. of Josiah and Rhoda, May 15, 1812. Maria Bird, d. of Justus and Mary, May 14, 1831. Marian, d. of Moses and Patty, Dec. 11, 1808. Marietta, d. of John and Mary Ann, Nov. 9, 1844. Marshall, s. of Reuben 2d and Mille, Mar. 9, 1809. Martha Ann, d. of Jacob and Mercy, Mar 22, 1812. Mary, d. of Elijah and Rebekah, June 26, 1738. Mary, d. of Abraham and Sarah, Sept. 16, 1744. Mary, d. of Richard and Mary, July 3, 1755. Mary, d. of Phinehas and Kezia, May 15, 1766. Mary, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Jan. 17, 1800.

pg. 116:

    WHITNEY, Mary, d. of James and Lucy, Dec. 17, 1809.

Mary, d. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, Feb. 23, 1813. (Mary, d. of

     Is[siah] 3d dec. and Lydia, bp. May 15, 1813.  C.R.I.)

Mary, d. of Cyrus and Polly, Feb. 1, 1824. Mary Ann Bird, d. of Justin and Sally, bp. Oct. 23, 1831. C.R.2. Mary Farwell=B2=CAd. of Nathan and Nancy, Jan. 4, 1832. Mary H. [-------], w. of Ephraim, Dec. 6, 1825. G.R. 3. Mary Hayward, d. of Isaiah and Mary, Mar. 9, 1777. Mary Louisa, d. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Dec. 25, 1828. Mary Perry, d. of Jacob and Mercy, July 25, 1814. Mary R., d. of Geroge and Polly, July 15, 1818. Mehitable [------], w. of Jonathan, Aug. 12, 1795. G.R.I. Aelissa Alviira, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Mar. 10, 1820. Mercy, d. of Abraham and Sarah, bp. Sept. 23, 1744. C.R.I. Mercy, d. of Jacob and Lois, Feb. 20, 1774. Mercy, d. of Abraham 2d and Alice, July 16, 1802. Mercy, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 10, 1815. Mercy Fairbank, d. of Reuben and Lucy, July 15, 1786. Milly Pollard, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Oct. 16, 1822. Miriam, d. of Jonas Jr. and Zebudah, Aug. 8, 1752. Moriah, d. of Abraham 2d and Alice, Nov. 15, 1807. Moses, s. of Jonas and Margaret, Oct. 17, 1733. Moses, s. of Moses and Betty, Mar. 18, 1761. Moses, s. of A[a]ron and Anna, May 3, 1772. Moses, s. of Aaron and Sarah, Oct. 5, 1775. Moses, s. of Isaac and Lucy, Feb. 14, 1782. Moses Gill, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Feb. 4, 1791. Nabbe, d. of Jonas and Relief, Mar. 25, 1786. Nancy, d. of Josiah Jr. and Anna, Apr. 12, 1777. Nancy, d. of Jacob and Mercy, Aug. 7, 1785. Nancy Flagg, d. of Aaron and Sally (Aaron and Susanna,

       C.R.I.),  May 28, 1814.  Twin.

Nancy Levina, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Aug. 23, 1818 (1819

      dup.).

Naomi, d. of Israel and Abigail, Apr. 28, 1797. Nathan, s. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Aug. 1, 1793. Nathan, s. of Nathan and Nancy, Nov. 3, 1816. Newton, s. of Nathan and Nancy, July 22, 1820. Oliver, s. of Timothy and Alice, Mar. 10, 1754. Oliver, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Jan. 29, 1763. Twin. Oliver, s. of Josiah and Sarah, Jan. 9, 1777. Oliver, s. of Phinhas, bp. Nov. 4, 1781. C.R.I. Oliver, s. of Israel and Hannah, May 16, 1786. Persis, d. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Aug. 12, 1796.

pg. 117:

    WHITNEY, Peter, s. of Jonas and Zebudah, Aug. 17, 1772.

P[h]inehas, s. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, July 3, 1747. Phinehas, s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, May 12, 1809. Polley, d. of Richard and Mercy, Mar. 16, 1777. Polley, d. of Isaac and Lucy, Dec. 13, 1779. Polley, d. of Richard Jr. and Mercy, Feb. 15, 1789. Rachel, d. of Simon and Olive, Jan. 5, 1748. Rachel, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Sept. 19, 1767. Rachel, d. of wid.-----, bp. May 2, 1785. C.R.I. Rachel, d. of Jonas and Relief, Apr. 17, 1788. Rachel, d. of James and Rachel, July 21, 1791. Rebecca, d. of Israel and Hannah, Apr. 13, 1777. Rebecca, d. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Feb. 15, 1784. Rebecca, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Oct. 13, 1789. Rebec[c]ah, d. of Elijah and Rebec[c]ah, May 25, 1743. Releif, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, May 21, 1754. Relief, d. of Timothy and Alice, Feb. 2, 1758. Relief, d. of Jonathan and Sarah, Nov. 13, 1758. Relief, d. of Phinehas, bp. June 18, 1780. C.R.I. Relief, d. of Jonas and Relief, Nov. 4, 1799. (Relief, d. of wid.

     Relief, bp. July 12, 1812.  C.R.I.)

Reuben, s. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 21, 1758. Reuben, s. of Reuben and Lucy, Aug. 11, 1783. Rhoda, d. of Josiah and Rhoda, July 24, 1814. Richard, s. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 2, 1752. Richard, s. of James and Rachel, Mar. 20, 1784. Richard Harris, s. of Cyrus and Polly, Nov. 2, 1808. Ruhamah, d. of Jonathan and Alice, July 19, 1737. Ruth, d. of Jonas and Margaret, Sept. 8, 1736. Ruth, d. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, Apr. 17, 1786. Salley, d. of Enoch and Hannah, Feb. 21, 1780. Salley, d. of Jonas and Relief, Oct. 26, 1789. Sally, d. of Moses and Patty, Aug. 12, 1798. Sally, d. of Aaron and Susan, July 8, 1823. (Sally Fairbank,

   d. of Capt. Aaron, bp. Nov. 9, 1823.  C.R.I.)

Sally Fairbank, d. of George and Polly, Feb. 15, 1815. Sally Flagg, d. of Aaron and Sally, May 28, 1814. Twin. Sally Turner, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Oct. 2, 1810. Salmon, s. of Jonas Jr. and Zabudah, Feb. 16, 1760. Salmon, s. of Salmon and Hephsebeth, Jan. 31, 1788. Salmon, s. of Justin and Mary (Justin and Sally, C.R.2), Mar.

     24, 1833.

Samuel, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, May 28, 1785. Samuel F., s. of Aaron and Susan, Oct. 20, 1821.

pg. 118:

WHITNEY, Sarah, d. of John and Rebecca, Feb. 5, 1727.

Sarah, d. of Abraham and Sarah,May 16, 1740.

Sarah, d. of (Capt. C.R.I ) Jon[a]th[an] and Alice, June 1, 1740. Sarah, d. of Simon and Olive, Feb. 5, 1749-50. Sarah, d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, Aug. 5, 1751. Sarah, d. of Richard and Mary, Feb. 9, 1767. Sarah, d. of Aaron and Anna, May 23, 1769. Sarah, d. of Phinehas, bp. July 8, 1770. C.R.I. Sarah, d. of Col. Josiah and Sarah, Apr. 11, 1775. Sarah, d. of Abraham and Rebecca, Feb. 11, 1797. Sarah, d. of Moses and Patty, bp. Sept. 4, 1803. C.R.I. Sarah Hartwell, d. of Aaron and Susanna, bp. Dec. 14, 1817.

     C.R.I.

Sarah Louisa, d. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Nov. 25, 1833. Sarah Margaret, d. of Jacob, bp. Sept. 4, 1825. C.R.I. Sarah Maria, d. of Justin and Mary C., bp. Sept. 2, 1841. C.R. 2 Silas, s. of Simon and Olive, Oct. 16, 1751. Simeon, s. of Abraham and Rebekah, Mar. 20, 1787. Simon, s. of Timothy and Alice, June 28, 1756. Simon, s. of Simon and Olivea, Jan. 17, 1767. Simon, s. of Simon and Patience, Mar. 17, 1770. Simry, s. of Reuben and Lucy, May 29, 1795. Solan Franklin, s. of Benjamin F. and Louisa, Aug. 22, 1831. Sophronia, d. of Jonas and Relief, Sept. 3, 1802. (Sophronia,

     d. of wid. Relief, bp. Oct. 11, 1812.   C.R.I.

Stephen, s. of Josiah and Sarah, May 1, 1757. Sulliven, s. of John and Sally, jDec. 22, 1808. (Sullivan, s. of

     wid. Sally, bp. July 3, 1814.  C.R.I.)

Sumner, s. of Reuben 2d and Mille, Jan. 3, 1811. Susa, d. of Isaac and Lucy, mar. 26, 1785. Susan, d. of Richard 2d and Sally, Dec. 29, 1808. Susan, d. of Oliver and Mercy, Jan. 23, 1811. Susan, d. of Aaron and Susan, Oct. 20, 1818. Susanna Hartwell, d. of Aaron and Susanna, bp. July 18, 1819.

      C.R.I.

Susannah, d. of Josiah and Sarah, Oct. 2, 1780. Syrena Adelia, d. of Nathan and Nancy, Aug. 22, 1834. Waldow, s. of Oliver and Mercy, Apr. 16, 1817. Walter Harris, s. of Isaac and Dorcas H., b. in Littleton, Nov.

   1, 1849.

William, s. of Enoch and Hannah, Feb. 27, 1785. William Whitcomb, s. of Josiah and Rhoda, Oct. 10, 1807. Witherbee, s. of Simon and Olive, May 3, 1746. Zebudah, d. of Jonas and Relief, Feb. 28, 1782.

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From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Whitney, Wyne book Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 01:03:39 -0400

Dear Michael and Others,

Some Ohio Whitneys likely descend from Guilford Whitney (1769-1843) who moved with his family from Marlboro, VT, to Strongsville, Ohio, in 1816, and from Samuel Whitney (1772-?) who with his family joined the Mormons and went from Marlboro, VT, to Kirkland, Ohio, where Samuel and his wife are buried. This information is supplied by Pierce, pp. 256-257, along with names of their children, some spouses, and even some of their children's children.

(Guilford's identification numfer in Pierce is 1844 and Samuel's is 1846.
They were sons of Samuel Whitney and Phebe Harrington, who moved from

Massachusetts to Marlboro, VT. Their line is as follows: Guilford/Samuel<Samuel<Samuel<Nathaniel< Nathaniel<John<John & Eleanor.)

Mary Ellen Sharp

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From: "Vickie (Elam) White" <[email protected]> Subject: WHITNEY in MA - 1600s Date: 25 Oct 96 12:55:37 EDT

To all,

Just wanted to list my WHITNEY connections once again. Any cousins out there?

We have two lines from John WHITNEY and Elinor ____ of Watertown MA. They were the immigrant ancestors. Their son John WHITNEY (1621 - 1692) married Ruth REYNOLDS (1623 - aft 1660) in 1642. They lived in Watertown MA. Their daughter Ruth WHITNEY (1645 - aft 1686) married John SHATTUCK in 1664 as her first husband.

Also a son of John and Elinor WHITNEY was Deacon Joshua WHITNEY (1635 - 1719), who married Abigail TARBELL in 1672. They lived in Groton MA. Their daughter Alice WHITNEY (ca 1674 - 1718) married Nathaniel WOODS and lived in Groton MA.

Vickie (Elam) White [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Subject: Augustus A. Whitney of NY Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:47:42 -0400

Notes to accompany Jack Parrish's chart sent yesterday:

History of Washington Co, NY", Microfilm #897, 291, pg. 107:

    Aurelia Dodd [d/o Edw. Dodd & Anna Montgomery of Salem,NY)  married

Augustus A. Whitney, born at Templeton, Mass.; son of William Whitney, of Templeton, and his wife Lucy Larabee, and brother of Abigail Whitney, wife of Colonel Caleb Brown, of Hartford, and mother of Harvey Brown, lately deceased at Hartford. Aurelia Dodd was the second wife of Augustus A. Whitney. His first wife was Harriet Fuller, and by her he had two children, Charles A. and Julia A. Charles A. Whitney became wonderfully successful as a great railroad builder. He married a daughter of the late Charles Morgan, and died at New Orleans in October, 1882, leaving a wife and several children. Julia A. Whitney, his sister, married Mr. Garniss, of New York City, who is dead, and she is now residing in that city. Augustus A. Whitney came to Salem from Hoosic in the Spring of 1834, and purchased the farm lately owned by Calvin Austin and also that now owned by J. Alvin Goodrich. He subsequently sold the former to Hiram Parish, who married his sister, Cyrena Whitney, and the latter to Alvin Goodrich, and before 1840, removed from the town and died about the year 1856. By his second wife, Aurelia Dodd, he had only one child, Edward Dodd Whitney, who is now a resident of Sandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois. He was born while his father resided in Salem, August 10, 1836.

"History of Washington County", no pg. nos.:

  Charles Webster [s/o James Webster & Rebecca Henderson] married Rosamond,

born March 30, 1798, the eldest daughter of Caleb Brown and his wife Abigail [Whitney], who was the widow of Elisah Maynard, of Hartford, N.Y., and a daughter of William Whitney, of Templeton, Mass., and his wife Lucy Larabee.

Rosamond [Brown], wife of Charles Webster, died April 22, 1866.

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From: "Vickie (Elam) White" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WHITNEY in MA - 1600s Date: 26 Oct 96 00:57:31 EDT

Sue Rood wrote --

<<Joshua and Abigail's duaghter Mary WHITNEY who m. Ephraim PIECE before 1696 is my ancestry line. Do you have a birth and death date for Abigail. I have her parents as Thomas and Mary ?>>

I have only estimations for Abigail TARBELL. As you probably know, she was Deacon Joshua's third wife. They were married 30 Sep 1672 in Watertown MA. She was born ca 1650 and her last child was born in 1686. But I don't know her deathdate.

Deacon Joshua's other wives were Lydia ___, whom he married by 1665. He had two children by her -- Joshua b 14 Jun 1665 and Sarah b 10 Oct 1668. Sometime between 1668 and 1772 Lydia died and Joshua married Mary ____. She died 17 Mar 1672. They had no children.

I don't have anything more than you do for Abigail TARBELL's parents, Thomas and Mary ( --) TARBELL. Thomas was b ca 1618 in England, Mary was born in 1620 in England. They were married by 1641, possibly in Watertown MA because the first known mention of Thomas was in 1644 in Watertown. They were in Groton MA in 1663. Mary died on 29 Apr 1674 in Groton MA and Thomas remarried in 1676 to Susanna ( --) LAWRENCE. Thomas died of smallpox on 11 Jun 1678 in Charlestown MA. Thomas and Mary had the following children:

Thomas b 1642 m Hannah Longley on 30 Jun 1666 in Groton MA d of smallpox during the same epidemic that killed his father Mary m Jonathan Sawtell on 3 Jul 1665 in Groton MA d Apr 1676 in Groton MA Abigail -- our common ancestor John Elizabeth b 5 Jan 1657 m James Bennett on 4 Feb 1681 d 1684 William b 26 Feb 1659

If anyone can add to this, please do! Thanks.

Vickie (Elam) White [email protected]

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From: Ronald Whitney <[email protected]> Subject: Whitney history on the web Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 05:37:01 +0000

Anyone interested in Solomon Whitney, b. NY 1808 should check out www.everton.com/norman/norman.don/whitney. Lots of good information about descendents of Solomon.

Good hunting,

Ron and Roxie Whitney 1460 County Road 92 Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 Phone: 612.472.4021

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From: [email protected] Subject: PHEBE HARRINGTON, wife of SAMUEL WHITNEY Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 10:42:36 -0400

Good Saturday morning all from chilly Albuquerque! There has been reference to the children of PHEBE HARRINGTON and SAMUEL WHITNEY on the list (GUILFORD, MOSES, SIMCI, SAMUEL). Could someone help me with (1) the vital dates for both PHEBE and SAMUEL and (2) confirm or deny the following pedigree of PHEBE?

PHEBE HARRINGTON m. SAMUEL WHITNEY, 1762. She was the daughter of ISAAC HARRINGTON, b. 5/6/1709 of Marlboro, MA d. 6/1/1782 Grafton, MA, m. 2/16/1730 MIRIAM EAGER, b. abt 1713 of Marlboro, MA, d. 2/12/1801 Grafton, MA, daughter of ZERUBBABEL EAGER and HANNAH KENLY.

ISAAC HARRINGTON was the son of DANIEL HARRINGTON, b. 2/24/1683/4 Watertown, m. ELIZABETH WARREN, b. 7/8/1673 Watertown, daughter of JOHN WARREN and MYCALL JENNISON.

DANIEL HARRINGTON was the son of DANIEL HARRINGTON, b. 11/1/1657 Watertown, d. 4/19/1728, m. SARAH WHITNEY, b. 3/17/1653 Watertown, d. 6/8/1720. She was the daughter of JOHN WHITNEY and RUTH REYNOLDS.

PHEBE HARRINGTON and SAMUEL WHITNEY therefore would be (according to my PAF relationship calculator) third cousins on the WHITNEY LINE and cousins on the WARREN line as well.

I would, also, like to correspond with anyone who might know about descendants of GUILFORD and MOSES WHITNEY, sons of PHEBE and SAMUEL, beyond their grandchildren. The great grand children (and later) are of interest to me as I am completing a book on LOCKE family descendants.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry Harrison [email protected] Albuquerque, NM

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From: [email protected] (Donald Roger Bruce) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:05:44 -0700 (MST)

Hello to all, I am new to this group. Seeking to expand my knowledge of the few Whitney I have found in my family tree:

       Unknown Whitney married Polly Haines.
               Their son, Christopher Whitney, married Dolly Brooks,
               on 16 October 1831 in Stow, MA.
                       Their son, Albert Whitney married Maria Jane
                       Tracy, probably in MA.
                               Their daughter, Hattie Irene Whitney,
                               married Frederick Payson Beers in CT
                               or MA in about 1888.
                                       Their children:
                                               Alfred Whitney Beers
                                               Edith Louise Beers
                                               Florence Jane Beers

Have more details. None of the first 4 (of 6) World Family Tree disks shed any light on these people. Nor has RSL. Help! Don Bruce in Albuquerque, NM

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From: "Lynda J. McLaughlin" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WHITNEY in MA - 1600s Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:18:49 -0400

Dear Vickie,

I am indeed a cousin. My WHITNEY connection is John and Elinor's son Richard who was born in 1626 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. He later became a proprietor of Stowe, Massachusetts in June of 1680. He married Marth COLDAM on March 19, 1650. They had eight children born in Watern, Mass. It was the son MOSES that I descend.

What more can you tell me that particular line? Do I have any info you can use?

Thanks in advance.

Lynda McLaughlin [email protected] At 12:55 PM 10/25/96 EDT, you wrote: >To all, > >Just wanted to list my WHITNEY connections once again. Any cousins out there? > >We have two lines from John WHITNEY and Elinor ____ of Watertown MA. They were >the immigrant ancestors. Their son John WHITNEY (1621 - 1692) married Ruth >REYNOLDS (1623 - aft 1660) in 1642. They lived in Watertown MA. Their daughter >Ruth WHITNEY (1645 - aft 1686) married John SHATTUCK in 1664 as her first >husband. > >Also a son of John and Elinor WHITNEY was Deacon Joshua WHITNEY (1635 - 1719), >who married Abigail TARBELL in 1672. They lived in Groton MA. Their daughter >Alice WHITNEY (ca 1674 - 1718) married Nathaniel WOODS and lived in Groton MA. > >Vickie (Elam) White >[email protected]

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From: [email protected] Subject: Dexter/Whitney Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:22:04 -0400

Hello everyone!

Sarah (Sally) Dexter, born 14 Oct 1778 @ Marlborough to William and Elizabeth (Betsey) (Bouker Dexter, M. D., married (1) October, 1802, Stephen Whitney of Lunnenburg, MA. He was the son of Stephen, Sr. & Relief (Stearns) Whitney.

He died Sep 1811 @ Lunnenburg.

Sally and Stephen had 5 known children, as follows:

1. William B., b. 20 Jul 1803; d. Nov 1855. He married Harriet Hawks.

    Who were her parents?  When/where was she born?  Died?  Children?  Where

    did he die?

2. Eliza Dexter, b. 19 Jun 1805; died 24 Jan 1857. She married Augustus Pierce 28

    Mar 1829 @ Leominster.  He was born 29 Dec 1795 to Thomas Stearns and
    Dolly (Boutelle) Pierce.

    Children?  Where did she die?  When/Where did he die?

3. Sarah (Sally) b. 10 Feb 1807

     Does anybody know what became of her?  Married?  Died?  Children?

4. Susan, b. 20 Aug 1809. Married 19 Apr 1829 @ Leominster, to Emerson Hills of

     Leominster, son of Silas and Polly (?) Hills.  He died 07 Mar 1804 @

Leominster.

     Children?  (Know of at least one child, Juliette (Hills) Yeaw.)
When/where did
     Susan die?

5. Emily Susan, b. 20 Jan 1812; d. 12 Jul 1812 @ Leominster.

Any help to bring this family down will be appreciated. Thank you so much.

Jeanne

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From: [email protected] Subject: Whitneys in VT Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:54:32 -0400

Am wondering about Whitneys in VT. William Henry Whitney b. Watertown MA 1779 marries Fanny Millar of Dummerston, Windham, VT [VT is certain, the town and county have not been documented but were given me by a source that has proven reliable on everything I have been able to verify]. He and Fanny have children there as follows: Betsy (m. Noble Holton 1821) b. 1802, William M., b. 1804 m. Delilah Williams there; Mary Whitney b. 1810 and m. Charles Sherman there; Hannah Whitney b. 1812 and m. Plympton; Lydia Whitney m. Jerry Perry 1828 there; Mary Whitney (again?) who m. William Rice; Catherine, Freedom, Lucy, Henry and Charles Whitney all without dates.

Another cousin reports Benjamin Whitney ( of a line which originated in Surry, Cheshire Co, NH) and spouse Jerusha Brockway had a daughter Pernal Whitney b. 1766 in Surry who married 2 Oct 1783 in Westminster, Windham VT to Thaddeus Blakely. Walt would love to know more about his line of Benjamin and Jerusha. Walt can be emailed at [email protected] I don't know if he is in our group or not.

Thanks to anyone out there who can help either of us.

Karen ([email protected]) [Thanks for the kind replies, too!!!!!!]

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From: [email protected] Subject: Re: WHITNEY in MA - 1600s Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 02:04:16 -0500

Dear Lynda and other relatively recent arrivals:

Perhaps the most effective thing that you could do when beginning with the Whitney Researchers Association (Unofficial) would be to see what has been exchanged among us over the past year. Many of us have shared GEDCOMs through the generosity of Jon Aston, one of our early members, who became the "keeper of the John and Elinor database". The last general distribution of the collective database was *Witney10*, which came out around last July. I think he is still working on #11, and hope it might be forthcoming soon.

Perhaps, on the other hand, he might like to let a few more of the recent

arrivals share their descendancy with all the rest of us, as long as their connections go back to John and Elinor. I can and gladly will send you the Witney10 gedcom file,

Further, there is also a (much smaller) database that stems from the Henry Whitney who originated (supposedly) in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, and who came to CT in the 1640's. This one is maintained by Joan Hicks. We believe, but cannot yet prove, that this branch can eventually tie in with the Whitney's of Hereford, perhaps through the Cheshire sub-branch, but that is a matter for future work.

Beyond that, another of our industrious and most valuable members, Jeanne Muse, has been collecting a file on all the *unconnected* Whitneys in the group, in the hopes that, as both this database and the two others grow, more and more connections can be made, within the *unconnected* group(s), and out of it to one or the other of the main databases stemming from a known immigrant.

I have taken on the responsibility of being the keeper of the

• pre-immigration English Whitneys* database, which at the moment does not

take Henry back at all, since we cannot find any clear evidence of his lineage. That which was once originally published has been quite thoroughly debunked as fraudulent, and I spent an inordinate amount of my research time in England last summer trying (unsuccessfully) to link him in with other known portions or branches of the family. There are also some recently re-raised questions and problems with the ancestry of John Whitney's father, Thomas Whitney of Westminster, which lead me to be somewhat loath to publish the current ancestry back beyond that point (although I have and will continue to share what we have upon request, with the disclaimer that the one link is in question).

I hope that this hasn't seemed *preachey*, as that is not my intent. I simply seemed to detect an unawareness of the resources already collected in some of the recent posts, and thought I should offer the information.

Happy Hunting :-) Allan E. Green <[email protected]>

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From: "Lynda J. McLaughlin" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WHITNEY in MA - 1600s Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 15:28:17 -0500

Hello Jon,

I would like any information you may have on Moses WHITNEY. I have him Born on August 10, 1655 in Concord, Massachusetts. He married Sarah KNIGHT and produced I don't know how many children, but one of them was Jonas, Sr.

Am I correct in saying he was a soldier in King Philip's War in 1676? Under what conditions was he released under? Was he a prisoner..and did he have any involvement with the indians. I have little information.

Please tell me what I need to have to accept a GEDCOM and exactly what it is..I'm a novice if that isn't apparent.

My references are:

PLANTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH by Charles Edward Banks

GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS by Henry Bond.

SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND ELINOR WHITNEY... by William Whitney

Thanks for the help in advance.

Lynda McLaughlin [email protected] At 08:55 AM 10/27/96 -0500, you wrote: >Hello Lynda; > >I am working on Moses for Jerry Harrison and will be happy to send you a >GEDCOM of Richard's decendents as far as I have them, if you have any info on >your connection, please send it to me and I will include it in our Whitney >database. > >Keep in Touch >Jon Aston

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From: Jeanne Muse <[email protected]> Subject: Jeanne's Whitney Newsletter 10/27/96 Date: 27 Oct 96 17:32:17 EST

Hello group! Just returned from 10 day business trip. Turned my mail back on. Have I missed anything?

Remember that this server is a WHITNEY DISCUSSION GROUP. Let's all try & stay on the Whitney topic. All personal e-mail should be sent through our old channels.

Here are a few things that have come through my personal e-mailbox of interest.

>From FRED WHITTEN, who has been trying all along to make a WHITNEY/WHITTEN connection. As you can see, he's decided not to continue as a member. Here's a copy of his message to me:

TO: Jeanne W. Muse, 102256,2027 FROM: Fred R. Whitten, 72420,2616 DATE: 10/18/96, 10:21 PM

Re: Whitney Search Program

Jeanne,

I have determined that the only connection I have to the WHITNEY name is the result of the bad spelling of the census takers.

I just returned from a trip in the Northeast, and after much diligent searching decided that it was as I had suspected all along........people misspelling our name. I came to that conclusion after searching some early. early 1800 documents, including wills and found no deviation in the spelling of WHITTEN.

For this reason, I think I should not clutter your program and I cannot tell or thank you enough for all of your kind help.

One favor, I ask is that if you ever run into the WHITTEN spelling, please give me a shout.

Happy hunting to all, and the work and research looks good to me. I can only see something good coming out of all your endeavors,

Thanks,

Fred R. Whitten, Savannah, GA

--->> I noticed there is a List Server like ours for the name WHITTEN, so I told Fred about it. There are LOTS of other names being "discussed" in Maiser! I encourage all of you to send the command SEND LIST.TXT & print out the results for future reference, like I did. Jeanne

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>From ALYCE JANE MOROW

I need your help. First of all, due to being involved in working on other surnames at this time, I have no time to to work on Whitney's, so would appreciate having my name removed from the original list.

--> I've also encouraged Alyce to check out the other surnames by using the command above. J

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An interesting question on SARAH WHITNEY leads to more info for our database! I received this from CompuServe's Genealogy Forum written from Dwight Beman <e-mail [email protected]>, who is not a member of our group. If more information is uncovered about any of these Sarah Whitneys, please post them for the group. I'm sure Dwight would be delighted if you could help him via regular e-mail. Here's our correspondence:

Dwight: Sorry it took me so long to respond. Have been out of town on business for 10 days.

Your message to me on October 20th read:

>>Vickie WHITE thought you might accidentally have something on a Sarah WHITNEY who did a marriage intention with Simon MAYNARD of Sudbury at Stow, MA 18 Jan 1754. We have reports that she's the dau. of Joshua and Zerviah WHITNEY, b. 26 Nov 1733, Stow _and_ that she was the "wid. MAINNER" who intended with David PIERCE (Jr.- by birth or local cirumstance?) 9 Mar 1763 at Stow and 10 Apr 1763 at Harvard, MA. Said David and wife being MY primary concern....

Too, we know of an intention of a Sarah WHITNEY and Oliver WHITCOMB of Bolton, 17 Dec 1754 at Stow. And, on top of that, of a Sarah WHITNEY that married in 1746 at Groton, MA a Benjamin WILSON.<<

There are far too many women named Sarah Whitney! At first blush, I found nothing on your SARAH WHITNEY in our master Whitney databases, my personal one nor in the Miscellaneous Whitneys I've been collecting. I have the family of JOSHUA WHITNEY and ZERVIAH (her surname unknown) -- but show only 3 children, all born in Stow, Mass. Unfortunately, I don't have Joshua & Zerviah's marriage date which would help us determine if your Sarah could be part of this family. Mary (b. 29 Nov 1743) Joshua (b. 27 Aug 1747; d. 1771, Boxboro; m. Marcy ?) Caleb (b. 23 May 1749)

I have a BENJAMIN WILSON, b. abt. 1730 (my guess), "of Townsend ..also a widower" who married Bathsheba Moore as her 3rd husband on 20 Aug 1772.

Next, I turned to my CDs from the New England Genealogical & Historical Society's Register. There is so much to go through in the CDs, I'll begin by doing running notes, which may help both of us think this through more clearly.

DAVID PIERCE. Vol. 111, p320 & 321 noted some people in Sudbury, Mass., who had been given Warnings to pay some expenses to the Town. (Reference was made to Book 6 1755-1790 of the Town Minutes of Sudbury during the period 1759-1768.) 27 Oct. 1763 David Peirce Jr. & wife Sarah 17 Nov. 1763 David Peirce Jr. & Family

There were other PEIRCE families listed in these warnings: EPHRAIM PEIRCE on 27 Oct 1763 ELSE PEIRCE on 14 May 1764 ELSIE PEIRCE 5 Nov 1764

Note: No families with the surname MAINNER or MAYNARD were listed in these town warnings.

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OLIVER WHITCOMB. Not much luck in the Register, but I have on short-term loan from their library the book "John Whitcomb and Frances Coggin..350 Years Later", which I must return Monday. On pg 1316 of Vol 2:

Oliver Whitcomb, (son of Jonathan Whitcomb & Rachel Woods) b. 3 Oct 1732, Lancaster, Mass., d. prior to 23 Mar 1776, when his estate was inventoried in Boxboro, Mass.; m. intention 17 Dec 1754 SARAH WHITNEY of Stow. Their 9 children are listed beginning with Ruhamah Whitcomb (b. 7 Nov 1755) and ending with Betty Whitcomb (b. 8 Mar 1774).

Note: No parents names for Sarah Whitney were given in this book. I doubt that this is your Sarah. If she was born around 1732, like her husband Oliver, she would have been 42 when her last child, Betty, was born.

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BENJAMIN WILSON. In Vol 103 p296 & 297 is listed a biography of Rev. OBED WILSON (b. 15 Oct 1778 in Norridgewock, Maine; d. 18 Nov 1840; one of eleven children of Oliver Wilson and Sarah Heywood) who "was the grandson of BENJAMIN WILSON and SARAH WHITNEY. Benjamin, born in Billerica, Mass., 18 Sep. 1715, died in Townsend, Mass., 1 Jun 1774. Sarah was born 8 Jan. 1731, died 17 May 1771, daughter of CORNELIUS WHITNEY AND SARAH SHEPPERD of Groton, Mass., descendant of the first Whitney child born in America."

Note: I think we can rule out this Sarah Whitney as yours. This is Sarah Whitney-4 (Cornelius-3, Joshua-2, John-1) -- John-1 being John Whitney, immigrant, who married Elinor/Ellen. This gives us new information for our database!

Personal observation: The Benjamin Wilson I have above as the 3rd husband of Bathsheba Moore & this Benjamin may be the same person. Sarah Whitney died in 1771 -- he didn't marry Bathsheba until 1772. Hmm - could be?

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No luck, I'm afraid, with SIMON MAYNARD or DAVID PIERCE. I'll post this message to my Whitney cousins in our group to see if these ring a bell with anyone. :-) Jeanne ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That's all for this week.

Happy Hunting! :-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse

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From: [email protected] Subject: Re: John and Elinor Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 05:14:12 -0500

Hello All

I guess its time to send Witney11 GEDCOM, it never finishes so if you would, please let me know first if you want a GED file of the Whitney database, secondly let me know if you want the complete database or the database of one of John and Elinors sons.

Based on previous experience requests come in over a few week period so I will send to the first requests in about 2 weeks.

Keep in Touch

Jon Aston

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From: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: WHITNEY/KEMP Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:45:50 -0500

Greetings to the WRG:

I have the enclosed message below that may provide an opportunity for some of us to make a connection or two if we can recognize any of the people identified herein, and to help another similar group that obviously has found some Whitney connections. Notice that the writer has carefully sourced his data, I hope we can do as well with our replies. Please respond directly to him with any help you might be able to give - his address is simply

<[email protected]>  If you prefer to send it back to me, I'll forward it, of

course.

Happy Hunting :-) Allan

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Forwarded message: Subj: WHITNEY/KEMP Date: 96-10-29 14:48:50 EST From: KempAssn To: ALLAGREEN

Thanks for your message. I did not mean to imply that I have several Whitney/Kemp marriages. What I do have are a number of individuals who are lineal descendents of Samuel Kemp of Groton who married Whitney's, or whose mother was a Whitney. These are the Whitney's I'm looking for info on:

1) James WHITNEY m. Elizabeth KEMP, 27 Jun 1785, Pepperell, Mass. - dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gilson) Kemp. (Pepperell VR's, p. 240)

2) Alonzo F. WHITNEY m. Eveline Keyes MASON, 1855, Putney, VT - dau. of Emery and Phebe H. (Keyes) Mason. (Genealogy of Robert Keyes, p. 181)

3) Artemas HOLDEN, son of Artemas and Abigail (Gage) Holden, m. Helen Luvina WHITNEY, dau. of John K. and Philura (Hibbard) Whitney, on 24 Feb 1858, St. Armand, Quebec (Holden Genealogy)

4) William KEYES, son of Uriah and Hannah (Livingstone) Keyes, m. Mercy WHITNEY of Winchendon, Mass, on 19 Mar 1799, Rindge, NH (Genealogy of Robert Keyes, p. 213)

5) Leonard WHITNEY, son of Joseph and Mary (Woods) Whitney, m. Philanda BLOOD, dau. of Lemuel and Lucy (Hale) Blood, in Acworth, NH. Leonard was of Pepperell. (History of Acworth, NH)

6) Isaac W. WHITNEY, brother of above Leonard, m. Polly BLOOD, sister of above Philanda, Acworth, NH. (History of Acworth, NH)

7) John WHITNEY, b. 20 Mar 1725, Groton, Mass, m. Elizabeth SAWTELL, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Keyes) Sawtell, on 15 Apr 1762 in Groton. (Groton Register, by Skeates)

I've got some of the Whitney line in GEDCOM from AOL, but I need verification and parentage for these Whitney's.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bob Young, Secretary Kemp Family Association

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From: [email protected] Subject: Early Worcester Co. Whitney Marriages Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 05:45:43 -0500

Greetings to the WRG:

I thought I had sent this out to the list a day or so ago, but never got it back as an addressee. I sent the *REVIEW WHITNEY* command to Maiser, and got back a list that included me, so I'm not sure what has been going on with the list. Since I thought it was valuable enough to post to the whole list in the first place, I think I had better resend it. If everyone else got it already, I apologize, but you can just exercise your delete finger on this duplicate posting. The source of this data is an on-line list found on a WebSite sponsored by the Ancestry publishing company, publishers of *The Source* and other genealogical material.

Happy Hunting :-) Allan E. Green <[email protected]>

    WORCESTER CO. (MA) WHITNEY MARRIAGES BEFORE 1800

WORCESTER Silas Whitney & Jane Porson, 15 Apr 1758 Joseph Gleason & Lydia Whitney, 9 May 1751 William Taylor & Lois Whitney, both of Leicester, 24 Aug 1754 William Oak & Abigail Whitney, 29 Oct 1765 Jonathan Sawin & Mary Whitney, 15 Feb 1759 Phineas Whitney of Leicester & Sarah Harrington, 20 May 1770 Samuel Whitney & Mary Whitney, 24 Jun 1778 Thaddeus Chapin & Lucy Whitney, 29 Jun 1780

MENDON Gershom Whitney of Woodstock & Sarah Wood, 21 Mar 1751 Isaac Tenny & Susanna Whitney, 25 Jun 1752

LUNENBURG John White & Mary Whitney, 22 Feb 1753 Abner Whitney of Dist. of Shirley & Sarah Hilton, 21 Jun 1753 Silas Dutton & Sarah Whitney, 3 Mar 1763 Joseph Bellows & Lois Whitney, 3 Oct 1764 Moses Whitney of Petersham & Sarah Gray, 20 Nov 1766 Rev. Aaron Whitney of Petersham & Mrs. Ruth Starns, 9 Nov 1768 Edmund Stone of Templeton & Susanne Whitney, 6 Dec 1768

BOLTON Paul Whitcomb & Rebeckah Whitney of Harvard, 19 Sep 1759 Phineas Warner & Lydia Whitney, 27 Feb 1769 John Whitney & Sarah Atherton, both of Har___, 9 Jan 1771 Elijah Whitney of Harvard & Sarah Stearns, 14 Apr 1772 Elijah Whitney Jr. & Lydia McWain, 25 Jan 1773

UPTON Joseph Lesure & Percis Whitney, 13 Sep 1768 John Morris of Northbridge & Molly Whitney, 27 Jun 1776 Amos Whitney & Enice Taft, 7 Feb 1782 John Whitney & Sarah Twitchel of Westboro, 21 Jun 1781 Ezra Whitney & Mary Forbush, 29 Apr 1784

HARVARD Timothy Whitney of Lancaster & Alice Whitney, 20 May 1752 Oliver Whitney & Abigail Hutchins, 16 Nov 1752 David Whitney & Sarah Hill of Lancaster, 25 Nov 1753 Joshua Whitney of Stow & Mrs Rebecca Whitney, 25 Jan 1754 Simon Whitney & Patience Hazeltine, 5 May 1768 Abel Whitcomb & Sarah Whitney of Stow, 23 Dec 1769 John Mead & Sarah Whitney, 26 Aug 1771 Israel Whitney & Hannah Mead, 14 May 1772 Jacob Whitney & Lois Hapgood, 25 May 1772 Levi Whitney of Concord & Sarah Lawrence, 17 Sep 1772 Richard Whitney Jr. & Marcy Willard, 15 Dec 1772 Hezekiah Whitney & Lucy Pollard, 5 May 1774 Capt. Josiah Whitney & Sarah Dwelly (?), 3 Feb 1774 Aaron Whitney & Sally Pollard, 21 Apr 1774 Isaac Whitney of Stow & Lucy Meads, 12 May 1774 Wetherbe Whitney & Abigail Warner, 7 Jul 1774 Zachariah Whitney of Fichtburg & Elizabeth Wetherbe, 18 Aug 1774 Thomas Atherton of Bolton & Betty Whitney, 15 Dec 1774 Josiah Whitney Jr. & Anne Scollay, 10 Jan 1776 Jonathan Adams & Ruth Whitney, 19 Feb 1776 Jonathan Davis & Alice Whitney, 10 Aug 1777 Joshua Bowers & Mary Whitney, 14 Sep 1777

LEICESTER - None

SPENCER John Ball & Bulah Whitney, 14 Apr 1765 Elisha Whitney & Esther Clark, 20 Feb 1783 William Hiscock of Westfield & Susanna Whitney, 5 Feb 1784

HOLDEN Nathan Whitney of Stow & Tabitha Bennett of Holden, 22 Jan 1752 Zachriah Partridge & Marcy Whitney, 4 Aug 1779

SOUTHBOROUGH Thomas Whitney & Ann Gould, 3 Apr 1753

GRAFTON Nathan Whitney of Spencer & Abigail Marstass (?), 20 Feb 1754 Ephraim Whitney Jr. of Upton & Jemima Whipple, 1 Oct 1778

SHREWSBURY Asaph Sherman & Lucy Whitney, 14 Jul 1762 William Brittan of Rutland & Lydia Whitney, 3 Nov 1767 John Bellows of Southboro & Susanna Whitney, 4 Oct 1768 Timothy Whitney & Katherine Davenport, 8 Dec 1768 Josiah Boyden & Lydia Whitney, both of Worcester, Apr 1766 Nathan Banister of Brookfield & Sarah Whitney, 17 Dec 1769 Nathaniel Whitney of New Marlboro & Molly Houston of Lancaster, 21

                                                 Jan 1771

Jonas Whitney & Tamar Houghton of Lancaster, 11 Jan 1773

WESTMINSTER Jonathan Batchelor & Thankful Whitney, 6 Apr 1769 James Watkins & Sarah Whitney, 16 Nov 1769 Elijah Gibbs & Mary Whitney, 9 Nov 1769 Abner Whitney & Elizabeth Glazier, 14 May 1770 Silas Whitney & Sarah Withinton, 27 Jan 1774 John Whitney & Polly Jones, Feb 1781 Elisha Whitney & Eunice Sever, 27 Dec 1781 Abner Whitney & Levinah Ward, 22 Apr 1779

NORTHBORO - None

LEOMINSTER _ None

DOUGLAS Caleb Whitney & Hannah Southwath of Sutton, 20 Mar 1760 Caleb Hill Jr. & Elizabeth Whitney, 3 Dec 1772 Aaron Hill & Mary Whitney, 5 May 1775 David Elixander & Sarah Whitney, 23 Oct 1774 Samuel Whitney & Azubah Hill, 13 Dec 1781 Daniel Whitney of Chesterfield & Eunice Marsh, 3 Jan 1782

NEW BRAINTREE - None

FITCHBURG - None

WINCHENDON - None

TEMPLETON (Refer to the much more complete list from LynVos) Aaron Whitney & Hannah Wait of Petersham, 20 Jul 1769 David Thurston & Eunice Whitney, 16 Apr 1766

SUTTON Ebenezer Whitney & Lydia Goodale, 6 Feb 1753 Stephen Bartlett & Elizabeth Whitney, 27 Feb 1754 David Dudley Jr. & Lois Whitney, 16 Dec 1773 Eli Whitney of Westboro & Judith Hazelline, 15 Jul 1779

LANCASTER Josiah Houghton & Grace Whitney, 6 Jan 1756 Jonathan Whitney & Mary Wyman, 31 Oct 1765 Joseph Whitaker & Mary Whitney, 25 Apr 1771 Samuel Mason & Sarah Whitney, 8 Oct 1772

HARDWICK - None

OXFORD Nathan Shumway & Judith Whitney, 7 Feb 1754 Daniel Whitney of Shrewsbury & Katy Stone of Gore, 26 Sep 1771

CHARLTON - None

BROOKFIELD John Whitney & Anna Hamilton, 2 Feb 1775

BARRE - None

MILFORD - None

ATHOL - None

NORTHBRIDGE - None

ROYALSTON - None

BERLIN - None

PAXTON - None

PRINCETON - None

There will be more forthcoming as I glean it from this source.

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