Can anyone think of any biographical sources about the Whitten/Whitton/ Whitting/ Whiting family of London Britain township, that would be likely to discuss or name the people who worked for them, in their farm? The Whittens were not terribly prominent, but they were local leaders of some sort. They owned a large farm in northeastern London Britain township; John Whitten's father, who I think may have been Richard Whitten, I'm extremely vague on that history, had bought it. I think that John had a brother who went off and did something, was a ne'er do well or something, and there was also aBenjamin Whitting who I can't even remember if or how he was related to the family, who had a large farm near the Smith's, by pure coincidence, which apparently he did not inherit from the Whitten family. Both John Whitten and his son Davis Whitten, were justices of the peace. They attended the Welsh/ Old School/ Primitive Baptist Church in London Britain township, and the whole family are buried there. Davis Whitten, who was yet a minor when his father died as I recall, was enormously popular in the town and good friends with nearly everyone. I once had full details on the whole family, but we're talking end 18th century for John Whitten and early to mid 19th century for Davis Whitten. The family weren't prominent enough, though, to be more than named, for instance, in Futhey and Cope's big history of Chester County. If anyone is in a position and has the time to do a lookup for me in the Chester County Historical Society, I'd sure appreciate it. I'm looking for any mention of my ancestors, John and Isabella Smith, supposed to have worked for John Whitten sometime between 1787 and 1798, or failing that, any mention of the free man and woman servants who definitely really were in his household in the 1790 census, alongside of the three slaves. Also, any mention of what became of the slaves. Thanks, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/