Regarding the Whaley photo album and written materials found in Nevada by Julie. The photographs are of a family contained in William Baynard Barton's book, "A LIMITED GENEALOGY STUDY OF DESCENDANTS OF MAJ. GEN. EDWARD WHALLEY (The Regicide).", Stonega, Va. 1956. Old Captain Peter Whaley was Peter Whaley, Sr. (4G63, Barton's I.D. number), b. 1779, d 1860. He married Elizabeth Brevard Davis and had these children (from chart on page 128 of Barton's book.) 5G64. Peter Whaley Jr. (1830-1906), m. Anna Catherine Davis 5G65. Edward Thomas Whaley, m. Mary Catherine Jones 5G66. Mariah Catherine Whaley, m. Zadek Purnell 5G67. Seth Mitchell Whaley, m1 Mary Ann Munford, 9 ch., m2 Rittie Taylor, 2 ch., m3 Rhoda Isabell Hamblin, 5 ch. 5G68. James Whaley, m. Elvira Green, 1 ch. 5G69. Mary Elizabeth Whaley, m. John Spence Timmons, 8 ch. 5G70. Hester Sariah Whaley, m1 John Burton Rider, m2 Dr. J.P.R. Gillis. "Seth Mitchell Whaley, (5G67) was in the lumber business in Whaleyville, Maryland, and later moved the business to Whaleyville, Virginia, which town began as a lumber center, and is still a Virginia town" (quote from page 129.) There are some differences in names and dates, but clearly this family is the same as those described in the picture captions. One would assume that the caption author was a member of this family. The hand-written lineage contains some dates that are not in Barton's book. The author was apparently close to a person named Eva who the author describes as Mary Elizabeth Whaley's granddaughter. Barton does not delineate Mary Elizabeth Whaley's family other than to say she had 8 children. Barton does cite records from a family bible, i.e. "A short resume of this ancestorial origin [of the Whalley/Whaley family] in England is copied from the Family Bible of Mrs. Evelyn Kate Whaley Phillips, whose son now lives in Hardeeville, S. C., and whose father is Seth Mitchell Whaley, formerly of Whaleyville, Maryland, and Whaleyville, Virginia. This Seth Whaley is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia." Barton also spells "Evelyn" as "Evalyn" sometimes, so the Eva could be Evelyn Kate Whaley Phillips and her family bible could have been the source of the information. Another possibility is an Eva Whaley who is described as a cousin of Estelle Stella Whaley, Dr. Barton's mother. Grace Whaley, the diary author, may have been Dr. Barton's aunt, Estelle Stella Whaley's sister. I'm not quite sure what to make of her diary entries. Colchester, Essex, in southeast England, is a long way from the village of Whalley, Lancashire or from the village of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. It would not surprise me if King Charles I had blown up some Whalley real estate during the English civil war, but a Colchester Castle web site gives a slightly different story. "In 1629 the castle was sold by the crown and in 1683 came into the possession of John Wheeley, a local ironmonger. Wheeley partly demolished the castle and sold the stone to local builders. Fortunately this did not prove to be profitable and he stopped before the castle was totally destroyed." http://www.camelotintl.com/heritage/colche.html ) The connection between the Peter Whaley family in the pictures and Dr. W. B. Barton seems to be a distant one, but perhaps the families kept in touch. If you are interested in tracing any connection and possibly finding contemporary family members, I can give you the address of Dr. Barton's son. William Whalley Camas, WA, USA