hi..since Mike contacted you first, let him decide...I guess I would want to know if there were any John Whitakers born in Stow in abt 1713 or buried there in 1746 (his fathert) or wife of the latter Hannah Ball or of the former Lydia Davis. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Dressel <billdressel@prodigy.net> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] > Hi, Mike, Nancy and Joan > > Let me know once you have pieced things together and what and where you want > me to look for the records. > > Joyce > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Cosner <mcosner@cox.rr.com> > To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:59 PM > Subject: [WHITAKER] > > > > Hi Nancy & Joan, > > > > >From all your emails, it looks like we have a collaborative threesome > > working on two potentially close Whitaker lines that should be beneficial > > for us all and probably many others. > > > > Hope you don't mind my listing your names to Joyce Dressel who has > > generously offered to do some onsite research for us. > > > > I have read all your emails, they contain some very useful information but > I > > probably will not be able to respond fully to them until Mon or Tue of > next > > week because my 26 year old son is coming to visit us this weekend from NC > > and it's not even a holiday or a birthday! Wow! :<) > > > > Anyway, I need to absorb what you both have shared and compare it to what > I > > have which is scattered about my den and in boxes. > > > > A couple quick answers: > > > > 1. Yes, I am a descendant of John Whitaker and Dolly Fay - they are my > > great-great-great-grandparents. I visited their graves at the Jenne > > Cemetery at the intersection of Jenneville & Jenne Roads, in Hartland, > > Windsor Co, VT two months ago with my youngest son (14 years old). > > Excellently maintained cemetery. A bunch of Whitakers buried there and in > > near by cemeteries. > > > > 2. My grandmother was a Whitaker born in Newport, Vermont (about 4 miles > > south of the Canadian boarder) the daughter of a small town doctor - Dr. > > Eugene Edgar Whitaker and Eva Lane. My Whitaker line is the only line of > my > > 4 grandparents that connects to New England but it does connect me to some > > interesting lines like Lane, Daggett, Robinson (Moses - 2nd governor of > VT), > > Fay, Pratt, Sibley and Pierce as well as to Steven Hopkins on the > Mayflower. > > This is a neat line to research! > > > > An interesting thing that I discovered while briefly at the library in > > Nashua, NH was that some how Mason, NH was at one time part of Groton, MA. > > I think the librarian told me this. I'll have to see if I wrote this down > > somewhere. Seems odd but that would explain some hopping back and forth > > between these two cities (& states) that we've noticed in some of our > births > > & marriages. > > > > ****** Can anyone reading this email confirm or refute this? > > > > Gotta get up in 6 hours to go to work so will close for now. > > > > Mike Cosner > > Fairfax, VA > > BTW - 6th cousin to Kevin Costner, the actor, but to distant to inherit > > :<( > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

Hi, Nancy I'll try calling Stow on my lunch break to see where they might have records and if they're open on Saturdays, when I'm not at work. I had been confused by your previous information that said "John Sr. was born in Stow, MA, May 26, 1713........His father, another John, died in Stow May 7, 1705". This would have been before his son was born! So I thought if the 3 of you came up with as many facts as possible about this family that you agree on, it might make it easier to find records when I make it there. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: nancy bauer <nancy.bauer@worldnet.att.net> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] > hi..since Mike contacted you first, let him decide...I guess I would want to > know if there were any John Whitakers born in Stow in abt 1713 or buried > there in 1746 (his fathert) or wife of the latter Hannah Ball or of the > former Lydia Davis. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Dressel <billdressel@prodigy.net> > To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:50 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] > > > > Hi, Mike, Nancy and Joan > > > > Let me know once you have pieced things together and what and where you > want > > me to look for the records. > > > > Joyce > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Michael Cosner <mcosner@cox.rr.com> > > To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:59 PM > > Subject: [WHITAKER] > > > > > > > Hi Nancy & Joan, > > > > > > >From all your emails, it looks like we have a collaborative threesome > > > working on two potentially close Whitaker lines that should be > beneficial > > > for us all and probably many others. > > > > > > Hope you don't mind my listing your names to Joyce Dressel who has > > > generously offered to do some onsite research for us. > > > > > > I have read all your emails, they contain some very useful information > but > > I > > > probably will not be able to respond fully to them until Mon or Tue of > > next > > > week because my 26 year old son is coming to visit us this weekend from > NC > > > and it's not even a holiday or a birthday! Wow! :<) > > > > > > Anyway, I need to absorb what you both have shared and compare it to > what > > I > > > have which is scattered about my den and in boxes. > > > > > > A couple quick answers: > > > > > > 1. Yes, I am a descendant of John Whitaker and Dolly Fay - they are my > > > great-great-great-grandparents. I visited their graves at the Jenne > > > Cemetery at the intersection of Jenneville & Jenne Roads, in Hartland, > > > Windsor Co, VT two months ago with my youngest son (14 years old). > > > Excellently maintained cemetery. A bunch of Whitakers buried there and > in > > > near by cemeteries. > > > > > > 2. My grandmother was a Whitaker born in Newport, Vermont (about 4 > miles > > > south of the Canadian boarder) the daughter of a small town doctor - Dr. > > > Eugene Edgar Whitaker and Eva Lane. My Whitaker line is the only line > of > > my > > > 4 grandparents that connects to New England but it does connect me to > some > > > interesting lines like Lane, Daggett, Robinson (Moses - 2nd governor of > > VT), > > > Fay, Pratt, Sibley and Pierce as well as to Steven Hopkins on the > > Mayflower. > > > This is a neat line to research! > > > > > > An interesting thing that I discovered while briefly at the library in > > > Nashua, NH was that some how Mason, NH was at one time part of Groton, > MA. > > > I think the librarian told me this. I'll have to see if I wrote this > down > > > somewhere. Seems odd but that would explain some hopping back and forth > > > between these two cities (& states) that we've noticed in some of our > > births > > > & marriages. > > > > > > ****** Can anyone reading this email confirm or refute this? > > > > > > Gotta get up in 6 hours to go to work so will close for now. > > > > > > Mike Cosner > > > Fairfax, VA > > > BTW - 6th cousin to Kevin Costner, the actor, but to distant to inherit > > > :<( > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >