I am searching for info on my g.g.grandfather Alanson Whitaker, born Essex Co. VT?? abt 1817. Mother Lydia Harris. Father ???(William) Whitaker. Lydia remarried after her Whitaker husband died to a Henry Hill and they moved to St. Lawrence Co. NY about 1845. Alanson married Prudence Hodges and had children: Simon Elias Delia Amanda Julia. I am stymied on this line. In that VT. Black hole. Anybody recognize Alanson????