Sorry, I forgot to add the link to the search page itself: http://cetl2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/uclnames/Surnames.aspx And here's the introduction: http://cetl2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/uclnames/default.aspx Cheers, Ron Kyser

A group at University College, London has put together a surname map for the entire UK based on 1881 and 1998 data: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/06011801 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4620786.stm Don't bother entering "WHITNEY", because I've already done it for you: http://cetl2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/uclnames/Map.aspx? name=WHITNEY&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name http://cetl2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/uclnames/Map.aspx? name=WHITNEY&year=1998&altyear=1881&country=GB&type=name Note that the name is common in Northamptonshire for both dates, but has moved away from Herefordshire to Chester and Birmingham (?) over the 20th century. I entered some of the names of the in-laws of John and Elinor's sons. Neither TARBELL nor TARBALL showed up at all, and COLDAM only after adding an H: COLDHAM. The name WITNEY maps somewhat differently. So do many patronymics of the same given name; compare David, Davis, Davies, Davison and Davidson, or Johnson, John and Jones. Cheers, Ron Kyser

WRG: Last night my friend Larry Tracy posted our solution to the question of the ancestry of Edward Whitney of Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine. We believe that he was Thomas E. Whitney, the son of Ebenezer Whitney and Mehitable Robinson of Litchfield, Maine. I realize that this solution to Edward's ancestry may be upsetting to those who believe that Thomas Clinton Whitney, born 1809, belongs in this family. If one were to use the search engine on the WRG web site, and typed in "Litchfield Maine", one of the hits would be my transcription of the Vital Records of Litchfield from the LDS film of those records. You will see that Thomas E. Whitney was born 30 April 1810, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney. Nowhere in those records did I find the birth of Thomas C(linton) Whitney in 1809 or any other year. If someone can give me proof that Thomas Clinton Whitney is a member of this family, I will revisit this film to see if I am in error. Or, if he indeed was a member of this family, it certainly would have given Thomas Edward a good reason to adopt Edward as his given name! Edward had an uncle named Thomas G. and a first cousin named Thomas R.In addition, Thmas C., I guess, could have been a close relative. So, I can understand how he might want to be known as Edward. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD

WRG, Since many of the group have expressed an interest in the Maine Records placed on CD by Picton Press in Rockport, Maine, I thought that a few notes on the subject might help to enlighten those interested in the process now underway at Maine State Archives at Augusta Maine. Picton Press is utilizing the available microfilms of each town held in their collection to create these CD's of town vital records. The process does not involve imaging pages from original books that in most part are held at the town level, save for those surrendering their charter. In such case, town records become the property of Maine Archives. Approximately 85 percent of the microfilm collection of town records are from the Church of the Latter Day Saints; the remaining 15 percent were filmed by Maine Archives, in essence, the Mormon groupe for one reason or another failed to film a few certain towns. Those towns filmed by Maine Archives tend to be more complete, that is, all town record books we! re filmed, not just the vital records. That is to say, separate town meeting books, separate account books etc. On the other hand, the Mormon filming in many cases exempted these non vital record books for obvious reasons. As we all know, some of the most valuable profiling material regarding our ancestors is sometimes mined from town meeting and account book records, a step beyond the search for the conventional birth, marriage and death entries. While microfilm and CD's remain as an excellent genealogical source, sitting down with the actual town books and accessing the complete records adds a new demension to one's research. Picton Press at this writing still has their machine at Archives, but has not returned for imaging since the holidays. They are using a SUNRISE, PRINTRAK scanner, Model Number SUNRISE 2000 plus. The machine resembles a microfilm reader, 3' high by approximately 2 1/2' wide and connects to a PC. Thus, from this procedure the CD's are generated. Admittedly, Picton has, in a general sense, priced the Town Records having fading or the less clear images at $29.95, with the more favorable at a higher price point. Now we have a little background, perhaps someone will donate the machine to the WRG!? (tsk) Best Wishes, Larry Tracy Jr. Kennebunkport, Maine

Ken, Rosemary & WRG, Re: Posting by Ken Whitney on Thomas O. Whitney/Rosemary's brick wall regarding Edward Whitney This day Ken and I have corresponded on the questionable ancestry of Thomas O. Whitney and have concluded with little doubt that he was the son of Thomas Edward Whitney, who at some point after birth adopted his middle name of Edward as a given name. As many WRG researchers have undoubtedly experienced, this is far from an unusual occurrance. ANCESTRAL ANALYSIS Today I pulled the 1897 death record for Edward Whitney at Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine, the summerization as follows: Edward Whitney,died at Hartland, Maine August 1, 1897, age 87 years, 4 months, 5 days; born in the town of Webster, Maine; occupation, farmer; Father's name, E. Whitney; Mother's maiden name, not known; Father born in Topsham, Maine; Mother born in Gardiner, Maine; cause of death, cardiac failure. Litchfield vital records show a Thomas E. Whitney born April 30, 1810, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Robinson) Whitney. Ebenezer was the son of Samuel Whitney Jr. and Mary Austin (Aston/Astin) who also had a son and brother to Ebenezer, Thomas Grace Whitney. Given the military pension record for Ebenezer that Ken had posted several years ago, his stated residences in the file, his settlement at Litchfield, Edward's acknowledged father as E. Whitney, naming traditions ((viz Thomas)and an almost exact birth date as that recorded at Litchfield, one can, with little reservation, place the idenity of Thomas E. Whitney as Edward Whitney. In such case, Thomas O. Whitney's ancestral line would be: Thomas O.-8, Thomas Edward-7, Ebenezer-6, Samuel, Jr.-5, Samuel-4, John-3, Benjamin-2, John-1. It should be noted that the death of an Edward K. Whitney also occurred at Harrison, Maine in 1897, but has no relevance to the above. Best Wishes, Larry Tracy Jr. Kennebunkport, Maine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:03 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Thomas O. Whitney, Somerset Co., Maine > WRG: > > Below is my extract of the Civil War pension file of Thomas O. Whitney. > I am yet to be able to connect Thomas and his father, Edward, to the > Whitney family. If anyone can help, I would be appreciative. > >>From the Civil War Pension File of Thomas O. Whitney > > Private, Co. E, 3rd Maine Infantry > > Co. I, 17th Maine Infantry > > Co. I, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery > > Invalid Claim > > Application # illegible > > Certificate # 536323 > > National Archives, Washington, D.C. > > > > Thomas O. Whitney enlisted 4 August1863, and was discharged 11 September > 1865 at Washington, D.C. He was wounded in the right leg below the knee at > the battle of Mine Run at Locust Grove, Virginia. The wound was very slow > to heal. He was treated at St. Paul General Hospital in Alexandria, VA 6 > December 1863. From there he was transferred to Satterlee Hospital in > Philadelphia, PA, then to Montpelier, VT and Augusta, Maine. He was > furloughed home 30 June 1864, declared deserted from January 1, 1865, and > returned to duty 10 March 1865. > > > > Thomas was born in Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine, 30 May 1833, the son of > Edward and Annie (Knot) Whitney. There are two death certificates in the > file for Thomas. The first states that his father was born in Lisbon, > Maine, and the other states he was born in Litchfield, Maine. The rest of > the information on the death certificates is consistent. Annie (Knot) > Whitney was born in Belgrade, Maine. Thomas O. Whitney was a carpenter. He > died of pulmonary tuberculosis 25 February 1900 in Hartland, Somerset Co., > Maine, age 61 years, 5 mo., 21 days. He was buried in Lewiston, Maine. > > > > Thomas was twice married. He married first Nancy M. Hilton, the daughter > of John and Maria (Ricker) Hilton of St. Albans, Somerset Co., Maine. Both > of her parents were born in Acton, Maine. Nancy died at St. Albans, Maine > 9 June 1865 of consumption. She was born in Hartland, Somerset Co., Maine. > > > > On 21 March 1867, Thomas, of St. Albans, married Miss Clara R. Elder of > Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine at St. Albans, Maine. At sometime after > the death of Thomas, Clara removed to 1012 Washington St., Whitman, MA. > > > > In 1889 they lived at 29 Sabbatus St., Lewiston, Maine. At that time > Thomas was described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, dark complexion, brown > hair, hazel eyes. > > > > The two children of Thomas listed in the file are: Wallace E., born 2 June > 1862 at St. Albans, and Lester G., born 7 October 1877 in Lewiston. > > > > Ken Whitney > > Silver Spring, MD > >

Hello everyone I'm back after being washed out of house & home but still searching I am trying a new route to William Whitney of Ky. his wife was Sarah Compton --daughter of Joseph Compton + Anna Van Doussan of New York City --Sarah was born ? 1790 ? & was married first to Joseph Ellender & had a son named Thomas b. 1818 mar: to Catherine Roddy(Rhodes) of Morgan City La. Sarah Was married to William Whitney in 1818-19 --I am looking for any connection that will get me to the parents of William my evases ancester Appreciate any clue to my ancestery with undying gratatude ***** Huey Whitney --- [email protected] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it!

I'd also be happy to buy one mid-range priced town, extract any Whitneys and be available to anyone to look up the surnames that anyone in the group wants. I have a question ~ do you or Robert know whether these CD's include towns that were originally in Maine but are now part of Canada? I know we have Whitney's and their in-laws who lived in those areas. Lanie -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 01/18/06 03:25:44 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Maine Towns and Cities CD's Dear WRG and Rosemary: Apropos the thread (copied below my commentary), I'm very glad to hear from you on this. That said, I think that before we get any further with going into this matter, we need to explore very carefully the copyright problem. It is my understanding that public records cannot be copyrighted but their means of presentation can. I would imagine that the CD sets from Picton Press might well have some published thoughts on the matter of copying or transmitting the images, even though we would not be "re-publishing" for profit from the data we find in their presentation. I would have to recognize that, should we transcribe the information on the images and post it on our website (That's full transcription, not just extracting the Whitneys) then it could adversely affect their opportunity to sell more CD's. I would hate to do that, because it ultimately would discourage them and others from making things like this available -- and we need them to be available. Yet I hate to give up on the idea of being able to explore the families that are allied with the Whitneys by marriage! Perhaps it might be better to gather a collection of volunteers to each buy one town, extract the Whitneys and post them, and then be willing to serve as a lookup helper for individual inquiries about allied families in that particular town. Let's continue discussing this. Apropos the latter suggestion, I'd be willing to buy one of the towns even though I don't personally have any of the Maine lines in my own heritage. Allan > Dear WRG and Allan > > I am one of those people who have 3 of the CD's and 1 on the way. I have > the town of Hartland 1759-1947, which holds my direct ancestor Edward > Whitney 1810-1897 (unconnected at this time). I also have the Town of > Oakland 1862-1891 and the Town of Fairfield 1741-1912 (2 cd's) and the > Town of Palmyra is on its way from Picton Press. > > Rosemary > > Dear WRG: > > Robert is correct -- I misunderstood completely the scope and cost element > > I had assumed (and we all know what that makes me<G>) that the total would > be > several hundred dollars. To do the Whitney extracts for the whole state > will > indeed probably take a few people visiting a large-scale source like the > State > Library or NEHGS. > > However, I am interested in being able to trace the families of people > associated with Whitneys by marriage! So, if anyone buys a CD for a > particular > town, I would be interested in trying to transcribe the entire set of > records to > electronic form so that at the very least Search and Find functions would be > > able to zero in on particular family names. Or, maybe if I got it that far, > Tim > or someone else who is far more computer knowledgable than I could figure > out > an electronic index. I'll wait to hear from someone who does buy one of the > CD's that I am sure will be for one of the towns with multiple Whitneys and > see > what might be involved in arrangeing to transcribe the images of the whole > record. > > In the meantime, Happy Hunting! > > Allan E. Green >

me, too I'm late in getting into this conversation, and am reading from the oldest message up. Perhaps I should read them all before responding, but I wanted to get my "me, too" in right away. Elaine Haberkamp [email protected] -------Original Message------- From: Joni Date: 01/15/06 07:50:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] CD's I could help with transcribing and a little with $$. Joan Whitney Markert

Dear WRG and Rosemary: Apropos the thread (copied below my commentary), I'm very glad to hear from you on this. That said, I think that before we get any further with going into this matter, we need to explore very carefully the copyright problem. It is my understanding that public records cannot be copyrighted but their means of presentation can. I would imagine that the CD sets from Picton Press might well have some published thoughts on the matter of copying or transmitting the images, even though we would not be "re-publishing" for profit from the data we find in their presentation. I would have to recognize that, should we transcribe the information on the images and post it on our website (That's full transcription, not just extracting the Whitneys) then it could adversely affect their opportunity to sell more CD's. I would hate to do that, because it ultimately would discourage them and others from making things like this available -- and we need them to be available. Yet I hate to give up on the idea of being able to explore the families that are allied with the Whitneys by marriage! Perhaps it might be better to gather a collection of volunteers to each buy one town, extract the Whitneys and post them, and then be willing to serve as a lookup helper for individual inquiries about allied families in that particular town. Let's continue discussing this. Apropos the latter suggestion, I'd be willing to buy one of the towns, even though I don't personally have any of the Maine lines in my own heritage. Allan > Dear WRG and Allan > > I am one of those people who have 3 of the CD's and 1 on the way. I have > the town of Hartland 1759-1947, which holds my direct ancestor Edward > Whitney 1810-1897 (unconnected at this time). I also have the Town of > Oakland 1862-1891 and the Town of Fairfield 1741-1912 (2 cd's) and the > Town of Palmyra is on its way from Picton Press. > > Rosemary > > Dear WRG: > > Robert is correct -- I misunderstood completely the scope and cost element. > > I had assumed (and we all know what that makes me<G>) that the total would > be > several hundred dollars. To do the Whitney extracts for the whole state > will > indeed probably take a few people visiting a large-scale source like the > State > Library or NEHGS. > > However, I am interested in being able to trace the families of people > associated with Whitneys by marriage! So, if anyone buys a CD for a > particular > town, I would be interested in trying to transcribe the entire set of > records to > electronic form so that at the very least Search and Find functions would be > > able to zero in on particular family names. Or, maybe if I got it that far, > Tim > or someone else who is far more computer knowledgable than I could figure > out > an electronic index. I'll wait to hear from someone who does buy one of the > CD's that I am sure will be for one of the towns with multiple Whitneys and > see > what might be involved in arrangeing to transcribe the images of the whole > record. > > In the meantime, Happy Hunting! > > Allan E. Green >

Dear WRG and Allan I am one of those people who have 3 of the CD's and 1 on the way. I have the town of Hartland 1759-1947, which holds my direct ancestor Edward Whitney 1810-1897 (unconnected at this time). I also have the Town of Oakland 1862-1891 and the Town of Fairfield 1741-1912 (2 cd's) and the Town of Palmyra is on its way from Picton Press. Rosemary Dear WRG: Robert is correct -- I misunderstood completely the scope and cost element. I had assumed (and we all know what that makes me<G>) that the total would be several hundred dollars. To do the Whitney extracts for the whole state will indeed probably take a few people visiting a large-scale source like the State Library or NEHGS. However, I am interested in being able to trace the families of people associated with Whitneys by marriage! So, if anyone buys a CD for a particular town, I would be interested in trying to transcribe the entire set of records to electronic form so that at the very least Search and Find functions would be able to zero in on particular family names. Or, maybe if I got it that far, Tim or someone else who is far more computer knowledgable than I could figure out an electronic index. I'll wait to hear from someone who does buy one of the CD's that I am sure will be for one of the towns with multiple Whitneys and see what might be involved in arrangeing to transcribe the images of the whole record. In the meantime, Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Dear WRG: Robert is correct -- I misunderstood completely the scope and cost element. I had assumed (and we all know what that makes me<G>) that the total would be several hundred dollars. To do the Whitney extracts for the whole state will indeed probably take a few people visiting a large-scale source like the State Library or NEHGS. However, I am interested in being able to trace the families of people associated with Whitneys by marriage! So, if anyone buys a CD for a particular town, I would be interested in trying to transcribe the entire set of records to electronic form so that at the very least Search and Find functions would be able to zero in on particular family names. Or, maybe if I got it that far, Tim or someone else who is far more computer knowledgable than I could figure out an electronic index. I'll wait to hear from someone who does buy one of the CD's that I am sure will be for one of the towns with multiple Whitneys and see what might be involved in arrangeing to transcribe the images of the whole record. In the meantime, Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Robert, I transcribed the VR's from several towns in Maine, which now exist in our Archives. The records I used were from the Maine Historical Society. Peg Sanborn also transcribed several but I don't know where she got hers. As for the libraries that are likely to have many of these CD's try the Maine Hist. Soc., and U. Maine library, as well as the Maine State Library. In Massachusetts, one might also find many at the Haverhill Public Library. Due to serious eye problems, I can no longer drive to those destinations, nor can I volunteer to transcribe any longer..Good luck! Cheers, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L. Ward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:05 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: New CDs of Maine Town Records > At 11:25 AM 1/14/06, Robert L. Ward wrote: >>The prices range from $29.50 for a single CD to a few hundred >>dollars for sets of CDs covering some of the larger groups of >>records. See <http://www.pictonpress.com> for further details. >> >>There are about 400 (yes, FOUR HUNDRED!) towns represents in this >>collection. What a fabulous resource for genealogical research! >> >>It would be terrific to get WHITNEY extracts from all of them and >>to post them on the WRG web site. That would be a lot of work, >>but very valuable to have. > > I guess I wasn't very clear. Each of the towns is on either a > single CD or a small set of CDs. The cheapest towns are $29.50, > and the most expensive are close to $200. Thus the entire > collection would be somewhere in the $30,000 vicinity. That makes > the purchase of the entire set beyond the means of any small group > of researchers. For details, see their catalog of Maine items at > http://www.pictonpress.com/catalog/books1.htm?cat_id=18&name=Maine > and click on the particular town's records, in the form > "[Town name], Maine: Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities". > > I think our best hope would be to find a large genealogical > library who would own the set, and do the transcription there. > The NEHGS in Boston comes to mind, as well as the Maine State > Library. Possibly members who have a particular interest in one > of the towns would invest in the CDs for that town and supply the > Whitney items to the WRG. > > I have no idea whether there are any indexes included or not. I > rather expect that the only indexes would be ones in the original > handwritten records, if any. > > Regards, > > Robert > > Mr. Robert L. Ward > RLWard AT WhitneyGen DOT org > http://www.WhitneyGen.org/home.html

At 11:25 AM 1/14/06, Robert L. Ward wrote: >The prices range from $29.50 for a single CD to a few hundred >dollars for sets of CDs covering some of the larger groups of >records. See <http://www.pictonpress.com> for further details. > >There are about 400 (yes, FOUR HUNDRED!) towns represents in this >collection. What a fabulous resource for genealogical research! > >It would be terrific to get WHITNEY extracts from all of them and >to post them on the WRG web site. That would be a lot of work, >but very valuable to have. I guess I wasn't very clear. Each of the towns is on either a single CD or a small set of CDs. The cheapest towns are $29.50, and the most expensive are close to $200. Thus the entire collection would be somewhere in the $30,000 vicinity. That makes the purchase of the entire set beyond the means of any small group of researchers. For details, see their catalog of Maine items at http://www.pictonpress.com/catalog/books1.htm?cat_id=18&name=Maine and click on the particular town's records, in the form "[Town name], Maine: Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities". I think our best hope would be to find a large genealogical library who would own the set, and do the transcription there. The NEHGS in Boston comes to mind, as well as the Maine State Library. Possibly members who have a particular interest in one of the towns would invest in the CDs for that town and supply the Whitney items to the WRG. I have no idea whether there are any indexes included or not. I rather expect that the only indexes would be ones in the original handwritten records, if any. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward RLWard AT WhitneyGen DOT org http://www.WhitneyGen.org/home.html

I would be happy to assist with this project. Since all my family lines that are not German, came from Maine to Minnesota, this is a huge boon for me. I will certainly want to buy some of the CDs for my own use and I will gladly do some transcribing and such for WRG. Jo Hogle ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] New CDs of Maine Town Records Robert and WRG (which actually are essentially synonymous) This does sound great. It would sound even greater if there were an electronic index involved. I didn't mind a bit spending the $200+ dollars to by the MA Vital Records from Search ReSearch, which were indexed to allow for rapid searching. Does anyone see a way to use these images to look for specific persons? -- especially when their geographical location is not known? Could we possibly take up a collection so one person doesn't get stuck with the whole cost, and then parcel out the page images to transcribe, the way we did the Pierce? It would really be a boon if we had all the data so that it could be searched electronically. Since presentation is what is copyrightable, would this infringe on Picton Presses copyright? Maybe we could do them and then sell the product back to Picton to publish? Just some thoughts. Let''s kick this around a bit on the WRG newsgroup. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

I could help with transcribing and a little with $$. Joan Whitney Markert

I will be glad to contribute to the cost and do some transcribing also. Janet Whitney Duffield

Allen's suggestion sounds good to me. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] New CDs of Maine Town Records > Robert and WRG (which actually are essentially synonymous) > > This does sound great. It would sound even greater if there were an > electronic index involved. I didn't mind a bit spending the $200+ dollars > to by the > MA Vital Records from Search ReSearch, which were indexed to allow for > rapid > searching. > > Does anyone see a way to use these images to look for specific persons? -- > especially when their geographical location is not known? Could we > possibly > take up a collection so one person doesn't get stuck with the whole cost, > and > then parcel out the page images to transcribe, the way we did the Pierce? > It > would really be a boon if we had all the data so that it could be searched > electronically. Since presentation is what is copyrightable, would this > infringe on > Picton Presses copyright? Maybe we could do them and then sell the > product > back to Picton to publish? > > Just some thoughts. Let''s kick this around a bit on the WRG newsgroup. > > Happy Hunting! > > Allan E. Green > >

I am willing to contribute to the cost and do some transcribing Eleanore Dilello [email protected]

WRG: Below is my extract of the Civil War pension file of Thomas O. Whitney. I am yet to be able to connect Thomas and his father, Edward, to the Whitney family. If anyone can help, I would be appreciative. From the Civil War Pension File of Thomas O. Whitney Private, Co. E, 3rd Maine Infantry Co. I, 17th Maine Infantry Co. I, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Invalid Claim Application # illegible Certificate # 536323 National Archives, Washington, D.C. Thomas O. Whitney enlisted 4 August1863, and was discharged 11 September 1865 at Washington, D.C. He was wounded in the right leg below the knee at the battle of Mine Run at Locust Grove, Virginia. The wound was very slow to heal. He was treated at St. Paul General Hospital in Alexandria, VA 6 December 1863. From there he was transferred to Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, then to Montpelier, VT and Augusta, Maine. He was furloughed home 30 June 1864, declared deserted from January 1, 1865, and returned to duty 10 March 1865. Thomas was born in Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine, 30 May 1833, the son of Edward and Annie (Knot) Whitney. There are two death certificates in the file for Thomas. The first states that his father was born in Lisbon, Maine, and the other states he was born in Litchfield, Maine. The rest of the information on the death certificates is consistent. Annie (Knot) Whitney was born in Belgrade, Maine. Thomas O. Whitney was a carpenter. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis 25 February 1900 in Hartland, Somerset Co., Maine, age 61 years, 5 mo., 21 days. He was buried in Lewiston, Maine. Thomas was twice married. He married first Nancy M. Hilton, the daughter of John and Maria (Ricker) Hilton of St. Albans, Somerset Co., Maine. Both of her parents were born in Acton, Maine. Nancy died at St. Albans, Maine 9 June 1865 of consumption. She was born in Hartland, Somerset Co., Maine. On 21 March 1867, Thomas, of St. Albans, married Miss Clara R. Elder of Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine at St. Albans, Maine. At sometime after the death of Thomas, Clara removed to 1012 Washington St., Whitman, MA. In 1889 they lived at 29 Sabbatus St., Lewiston, Maine. At that time Thomas was described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. The two children of Thomas listed in the file are: Wallace E., born 2 June 1862 at St. Albans, and Lester G., born 7 October 1877 in Lewiston. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD

Re: WITNEY 18 The Joshua Whitney who married Anna Ashley was born Jan. 16, 1745 in CT, according to the DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part 3. The Joshua who was born in March of 1750 married Sally Cochran. Nancy Horn