Another attempt to connect John Whitney. John Whitney was born in New London, Connecticut about 1732. He married Desire Avery, born about 1736 at New London, probably Groton, Connecticut. They were married about 1757. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Avery and Rachel Desire Yeoman. John and Desire were Planters who replaced the Acadians in Nova Scotia and lived at Horton, Nova Scotia in 1760. They had a son John. Due to his Connecticut birthplace, I suspect he may be a Henry descendant but I am unable to make a connection. Any help and suggestions will be appreciated. I'd really like to close this one. Bill Whitney

Watertown Chronicle, Watertown, Wisc. 30 July 1851: On the 27th inst, in Watertown, by Rev. S.R. Thorp, married Clark M. Whitney to Miss Harriet Bennett, all of Watertown. Watertown Republican 18 October 1861: In Watertown, Wisc. October 10, by Rev. D.O. Jones married Mr. George L. Whitney of Mukwonago and Miss Molicie L. Shakspeare. Watertown Republican-- Fort Atkinson 13 June 1888: Word was received, Saturday, by William Whitney of the death of his mother at Tumbridge, Vermont. Palmyra Enterprise 6 October 1886: Died---WRIGHT-- At the home of her father, Mr. G.L. Whitney, in this village on Saturday morning, October 2 1886, Mrs, H.O. Wright,aged 60 years. The funeral services were held at the home on Monday at 2 o'clock p.m.; Rev. E. Duckworth officiating. Her remains were interred ihe Palmyra cemetery.

Would like to know where Hebron is, please. Thanks. . . .Sally On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:45:02 -0600 "Whitney" <[email protected]> writes: > Died.--In Hebron, on Sunday, the 5th, Angelina, wife of Nathaniel H. > Whitney, in the 25th year of her age; of consumption. Fort Atkinson > Herald, > 9 September 1869. > > Elisha T. Whitney died March 12 at 1:30 o'clock at his residence on > F and > Thirteenth streets. Mr. Whitney had tracheotomy performed on him, > and it > even surprised the attending surgeons, who performed the operation > to see > him retain life for the length of time he did. He was known to many > to be an > exceedingly good man. His funeral will take place from his > residence, March > 13, at 10 A.M.--California paper. He was the twin brother of Elijah > Whitney, > of this city. Deceased will be remembered as one of the early > settlers of > this place, where he resided and kept a shoe store, for a few > years, > previous to removing to California. He left here in 1852 and settled > in > Marysville, California, where he died. > All of the Elisha obituary was in the Oconomowoc Enterprise 25 April > 1885. > > Hope this helps Whitney Hite > > > >

If you have access to Heritage Quest (perhaps through your local library) you may find a published genealogy dealing with your family or with Ravenna. It is possible that you may also find genealogies of the Wheeler family on Ancestry.com; for that, visit your local Family History Center. Most FHC have online subscriptions to Ancestry.com. The massive Wheeler genealogy (author: Albert Gallatin Wheeler) is not on Heritage Quest. I have yet to look at Ancestry.com for it. Incidentally, Heritage Quest does have Phoenix's Whitney book: I searched for Wheeler and Phoenix's book came up as having "hits". I did not investigate further. Mike Poston Rockville, Maryland [email protected] wrote: >I have Wheelers in my family. Where can I get a book on Wheeler ancestry? >My Wheelers are from Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. My gggg grandfather, > David K. Wheeler was from Connecticut. I'd love to see if I can dig up >more and find where my Wheelers are from. > >Holly > > > >

I have Wheelers in my family. Where can I get a book on Wheeler ancestry? My Wheelers are from Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. My gggg grandfather, David K. Wheeler was from Connecticut. I'd love to see if I can dig up more and find where my Wheelers are from. Holly

Died.--In Hebron, on Sunday, the 5th, Angelina, wife of Nathaniel H. Whitney, in the 25th year of her age; of consumption. Fort Atkinson Herald, 9 September 1869. Elisha T. Whitney died March 12 at 1:30 o'clock at his residence on F and Thirteenth streets. Mr. Whitney had tracheotomy performed on him, and it even surprised the attending surgeons, who performed the operation to see him retain life for the length of time he did. He was known to many to be an exceedingly good man. His funeral will take place from his residence, March 13, at 10 A.M.--California paper. He was the twin brother of Elijah Whitney, of this city. Deceased will be remembered as one of the early settlers of this place, where he resided and kept a shoe store, for a few years, previous to removing to California. He left here in 1852 and settled in Marysville, California, where he died. All of the Elisha obituary was in the Oconomowoc Enterprise 25 April 1885. Hope this helps Whitney Hite

Mike - Seeing your post about Whitney/Wheeler I was wondering if you had seen the census around 1850/60 (top of my head) of South Bloomfield Twp., Knox or Morrow Counties, Ohio. A Wheeler Whitney is listed there. I would post it for you but all my data on families other that mine is in Lotus Approach, WIN 95 version, and I need to see if I can get it over into Access, WIN XP version. No luck so far. Ben

18 February 1908 Oconomowoc Enterprise, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Another of the pioneers of Oconomowoc went to join the ever growing band on the other side, when Mrs. Melinda Christie died at her home on West Avenue Friday night, January 31. Though Mrs. Christie had been an invalid for a great many years, death was due to old age and a consequent breaking down of the vital energies. Melinda Whitney was born Nov. 3, 1814, at Lyle, New York, and at Silvercrest, New York was married at the age of twenty-two years to Jarvis Christie, who died in Rochester, New York. Of the two children born to them, the daughter died at the age of two years and the son, Leander, died in an Arkansas hospital during the Civil War, aged twenty-two years. As early as 1846 Mrs. Christie came to Oconomowoc, where she has since resided. Her brother the late Elijah Whitney, also resided here in that early day. The funeral was held from her late home at two o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. L. E. Shanks, and the remains were interred in La Belle cemetery. Hope this helps. Whitney Hite.

Mrs. David Whitney: February 26 Died- At her home in Whitewater, Feb.,19 Mrs. David Whitney. Maria Smith was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, November 25, 1818. She was married to David Whitney August 16, 1840. After her marriage, about eleven years were spent in Vermont, and during this time five children were born to them. They moved to Hebron, Wisc., in the spring of 1851, and settled on a farm about four miles east of Ft. Atkinson, and here were born two more children, making seven, all of whom are still living. Mrs. Emeline Wright, living in Whitewater, Mark Whitney of Keosauqua, Iowa, Lewis Whitney, Whitewater, Austin Whitney, Hillsboro, Wisc., Dennis J. Whitney, Topeka, Kansas, Jennie and Etta Whitney, of Whitewater. They remained on the farm on which they first settled for about thirty-one years, then moving to Ft. Atkinson, remaining there for one year, then moving to Whitewater where she lived until death called her Feb. 19, 1895. She had been confined in her bed for about twenty weeks. The seven children were all at home in November 1894. Mrs. Whitney was a kind and loving neighbor, always willing to lend a helping hand in sickness or death. She was a member of the United Brethren church for about thirty years and led a faithful Christian life all these years. This obituary was published 1 March 1895, in the Jefferson County Union. Another obituary was published in the Whitewater Republican 7 March 1895, and included nothing new that the above did not have, except that the funeral was held Thursday forenoon February 21, and the remain were taken to Ft. Atkinson and laid to rest beside those of her husband. Hope this is of some help to someone. Whitney Hite

The genealogy by Albert Gallatin Wheeler is truly a gigantic book. I've been through it a couple of times looking for my Wheeler who married a Whitney (Abigail Milk Wheeler married Jabez Whitney--a couple I've bored this group with before). My Wheelers weren't in the book which was disappointing. The Wheeler genealogy appears to be carefully done. I have no reason to fault it, since I couldn't find the people I was looking for, I don't have a factual basis for comparison. I don't think that A.G. Wheeler was like Pierce in that he seems to have published only this work and not a whole series of genealogies. Many of the people in the A.G. Wheeler book are also in the four-volume, but much smaller, genealogy of the Wheeler family (primarily from Massachusetts, originally of "Townend in Wiltshire") by R. H. Davis (author's name from memory and thus subject to the vagaries of increasing age). The documents on which these latter volumes were based have been deposited in the New England Historical Genealogical Society of Boston by his widow Mike Poston Rockville, Maryland.

There was far more interest in my obituaries than anticipated, so beginning to day I will start to post them a few at a time. I am not as adept at this typing thing so please bear with me. Whitney Hite

_http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohisto ry=&location=LVxQu16j0oUmV%2bbzB7Tv6Y5AhBJX1I3Fr2DDOtQhJ6GNM9jrlXNUFE5HuxGBqDP z4bTyafMji2hxDBj1R3zxm2FB6Dvf2tMXOiM3f5TrGv13Q9GKzPsYghvShQpipR8r0nm%2f3ILLOKk %3d_ (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&location=LVxQu16j0oUmV+bzB7Tv6Y5AhBJX1I3Fr2DDOtQhJ6GNM9jrlXNUFE5HuxGB qDPz4bTyafMji2hxDBj1R3zxm2FB6Dvf2tMXOiM3f5TrGv13Q9GKzPsYghvShQpipR8r0nm/3ILLOK k=) I don't know anything about the book, but it might be of interest, that in the town of Stow, MA (of which Whitneys are co-founders), Whitney Rd and Wheeler Rd intersect each other.

I have the opportunity to purchase a CD titled WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA from the book of the same name by Albert G. Wheeler, c1914. Can anyone verify the authenticity of the histories named in this book? (there are Whitneys, too). It is quite spendy and I want to make sure the sources are accurate. Sincerely, LA Moncur

I have obituaries on the following individual. Let me know if interested in a copy. Whitney Hite Mrs. David (Maria S,ith) Whitney born 25 November 1818, Tumbridge, Vermont. Mrs. Melissa (Whitney) Christie, born 3 November 1814, Lyle, New York. She had a brother Elijah. Angelina, wife of Nathaniel H. Whitney. Elisha T. Whitney died 12 March 1885, Marysville, Ca. Twin brother of Elijah. Mrs. Melissa L/ (Huntoon) Whitney, born 27 May 1818 Mr. G. L. Whitney

Robert, thanks for the response. Bob had a notation as to the date he submitted it, but heaven knows what happened. He was very methodical and meticulous about records, a typical writer, but he was also not well, and the date of the notation was just a few months before his death. So I gather that it just didn't happen. I will abstract the info and send it. Jo Hogle ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert L. Ward<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] website All, At 03:28 PM 9/25/05, Jo Hogle wrote: >However, I decided to glance at the Bible extracts and was surprised >to see that the records from the John Whitney Jr Bible, that Bob >Schadewald submitted, are not included on the website. Bob gave me >the Bible before his death and I consider it one of my most prized >possessions. >How do I submit the extracts again since they are missing? The reason the information is not on the web site is that Bob never sent it to the mailing list, nor to any of the web page content owners. He did offer to send photocopies to anyone who would send a stamped self-addressed envelope. I suggest you abstract the information and send it to me. Be sure to include the information on the title page giving the publisher and date of publication. I'll format it into a web page and post it. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward rlward AT whitneygen DOT org http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html<http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html>

All, At 03:28 PM 9/25/05, Jo Hogle wrote: >However, I decided to glance at the Bible extracts and was surprised >to see that the records from the John Whitney Jr Bible, that Bob >Schadewald submitted, are not included on the website. Bob gave me >the Bible before his death and I consider it one of my most prized >possessions. >How do I submit the extracts again since they are missing? The reason the information is not on the web site is that Bob never sent it to the mailing list, nor to any of the web page content owners. He did offer to send photocopies to anyone who would send a stamped self-addressed envelope. I suggest you abstract the information and send it to me. Be sure to include the information on the title page giving the publisher and date of publication. I'll format it into a web page and post it. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward rlward AT whitneygen DOT org http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html

-------Original Message------- From: heritageseeker Date: 09/26/05 17:41:35 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] DAR Patriot Index Extractions I am the registrar for the Niagara County, NY Chapter of the DAR. I have copies of the books that you have mentioned. If I can be of any help let me knoW. Regards, Sheila Stratton-Peel Registrar for the Niagara County Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and USD of 1812 Iad Fein, Celtic Song www.iadfein.com " Though tomorrow is still no more than dreams, Its yesterday that gives me strength to do" Andy M. Stewart -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 09/26/05 14:01:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] DAR Patriot Index Extractions "CS stands for Civil Service, that is: the holding of a Civil office such as Constable; Jailor; Juror; Justice of the Peace; Moderator; Ordinary; Selectman; Sheriff; Surveyor of Highways; Tax Collector; Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; etc. from preface section of DAR Patriot Index [pages unmarked]. There is even a more extensive list of "PS" Patriotic Service such as collector of provisions; Fence Viewer, Furnishing a substitute, Legislator, Taking an oath of allegiance; Prisoner of War or of the Indians; Refugee; etc." etc." Margaret Swanson, Registrar Rancho Purisima Chapter, NSDAR P.S. One of the more notorious "fudging" was for Eleanor Roosevelt. Quoting Jo Hogle <[email protected]>: > I have been reviewing and entering data from the extractions of the > DAR Patriot Index by comparing them to data found on the WRG website. > A very tedious task, but I am finding matches as well as errors. > I have heard from others that often the records were "fudged" in > order to make a fit so someone would be eligible for the DAR, and I > am seeing it in this index. So I am searching for as much verifiable > information as possible. > However - some of the codes used are noted with question marks and I > have found one that I believe I know the answer to. > The code is "CS" and the transcriber noted that they did not know > what the abbreviation was. > I have another ancestor who was described as a Citizen Soldier during > the Revolution and I would guess that is what this would denote. He > was a man who fought in battles to defend the area when needed, but > he was not enlisted or conscripted and he was not paid as a soldier. > This allowed him, and others like him, to remain at home and also > allowed the town to retain a group of men to care for the needs of > the town. These seem to be men in their late 40's to 60 something. > Considered too old for the rigors of the Army full time, but capable > of short term assistance as needed. > > Would that make sense to others as a probable definition of the abbreviation? > > Jo Hogle > >

Dear Jo: It certainly sounds logical that CS might indicate Citizen Soldier. You might try this website for Military History. There appears to be a way to ask questions. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ Allan E. Green

A correction: one of my fellow researchers correctly pointed out that I misread the marriage data. That was Sally F. WHITNEY and Jacob F. TAYLOR, so definitely not the Sally and Jacob we're looking for. I'm rather happy about that, as it put their marriage date perilously close to the birth date of Charles M. Whitney. I apologize for the mistake. -Stacy On Sep 26, 2005, at 1:35 PM, Stacy Whitney wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for descendants of Jacob and Sally Whitney, parents of > Alonzo J. (aka Jacob A.) Whitney (1839-?), who lived in and around > Worcester Co., MA. > > This is *possibly* their marriage record: Sally F. and Jacob F. of > Watertown, Mar. 31, 1836. > Harvard, MA, vital records: http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/ > vitals/mass/harvard.html > > What we know: > This family probably lived in Royalston, Worcester Co, MA, in > 1840. The census record (p. 298) shows: > 1 male 0-4 > 2 males 5-9 > 1 male 30-39 > 1 female 0-4 > 1 female 10-14 > 1 female 30-39 > > The family lived in Phillipston, Worcester Co., MA, in 1850. The > census record (p. 342) shows: > Jacob, 46, farmer, b. MA > > Sally, 43, b. MA > > Sarah R., 20, b. MA > > John P(?), 18, laborer, b. MA > > Elisabeth M., 14, b. MA > > Jacob A., 10, b. MA > > Harriet M., 8, b. MA > > Esther D. H., 5, b. MA – [Note: Esther Desire Fuller born in Athol, > 20 Oct 1844: http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/whistler/ > 1-2.html] > > We know of another son, George Hoyt Whitney (1847-1848), who died > of lung fever. At that time, the family was in Phillipston. > > I have a theory that the son missing from the 1850 record but > present in the 1840 record may be Charles Mayo Whitney (c. 1835 - > 1900). Any information about Jacob, Sally, and their family would > be helpful. While I'm wishing, please let me know if you are a > descendant of this family and have taken a DNA test. At least one > of Charles M.'s line has taken a test, and it would be nice to see > how close the match is. > > Thanks for your time, > > Stacy Whitney > > >

There is a Hinckley, NY, no. of Utica, probably in Oneida County.