Does anyone know anything about the Asa Whitney buried in the Doty Cemetery in Silver Creek, NY? I believe he is also the same Asa Whitney on the 1840 census for Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY. Janet Whitney Duffield --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page

In my previous emissive about Baxter and Sarah, I gave my own genealogical shorthand incorrectly. As if any else might care, correction follows with most glaring ommission in CAPS: Miles-11 Fowler (Eleanor-10 Nelson, Florence-9 Wright, FLORA-8 WHITNEY, William-7 Whitney, Jabez-6, Jacob-5, Jonas-4, Eleazar-3, Thomas-2, John-1) BTW, anyone could make a more or less similar mistake, including whitneygen.org. See, for example: http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/josiahd.html There we have (again with mistake in CAPS): Josiah Dwight-8 Whitney, Jr. (Josiah Dwight-7, ABEL-6 JR., Aaron-5, Moses-4, Moses-3, Richard-2, John-1) Note that that should be ABEL-6 SR. not JR. Miles ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net

At 06:02 PM 4/7/05, Frances Whitney wrote: >Or it could be Aziel, which I have seen as a given >name several times in my own genealogy. Or even "Asahel", which would be pronounced much like "Azel". Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward [email protected] http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html

Or it could be Aziel, which I have seen as a given name several times in my own genealogy. frances xoxoox --- Janet <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have any information on Azel Whitney? > I am not sure his name is really Azel, maybe Abel. > He is on the 1850 census in Oconomowoc, WI, then he > shows up in 1860 in Washington, Sonoma, CA. His > wife is Harriett, in 1850 they had three children, > Elmira, John and Albert, all born in Ohio. By the > time they were in CA they had two more, Edgar (1900 > census Pajaro, CA) born in WI and C. Whitney, born > in CA. > This family must be some relation to my John who I > have been looking for information on for years. > I would really appreciate any information and > willing to share anything I have. > > > > > Janet Whitney Duffield > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >

Does anyone have any information on Azel Whitney? I am not sure his name is really Azel, maybe Abel. He is on the 1850 census in Oconomowoc, WI, then he shows up in 1860 in Washington, Sonoma, CA. His wife is Harriett, in 1850 they had three children, Elmira, John and Albert, all born in Ohio. By the time they were in CA they had two more, Edgar (1900 census Pajaro, CA) born in WI and C. Whitney, born in CA. This family must be some relation to my John who I have been looking for information on for years. I would really appreciate any information and willing to share anything I have. Janet Whitney Duffield __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I received the following from a colleague. He hasn't been able to connect his Whitney ancestry back any further than Joseph Whitney ca.1800 or before. Any thoughts on how they might connect to one of the known Whitney lines? Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 e-mail: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:17:02 -0500 (EST) From: thomas w kavanagh <[email protected]> To: karl h schwerin <[email protected]> Subject: My Whitneys Hi Karl: It was good to see you last week, and hope to see you again soon. I was going through some things anyway today and found the following. My mother typed it a long time long ago, but from what I don't know. The footnotes are my additions Begin: Joseph Whitney moved from Vermont to Buffalo, NY in the early days of that city. Apparently all of his children were born there. Later one daughter and three sons, including Henry S. Whitney, moved to Indiana*. Name Born Died Henry S. Whitney Aug 8, 1816 --- married (Dec.17, 1841) Mahala McCoy May 19, 1817 The followiing are their children: 1. William Bratlon Whitney Dec. 5, 1842 June 1, 1865 2. Bradford Britton Whitney Dec. 18, 1845 Dec. 3, 1863 3. Thomas James Whitney July 28, 1849 Oct. 20, 1896 4. Anna Elya Whitney Aug. 20, 1852 May 14, 1868 5. Kate Whitney Jan. 30, 1865 ---, 192x Thomas James Whitney married Mary Jane Strauss** (born Nov. 3, 1853) Feb. 9, 1873 1. Ernest Whitney Jan 28, 1874 Feb. 9, 1874 2. Travis H. Whitney June 22, 1875 Jan. 8, 1934 3. Charles A. Whitney August 24, 1879 1961 Travis H. Whitney married Rosalie Loew, July 2, 1903 1. Travis H. Whitney Jr. Jan 29, 1905 2. John Loew Whitney Nov. 15, 1906 3. William Thomas Whitney Sept. 14, 1908 Charles A. Whitney married Geneva May Bamford Aug 29, 1911 1. Mary Catherine Whitney Sept 15, 1914 2. Charles Bamford Whitney Nov. 6, 1915 [end] === *To be specific, Spencer County in southern Indiana along the Ohio River. **Mary Jane Strauss was daughter of Jacob Strauss, born Oct. 14, 1814 in Germany. tk

I think this came up a couple of years ago, but I have a Whitney piano -- I'm still not quite certain whether "Whitney" is the piano model or the brand. Merry TY ALEXANDER wrote: >Humm... I'm just now seeing the WHEELOCK line associated with our Whitneys... Makes me wonder about William E. Wheelock of the piano industry in New York (ca. 1903). He was president of the Weber Piano Co. (see below) and he also started making pianos under his own name (Wheelock Piano Co.) in New York City. I once owned a Wheelock baby grand piano... now I could kick myself for selling it. *sigh* Anyone know if William E. Wheelock of the piano world was related to any of our Whitneys? >Ty Alexander >********* >William E. Wheelock was president of Weber piano Co., in 1903 when Aeolian, Weber Piano and Pianola Co. was organised. > >AEOLIAN, WEBER PIANO AND PIANOLA CO., Est 1903 and were located at Worcester, MA. The following companes were under their control: The Aeolian Co., Orchestrelle Co., (London), The Choralion Co. (Berlin), The Aeolian Co. Ltd (Paris) The Pianola Co. Proprietary, Ltd. (Melbourne and Sydney), Weber Piano Co., George Steck and Co. Wheelock Piano Co., Stuyvesant Piano Co., Chilton Piano Co., Technola Piano Co., Votey Organ Co., Vocalian Organ Co. and Universal Music Co. > > > >

Frances Whitney wrote: >If there is any trait we Whitneys share, it's >temerity. My immediate Whitneys (great-grandfather) >came from Vermont, but I don't see an Abigail among >the cousins. My ggf left Vermont when he was 16, in >1847. He ran away to the gold rush. > >frances >xoxoxo > > > > > The dictionary defines temerity as "rashness or boldness" So at least half the definition sounds pretty good as a Whitney trait And the other half might be forgiven, if they learned something from it. B. Whitney

They were sixth cousins as well as husband and wife. Sarah Jane-8 Whitney (Richard-7, Daniel-6, Daniel-5, Richard-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1) Baxter Doddridge-8 Whitney (Amasa-7, William-6, William-5, William-4, Nathaniel-3, John-2, John-1) I am equally distant from both--6th cousin, thrice removed. Miles-10 Fowler (Eleanor Nelson-9, Florence Wright-8, William-7 Whitney, Jabez-6, Jacob-5, Jonas-4, Eleazar-3, Thomas-2, John-1) ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net

Humm... I'm just now seeing the WHEELOCK line associated with our Whitneys... Makes me wonder about William E. Wheelock of the piano industry in New York (ca. 1903). He was president of the Weber Piano Co. (see below) and he also started making pianos under his own name (Wheelock Piano Co.) in New York City. I once owned a Wheelock baby grand piano... now I could kick myself for selling it. *sigh* Anyone know if William E. Wheelock of the piano world was related to any of our Whitneys? Ty Alexander ********* William E. Wheelock was president of Weber piano Co., in 1903 when Aeolian, Weber Piano and Pianola Co. was organised. AEOLIAN, WEBER PIANO AND PIANOLA CO., Est 1903 and were located at Worcester, MA. The following companes were under their control: The Aeolian Co., Orchestrelle Co., (London), The Choralion Co. (Berlin), The Aeolian Co. Ltd (Paris) The Pianola Co. Proprietary, Ltd. (Melbourne and Sydney), Weber Piano Co., George Steck and Co. Wheelock Piano Co., Stuyvesant Piano Co., Chilton Piano Co., Technola Piano Co., Votey Organ Co., Vocalian Organ Co. and Universal Music Co.

Re my previous post, I found I did have Wheelock's line handy: Wheelock 10-Wheelock 9-Albert Gideon 8-Ephraim 7-Joseph 6-Nathan 5-Nathan 4-Nathaniel 3-Benjamin 2-John 1 By the way, Wheelock 11 (i.e., Wheelock III) has an art gallery at 125 E 62nd in Manhattan, and is the author of this book: http://yalepress.yale.edu/YupBooks/images/0300068034.jpg http://yalepress.yale.edu/YupBooks/viewbook.asp?isbn=0300068034 Cheers, Ron Kyser

The front page of Sunday's (4/3/05) Star Tribune of Minneapolis had room for only three stories-- first (obviously) was the death of the Pope, followed by the aftermath of the state's worst mass murder, and finally, the upcoming marriage of Wheelock Whitney, businessman, senatorial and gubernatorial candidate, and a subject of my WRG-Aught-Two talk in Lexington. (Yes, I will try to [re-]write that up and post it-- sometime during the coming pontificate!) Wheelock is robbing both the cradle and the bench in marrying State Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, age 50. (No mention of any relation to the brewing family.) Here are the links to the story and sidebars about the bride and groom; you may have to register, and after a few days even pay, to read them: http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5326845.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5326845-2.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5326809.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5326820.html The story included this tidbit: "Whitney's wife of 40 years -- the mother of his four children -- died in 1986. He was remarried briefly in 1990 to his horse trainer, who, he said, liked the horses more than she liked him." How's that again? I always thought this was a Whitney trait! Cheers, Ron Kyser

Consulting NewEnglandacestors.com, I get slightly different results for the marriage of Baxter D. Whtiney and Sarah J(ane) Whitney. She was born in Winchendon 14 July 1827 which does not make her a spinster in 1846. Also, her parents were Richard and Eunice (Cogswell) Whitney, married in Winchendon 13 June 1822 (at ancestry.com some say 1820). Finding Richard and Eunice in the censuses is a little trickier, though. There is a Eunice in the 1860 census, age 56, but she lives with 16-yr-old Joseph L. Whitney, and we can't tell whether she is a widow or not, though that makes sense. Also, Richard and Eunice had another dau. named Eunice Matilda, born 1837. A Eunice M., age 12, appears on the 1850 census in Winchendon, but living with Amasa Whitney--her sister Sarah's father-n-law? (Relationship to head of hsehold is not stated.) According to Ancestry.com, Richard Whitney, husband of Eunice Cogswell, was born Middletown (Stowe) Mass. 1798, son of Daniel Whitney & ? and died 1849 which explains his absence from 1850 & 1860 censuses. Miles Fowler ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net

Hi, Would Barry Whitney please contact me? I would like to post the latest JohnWhitney database on your website. Jon Aston

Dear Rose Zella: Your e-mail address ([email protected]) is cited in Whitny16 as a source for the data about this Sarah J. Whitney, and in her own entry it shows that she was married to a kinsman. I think I have found the kinsman in Winchendon, Worcester, MA, but wondered what the source of the "kinsman" connection was. There is a marriage that takes place on 1 Mar 1846 in Winchendon between a Baxter Doddridge Whitney, b. 28 Jun 1817 in Winchendon, s.o. Amasa and Mary Goodridge Whitney, and a Sarah J. Whitney. His age is given as 28, which works with an 1817 birth date and hers would be ca 26, which again is reasonable. She is on her way to becoming a spinster (actually, by definition she's already there!) and he is a merchant who is only two years older. What I don't have is anything that would put her and her parents in Winchendon around that time, since she is not listed as "of somewhere" in the marriage record. The names and ages fit, but It would really ease my mind if I had something else to back up the supposition, strong as it may be. Let me know if you can help. I'm sending this to the entire WRG as well, in the chance that someone else has faced this question before and can help us with further information. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

If there is any trait we Whitneys share, it's temerity. My immediate Whitneys (great-grandfather) came from Vermont, but I don't see an Abigail among the cousins. My ggf left Vermont when he was 16, in 1847. He ran away to the gold rush. frances xoxoxo

Dear WRG: I am in dire need of assistance! A Whitney has had the temerity to cross the northern border of Massachusetts and thus has left me clueless. Abigail H. Whitney of Londonderry married an Oren Atherton Willard, with their intent being published in Winchendon [VR p. 173] on 23 Sep 1848. I have tried a number of the usual Internet sources like Gencircles, FamilySearch, etc. and discovered from the 1880 census that while Abigail H. was born ca. 1824/5 in Londonderry, her parents were born in New Hampshire. I know even less about New Hampshire than I do about Vermont, saving the basic idea that the Whitneys in southern NH came up from MA and the ones in northern NH drifted over from Maine. I did find it written (no guarantee, of course) that their one son, Charles, was born 19 Aug 1852 in Gilsum, Cheshire, NH. I would be ecstatic to hear from someone who could identify the ancestry of this Abigail H. Whitney. I can take it from there, at least as far as I am likely to want to go. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Dear WRG: I just got back a very nice comment about our WRG website and its contents from a person I consider to be a valuable and experienced genealogist in New England. I thought it should be passed on to the group because so many of you have contributed to the website and its contents. [email protected] wrote: > That's what I could come up with using the Whitney Research Group's website. > > It has a really good search engine on it. > http://www.whitneygen.org/ Thanks, Allan. I didn't mean for you to do the legwork for me, but I hadn't examined all the links on the WRG home page and so missed the search engine. I've just tried it on my favorite Whitney name, Rep. Ohio Jr. (who married a Brooks), and, voila! There he is. The presentation of the Pierce book, with hyperlinked corrections, is outstanding! Chris

WRG Below is my extraction of the genealogical information from the Civil War pension file of Wellington W. Whitney. His ancestry is: John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Abel4, Joel5, Ephraim6, Gustavus Fellows7, Albert Gallatin8, Wellington9. It is coincidental that Wellington and my great-grandfather, John Drury Whitney were in the same regiment. Enjoy! From the Civil War Pension File of Wellington W. Whitney Corporal, 28th Maine Infantry and Co. C, unattached Maine Coast Guard Invalid Applic. #459423 Cert. #350741 Widow Applic. #1581571 Cert. #a-3-10-28 Widow: Susie C. Whitney National Archives, Washington, D.C. Wellington W. Whitney enlisted 10 September 1862 at Jonesboro, Washington Co., ME in the 28th Maine Infantry. He was discharged from that regiment 31 August 1863. He reenlisted at Machias, Washington Co., ME 29 February 1864 in Co. C, unattached Maine Coast Guard. He was discharged from that unit at Portland, ME 6 September 1865. While on duty with the 28th Maine Infantry at the seige of Port Hudson, LA, he contracted malaria and chronic diarrhes. He was hospitalized at Baton Rouge, LA. While on duty with the Maine Coast Guard at Eastport, ME in 1865, he contracted a chronic knee inflammation. A physical examination on 20 June 1912 reveals him to be 5 feet, six inches tall, light complexion, gray eyes, light hair. His occupation at that time was farmer. After discharge from the army, he lived at Addisonville and then Jonesboro, Maine. Wellington died of pneumonia at Jonesboro, ME on 19 April 1927. Wellington's widow Susie had been married once before. She was first married to Voranus W. Ramsdell on 19 November 1864 in Addison, Washington Co., ME by James Wass, J.P. Voranus Ramsdell sailed from Boston, MA in January of 1866 aboard the vessel Cheviot bound for Addison, ME. The vessel and all aboard were lost at sea on 16 January1866. Susie's maiden name was Susan C. Carver, and she maried Wellington Whitney as Susan C. Ramsdell on 3 July 1870 in Millbridge, Maine. They were maried by Warren Leighton. Susie died 23 September 1930. They had no children. In the pension file is a notarized copy of a family record of Wellington Whitney. It was described as very old and written in old-style script. The original record is framed and hanging on a wall in his home. The date of the copy is May 21, 1913. The notarized copy says the following: Parents: Albert G. Whitney, born Jonesboro January 26, 1820 Married January 12, 1844 in Jonesboro by J.A. Milliken Marriam M. Smith, born South Paris, Maine March 24, 1818 died Jonesboro March 4, 1853 Children: Wellington W. Whitney, born Jonesboro July 2, 1845 Annie S. Whitney, born Jonesboro January 26, 1848 Sarah J. Whitney, born Jonesboro July 1, 1850 NOTE: The date of death for Mirian may be an error, or a miss-reading of the old record. I have a photograph of the grave marker of Miriam Smith Whitney from the Village Cemetery in Jonesboro. Her date of death is on both the front and back of the marker. It reads March 14, 1853. This also could have been an error on the part of the engraver. (KLW) Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD

WRG: Below is my extraction of the genealogical information on Edmund W. Whitney from his Civil War pension file. His ancestry is: John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Isaac4, Isaac5, Samuel6, William W.7, Edmund W.8. Enjoy! From the Civil War Pension File of Edmund W. Whitney Private, Co. L, 1st Maine Cavalry Mary B. Whitney, Widow Widow Claim Applic. #548251 Cert. #408795 National Archives, Washington, DC Edmund W. Whitney enlisted in the Army 18 February 1862. He was discharged 1 March 1865. On 12 December 1863, while on a raid on Richmond, Virginia, he was thrown from his horse, and was dragged. His left knee was injured, and was the disability for which he was granted a disablitiy pension. At age 41, a physical examination revealed that he was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighed 140 pounds, was dark complected, was deaf in both ears, and suffered from catarrah. He had brown hair and blue eyes. His marriage certificate indicates that on 29 October 1872 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, he married Mary B. Orr. Both were residents of Lewiston, ME at the time. They were married by G.P. Matthews, Pasor of Spring Street Baptist Church. Sometime after marriage, and certainly by 1877, they moved to Strong, Franklin Co., ME. Edmund had one child alive at the time of application: Carroll E. Whitney, born 26 September 1884. Edmund died at Strong, Maine 26 March 1892. Subsequent to his death, his widow Mary lived in Farmington, Franklin Co., Maine, from where she filed an application for pension benefit in May of 1892. Mary died 22 June 1905. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD