Hi All; I'm in process of changing from AOL to ATT, please send my EMail to: MRJ79@ATT.NET Barry Whitney and Robert Ward, please change the reference to my EMail address to the ATT address. Thank you Jon Aston

WRG: If there is a member of the group whose e-mail address begins with ellibee, I would like to be in contact with you. Thanks. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD klw1@starpower.net

Hello WRG: Audrey Dodes of Concord, Michigan wrote me a snailmail letter concerning a Whitcomb - Whitney connection. I searched our WRG web site but did not find anything to help. (Could her JACOB WHITCOMB actually be the JACOB WHITNEY shown in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Michigan Census in Hilldale County, Litchfield?) Contact me if you have further info or suggestions. Thanks! Jeanne ----------------------------- Audrey Dodes wrote: "We have been researching the Whitcomb family with no success in learning the parentage of my great grandfather, JACOB WHITCOMB born 1812 New York. According to family tradition he was left an orphan and given a home by a WHITNEY family. An aged cousin remembers her mother visiting a DUANE WHITNEY family. In checking his death record in HILLSDALE CO. MICHIGAN, his parents were listed as BENJAMIN and BETSEY WHITNEY. His age was 8 years younger than Jacob (Whitcomb), according to records we have located. He (unsure if she means Duane or Jacob) married AUGUSTA WALDO, March 20, 1855. JACOB WHITCOMB located in or near LITCHFIELD MICHIGAN 1836-37. His death record lists his parents as unknown. He had a brother THOMAS b. abt. 1800; JOSIAH b. abt 1803; JESSE b. abt 1808 and sister AURNELIA b. abt 1810. Sincerely, Mrs. Audrey Dodes PO Box 7 Concord, MI 49237 -----------------------------

Dear WRG: This appeared on the MAMiddle (Middlesex County) maillist. A query was posted asking about this marriage and wondering if someone had a copy of TAG that had such information in it. The response below demonstrates just how valuable what we are doing is to others. AEG ******************************************* >Hi all:  >   Did a search on www.google.com for "The American Genealogist" "Brown" >"Davis" and it points you to this site:  >   http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/brigham.html >    This shows an extract of Vol 16, Page 23, which shows a marriage in >Concord, MA oon Mar 31, 1724 between Jonathan Davis and Abigail Brown, by >Rev. Whiting. >    May give you what you are looking for? >Dave Hunt 

In a message dated 5/25/01 3:36:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Farns10th@aol.com writes: Janice Farnsworth transcribed this and sent it to the General Mass List. Since it gives a more definite death date for Alice Whitney wife of Nathaniel Woods than I had in my database I thought it should be shared on this list also. > LOVEWELL'S FIGHT ~ Death of Chief Paugus Fryeburg, ME 1724/5 > > Source: Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground, Groton, > MA by Dr. Samuel A. Green 1878 > p.2 > Tombstone > (Death's Head) > Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. Alice Woods Wife to Mr. > Nathaniel Woods; Who Deceased January ye 10th 1717/8 > in Ye 45th year of Her Age. (Alice4 Whitney (Joshua3, John2, John1) b: Abt. 1673 > > Author's Note: Daniel Woods, one of her sons, was killed > in Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, May 8, 1725. > > Surname: LOVEWELL > Source: An Historical Sketch of Groton, MA by Dr. > Samuel A. Green 1894 > > In the summer of 1722 the Provincial governments of > Massachusetts and New Hampshire offered a bounty of a > hundred pounds for every Indian's scalp that should be > taken and shown to the proper authorities. This legis- > lation incited volunteers to scour the wilderness for > the purpose of hunting the savages, and with this motive > Capt. John Lovewell of Dunstable, (MA) organized a comp- > any which soon became famous. > > The story of Lovewell's Fight for a long time repeatedly > was told in this (Groton) neighborhood and there is > scarcely a person who has not from early infancy heard > the particulars of that eventful conflict. It was in > the spring of 1725 that Capt. Lovewell, with thirty-four > men, fought a famous Indian chief, named Paugus, at the > head of about eighty savages, near the shores of a pond > in Pequawket, now within the limits of Fryeburg, Maine, > and known as Lovewell's Pond. Of this little Spartan > group, seven belonged in this town (Groton); and one of > them, John Chamberlain, by name, distinguished himself > by killing the Indian leader. > > The fullest account of the fight is found in a pamphlet > entitled, "Lovewell Lamented," by Thomas Symmes, V.D.M. > Boston, 1725. It includes a list of the men who took > part in the fight with the names of those killed and > wounded. According to this list, the following Groton > men were members of Lovewell's company and present dur- > ing this action: > > John Jefts > Daniel Woods (see tombstone, p. 2, Epitaphs) > Thomas Woods > John Chamberlain > Elias Barron > John Gilson > Isaac Lakin > Joseph Gilson > > Of these, Thomas Woods, Daniel Woods and John Jefts were > killed in the fight, and Elias Barron, John Chamberlain, > John Gilson and Isaac Lakin were wounded. Joseph Gilson > was the only one of the quota who escaped injury. > > Captain Lovewell, the commander of the company was a brave > officer and a noted man. He was at this time in the > prime of life and ambitious to distinguish himself. He > had previously led two successful expeditions against > the Indians and his very name inspired confidence. Only > a few weeks before, his second expedition had returned > to Dover, New Hampshire, where he made a triumphal entry > at the head of his company. They bore ten Indian scalps > stretched on hoops, and were received with great joy > and excitement; thence they proceeded to Boston, where > they were paid a large bounty by the government. The > following Groton men were members of the company which > went on this second expedition: > > Jacob Ames > Ephraim Farnsworth (see p. 415 Farnsworth Memorial) > Reuben Farnsworth (brother of Ephraim) > Benjamin Parker > Samuel Shattuck > Samuel Tarbell > Henry Willard > > Subject: Jacob Ames > Source: An Historical Sketch of Groton, MA - Dr. Green > p.50-51 > John Ames who was shot by the savages > at the gate of his own garrison at Groton MA, July 9, 1724, > was the father of Jacob Ames. Isaac Lakin was > wounded in Lovewell's fight at Pequawket, May 8, > 1725. > > p.33 Farnsworth Memorial > Priscilla Ames, dau of John and Elizabeth Ames of Groton > m. Feb 27, 1756 William Lakin, Jr. of Groton. > > p.33 Isaac Lakin b. 1702 son of William Lakin and his > wife, Elizabeth Robinson of Groton, MA. Isaac Lakin > m. Jan 27, 1726, Elizabeth Shattuck b. 1705/6 dau of > John Shattuck and his wife, Mary (Blood) Shattuck. > Isaac Lakin was wounded 1725 during Lovewell's fight > with the Indians at Pequawket (Fryeburg) ME > > p.415 Farnsworth Memorial > Ephraim Farnsworth b. Jan 2, 1703 son of Jonathan Farns- > worth and his wife, Hannah Shattuck of Groton, MA. > Ephraim Farnsworth married Deborah Beauman; was a farmer > and lived at Harvard; he died there Feb. 18, 1737. He > was a man of courage and energy and was with his brother > Reuben in Capt. Lovewell's famous expedition through > New Hampshire and Maine against the Indians, and in the > fight with the Indians on Feb. 20, 1724. For a full > account of John Lovewell and his men, see NEHGS Register > Vol. 7, pages 61-70. > > p.416 > Reuben Farnsworth brother of Ephraim (above) b. April 28 > 1705 m. Apr 7, 1730, Mary Holden b. April 28, 1706 at > Watertown, MA. Rev. Seth Storer performing the marriage > ceremony. She was the dau of Samuel Holden and his wife > Susanna Holden. He lived for a while in Watertown but > was living at Harvard 1732-1733 and 1734. He died 1755 > and his widow m. (2) Thomas Barney. > > Througout New England Lovewell's daring was made the > subject of talk and the public looked to him as a natural > leader in warfare. > > With the small force now at his command, the heroic > captain pressed forward to meet the enemy, and in a few > days reached the borders of Saco Pond, since known as > Lovewell's Pond, southeast of the present village of > Fryeburge, Maine. On the morning of Saturday, May 8th > while engaged at prayers they heard a gun, and shortly > afterward discovered an Indian on a point of land which > ran into the pond. They said, "We came out to meet the > Enemy; we have all along prayed God we might find them, > and we had rather trust Providence with our Lives, yea > die for our Country, than than try to return without > seeing them; if we may and be called cowards for our > pains." After this answer, Lovewell ordered his men > to move forward cautiously; and they soon reached a place > where they halted and took off their packs, and piled > them up together. Leaving these behind without a guard > and advancing a short distance, they came upon the > Indian who they had previously descried. He was return- > ing to his companions with some game. Several guns were > instantly discharged at him when he in turn fired and > wounded Capt. Lovewell, and another man; after which, he > was killed and scalped. The company then turned back > and with their wounded leader, repaired to the place > where they had left their packs. In the meantime, Paugus > the far-famed chief of the Pequawkets, at the head of > eighty warriors on their way home from a marauding ex- > pedition, discovered the pile of packs and counting them > learned the number of the English. Finding that the > force was much less than his own, Paugus placed his men > in ambush and awaited the return of Lovewell. When the > company came up for their packs, the Indians with hid- > eous yells rushed forth suddenly from their hiding places > and began to fire. The brave captain ordered his men > to return the fire, which was done with terrible effect. > Lovewell himself fell at the first shot, and eight of > his men soon shared the same fate. Ensign Wyman of > Woburn then assumed the command and perceiving that the > Indians were trying to surround them, ordered a retreat > to the pond, where he took his stand. A ledge of rocks > projecting into the water on one side of him and a deep > brook on the other made a position favorable for de- > fence. The fighting continued, and during the day the > savages vainly endeavored to compel the valiant band to > surrender; but they would not listen to the proposition > Paugus was slain in the action of John Chamberlain of > Groton (MA). After the death of their chief the Indians > became somewhat disheartened and withdrew from the > skirmish. > > A second edition of Thomas Symmes's pamphlet was entitled > "Historical Memoirs of the Late Fight at Piggwacket, with > a Sermon Occasioned by the Fall of the Brave Capt. John > Lovewell and Several of his Valiant Company, in the Late > Heroic Action There." Boston 1725. In the list of the > soldiers wounded, the name of Isaac Lakin is given in > the place of John Gilson's. > > p.241 Epitaphs by Green > Joseph Gilson, grandson of Joseph Gilson one of the first > proprietors of Groton, MA, was one of the Groton men with > Capt. Lovewell in his fight at Pigwacket, and the only one > who escaped unhurt. > > One Joseph Gilson of Groton presented a petition to the > General Court, June 11, 1760: "representing his Services > and Sufferings for his Country praying a compensation." > Source: p.241 "Epitaphs" (see Gilson) > > Subject: Chamberlain, Samuel N. (desc. Lovewell's Fight) > Source: History of Charlestown, NH, Fort No. 4, by Rev. > Henry H. Saunderson 1876 > > p.306 > Samuel N. Chamberlain was born in Dudley, MA about 1777 and died at Glens > Falls, N.Y. aged 67; buried at Edgecomb's Corner, Galway, NY. > > His father, who was a soldier in the Revolution at the time the American > Army > was most destitute, sold his farm in Dudley, MA and applied the funds for > the relief of the soldiers. > He was related to John Chamberlain who killed the Indian > Chief "Old Paugus" (see Lovewell's Fight) as he was usually > called in Lovewell's fight. > > Samuel N. Chamberlain m. Abigail White of Pomfret, CT dau of Samuel White > who claimed to be a lineal descendant of the first male child born in > New England. > She died at Chelsea, VT Sept. 8, 1808. > > Their children were: > > 1. Calvin Chamberlain b. at Dudley, MA Oct 30, 1791 and died and was buried > at Charlestown, NH. > 2. Samuel Chamberlain b. at Dudley, MA Jan 12, 1794; died at Strafford, > VT in 1855; m. Betsy Sanborn of Strafford, VT and had thirteen children. > 3. Henry Chamberlain b. at Unity, NH Feb 14, 1796; m. Mary Bailey, 1822; > also had thirteen children of which were two sons, one of whom, > Edward B. Chamberlain grad. at the Univ. of VT in 1848 and at Andover > Theo. Seminary in 1854 and was a minister at Plattsburg, NH; > Shoreham, VT, Essex, VT and Westford, VT. > 4. Mary Chamberlain b. 1798 m. E. W. Curtis of Galway, N.Y. died in > Adrian, > MI > had five sons of whom James Curtis the eldest was superintendent of E. > Division South Michigan Railroad. The others were John W. Chamberlain > and George H. Chamberlain. > 5. Artemas W. Chamberlain b. at Unity, NH June 9, 1800 m. at Cape Cod and > died at Cambridge, MA in Feb. 1875, left three sons and two daughters, > Nathan, George, Joseph, Lydia and Mary. Nathan H. Chamberlain > grad at Harvard College 1853. > He was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman and author. > 6. George Olcott Chamberlain b. at Charlestown, NH April 6, 1803 m. 1828, > Maria Clark of Providence, Saratoga Co., N.Y. and resided at Saratoga > Springs. > Their children were: > 1. Laurentia P. Chamberlain m. Hiram Thomkins keeper of the United > States Hotel at Saratoga. > 2. John Chamberlain m. Margaret Ward and lived at Utica, NY. > 3. Mary Chamberlain m. James B. Raynor of Chicago, Illinois. > 7. Healey Chamberlain b. Dec. 1807 m. at Saratoga and died at Coldwater, > Michigan. Had: Webster R. Chamberlain a lawyer at Syracuse, NH and > Georgianna Chamberlain also, Henry Chamberlain. > > Samuel N. Chamberlain married (2) Feb 2, 1815, Dorcas Bingham of > Springfield, > VT and had the following children by his 2nd wife: > 1. Abigail Chamberlain b. 1815 > 2. Anna Arms Chamberlain b. Feb 14, 1819 > 3. Sarah G. Chamberlain b. Dec 3, 1821 > 4. Calvin O. Chamberlain b. Apr 26, 1823 > 5. Sabrina Chamberlain b. May 24, 1829 > 6. Joseph Roach Ives Gilbert Marquis Paul M. De La Fayette Chamberlain > This name as I understand, was dropped, most of it, as too unwieldly for > every day use, and a much shorter one adopted. He was then known as > LaFayette Chamberlain. > > In 1842 Deacon Charles Crosby married (1) Mary C. Blood, daughter of > Deacon David Blood, a well-known resident of Pepperell > and a staunch abolitionist. Mary was a woman of unusual > strength of character and her death December 1863 was > the cause of regret. On December 4, 1865 Deacon Crosby > m. (2) Caroline A. Shattuck, daughter of Capt. Thomas > Chamberlain Shattuck and wife, Lucy (Blood) Shattuck. > > Capt. Shattuck who commanded a local company of the > State militia for several years, erected in 1811 the > house and moved to soon after > his marriage. He died in 1858 aged seventy-eight years > and his wife, Lucy (Blood) Shattuck whom he married in > 1812 died in 1872 aged eighty-four years. She was the > mother of seven children. Capt. Shattuck was the son of > Jonathan and Abia (Chamberlain) Shattuck. His mother > was the daughter of Thomas Chamberlain and the neice of > John Chamberlain, an Indian fighter of renown, who was > with Capt. Lovewell's company at Fryeburg, ME in 1725. > > The death of Paugus at the hands of Chamberlain has > furnished the theme of several Indian romances. John > Chamberlain settled in Groton, MA where he operated a > mill. A power-horn reputed to have belonged to Paugus > or his son, who afterward, it is said, attempted to kill > John Chamberlain at his mill, is now in Deacon Crosby's > possession. It is decorated with figures of animals > and other objects and bears the date of 1736. > > see also:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1094/lovewell.htm > > > Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth > > > ==== GenMassachusetts Mailing List ==== > Find your Rootsweb subs at: http://www.passwordcentral.rootsweb.com > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <GenMassachusetts-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-yg04.mx.aol.com (rly-yg04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.4]) > by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 May 2001 18:36:32 > -0400 > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by > rly-yg04.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 May 2001 18:36:15 -0400 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4PMWXK00771; > Fri, 25 May 2001 15:32:33 -0700 > Resent-Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:32:33 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: Farns10th@aol.com Fri May 25 15:32:32 2001 > From: Farns10th@aol.com > Message-ID: <77.15372de2.2840377f@aol.com> > Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 18:32:31 EDT > Old-To: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 > Subject: [GM-L] Groton, Mass. men in Lovewell's Fight 1724/1725 > Resent-Message-ID: <XM151B.A.0L.A2tD7@lists5.rootsweb.com> > To: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/18381 > X-Loop: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: GenMassachusetts-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > Sincerely, Kate Surname Index Abbot, Archer, Arden, Aslebe or Aslett, Baskerville, Beamsley, Benjamin, Benjamis, Blaney, Bowman, Bragg(e), Bray, Brazier, Brooks, Brown, Van Brugh, Burrill, Chenery, Clap(p), Clark, Colburn(e), Dever(e)au(x), Dolling, Dummer Ellis, Eveleth or EVELEIGH, Fairebanke Fairbank, Fairbanks, ffrie Frie, Frye, Fisher, Fisk(e), Flower, Flynt or Flint, French, Fuller Gamblin, Gamlin or Gamlyn, Garnish, Gawroger, Good(e)now, Gookin, Grant, Graves, Grazebrook, Guillims or Duglim, Guy Hamant, Hanlon, Harding, Haynes, Henchman, Hinkesman, Hoar(e) Hogenson, Holmes, Holt, Hull, Hunt, Hunting Jasper, Jochemse, de Kay, Keene, King, Knightly Lewis Marriott, Metcalf(e), Moller, Morgenroth, Morse Norcross, Nubury or NUBERY Palmer, Pares, Parker, Peters, Phillips, Potts Quincy, Randolph, Rebelle, Reynolds, Richards, Robbins, Roehm, Roeloff Roundy Sewall, Sewell or Shewell, Shattuck, Sherman, Silvester or Sylvester, Smith, Staats, Stancliffe, Stanley, Stone, Storer Tainter, Taynter, Tiemroth, de Trieux Waide, Walley, Wendell, Whitehead, Whitney, Wight, Willet, Woods

Just caught a glimse in a Chapters bookstore (Canadian) of "The Whitney Women" and the museum they made. It is a family memoir by Flora Miller Biddle. John and Eleanor Whitney (l635) are mentioned on p. 26. You can probably find it in your library if you are interested. A big thank you to all who make the Whitney geneology possible. Joan

Hi Folks, Does anyone have any information on Laura Whitney who married Peter Atwood on October 29,1814 in Chester, MA? She gave birth to a daughter named Sofia that same year. Peter remarried in 1825 to a woman named Mehitable Phebe Clark. I can't find out what ever happened to Laura, though. We believe she was born around 1792. She is my 4-great grandmother. Thanks, Bev (chozijoy@aol.com)

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A person must be a paid member of Ancestry.com to access the Syracuse New York directory 1887-1890 as given in a recent Whitney email. Try <www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nybib.htm> has info on all of New York State. Also, <www.google.com> is a most excellent search engine for genealogy! Rene Lewis Lawrie (desc. of Henry Whitney of Connecticut)

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK DIRECTORIES, 1887-90 The city of Syracuse is located in New York county of Onondaga. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1887, 1888, and 1889. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. The database includes more than 117,000 names, mostly heads of household. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Syracuse, New York Directories, 1887-1890." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: "Syracuse, NY, 1887-88." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1887; "Syracuse, NY, 1888-89." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1888; "Syracuse, NY, 1889-90." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1889. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4573.htm A bunch of Whitney's in this at a company called the "Whitney Wagon Company". Looks like a whole family run business. James E. Whitney, II

Hello to all: If any one is interested, I have obtained a copy of Andrew Whitney's autobiography. He is # 4336 in Pierce, son of Jonas P. Whitney, who is # 2078. The book is called "Ashby, Springfield, & Fitchburg, Mass." & was privately published in Fitchburg, MA in 1912 The book is quite interesting. Laura Sullivan

-----Original Message----- From: E Cook [mailto:ECook@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:28 AM To: Whitney, James E, II, NLSOP Subject: Re: Roane County cemetery-Snodgrass James... I have a book published by Evelyn Fisher that has the following listed in Walton District. SNODGRASS CEMETERY - 1 1/2 mile S.E. of Gandeeville on U.S. 119, A.M. Snodgrass Farm. Established 1850 or earlier as family burial ground; extent, 1/2 acre. Recorded January 9, 1939 by the WPA. Rev. S. P. Whitney 2/4/1835-10/15/1912 M. M. Whitney 4/18/1853-4/5/1935 wife of Rev. S.P. "Whitney, James E, II, NLSOP" wrote: > > Dear Elsie Cook: > > I am trying to confirm a written report that my great uncle, Silas P. > Whitney(b 4 Feb. 1835 d. 15 Oct. 1912) is buried > near Grandeeville, W.Va. in the Snodgrass Cemetery. Can you confirm this > report from your records? > > Sincerely yours, > James E. Whitney, II > Whitney Research Group

WRG's...I have arranged with Robert Ward for scanning and publishing the above booklet on our pages..it shouldn't take long, so watch for it. Jan

Dear Sandra: Thank you so much for these family groups with birthdates. So that I might have something to put in the appropriate box, can you please tell me the source of these groups and dates? Thanks a lot. Allan E. Green

Whats the saying...better late than..*s* WHITNEY Albert G Martha A his wife Effie A b 5 Jan 1865 WHITNEY Calvin Mary Allen his wife Llewellyn Louis Harding b 21 Nov 1875 WHITNEY Ephraim Sally Noyes married 9 Jul 1795 Gustavus Fellows b 24 Dec 1795 Polly b 13 Mar 1798 Joel b 16 Apr 1800 Beriah b 25 Jun 1802 Betsy b 27 Oct 1804 Anna b 6 May 1807 Sopha b 1 Jul 1809 Phebe Weston b 13 Dec 1811 Josiah b 1 Jul 1814 Clarissa b 27 Apr 1815 Porter b 30 May 1818 Nancy b 1 Nov 1820 WHITNEY Gustavus Fellows Hannah Libby married 15 Jun 1817 Reuben b 1 May 1818 Albert b 26 Jan 1820 Sally b 8 Jun 1822 Loren b 8 Jun 1824 Charles b 10 Mar 1826 Mary Jane b 23 Apr 1828 George W b 10 Apr 1831 WHITNEY Josiah Josephine b 26 Jan 1887 WHITNEY Joel d 20 Jul 1791 age 49 Mary Weston his wife Mary b 14 Sep 1766 Hannah b 25 Dec 1768 Ephraim b 7 Nov 1770 Reuben b 7 Nov 1772 d 31 Mar 1810 Joel b 5 Dec 1775 d 22 Dec 1775 Daniel b 26 Jun 1778 d 17 Mar 1781 Lucy b 30 Mar 1780 d 20 Jan 1781 Joseph b 31 Oct 1782 Paul b 10 Jan 1785 Abel b 21 May 1787 Joshua b 3 Jan 1791 WHITNEY Joel Jane his wife Alpheus S C b 25 Mar 1822 Laura Irene b 8 Jun 1823 Amanda b 8 Sep 1826 Harriet b 3 Aug 1828 Josephine b 29 Oct 1830 WHITNEY Joseph Mary Libby d Oct 1822 married 5 Jun 1803 Ruth R b 11 Apr 1805 Rebecca W b 29 Sep 1807 John H b 27 Apr 1810 George R b 20 Mar 1813 Eunice K b 3 Jun 1816 Ephraim b 2 Apr 1819 Mary b 23 Mar 1822 WHITNEY Nathan Rebecca his wife Mary b 3 Sep 1826 Ezra b 16 Apr 1829 WHITNEY Reuben Hannah Stetson d 14 Dec 1816 married 29 Jul 1801 Easther b 18 Nov 1801 Jotham Sewel b 28 May 1803 Hannah b 10 Jan 1805 Joshua b 16 Dec 1806 Amanda b 25 Nov 1808 d 26 Dec 1819 Mary Weston b 13 Dec 1810 Sandra Tracy

WRG's Regarding the above booklet by Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett....I found my copy and want to tell you that the person who sold it to me had this to say in 1997: "No I do not want any orders for the Whitney booklet. I do not have the time to fill the orders. I found that info in some library, probably the Maine State Library. I don't believe there is a copyright on it. Rev Charles N. Sinnett did many, many family genealogies from the southern Maine area. His work is not considered accurate or very reliable. He was from Minnesota when he did the work." I have offered my copy to one person, but now know that others are interested, as well. So I wonder if there is one member who could scan and place it on our "page" for everyone to access( with the above warning about it's accuracy), then I will mail it on. Jan Whitaker

WRG's...Someone recently inquired about this book by Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett and I just found my copy and I would be glad to send info from it if you will contact me. Jan

I don't know if I'm sending this correctly, but here goes. I was in the cemetery across the street from my house today and I found a Whitney headstone. I don't know if anyone needs or wants this info, but I thought I would send it anyway. It listed: Aaron Stearns Whitney 1803-1880 Hannah Bradish his wife 1802-1883 N. Belle 1867-1942 Henry S. Whitney 1840-1902 Hannah Lawrence his wife 1839-1907 Ella C. 1875-1944 J. Dwight Whitney 1844-1917 Nancy M. Ryel his wife 1851-1930 James E. Whitney 1842-1927 (marker also saying F.M. Leonard Post 525 Dept. of NY GAR) Marian A. Lewis his wife 1847-1928 Mary C. wife of Chas. O. (maybe D.) Hall 1874-1902 I hope maybe this helps someone. Sarah Neugebauer Oh yeah, this was in Riverside Cemetery, Deer River Road, Copenhagen, Lewis County, New York

Source- Ancestry.com/ Online images/ 1880 Census- State of W.Va. Clay county Enumeration District-#24(Union) June 29, 1880 Family# 89 Paxton, Hays E. Age 65 Head of house farmer Abraham L. Age 15 Son Virginia B. Age 14 Dau. Hays A. Age 12 Son Samuel M. Age 11 Son Henry C. Age 10 Son James M. Age 9 Son James Age 8 Son Martha D. Age 7 Dau. Park, Amanda E. Age 36 Servant-Female Whitney, Benjamin Eli Age 34 Son-in-law Works on farm Fanny M. Age 18 Keeps house This is my great grandfather Benjamin Eli Whitney and his newly wed wife Fanny. They lived with Mr. Hays Paxton on Twistabout Creek, W.Va. They were married on May 23, 1880.

I got a email reject on this. > -----Original Message----- > From: Whitney, James E, II, NLSOP > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:21 AM > To: 'AJamesWhit@aol.com' > Subject: Info. promised on Silas Whitney/Vermont > > > Dear Cousin Jim Whitney: > > Just a reminder in case you got busy and forgot me!. I'm still > interested in that > info. on our common ancestor Silas Whitney/Clarendon, Vermont. Do you want > a self addressed-stamped > envelope? No problem. > > Hope your busy in the garden- > James E. Whitney, II > >