Hello Chris, I cannot say for absolute fact that the following is the relationship you are looking for. However, it appears to be. This is what I know: Nathan Whitney, son of Benjamin and Mercy (Hinckley) Whitney, born abt 1768, married first Sarah Godfrey, daughter of Thomas Godfrey and Thankful Coombs. This would make Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney the sister-in-law of Abraham, and possibly the neice of Abraham's wife Apphia. It is possible, but unproven, that Thankful Coombs and Apphia Coombs, wife of Nathan's brother Abraham, were sisters. The intention to marry of Nathan Whitney and Sarah Godfrey was published in Lisbon 25 Dec 1793 (Lisbon, ME VR). I hope this is of some help. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Branagan" <slainte@together.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Lisbon > Hello All! > > I had a wonderful trip to Lisbon /Lisbon Falls, Maine last week. The > weather was very warm so I made a point of driving down to > the ocean several times. The main point of my visit was to do > some research on my line of Whitneys in that part of Maine > including Benjamin b. 1643 , John b. 1678, Benjamin b. 1725 , > Samuel b. 1774 , John b. 1808 and John Carlton b. 1845. > > To my good fortune, the Historical Society was open one of the > days I was in town and the folks there swamped me with > information about the history of Lisbon/Lisbon Falls. It was great! > > Among the information was the following given to me by Wilford E. > Barr of Lisbon : > > found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #29 page 174 > "Samuel Thompson of Topsham to Benjamin Whitney of Little River, > Yeoman: beginning at a large pine stump by the northerly side of the > Andro. R. and running up the River 40 rods to a small oak stump, and > running back from the River on a course N341/2 degrees East , and > holding the width of 40 rods until it comes to the Plymouth line, > containing about 100 A., it being the lot of land said Whitney has now > in possession. " > signed 15 May, 1786, recorded 14 Jan. 1793 > > Samuel Thompson was the agent for the early Pjepscot proprietors. The > Plymouth line refers to the boundaries of Bowdoin, later > Thompsonborough (Lisbon). > > > found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book # 36 page 226 > "Thomas Godfrey, Housewright , to Abraham Whitney, Yeoman: one-half > part of the rights and privileges of the Ten Mile Falls , so > called, with one-half A. of land adjoining ______ in equal halves > with the said Thomas Godfrey. (notes that Godfrey "is lawfully seized > of the premises as a good and absolute estate of inheritance in fee") > signed 25 March 1793, recorded 19 May 1796 > > > found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #36 page 227 > "Abraham Whitney, Yeoman, to Thomas Godfrey, Housewright: exact same > wording as the previous deed, substituting Whitney for Godfrey and > also notes that Abraham Whitney "is lawfully seized of the premises as > a good and absolute estate of inheritance fee". > signed 25 March 1793, recorded 19 May, 1796 > > > Note:the two preceding deeds obviously are intended to give the two > parties equal shares. It also indicates that they had a mutual > ancestor, but who ? Benjamin Whitney was the father of Abraham > Whitney, but Benjamin was not married to a Godfrey (see Whitney > Genealogy by Pierce, 1895) Abraham married Aphia Coombs, sister to > Thankful Coombs who married Thomas Godfrey. Is there any record that > Coombs owned water privileges on the Ten Mile Falls? > > found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #36 page 227 > "Thomas Godfrey, Housewright, to Abraham Whitney, Housewright: all > of Thomas Godfrey's privileges on the Ten Mile Falls beginning 54 feet > to the westward of the first saw mill on the falls, ..........etc. > signed 17, March 1794 > Note: this was only part of the privileges owned by T. Godfrey. > > > > found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book # 41 page 156 > "Abraham Whitney, Housewright, to Morrill Jordan of Cape Elizabeth, > Yeoman, one half of a grist mill now standing on the Ten Mile Falls, > which I hold in Common with Thomas Godfrey, together with the privilege > on which the mill now stands; likewise, one eighth part of the sawmill > adjoining the grist mill, it being one fourth part of the > ............unreadable > > > > That's all for today. More to follow! I'd be intrested in any > comments regarding the Whitney/Godfrey connection. > > thanks, from Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > ______________________________

Since I couldn't find what I was looking for, I decided to list out all of the WHITNEYs that I could find. Here are all of the WHITNEY births that are over 100 years old in the state of South Dakota. These records are available to send for if anyone is interested. Click on http://www.state.sd.us/doh/vitalrec/birthrecords/index.cfm OK, it looks perfect as I hit the send button, I hope the formatting works out on line. If not, and someone wants these, I typed them into and Excel spreadsheet. Enjoy! Shawn Whitney > SURNAME GIVEN NAME DOB COUNTY FATHER'S GIVEN NAME MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME MOTHER'S GIVEN NAME > WHITNEY ROY MARTIN 10/9/1874 YANKTON RUSSELL MARTIN ST JOHN SMITH LYDIA > WHITNEY EVA JESSAMINE 10/16/1880 BRULE FRANK WYMAN KIMBALL EVA VELINA > WHITNEY ODELL KIMBALL 12/31/1884 JERAULD FRANK WYMAN KIMBALL EVA VELINA > WHITNEY DAISIE M 2/16/1885 FAULK UNKNOWN WEARES UNKNOWN > WHITNEY EMRY GEORGE 6/9/1886 BRULE CLARK VANPATTER EMMA > WHITNEY CLARENCE WILLIAM 1/10/1887 MCPHERSON BEN W. MARVIN ELSIE J. > WHITNEY LOUIS W. 3/3/1888 FAULK SELWYN WEEKS LOUISE > WHITNEY GRACE MABEL 2/25/1888 JERAULD FRANK WYMAN KIMBALL EVA VELINA > WHITNEY LENA ETHEL 2/13/1891 CLAY GEORGE RUSSELL EDWARDS COREY LUCIE EVELINE > WHITNEY VIDA 2/20/1892 UNION ORSON DEFOREST BELLWOOD CARRIE LUCRETIA > WHITNEY RALPH MATHERS 10/10/1893 MINNEHAHA BYRON E. ROCKWOOD MARY > WHITNEY GLENN EARL 12/10/1894 FAULK CHARLES MONROE MOORE IDA ESTHER > WHITNEY WILLIAM JOHN 12/23/1894 BEADLE LAYFAYETTE WILSON MABLE > WHITNEY LEAH ELVA 5/4/1895 MCPHERSON ELMER FRANKLIN HUTCHINSON SARAH ELIZABETH > WHITNEY EDWARD VERNE 12/29/1896 MARSHALL CLARENCE KARN MAUDE ALICE > WHITNEY CURT KEM 4/8/1896 UNION ORSON DEFOREST BELLWOOD CARRIE > WHITNEY ETHEL ROCKWOOD 8/6/1896 MINNEHAHA BYRON E. ROCKWOOD MARY > WHITNEY ALICE ESTHER 1/16/1897 FAULK CHARLES MUNROE MOORE IDA ESTHER > WHITNEY VERNA MAY 9/11/1898 HAND IRVING BENJAMIN HEILMAN BERTHA JANE > WHITNEY AGNES FERN 10/31/1898 MARSHALL CLARENCE KARN MAUDE ALICE > WHITNEY GEORGE LAWRENCE 7/29/1898 MINNEHAHA BYRON E. ROCKWOOD MARY > WHITNEY MAYBELLE CLARE 11/4/1898 BON HOMME WILLIAM EMERY BENSON MARIAN BELLE > WHITNEY GLADYS ELAINE 7/3/1899 BROOKINGS MARK CURTIS CARRIGAN RACHEL P. > WHITNEY ELMER ELIAS 12/28/1900 HAND IRVING BENJAMIN HEILMAN BERTHA JANE > WHITNEY JOSEPH HOWARD 8/11/1900 MARSHALL CLARENCE KARN MAUDE ALICE > WHITNEY WINNIE FAYE 2/12/1901 SANBORN FRANK BARTLET SHOEMAKER IVA MAY > SPRINGER ANNA MAE 8/16/1871 UNION JAMES ROZELL WHITNEY LAURA ALICE > DAVIS EVA MAE 12/13/1877 LINCOLN JOHN E. WHITNEY NELLIE FRANCES > DAVIS HARRY ELIJAH 6/5/1880 LINCOLN JOHN ELMER WHITNEY NELLIE FRANCES > ORROCK FREDERIC G. 12/22/1881 GRANT GEORGE S. WHITNEY AMANDA J. > PHILLIPS FRANK ALLEN 9/28/1882 TURNER ADELBERT WHITNEY IDA > PIERSON RUBY ALICE 1/12/1883 AURORA DANIEL E. WHITNEY IDA LUELLA > PERRY RICHARD HARRISON 6/19/1994 BEADLE GEORGE WHITNEY MARY > COE ALICE MABLE 2/23/1885 CLARK SAMUEL AUGUSTA WHITNEY JULIA JANE > ORROCK ETHEL BEATRICE 3/2/1885 ROBERTS GEORGE S. WHITNEY AMANDA J. > PARMELY ISAAC CLAUDE 12/25/1886 HAND CHARLES FREMON WHITNEY ALICE MARIA > PIERSON FRED MARTIN 11/22/1886 AURORA DANIEL ERASTUS WHITNEY IDA > DAVIS LEROY FRANCIS 3/13/1887 LINCOLN JOHN ELMER WHITNEY NELLIE FRANCIS > ORROCK ELLA ELIZABETH 9/12/1887 GRANT GEORGE SWINTON WHITNEY AMANDA JANE > VANPATTER VERNON EDWARD 12/21/1887 BRULE JOHN WHITNEY MARY > EASTMAN ETHEL MARGUERITE 6/23/1888 DAVISON FREDERIC CARO WHITNEY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH > COE HELEN ELIZABETH 2/6/1889 CLARK SAMUEL AUGUSTUS WHITNEY JULIA JANE > ORROCK LEO ERTLE 8/29/1890 GRANT GEORGE SWINTON WHITNEY AMANDA JANE > BANCROFT GRACE WINIFRED 2/25/1892 MINIHAHA CHARLES HENRY WHITNEY ROSETTA > BANCROFT MARSEN FRANKLIN 4/6/1893 MINIHAHA CHARLES HENRY WHITNEY ROSETTA > HUTCHINSON LESTER ALLEN 7/4/1897 PENNINGTON WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY MARY E. > BANCROFT HELEN LOUISE 10/15/1897 DEUEL CHARLES HENRY WHITNEY ROSETTA LOUISE > BEEMER RUTH ELLA 10/14/1898 FAULK GEORGE WHITNEY EDNA MAY > CAMPBELL WENDELL MALCOLM 9/13/1900 JERAULD ROY ARCHIBALD WHITNEY EVA JESSMINE >

Ran across these while doing other searching: (ERIE and)HURON COUNTY, OHIO, MARRIAGES through 1838 [ERIE COUNTY was created from Huron County in 1838.] abridged from the Sally DeForest Chapter, D.A.R. 1934 transcription. WHITNEY, George ....SMITH, Eliza ....7 Sep 1835 WHITNEY, James ....WOODRUFF, Sally ....25 Mch 1819 WHITNEY, Roxanna ....PAUL, Dodridge ....4 Oct 1818

Hello All! I had a wonderful trip to Lisbon /Lisbon Falls, Maine last week. The weather was very warm so I made a point of driving down to the ocean several times. The main point of my visit was to do some research on my line of Whitneys in that part of Maine including Benjamin b. 1643 , John b. 1678, Benjamin b. 1725 , Samuel b. 1774 , John b. 1808 and John Carlton b. 1845. To my good fortune, the Historical Society was open one of the days I was in town and the folks there swamped me with information about the history of Lisbon/Lisbon Falls. It was great! Among the information was the following given to me by Wilford E. Barr of Lisbon : found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #29 page 174 "Samuel Thompson of Topsham to Benjamin Whitney of Little River, Yeoman: beginning at a large pine stump by the northerly side of the Andro. R. and running up the River 40 rods to a small oak stump, and running back from the River on a course N341/2 degrees East , and holding the width of 40 rods until it comes to the Plymouth line, containing about 100 A., it being the lot of land said Whitney has now in possession. " signed 15 May, 1786, recorded 14 Jan. 1793 Samuel Thompson was the agent for the early Pjepscot proprietors. The Plymouth line refers to the boundaries of Bowdoin, later Thompsonborough (Lisbon). found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book # 36 page 226 "Thomas Godfrey, Housewright , to Abraham Whitney, Yeoman: one-half part of the rights and privileges of the Ten Mile Falls , so called, with one-half A. of land adjoining ______ in equal halves with the said Thomas Godfrey. (notes that Godfrey "is lawfully seized of the premises as a good and absolute estate of inheritance in fee") signed 25 March 1793, recorded 19 May 1796 found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #36 page 227 "Abraham Whitney, Yeoman, to Thomas Godfrey, Housewright: exact same wording as the previous deed, substituting Whitney for Godfrey and also notes that Abraham Whitney "is lawfully seized of the premises as a good and absolute estate of inheritance fee". signed 25 March 1793, recorded 19 May, 1796 Note:the two preceding deeds obviously are intended to give the two parties equal shares. It also indicates that they had a mutual ancestor, but who ? Benjamin Whitney was the father of Abraham Whitney, but Benjamin was not married to a Godfrey (see Whitney Genealogy by Pierce, 1895) Abraham married Aphia Coombs, sister to Thankful Coombs who married Thomas Godfrey. Is there any record that Coombs owned water privileges on the Ten Mile Falls? found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book #36 page 227 "Thomas Godfrey, Housewright, to Abraham Whitney, Housewright: all of Thomas Godfrey's privileges on the Ten Mile Falls beginning 54 feet to the westward of the first saw mill on the falls, ..........etc. signed 17, March 1794 Note: this was only part of the privileges owned by T. Godfrey. found in the Lincoln County, Maine Deeds book # 41 page 156 "Abraham Whitney, Housewright, to Morrill Jordan of Cape Elizabeth, Yeoman, one half of a grist mill now standing on the Ten Mile Falls, which I hold in Common with Thomas Godfrey, together with the privilege on which the mill now stands; likewise, one eighth part of the sawmill adjoining the grist mill, it being one fourth part of the ............unreadable That's all for today. More to follow! I'd be intrested in any comments regarding the Whitney/Godfrey connection. thanks, from Carolyn Whitney Branagan

1850 IL Census Index Page 148 Name State County Location Roll Page Whitney, James IL Brown Township 1 South Range 4 West 4th Principle Meridian 98 159 Whitney, John F. IL Brown Township 1 South Range 4 West 4th Principle Meridian 98 159 Enumerated on the 27th of September, 1850 by Granville Bond 976 981 Rufus Inman 61, M Laborer Rhode Island Clarecy " 51, F N.H. Deborah " 28, F Maine Can't read/write Hetta " 23, F " " Calvin " 21, F Shoemaker " Sarah " 18, F " Samuel " 16, M Laborer " Sintha Ann " 11,F Ohio Willard " 2, M " Josephine " 5/12 F ILL 977 982 James Whitney 59 M Farmer Mass Solomon " 8 M NY Attending School Aaron Inman 13 M Ohio 978 983 John F. Whitney 35 M Miller VT Sarah " 34 F " Can't read/write Hannah " 13 F NY Attending School Jacob " 8 M " " Joseph " 6 M ILL " Sylvester " 4 M " Rhody Hamlin 39 F NY Can't read/write 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

http://www.historicalcommission.town.bolton.ma.us/main/inventoryforms.html INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Bolton 412 Main Street Hildreth/Whitney House Masschusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Area(s) Form No. 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY ANNE FORBES, CONSULTANT TO BOLTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION, APRIL 1998: ASSESSOR'S PARCEL: 4D-25 ACREAGE: 2.14 acres FILM ROLL/NEGATIVE: XI-4 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION, cont. #412 Main Street is one of several historic houses in Bolton that were built as one story cottages, and raised to 2 1/2-stories in the latter part of the nineteenth century. This is the only one known to have been raised from a "three-quarter" Cape Cod cottage. It is still four- by two bays, with the second-story windows aligned above those on the first. Because of the enlargement as well as later changes in detail, however, the house bears little visual reference to the late-Federal/early Greek Revival era in which it was built. The off-center ridge chimney is tall and narrow, and the side-gabled roof is steeply pitched, with a molded, boxed cornice which overhangs the gable ends. The top of the facade wall is trimmed with a wide frieze with a finely-scaled bed molding; other trim includes narrow cornerboards and a new sillboard on the facade. The windows have modern replacement 1-over-1-sash in flat surrounds, and the main entry has a ca. 1900 door with a large glass light and panels below. Its surround, however, retains elements of what appears to be the original Federal/Greek Revival entry, with boarded-over 2/3-length sidelights above paneled aprons, and narrow pilasters with a molding around the edge. Above the doorway is a wide frieze with architrave. Its crown is missing, its place taken by the shed roof of a twentieth-century porch, presently supported on square posts. There is no floor on the porch. The house is in fair condition, clad in wood clapboards, with an asphalt-shingle roof, and appears to have a largely rebuilt concrete foundation. A one-story ell that extends to the rear from the southwest corner is shingled on the east side, and has old clapboards on the west wall. This building is situated close to the edge of Main Street directly opposite Burnham Road, at the curving corner of Long Hill Road. A low modern fieldstone retaining wall lines the front of the narrow property, which extends back to the shore of West's Pond. Two outbuildings stand close to the house: a modern two-car garage situated next to the road, and, behind the house, a large, altered shed-roofed shed, (possibly remaining from the former barn), open on the north end, its other walls clad in horizontal and vertical siding. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cont. Formerly called the Woodbury House, current research has led to a change in historic name to the Hildreth/Whitney House. (Former address: 412 Great Road). According to some notes of historian Esther Whitcomb, this house was built about 1828 by Tabby Hildreth. This may have been Timothy Hildreth (b. ca. 1758), or more likely "Nabby" Hildreth, possibly of a later generation. Later deed research, however, shows that in 1824 Nabby Hildreth of Sterling bought what was apparently this property, with buildings on it, from Thomas Arnold. According to the same notes, Thomas Arnold, a shoemaker or "cordwainer", had bought the same property of 1/2 acre and buildings from William Watson in 1821. Nabby Hildreth may have been a relative of Joseph Hildreth, who from 1817 to 1835 owned and operated the former Holman Inn (built ca. 1730, burned 1890) on the property at today's 225 Main Street. The deeds show that in 1828, rather than building the house, Nabby Hildreth actually sold the property, to William W. Whitney. He married Susannah Smith of Harvard in 1829, and the purchase may have been associated with their marriage. Mr. Whitney was one of several men on this stretch of Main Street called "the Pan" who engaged in comb-making in the late 1820's and 1830's. Others were Elcanah Caswell of 443 Main Street (see Form #67), who used the nearby Sawyer gristmill to operate his machinery, and Orson Bailey of 421 Main (see Form #65), as well as a subsequent owner of this house, Orson's brother, Dexter Bailey. On the map of 1857 the owner of the house was Benjamin Bailey, while the map of 1870 shows it to be Dexter Bailey. Little is known about the Baileys, who may all have been brothers. Dexter Bailey married Betsy B. Woodbury in 1832. He was paid for moving the schoolhouse on the Pan to its final location just east of #442 Main Street in 1855, and, with Orson Bailey, (see Form #65--421 Main Street), was another one of the people on the Pan who took up comb making in the late 1820's and 1830's. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the house was owned by Frederick A. Woodbury, Dexter and Betsy Bailey's grandson. Like at least two of his nearby neighbors, he was a carriage-painter, (he painted the town hearse in 1902), and farmed twenty-one acres here in the early 1900's. For many years he was a member of the Rescue Hook & Ladder Co., a volunteer fire-fighting association formed in 1885. He was Steward of the association in 1888, and elected its Treasurer in 1889. In 1947 his widow, Hope Woodbury, sold the property to their son Robert Woodbury, who lived their with his wife, Mary, into the late 1960's. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps and atlases: 1831 (W.W. Whitney); 1857 (B. Bayley); 1870 (D. Bailey); 1898 (F.A. Woodbury) Whitcomb, E. About Bolton, 1988. Bolton Historical Society: notes on deed research for 412 Main St. Bolton street directories (in The Hudson Directory). Bolton Vital Records; cemetery records. [ ] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

Obtained from Atlanta-Fulton Library-Atlanta, Ga. Microfilm-Atlanta Journal Obits. C.V. "Sonny" Whitney Horseman, arts patron Saratoga Springs, New York-Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, a business mogul, horseman and financial backer of classic films such as "Gone With The Wind" died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1992. He was 93. --------------------------------------------------- I ran across this last nite while searching through volumes of microfilm. James E. Whitney, II

This thread is old but ... the info below is from an apparent cousin, and might be of some interest, especially to the descendants of Ruth Reynolds ... as always, if WRG or others have better research to back-up any differing data, their input is always welcome. -- Steven Wallace in Virginia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: rjohara@post.harvard.edu (Robert J. O’Hara) http://rjohara.uncg.edu/gen/immigrants/immigrants.html ROBERT REYNOLDS — From Michael Roman’s website: “It is believed that Robert Reynolds came to America from Nayland, Suffolk, England in the fleet with Governor Wintrop in 1630. [1] Evidence is not given but Rev. Moses T. Runnels in his Runnels-Reynolds Family writes, ‘from well authenticated “private records of long ago,” Robert is known to have been in Boston in 1632.’ [2/10] Speculation on these private records is that they were documents that had been taken from state records for someone’s private collection and that Runnels was allowed to use them as long as he didn’t reveal the source. Robert was certainly in Boston by 1634 as on August 10 of that year he was admitted to membership in the First Church of Boston and was made a freeman September 13, 1634.” MARY (PULLEYNE) REYNOLDS — wife of Robert. RUTH REYNOLDS — daughter of Robert and Mary. JOHN WHITNEY — John Whitney was baptized 20 Jul 1592 at St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, and died 1 Jun 1673 at Watertown. He emigrated to New England in Apr 1635 with his family aboard the Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper, master, and settled at Watertown. ELINOR (_____) WHITNEY — wife of John Whitney. Came to New England with him in the Elizabeth and Ann from London in 1635. JOHN WHITNEY — baptized 14 Sep 1621 at Islesworth, Middlesex, England, and died 12 Oct 1692 at Watertown. He was the son of John and Elinor (_____) Whitney, and came to New England with them when he was thirteen in the Elizabeth and Ann from London in 1635. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Wallace" <stevenwallace7@hotmail.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ruth Reynolds Whitney, wife of John-2 > Hi Sandy: > > Thanks for raising the question - I would also like to know! My own line > (from my aunt's records) shows us "dead-ending" at: > > o John Shattuck (son of William & Susanna Shattuck ?? no data) > o Ruth Whitney (daughter of John Whitney & Ruth Reynolds ?? no data) > > .... and they had a son, John Shattuck, who married Mary Blood .... I need > their vitals too. > > Any help will be appreciated! > > Steven Rollinson Wallace > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob & Sandy" <bfahrnbr@gte.net> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:09 PM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Ruth Reynolds Whitney, wife of John-2 > > > Whitneygen.org databases list the mother of Ruth Reynolds (wife of John-2) > as Mary Pulleyne, married to Robert Reynolds. > > I haven't been able to find a source that gives a maiden name for Mary, wife > of Robert Reynolds. > > Do any of you know where I can look? I have looked in these sources: > > 1. The History and One Line of Descendants of Robert & Mary Reynolds > (1630?-1928) of Boston, Mass., compiled by Marion H. Reynolds, Reynolds > Family Association, 413 Third St., Brooklyn, NY, 1928, p. 7; Los Angeles > Public Library, R 929.2 R 463-4 > > 2. Various Boston Town Records. > > I realize they were married in England, but I haven't gotten the courage to > jump across the pond in my searching. > > Thanks. > > Sandy > >

Your higly researched response was very commendible. WOW! That kind of research takes me months. I also got some good ideas. So all was not lost. I may still find out the Powers and Pousland connection in Marblehead, MA Thanks, Diana

A search of WRG files reveal the following: Vermont Vital Records to 1870 - General Index WHITNEY - B.H. thru Burdick Source: Handwritten index cards supplied by Vermont Town Clerks in the early 1920s from their town records and cemeteries. Cards arranged alphabetically by surname and then given name. LDS Film # 0027729 (White to Whitney, Je) Definite probability for error due to misinterpretation of handwriting of Town Clerks and transcribers. All towns have the original books which should be consulted for verification. Record Type: B = Birth ; M = Marriage ; D = Death Town Type Given Name Date Parents Notes Chester M Benjamin 12-16-1833 res Hartford, to Rosella Baker The descendants of John Whitney, p.191-195 Pierce's book 1218. ABRAHAM WHITNEY (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury, Mass., Apr 25, 1779; m. Rebecca HUDSON; b. in 1777; d. Jan., 1862. He d. in 1853; res. Hartland and Hartford, Vt. 2740. i. JACKSON, b. Sept 7, 1806; m. Caroline Matilda BAKER. 2741. ii. HOLLIS, b. -----; m. and res. in Morrisville, Vt., and New York state. Had 2 ch. 2742. iii. BENJAMIN HUDSON, b. June 20, 1810; m. Rosella BAKER. 2743. iv. LEONARD, b. -----; d. unm. 2744. v. BETSEY, b. in 1801; m. Jan 27, 1827, Almon RUSS. She d. in Mor- risville, VT. Ch.: Albert and William; res. Hyde Park, Vt. 2745. vi. HORTENSIA, b. -----; Charles M. WETHERELL; res. 29 David- son St., Hyde Park, Mass. Ch.: Wm. Herman, Lizzie Webster, Henry Lathrop, Anna May. 2746. vii. FANNY, b. -----; m. John NOYCE; has 4 ch. 2742. BENJAMIN HUDSON WHITNEY ( Abraham, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Quechee, Vt., June 20, 1810; m. at Chester, Dec. 16, 1833, Rosella BAKER, b. Mar. 24, 1810; d. Feb. 24, 1885. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 22, 1888; res. Pitts- field, Vt. 5233. i. CYRUS O., b. Nov. 17, 1838; m. Lydia H. GOLDSMITH. 5234. ii. GEO. P., b. Nov. 2, 1834; m. Apr. 17, 1857; d. s.p. May 5, 1864. 5235. iii. HENRY H., b. Oct. 29, 1836; d. May 6, 1864. 5236. iv. STEPHEN B., b. June 9, 1841; d. 1845. 5237. v. HARRIETT ANN, b. Apr. 20, 1844; m. Feb., 1864. Ephraim CLOUGH. She d. Feb. 2, 1889, and left 11 ch. If you need anything else-drop me a note. Welcome to the John Whitney family! James E. Whitney, II Whitney Research Group

Dear WRG, Perhaps our astute groupe can offer direction on the following puzzle that has lingered for many years on my desk as unsolved. In 1926, my grandfather mysteriously disappeared, Chicago being the last suspected area. At the time of my obsessive search, I spoke to Ginger LaVire, director of "Unsolved Mysteries" who wanted to run a segment because of its compelling story content. I finally backed away for reasons of privacy, and I felt that there was more to add to this story by further research. This was indeed the case. I was able to uncover a known picture of my grandfather taken about 1908 when he would have been 5 years old. Shortly thereafter, a large oval framed bubble glassed picture was found with my grandfathers name written on the back. I had a costume analysis done in Boston and found it was probably taken between 1910 and 1920. This picture is of a young man, perhaps between 15 and 20 years old. The confusion lies in the fact that my grandfather had the sa! me name as his father, and quite possibly the name on the back of the picture was the photographers notation as to whose family it belonged. And, the family to whom this large picture belonged, had always assumed that it was of my grandfathers half brother. I do now have several pictures of my grandfathers half brother for comparison. The above prefacing leads to this: I would like to positively identify the large picture as my grandfather or his half brother for obvious reasons. A few years back, only the FBI Crime Lab had skilled personnel to age or study the physiogamy of pictured individuals. My question is whether this analytical process has advanced and now exists in private labs or universities. I can envision a highly technical computer program, but don't know whether a 5 year old boy can be aged 10 to 15 yeqars. Analysis of the half brothers pictures may also give some clues. Does the Group know where to go with this one? Suggestions invited. Larry Tracy Jr. Kennebunkport, Maine

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To all who responded to my request, THANK you so very much. This WRG is really great. If any of you need something looked up in Idaho, I'm here. Thanks again. Ronna

Dear WRG, At 10:11 PM 5/11/01 -0600, Ronna Rook wrote: >Is there some kind soul out there who has access to the Pierce book >"Descendents of John >Whitney..." who could scan and send me page 444, 3919. John Stewart >Whitney to include his children. I would also need a copy of the book >cover and publishing info. This is for DAR documentation. I have tried >our state historical library but they don't do book exchanges and they >don't have the Pierce book. Thank you. Ronna I have complied with this request. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group rlward@whitneygen.org <http://www.whitneygen.org/home2.html>

Dear Vern and the WRG: At 07:40 PM 5/11/01 -0400, Vern wrote: >Hello, >I am new to this list and was told about it just the other night so I >figured that I would send in my first question now. > >I am looking for any and all information on the following: > >My GG Grandparents > >WHITNEY, Benjamin H born July 30, 1811 in or around Hartford Vt. >WHITNEY, Rosella (Baker) born March 29, 1801 in or around Hartford Vt. > >As near as I can figure out, they had five children, names and date of >birth below: > >George born Nov. 2, 1834 >Henery H born Oct. 29, 1816 (Question this date, could it have been 1836?) >Cyrus O born Nov. 19, 1835 >Stephen B born May 25, 1842 >Harriet A born April 20, 1844 (My great grandmother) > >Well there you have it, just another stone to overturn in the never ending >search for our past. >Vernon G Clough See this web page: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p346-350.htm#P2742> Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group rlward@whitneygen.org <http://www.whitneygen.org/home2.html>

Is there some kind soul out there who has access to the Pierce book "Descendents of John Whitney..." who could scan and send me page 444, 3919. John Stewart Whitney to include his children. I would also need a copy of the book cover and publishing info. This is for DAR documentation. I have tried our state historical library but they don't do book exchanges and they don't have the Pierce book. Thank you. Ronna

WRG and all, At 12:01 AM 5/11/01 -0500, Kay and Barney Ostertag wrote: >Does anyone have any information about Solomon Whitney of Rindge, NH in >1776. He was on the Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index for that >year. My ancestor Joshua Webster was also there. His son m Dolly >Whitney. Israel was born in Rindge, NH 1772 and ca 1795 moved to Ontario >Co., NY w brother Asa Webster. I had thought Israel and Dolly m in >Ontario Co., but perhaps he went back for her. My ancestor, their eldest >child, Polly Webster, was b in Seneca, Ontario Co., NY in April >1803/4. Perhaps the marriage happened in Rindge? Dolly Whitney was born >16 Sept 1782, I know not where or to whom. She is listed as Israel >Webster's wife from a Webster family record and also in a manuscript by >Winifred Lovering Holman on the Webster Family at the New England Historic >Gen. Library in Boston. Thanks for any help! Kay Ostertag in Minnesota I can't help with the parents of Dolly WHITNEY. Solomon WHITNEY of Rindge, NH, may be Solomon-6 WHITNEY, son of Solomon-5 and Martha (FLETCHER) WHITNEY [Nathaniel-4, Nathaniel-3, John-2, John-1], b. 5 Dec 1735, Concord, MA, who m. 14 Jan 1762, Lincoln, MA, Mary FAY. They had two children, Leonard (1763) and Silas (1766), born in Lincoln, after which I have no further record of them. F. C. Pierce says that he was in the Revolutionary War in a company from Lincoln. The other alternative is that it was his father, Solomon-5, who was too old to be father of your Dolly. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group rlward@whitneygen.org <http://www.whitneygen.org/home2.html>

Hello, I am new to this list and was told about it just the other night so I figured that I would send in my first question now. I am looking for any and all information on the following: My GG Grandparents WHITNEY, Benjamin H born July 30, 1811 in or around Hartford Vt. WHITNEY, Rosella (Baker) born March 29, 1801 in or around Hartford Vt. As near as I can figure out, they had five children, names and date of birth below: George born Nov. 2, 1834 Henery H born Oct. 29, 1816 (Question this date, could it have been 1836?) Cyrus O born Nov. 19, 1835 Stephen B born May 25, 1842 Harriet A born April 20, 1844 (My great grandmother) Well there you have it, just another stone to overturn in the never ending search for our past. Vernon G Clough

Carol, thanks anyway! I just thought I'd ask...it never hurts! Barbara ADAMS, ANGELL, ARMSTRONG, BABCOCK, BADCOCK,BAKER, BALDING/BALDWIN, BANKS, BARKER, BASSETT, BERNON, BIRDSALL, BLACKBURN, BOURNE, BROWNELL, CADMAN, CADY, CLEVELAND, COFER, COOKE, COOLEDGE/COOLIDGE/COLLYNGE, CORBIN, DARBE/DERBY, DAVIS, DEKLYNE/DECLEIN, DELL, DEXTER, DRANE, ELLISON, FAIRBANK/FAIRBANKE/FAIREBANKE, FIELD, FINLEY, FISK/FISKE, GREGORY, HAIGHT/HOYT, HARRIS, HATHAWAY; HEGEMAN, HOSKINS, HOWARD, KIP/DEKYPE, LEATHERLAND; LISPENARD, LIVERMORE, LOSEE, LYON, MAKIN, MARCH, MARSHALL, MOORE, MORSE, NASH, PAINE, PALMER, PEARCE, POPE, POTTER, RAVENS, ROBERTSON, ROSS, RUSSELL, SHERMAN, SMITH, STOKES, SYMONDS, TAINTOR, THORPE, TOURTELLOTTE, VERNEY, WALKER, WANS(H)EAR, WARREN, WEBB, WHIPPLE, WHITE, WHITNEY, WILBORE/WILBUR, WILLIE, WINN, WINTHROP, WRAY, WRIGHT.

for those who missed this in rootsweb this past week- BRUCE, MORELL, CHARTER, BALL, WHITNEY, PHILLIPS, STEARNS, and other early New England families. The Ancestry of Hattie E. J. BRUCE of Newfane and Brattleboro, Vermont. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mroman/atafel.htm gini