Here is the basic information about Erasmus Darwin Whitney (note, he was known to his family as Darwin) Erasmus Darwin Whitney b - 4 May 1824 in Wyalusing, PA d - 8 Jul 1898 in Seward, IL (moved to IL in 1845) m - 2 Nov 1847 to Laura Bixby Children: 1. Wilbur Fisk Whitney b - 1 Jun 1848 in Seward, IL d - 28 Feb 1937 in Byron IL m - 3 Mar 1871 to Lizzie Bunion (children: Eddie, Frederick, Laura, and Levi) 2. Cleora Whitney b - 3 Apr 1850 in Seward, IL d - 5 May 1872 in Seward, IL never married 3. Alta Whitney b - 5 Sep 1853 in Seward, IL d - 1 Apr 1855 in Seward, IL died very young 4. Emerson Bixby Whitney b - 24 Apr 1856 in Seward, IL d - 14 May 1932 m - 11 Oct 1876 to Sarah Bentley (children: William, Frank, Mabel, Artellisa, Homer, Mary, Carrie, Harold, and Sarah) 5. Sarah Lucinda Whitney Hobson b - 4 Apr 1860 in Seward, IL d - 7 Apr 1946 in Roswell, New Mexico m - 30 Nov 1881 to Herbert Hobson (children: Albert, Nell, Emory, Howard, Laura, and Herbert) 6. Newton Elbert Whitney (aka Bert) b - 16 Dec 1861 in Seward, IL d - 25 Sep 1949 in Roswell, New Mexico m - 31 Mar 1886 to Elizabeth Carter (children: Thomas, Ralph, Ross, Lois, Marion, Darwin, Emory, and Ellis) 7. Mary Ellen Whitney Ray (aka Mamie) b - 10 Nov 1870 in Seward, IL d - 14 Mar 1958 in Roswell, New Mexico m - 30 Apr 1900 to Walter Ray (Divorced) no children I have fairly complete information on all of the families since I lived in both Seward, Illinois and Roswell, New Mexico. Stu Pyper smpyper@AOL.com

Erasmus Darwin Whitney (my great-great grandfather) moved to Winnebago County Illinois in 1845 and was one of their early pioneers. He died in 1898 and his widow, Laura Bixby, and four of their children (Wilbur, Elbert, Sarah (Hobson), and Mary) all moved to Roswell, New Mexico. Laura lived until 1920 and her body was taken back to Illinois for burial. Wilbur finally returned to Illinois to live, but the families of Elbert and Sarah were all raised in that area. (Mary was married and divorced but had no children.) Today, there is only one person living in that area with the last name of Whitney and that is Ken who is the grandson of Elbert who came down there to take over the farms of his uncles who had no children. About the only evidence today is a short road which is named, "Whitney Lane" on which the mail box of Ken Whitney stands. (Note: He may have a son who also lives in the area but I am not sure.) The farm of Erasmas Darwin stayed in the family and was owned by the Elbert Whitney families up until recently. My great grandfather, one of the brothers of the above, stayed in Illinois and established he and his children on farms about two miles from the original family farm. Many members of the Whitney families lived in both Illinois and New Mexico at different times in their lives. I was one of those familles but I was the only child, my parents are dead, and I now live in Colorado. Stu Pyper

To anyone interested. I saw a Whitney Carriage on auction on Ebay. It appears it was made by F.A. Whitney Carriage Co. in Leominster Mass. I have no connection to this other then I am also a Whitney descendant. Have a look, it may be something one of you want. Item number 1425412204 or just type in Leominster when you search. Bev Hanner ************************************************************** Searching for LORD, HANNER, HAWKINS, WHITNEY, WRIGHT,McGEE,McKEE,COOPER,SMITH,TWITCHELL,BILLINGS. SYLVESTER, LAWRENCE, WHORF,WHARFF

Hello Jeanne, Thanks for interest in my family. I have about 3 inches of family sheets that are not on an electronic data base and am in contact with all families. Where do we start? How much is ethical to put on the site? Lets discuss. Stu Pyper

Hello Karen, Great to have contact with our Whitney branch. As far as your family from Esther, I had looked at the wrong generation. Dr. Elisha had an Aunt and a sister named Esther. RE Woodburn and Whitney connections. They must have been close friends of the Whitneys in Stockbridge Mass and in Wysox PA. In Elisha Whitney/Esther Clarks family, there were 4 marriages to Woodburns. My reference had to do with our neighbors in Illinois who were related to Woodburn and Marston families that were related to the PA families, before they moved to Illinois. My information is also not electronic yet and I have about 6" of family sheets on the Whitneys. Yes, lets keep in touch. By the way, have you found much on Ester Clark's family? I am at a dead end. Stu Pyper

Stu - and others interested in the Bradford Co., PA Whitney family; a few years ago there was a publication by the name of "Whitney Whistler" published by a very gracious lady who lived not far from me. I understand she is now living in Florida. Her publication was at one time online at the Whitney Research Group or at Robert Ward's site, sorry I forget which. In the various issues she had information of that family and some Washburn information as she was descended from Esther (Whitney) Washburn. You should give it a good look. Ben

Hi Stu, I live "just up the state" from you, in Wyoming, and will actually be in the Denver area in a couple of weeks for a business meeting. Anyway, I'd be glad to share what I have. My ancester, Esther Whitney Woodburn, was Dr. Elisha Whitney's sister. I've not done a lot of research on Dr. Elisha, as I've had my hands full with my own direct line so far. I do have some information from documents from my childhood, and well as excerpts from Heverly's "Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County (Pennsylvania)" and Hoagland's "Twigs from the Family Trees". The part I know the most about is Esther Whitney Woodburn, who moved with 3 of her sons to Washington County, Iowa, in 1856 after her husband Moses Woodburn's death in Wysox, Bradford County, PA. Washington County is where the next several generations were born, lived, and died. That's where I was born, also. My parents still live within 50 miles of Washington County. My direct line, from Esther is: Esther Whitney m. Moses Woodburn William Edwin Woodburn m. Elizabeth Emily Wattles Lewis Fremont Woodburn m. Susan Carrie Stewart Dee Glenn Beenblossom m. Blanche Woodburn Kenneth Eugene Beenblossom m. Ina Viola Hering Michael George Bree m. Karen Sue Beenblossom (me) Your message mentions that you have information about my family, but none of the names you list are familiar to me. Anyway, I'd be glad to compare and share what I have. It isn't all in electronic format yet, but I keep plugging away at it. Will be in touch soon, Karen Smpyper@aol.com wrote: > Karen, > I am a descendent of Erasmus Darwin Whitney who was a son of Dr. > Elisha > Whitney. He went moved to Illinois in 1845 and married Laura Bixby. > I have > the most information about this family that has been collected. I > would very > much like to exchange information with you since I do not have all the > > information about your family. > My great grandfather was Emerson Whitney, the brother of Wilbur > Whitney. I > remember many of your relatives including Laura Cooper and Mildred > Vietmeier. > I have your mother's information but nothing further. > Lets get to know each other, cousin. > Do you still live in Illinois? > I live in the Denver area of Colorado. I was born in Illinois but > moved to > Roswell, New Mexico in 1946. Thus I have known family there where > your great > grandfather was born. > > Stu Pyper > My Mother was Gladys Whitney > Grandfather was Frank Whitney > Great grandfather was Emerson Whitney > Great-great grandfather was Darwin Whitney

It looks like I've opened up an interesting topic of conversation! At least 4 people are researching the families of Dr. Elisha Whitney: Kim Holeton (Kelizah@msn.com) Karen Beenblossom Bree (longhorn@wavecom.net) Kate Hogen (Katehogen@cs.com) and Stu Pyper (Smpyper@aol.com) who sent me the below message today. Reminder to all -- please copy the Whitney List in your replies so others can see them and respond. Thanks! Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: Smpyper@aol.com To: jwmuse@compuserve.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Dr. Elisha Whitney (1797-1847) I was interested in your request for information on Dr. Elisha Whitney. I am one of his descendants. His son, Erasmus Darwin Whitney (1824-1898) went to Illinois in 1845 and married Laura Bixby there. I have full information about his family as he was my great-great grandfather. He settled in Winnebago County Illinois but some of his children moved to New Mexico around 1900. I have lived among both families in both areas. I now live in Colorado. Stu Pyper smpyper@aol.com

Dear Carol: Thank you for writing! Your message prompted me to add in Alexander's wife and their children, even tho' their birth dates are guesses. As you may know, Phoenix's "Whitney Family of Connecticut" contains only the names of Alexander Cogburn Whitney and Sarah Smith in Vol. 2 p1248. The only date is for an unknown son b. in 1873. I would love to have your family information for addition to the database. Can you send me a Gedcom of what you have too? Phoenix lists the following children: Franklin Pierce Whitney Rufus Smith Whitney Rowland Smith Whitney Margaret Smith Whitney Evelina Whitney -- is this your Evelyn? Watson Crawford Whitney ____ Whitney, a son b. in 1873 You can download my full Henry Whitney database from my web pages. Follow the links for Gedcom Files. The address to my page is below. If you'd like only the ancestors of Alexander Cogburn Whitney, I can send that too. Just tell what you'd prefer. Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------ My Roots Pages: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Cd5758@aol.com To: jwmuse@compuserve.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Whitney gedcom Jeanne, I had written to you earlier about one of your gedcoms. I would love to have a copy of the Whitney, my husband is related to Alexander WHitney and Sarah Smith. Alexander is the father of Evelyn born 1867 died 1941. Thanks, Carol Doyle

As I still see quite a few postings inquiring about the DNA project I thought I would pass along some information as I am still receiving a lot of it. This project is full steam ahead in one of my family lines. This is still my least favorite subject but thought the info is worth sharing for those who are interested in. Some of you may have watched the program, a NOVA special presentation on PBS and hosted by ABC Nightline correspondent Robert Krulwich, called "Cracking the Code of Life." I watched only a small portion of this program but understand it will be available by visiting NOVA's Web site, "Cracking the Code of Life" at pbs.org/nova/genome. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In cooperation with Brighmam Young University where they are running a project called the Molecular Genealogy Project in which they are analyzing how to use DNA to match up families for genealogical purposes, the family research community is running a special case study. (At this time there are about 18 known special cases for different family surnames.) The objective of this study is to create a data base that has information on the DNA patterns for the various families on a world wide scale. WE hope to use this data base to help researchers, (such as yourself) find the pattern that matches their family line so they can overcome the 'brick walls' that so many run into. This will be a multi-phase project. The initial phase is to collect a number of samples from males who are known to be descended from each of a set of specific early colonial or English families to establish the patterns to match later participants against. For now we are focusing on the males, but the females will come later and we will be open to all descendant researchers and those cousins that are strong armed into giving blood by their researcher family members. It holds a lot of promise, but there are no guarantees. For example. If we find that two families say from Connecticut actually come from a common ancestor, it will be more challenging to sort their descendants out from each other. Enter the BYU study. They are looking at far more DNA markers than any of the commercial efforts. The objective is to be able to identify the small changes from generations to generation and be able to identify specific ancestors for a family members. Again, no guarantees. <<<<<<<< This particular project is moving right along as they started testing sites April 20 and will run through June 16 in several large cities including Boston and in Canada and Hawaii. They are having trouble finding enough male s bearing the family name. Example--Family surname they have identified 24 branches of this family. They can only test at this time 4 males from each branch. (More daughters than sons and still they are testing the females LATER!) At this time to participate a pedigree has to be turned in, registered by the overseer before they will be accepted for testing. No just showing up at a testing site. They are working on a kit to send out to those too far away to participate--The blood would have to be drawn by a professional and expressed to a testing center in the proper time limits. OBJECT: TO ESTABLISH THE Y-CHROMOSOME DNA markers as a baseline from which they will start matching other participants as they come into the project. For a family to participate it doesn't look like a simple thing. Looks like they have to register the family as a special case with a center doing this research. Each family apparently has to have an over seer or coordinator and do the required things to participate and be accepted. Maybe this gives a little more insight into this. Rose Zella

Karen, Would you supply Esther's husbands first name and vitals. The following is transcribed from 1850 Census Image. Also if you could supply the first names to go with the initials of the younger sons, I'd appreciate it. 1850 PA Census Index - Page 1370 Name State County Location Year Roll Page Woodburn, Esther PA Bradford Wysox Township 1850 757 274 Woodburn, William E. PA Bradford Wysox Township 1850 757 275 1850 Census Roll 757, Pages 274 & 275 Enumerated on the 23rd day of June 1850 by W. E. Hale H/H = 153 - Family = 160 Name Age Sex Occupation H/H worth Place of Birth Remarks Esther Woodburn 51 Female MA Esther M. " 30 Female PA Theodore W. " 25 Male Farmer 1,600 PA Wm. E. Woodburn 23 Male Farmer PA page 275 I. (sp?) L. " 19 Male " " H. (sp?) L. " 15 Male " " Attending School H. I. Davis 17 Male 1,000 " Attending School 1850 PA Census Index - Page 1328 Name State County Location Year Roll Page Whitney, Bertrand PA Bradford Wysox Township 1850 757 274 Bertrand Whitney is on the same page of the census as Esther. Do you know his relationship to Esther? I'm thinking he is possible Esther's brother Ebenezer's son. 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

To Kim Holeton, I'm replying to your message forwarded by Jeanne Muse via the Whitney mailing list, as I don't have your e-mail address. I, too, am a descendent of Elisha and Esther Clark Whitney. My gr-gr-gr-grandmother, Esther Whitney Woodburn was the younger sister of Dr. Elisha Whitney. For a couple of years I've been intending to forward my data onto the Whitney Research Group's database. I'd like to first get all of my data organized and transcribed to electronic format, but time restrictions have prevented me from accomplishing that task. It will eventually come, however. In the meantime, I'd be more than happy to share any information I have. Naturally, the more recent generations are better documented, but I may have information that you haven't yet come across and would be interested in. Waiting to hear from you! Karen Beenblossom Bree longhorn@wavecom.net WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Dr. Elisha Whitney (1797-1847) > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 07:04:25 -0400 > From: "Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse@compuserve.com> > To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello to you too! > > I am pleased you were able to find information about your Whitney > ancestors. If you searched the Whitney Research Group's site > (http://www.whitneygen.org), then you know our current data stops at Dr. > ELISHA WHITNEY (1797-1847), son of Elisha and Esther (CLARK) Whitney. > No marriage information is recorded in our current database of the desc. > of John and Elinor, nor any descendants. > > Would you be willing to share more information on Dr. Elisha and his > descendants for addition to the database? I am also sending a copy of > this message to the Whitney Research Group in case anyone else is > researching your line of Whitneys. I'm sure there are others who would > be interested to know Esther CLARK's parentage, if you have more on her. > > Thank you for writing and I look foward to hearing back from you! > > Jeanne (Whitney) Muse > jwmuse@compuserve.com > - ---------------------------------------- > Major Surnames I am researching: > GOLDSMITH, HARDING, MUSE, REED, REGNIER, WHITNEY > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm > - --------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: keh beach > To: jwmuse@compuserve.com > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:22 AM > Subject: Whitney family history > > Hello > > Found your site today while doing some family research on the web > > My name is Kim Holeton > > My mother is Rochelle Whitney Claxton > > Her Whitney fathers are as below: > > Fredrick Earl Whitney and Irene Marshall > > Fredrick Armon Whitney and Latisha Hienly > > Wilbur Fisk Whitney and Lizzie Barton > > Erasmus Darwin Whitney and Laura Bixby > > Dr. Elisha Whitney and Sally Brown > > Elisha Whitney and Esther Clark > > Joshua Whitney and Mahitable Wilson > > Before them we know of Nathanial, Nathanial, John and John but have > not information about them other than John's trip here. You have a > wonderful site. I was please with your passenger list from the > Elizabeth and Anne. > > Thank you for the info!!! > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hello to you too! I am pleased you were able to find information about your Whitney ancestors. If you searched the Whitney Research Group's site (http://www.whitneygen.org), then you know our current data stops at Dr. ELISHA WHITNEY (1797-1847), son of Elisha and Esther (CLARK) Whitney. No marriage information is recorded in our current database of the desc. of John and Elinor, nor any descendants. Would you be willing to share more information on Dr. Elisha and his descendants for addition to the database? I am also sending a copy of this message to the Whitney Research Group in case anyone else is researching your line of Whitneys. I'm sure there are others who would be interested to know Esther CLARK's parentage, if you have more on her. Thank you for writing and I look foward to hearing back from you! Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------ Major Surnames I am researching: GOLDSMITH, HARDING, MUSE, REED, REGNIER, WHITNEY http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: keh beach To: jwmuse@compuserve.com Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:22 AM Subject: Whitney family history Hello Found your site today while doing some family research on the web My name is Kim Holeton My mother is Rochelle Whitney Claxton Her Whitney fathers are as below: Fredrick Earl Whitney and Irene Marshall Fredrick Armon Whitney and Latisha Hienly Wilbur Fisk Whitney and Lizzie Barton Erasmus Darwin Whitney and Laura Bixby Dr. Elisha Whitney and Sally Brown Elisha Whitney and Esther Clark Joshua Whitney and Mahitable Wilson Before them we know of Nathanial, Nathanial, John and John but have not information about them other than John's trip here. You have a wonderful site. I was please with your passenger list from the Elizabeth and Anne. Thank you for the info!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

-- Nancy W. Hicks nwhitney@zdnetonebox.com - email (512) 682-6973 ext. 1119 - voicemail/fax Well, Whitneys, the papers came and they weren't about Harry Earl Whitney at all....Am bitterly disappointed, thought this was a break! If anyone in the group is related to a Hardin Evans Whitney, Boise, ID, who was married to a Norma---let me know and I'll send these papers to you. There is a quitclaim deed, a will, and another paper. Till later. I'm gonna go cry in my beer!!! (glass of water?) nancy ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com

The "History of the State of Kansas", William G. Cutler, is online and there is one Whitney found there. It is also a great book for copies of maps of the various Kansas counties because it also shows the townships. It can be found at: www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/ The Whitney is found in Ottumwa, Coffee Co. and his information reads as follows: "S.C. Whitney, farmer, P.O. Ottumwa, was born in Essex County, New York, in 1826, and lived there eighteen years and moved to Licking County, Ohio, and lived in that State seven years and moved to Springfield, Illinois, and lived there twenty-one years and came to Kansas in 1871 and located in Franklin County and lived there nine years, and located in Ottumwa Township, Coffee County, in 1880, and has been engaged in farming and sheep raising. Mr. Whitney was married in Springfield, Illinois, in 1852, to Miss Isabel Wolgamat, a native of Pennsylvania, and has five children - Barbara H., David, S. Betsy, Katy, and May. Mr. Whitney is a member of the Advent Church." Hope this helps someone. Ben

Hi Beth, I checked the book. Unfortunately, I found nothing on the names you listed. With regard to Young, a lot of Scot Youngs came down the coast from Canada, as was the case with my Young ancestor. I am active in the Clan Young Society. Even found a direct cousin through the organization. They are a fun group and anxious to help. If you want information on how to contact them, let me know. They will be having their annual meeting at the Highland Gathering at Loon Mountain in NH in September. Good luck, Jim Whitney

I am searching for information on the parentage of Burnice Lawrence Whitney born in Cherry Creek New York around 1865. He married Lillian Crandall 27 Feb 1892 and they had 13 children. I'm stumped on this one, and any information would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank You! Becky Myers

In a message dated 4/17/01 6:11:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, AJamesWhit writes: > I have a book on the history of families of Gouldsboro with quite a bit of > information on the Youngs. I'll look to see if there are any of your > ancestors mentioned. > > Jim, Thank you. I have been searching for at least my Young side for a couple of years now. I don't even know what part of Nova Scotia my great grandfather was from but I figure sooner or later something has to give. Beth Always searching for WILLIAM DOYLE, JULIA FALLON, ALLEN HENRY YOUNG AND ELLEN GILL but only finding brick walls.

Hi, I'm having business matters with an Attorney Wells from White River Junction, Vermont. I'll ask him about the Wells Fountain in Brattleboro. I probably will be calling him on business tomorrow. I'm curious as to any Wells-Whitney connection there. Best regards, Jim Whitney

Can anyone give me some information of the Wells Fountain in Battleboro, Vermont? This has to do with my Father's family who also were in Vermont and I am finding a few connections with them and the Whitneys way back. Thanks for any information. Rose Zella