Hi there everyone' I know, I know, it's been a long time. But I just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth about the reunion. I think its a great idea whose tine has probably come. I am currently working on my family roots and just have one question for you.I wanted to know if anyone out there has run across additional children of Elisha, besides Arvy 7, b. 10 Mar 1802. (Elisha 6, Ephraim 5, Zachariah 4, Ebenezer 3, Richard 2, John 1). Just trying to knot up some hazy ends. Thanks, Arv Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com

Hi Wonderful Group, Even though I haven't connected yet,(which will be my goal before the reunion),I think it's about time this group gets together to meet.You are the best research group I have found, out of all my families I am researching. I most certainly will try to attend the reunion,I like the idea of MA.Coming from Florida and visiting New England(my birthplace)will be enjoyed by me. Thank you, Donna Erickson dje18@tampabay.rr.com

Hi to the other Jim Whitney, My daughter lives in Atlanta so I am familiar with the real convenient and not too expensive non stop Delta flights to the Worcester Airport. It is much easier to deal with than Logan although sometimes fog can be a problem. Best regards, Jim Whitney

I will attend the reunion. I am completely flexible on all arrangements. My wife and I will fly via Delta from Atlanta. Sincerely yours, James E. Whitney, II

Maureen-In my book on Guilford, Vermont I have 3 Cooleys, Julia, Nelson, System. At one time it was a very populated area and I see my family names of Whitney, Worden, and Ballou. Joan WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 7 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WHITNEY-L] Re: Logging on to chat ["John L. Whitney" <jwhitney@megabi] > #2 [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire? ["Maureen" <abc@empire.net>] > #3 Re: [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire? ["Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse@compuserve.c] > #4 [WHITNEY-L] Whitney-Edgemon ["Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse@compuserve.c] > #5 [WHITNEY-L] Lydia Curit Whitney [Chris Branagan <slainte@together.n] > #6 Re: [WHITNEY-L] the Whitney Boys [Chris Branagan <slainte@together.n] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WHITNEY-D, send a message to > > WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > [WHITNEY-L] Re: Logging on to chat with???? > From: > > "John L. Whitney" <jwhitney@megabits.net> > Date: > > Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:11:44 -0500 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Hi list: > > Is there a way to stay on the Whitney list but not receive the multiple notices of someone logging on to chat?? > > John L. Whitney jwhitney@megabits.net > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire? > From: > > "Maureen" <abc@empire.net> > Date: > > Thu, 11 Jan 2001 06:06:03 -0800 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Dear WRG, > I have found certain family members in the Berkshires. Does anyone know if there is a page on families from the Berkshires? > The Berkshires are located in Mass.They consist of many towns and boundry lines of a few states in New England. > Is there a page on families from this area? > Thank you in advance, > Maureen > We descend through Benjamin Cooley one of the first settlers of Mass. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > Re: [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire? > From: > > "Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse@compuserve.com> > Date: > > Thu, 11 Jan 2001 06:20:32 -0500 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Maureen: I am a member of the Berkshire Family History Association, > Pittsfield, Mass. and the association research assistants have been of > great help to me. The membership dues are only $12 per year and they > have a great number of resources. Here's a link to their web page: > > http://www.berkshire.net/~bfha/index.htm > > Good luck! > Jeanne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen" <abc@empire.net> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:06 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire? > > > > Dear WRG, > I have found certain family members in the Berkshires. Does anyone > know if there is a page on families from the Berkshires? > The Berkshires are located in Mass.They consist of many towns and > boundry lines of a few states in New England. > Is there a page on families from this area? > Thank you in advance, > Maureen > We descend through Benjamin Cooley one of the first settlers of Mass. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > [WHITNEY-L] Whitney-Edgemon > From: > > "Jeanne Muse" <jwmuse@compuserve.com> > Date: > > Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:01:24 -0500 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Dear Jane: Sorry for the long delay in reply. I searched all of my > databases and didn't find your Whitneys. > > If you haven't done so already, you might want to search for your > families on the Whitney Research Group site: http://www.whitneygen.org > > You might also want to join the e-mail group. Instructions are on the > above site. I have forwarded a copy of your message to the group in case > someone else has a connection. > > Good luck! > Jeanne (Whitney) Muse > jwmuse@compuserve.com > - ---------------------------------------- > Researching GOLDSMITH, REED, WHITNEY > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm > - --------------------------------------- > > --- Original Message -- > To: jwmuse@compuserve.com > From: Janicewb05@aol.com > Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:15:15 EST > > I am the great-grandaughter of a Hervey Samuel Whitney, born abt. 1882 > to > Frank A. Whitney and Matilda Edgemon. (Probably in Arkansas) > > It appears that both Frank and Matilda were married several times. I > can't > seem to get any information on ancestors of either one. Can you help > with > Frank? > > I'm very new to researching, so if you have any ideas, I would > appreciate > them. > > Janice Whitney Bush > janicewb05@aol.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > [WHITNEY-L] Lydia Curit Whitney > From: > > Chris Branagan <slainte@together.net> > Date: > > Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:13:49 -0500 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Does anyone remember a reference concerning Lydia Curit Whitney, wife > of Samuel (Benjamin, John,Benjamin, John) riding through the Maine > woods by horseback to deliver flax or wool? This would have been circa > 1790-1810 or so. > from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > Re: [WHITNEY-L] the Whitney Boys > From: > > Chris Branagan <slainte@together.net> > Date: > > Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:01:20 -0500 > To: > > WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > > Hi Larry! > > Sorry for the delay. My children have all been home sick with a virus: fever, > cough, etc... > > Anyway, I do have a John born on May 4, 1719 in York. He was the son of > John and Letty (Ford) Whitney who were some of the first settles in New > Meadows. > > John and Letty 's children are > > Mary Whitney b. March 12, 1704 in York > married Thomas Edward on October 16, 1723 in York > Samuel Whitney b. May 5, 1707 in York > married Lydia ? > Elizabeth Whitney b. May 7, 1709 in York > Hannah Whitney b. April 17, 1710 in York > Mercy Whitney > Mehitable Whitney > John Whitney b. May 4, 1719 > Benjamin Whitney b. May 22, 1725 in York > married Jean Brown in 1751 > married Mercy Hinkley in 1752 > this man is my gggg-grandfather > > In 1703, John Whitney (Benjamin, John) and his two brothers Timothy and > Nathaniel were members of a military company commanded by Captain Abraham > Preble of York. The purpose of this company was to provide defense against > Indian attack. According to Henry Austin, "This company comprised the flower of > York, or the young men of the town. " > > Later in life Nathaniel became a prominent settler in Gorham, and married > Sara Ford, a sister of John's wife, Letty. I have not been able to find > out if Sara lived with him in Gorham or not, she may have died by then. > > I have not been able to find record of Timothy after his service with > Captain Preble. > > John lived in York from 1704 until May 1719 and had a 20 acre grant. He > witnessed the will of John Moore at York in 1713. Braveboat Harbor was his > home in 1724 and he lived in Kittery in 1732. > > Unfortunately I don't have anything on the life of John b. 1719. I do have > information on his brother Benjamin, from whom I descend. I will keep my > eyes open for you. > > Although I have no members of my family from N. S. or N. B. I have been > following the progress of those of you who are researching that area. Good > Luck! Your work is interesting. > > Can you please send me any additional information on the above people that you > have? > > thanks, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > Larry Tracy wrote: > >> Hello Carolyn, >> A John Whitney b. 1719 has been a mystery in that after moving from York, >> Maine with his family to New Meadow (section of Brunswick, Me.) , he >> disappears off the radar screen. His brother Samuel b. 1707 also lives in >> New Meadow. The father, John I believe settled in Topsham, a contiguous >> town. The question I have is whether any of the Johns' in your line were >> born in 1719? This all relates to an ongoing research project of the early >> settlers of Maugerville N.S./N.B. along the St. Johns river in 1761-85. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chris Branagan" <slainte@together.net> >> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] the Whitney Boys >> >>> Hi Merry! >>> >>> Yes, I think the Willard is a coincidence. I have two Willards in my >>> family.The first is my great-great Uncle Willard Roscoe Whitney (his >>> father was John born 1808) born 1855 in North Yarmouth, Me. died in >>> 1925 in Springfield, Mass. The second is my grandfather John Willard >>> Whitney born 1889 died 1951. Everyone called himWillard, although his >>> first name was John. >>> >>> My line goes as follows: Me, John Carlton, John Willard, John >>> Carlton, John, Samuel, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John (the immigrant). >>> They all stayed in New England, except for John Carlton's quick trip >>> out to the California gold fields. I have a few letters and cards he >>> wrote while out there. What an adventure that was for a small town New >>> England farm boy! I also have the trunk he took with him, still with >>> the Wells Fargo Stamp! He returned to set up a moving business with >>> his brother Willard. >>> >>> Now ......Zerah.......wasn't he descended from John the immigrant's >>> oldest son John? >>> >>> Keep in touch! thanks, From, Carolyn Whitney Branagan >>> >>> >>> >>> MerryJWhit@aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Carolyn, >>>> >>>> I don't know if there's a link, but my grandfather's name was Willard >>>> Johnson >>>> Whitney (b. 1876, d. 1954), son of Abraham Johnson Whitney & grandson >>>> of >>>> Zerah (Zerah was also a gg-grandfather to our Allan Green). Ours went >>>> from >>>> Mass to Conn. to NY to Michigan (1836-1838 to Mich.). Do you think the >>>> >>>> Willard (instead of the more usual "William") name is just >>>> coincidental? >>>> >>>> Merry >>>> >>> [WHITNEY-L] Re: Logging on to chat with????.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire?.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Re: [WHITNEY-L] Cheshire?.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> [WHITNEY-L] Whitney-Edgemon.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> [WHITNEY-L] Lydia Curit Whitney.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Re: [WHITNEY-L] the Whitney Boys.eml >>> >>> Content-Type: >>> >>> message/rfc822 >>> >>>

WRG: This note to Rose was sent to me by John Baxter [jbaxter1@tampabay.rr.com] because it could not be delivered to her address. AEG Rose, this is a response to an earlier note from you about Rochester VT Whitneys and a later note about Deacon Jonathan Whitney. Some of my Whitney ancestors lived in Rochester or East Rochester VT.. The line also includes Dea. Jonathan Whitney. We may have some common relatives. My Whitney line includes: John Richard Richard Jonathan (Dea.) (b 2/26/1698 - d 11/18/1773 Caleb Joshua Oliver (Rochester) Joshua (Rochester) Celestia (Rochester my GGGM) I am interested if any of our ancestors match. Thanks, John Baxter

Dear WRG: I found this on the Rockingham Co., NH, maillist, and thought it might be of interest, applying to the manner in which our ancestors lived. Allan E. Green Household Tips {from "The American Frugal Housewife" by Mrs. Child (1836), qouted in "The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800's" (Marc McCutcheon p.96)} "Look frequently to the pails, to see that nothing is thrown to the pigs which should have been in the grease pot. An ox's gall will set any color-silk, cotton, or woollen. I have seen the colors of calico, which faded at one washing, fixed by it. Where one lives near a slaughterhouse.... the gall can be bought for a few cents. Eggs will keep almost any lenght of time in lime-water properly prepared. One pint of coarse salt, and one pint of unslacked lime, to a pailful of water. If there be too much lime, it will eat the shells from the eggs; and if there be a single egg cracked, it will spoil the whole. They should be kept covered with lime-water, and in cold place.....I have seen eggs, thus kept, perfectly sweet and fresh at the end of three years... If feather-beds smell badly, or become heavy from want of proper preservation of the feathers, or from old age, empty them, and wash the feathers thoroughly in a tub of suds; spread them in your garret to dry, and they will be as light and as good as new. New England rum, constantly used to wash the hair, keeps it very clean, and free from disease, and promotes its' growth a great deal more tham Macassar oil. Barley straw is the best for beds; dry corn husks, slit into shreds, are far better than straw. In winter, always set the handle of your pump as high as possible, before you go to bed. Except in very frigid weather this keeps the handle from freezing. When there is a reason to apprehend extreme cold, do not forget to throw a rug or horse-blanket over your pump; a frozen pump is a comfortless preperation for a winter's breakfeast. Very hard and durable candles are made in the following manner: Melt together ten ounces of mutton tallow, a quarter of an ounce of camphor, four ounces of beeswax, and two ounces of alum. Candles made of these materials burn with a very clear light. Honey mixed with pure pulverized charcoal is said to excellent to cleanse the teeth, and make them white. Limewater with a little Peruvian bark is very good to be occasionally used by those who have defective teeth, or an offensive breath". ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb Project, [ http://www.geocities.com/rockingham_nh/ ]

My vote for a time of the reunion would be sometime in the first week of October. A great time to be in MA. Sheila Stratton-Peel Researching Family surnames: STRATTON, WHITNEY, RUGG, INGRAHAM, CORWIN, BROCKWAY, and, of course, PEEL and many more. Take a look at my family history file! http://www.my-ged.com/peel/ Administrator for the following mailing lists: RUGG-L@rootsweb.com FENTON-L@rootsweb.com WYMAN-L@rootsweb.com LABARR-L@rootsweb.com PACKHAM-L@rootsweb.com PEEL-L@rootsweb.com PAWLOWSKI-L@rootsweb.com LABAR-L@rootsweb.com LENNON-L@rootsweb.com FAIRBANKS-L@rootsweb.com

I would like to come to the reunion. Since I am still unconnected I would like to have the opportunity to visit with other Whitneys to see if someone might be of the same line. My Whitney line was in NY, then MI then IA and then scattered. to NE. SD, OR., and other places. I am in the process of adjusting to widowhood and can not make definite plans now. Barbara Black in Sacramento, CA grdaughter of Rosina Whitney and ggrdaughter of Daniel R. Whitney b. 1822

Dear WRG, When we have very large get togethers say in our Church for example. We have them at a lake in the summer months and in the winter months inside the Church or in a hall. We set up long tables and everyone brings something. For example: main courses, salads, deserts, soft drinks. It is a nice way to get together and it is the least expensive way. Also if everyone was only spending one or two nights in New England, maybe the cheapest way for everyone to just bring their sleeping bags and see if you could spend the night at an Armoury for instance.(Who can sleep in all the excitement.) Sleep when you get home. I had a vacation last year.This was a first for me. I needed a vacation when I got home. But actually after one good nights sleep in my own bed brought me back to pre-vacation state. Their are also large halls you could rent for the speakers, and food could be brought in by local caterers. I am sure that any number of places would give a reduced price if a certain amount of people attended. If you were to cover Watertown and a migration route say towards Marlbourough, Sudbury, Wayland, Framingham, Westbourough, Upton, Grafton, Shrewsbury, Worcestor, etc. There are numerous cemeteries and places of interest along the way. There are many places to hold a lecture along these routes. This is a little input of maybe a frugal way. Maureen

Hey Shawn - Yes, Concord is Konkord, as it is spelled. To every rule there is an exception. It's one of the few names that really sound just like the spelling. Some other goodies - Gloucester = Glosta; Cities ending in "ham" like Stoneham, Chatham - last syllable is "um", so Chat - um and Stone-um. And then there's Wellesley - Wellsly. We're just too busy to get the whole word out! Lyn Shawn Whitney wrote: > Wait Just A Minute! > I live in Washington and I grew up in Orygun. And I don't say Warshington. And > I don't say Oreegone, like you people "back east" do! > > When in Boston several times a year.... I don't even try and pronounce the names > I see on the map. I just say "that place"... as in "hey you". I came home > this summer and told my mother that I fell in love with Concord and want to move > there. How do you pronounce it? Tee Hee, I should learn. I have been > spreading the rumor that it is pronounced ConKorD. Probably wrong huh? > > Shawn > > AT&T wrote: > > > Hi Lyn, > > As a matter of correction - very few Midwesterners add an R in the middle of > > words like watch (wartch) or wash (warsh). I have lived in MN and WI all my > > life and have never encountered this. I have traveled through Illinois, > > Indiana, and Ohio on many occasions and have encountered this very rarely - > > the 3 or 4 times have been in Ohio, and that seems more east than midwest to > > me based on a map. Whoever thought that OH was in the middle of the > > country? > > BUT... alot of people from the Northwest seem to do this, WA, OR and NE seem > > to come to mind. > > > > Just have to protect the reputation of the TRUE Midwesterner. <<grin>> > > Jo Hogle > > jhogle@mn.mediaone.net

Hey Jo - My Bostonian upbringing has embarrassed me yet again, despite my many efforts to overcome this. When I was raised, we were basically taught that anything outside of Route 495 (mid-Mass) is barren waste-land until California. I had to read Gone with the Wind to know there was a Southern point of view in the Civil war and have worked incredibly hard to differentiate between Illinois, Indiana and Idaho. But, alas, I did again err. As I think about it, the worst offender of the "worsh" pronounciation just might have been from Ohio. In this millenium, I have a general idea where that is, sort of next to New York. But when I knew her, I got the mental impression of "out west" and that has stayed with me. Thank god I'm in school again at this late age. Perhaps I should take geography????? LYN AT&T wrote: > Hi Lyn, > As a matter of correction - very few Midwesterners add an R in the middle of > words like watch (wartch) or wash (warsh). I have lived in MN and WI all my > life and have never encountered this. I have traveled through Illinois, > Indiana, and Ohio on many occasions and have encountered this very rarely - > the 3 or 4 times have been in Ohio, and that seems more east than midwest to > me based on a map. Whoever thought that OH was in the middle of the > country? > BUT... alot of people from the Northwest seem to do this, WA, OR and NE seem > to come to mind. > > Just have to protect the reputation of the TRUE Midwesterner. <<grin>> > Jo Hogle > jhogle@mn.mediaone.net

Something to think about. Summer before last my Aunt helped plan a Biswell family reunion in Mo. They had it in the middle of July (way to hot) and used a Collage for the meetings and meals. They even had use (at a good rate) rooms from the Collage. Since it was between semesters. They had located some places for people who like to camp or had motor homes such as state parks etc. Everyone submitted their linage and it was worked up into a nice lose leaf note book that could be ordered wheither or not you attended. They had tours of the Ancestral home and the old family church and cemetary where so many ancestors were buried. I was unable to go (my son was getting married that month) but I understand everyone had a great time and the only problem was the HEAT. Just something to think about. Hope it goes over great. Holly __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

In Texas, it's commonly pronounced *WOR-CHESTER* except by those who happen to bear the surname. Those unlucky souls pronounce it *WOOSTER* themselves but learn early on to answer to the -CHESTER version. Theola

Hi Sandy, I live in Worcester County and we have trailer parks here. Just off the interstate routes and within an hour of Watertown. Best regards, Jim Whitney

Dear WRG, This is how you would pronounce Concord. Concord=KawnKed, or KawnKid. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Whitney" <cyberboone@worldnet.att.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Worcester > Wait Just A Minute! > I live in Washington and I grew up in Orygun. And I don't say Warshington. And > I don't say Oreegone, like you people "back east" do! > > When in Boston several times a year.... I don't even try and pronounce the names > I see on the map. I just say "that place"... as in "hey you". I came home > this summer and told my mother that I fell in love with Concord and want to move > there. How do you pronounce it? Tee Hee, I should learn. I have been > spreading the rumor that it is pronounced ConKorD. Probably wrong huh? > > Shawn > > AT&T wrote: > > > Hi Lyn, > > As a matter of correction - very few Midwesterners add an R in the middle of > > words like watch (wartch) or wash (warsh). I have lived in MN and WI all my > > life and have never encountered this. I have traveled through Illinois, > > Indiana, and Ohio on many occasions and have encountered this very rarely - > > the 3 or 4 times have been in Ohio, and that seems more east than midwest to > > me based on a map. Whoever thought that OH was in the middle of the > > country? > > BUT... alot of people from the Northwest seem to do this, WA, OR and NE seem > > to come to mind. > > > > Just have to protect the reputation of the TRUE Midwesterner. <<grin>> > > Jo Hogle > > jhogle@mn.mediaone.net > >

Park the Car in Harvard Yard= Pak the ca in Havad Yad. There is only soft "a" not a long sound. We only pronounce "r" if it is the first letter. Sure=shuah. Butter=Butta. More=Moah. Four=Foah.For=Faw. I lived in Oklahoma one time.They had such a southern drawl. I could not understand them and they could not understand me. I wondah why¿? Maureen

Before going into this blindly, we might consider learning from the experience of other families who hold similar reunions. My last Whitney, Lucretia-7 (William-6, Thomas-5, William-4, William-3, Joshua-2, John) just happened to have married a WORDEN. That family's association has been holding biennial reunions for the last couple of decades, usually in the Northeast. The 2000 was in Rhode Island, the 1998 in Kingston, Ont. I haven't made one yet, but did get the brochures for the last one. They're pretty big affairs. (And there are many more Whitneys than Wordens!) The AUSTIN association also had a big bash in Madison, Wisc. last summer, which I learned about while researching an Austin ancestor, in the genealogical library in Madison, the day after. (Ouch.) If any of you have been to such gatherings, maybe you can tell us what works and what doesn't, and perhaps connect us with some of the coordinators. Worcester, Mass. is pronounced (with slight accent variations) just like Worcester, England, whence it got its name, and Worcester, New York, to which it gave its name. The founders of Wooster, Ohio, evidently wanted to play it safe. As far as "warsh" in the "Midwest", those parts of the Midwest settled by New England stock, such as the Great Lakes and upper Plains, have nary a trace of that pronunciation. Further south, like along the Ohio, it was settled by folks from the hinterlands of Philly, Baltimore and, well, Warshin'ton, D.C., and that kind of mushmouf vowel survives. Folks in Washington state, however, do not take kindly to hearing the "R" in the name. Careful, too, when comparing Worcester's pronunciation to "whist". That "H" isn't there for decoration-- it's still pronounced throughout most of the English-speaking world, at least by careful speakers. David Hackett Fischer, in his comparison of regional folkways "Albion's Seed", says that New Englanders were notable in usually losing the aspiration, or "H"-sound, in the common Wh-words, like what, where, which, whether, whither, white... and Whitney. (Schools in Michigan-- a state settled by New Yorkers of New England ancestry-- once made it a point to teach their pupils to pronounce "wh-" carefully. They were trying hard to rid southern migrant kids of their accents, and perhaps thought they should clean up their own act first.) New England was settled mostly from the Danelaw, and it might be more than coincidence that modern Danish cognates of our wh-words, like hvad, hvor, hvilke, and hvid, also feature an unpronounced "H". Whitney, i.e. "white island", would be "Hvidø" in Danish, though I don't think anyone has that as a name. (Perhaps the common surname "Vidø" sometimes has that meaning.) The "-ey" in Whitney would have come from the Scandinavian "ø", and graces British islands from Guernsey and Jersey to the Orkneys. Cheers, Ron Kyser

Hey Guys! Thanks for all the replies. For the lesson in pronunciation--that was great--you should hear how we pronounce some things out here in Wyoming! My Mother-the Whitney always had a great sense of humor, although she might tell me I opened a can of worms. Gee they were nice worms. You all make everyone feel at home. On what DEA. was. I'm really glad to know that. I've found lots of preachers in my Father's family so am glad to know in my Mother's family we have 'Deacons'. I am amazed at the parts of my little posting that you all answered. Some of you I will try and respond to individually for your great contribution. The Whitney site is great and I have found a lot in it. Acually it looks like the researchers have done most of my work for me. To those of you who had trouble with my E-mail address: especially John. I got your little note a couple of times. I've had this problem and can't seem to get it resolved. They say the problem lies with my server. It doesn't happen except when you hit the reply to--even then it will eventually come through. What happens is that quotes (and sometimes something else will crop up around the zella. I look back at some of these and its there even when it goes through. Actually my address is just: zella@vcn.com. Now to confuse you further, Rose Zella is my given name and I like to be called by both names. To me Rose is that naughty girl the Statler Brothers used to sing about. Oh yes some of my other incapacities are that I am also computer illiterate and I am old! Rose Zella

Worcester is pronounced "WOUSTER" or as we in Worcester pronounce it "WOUSTA". We have a tendency to drop the "ER" and add an "A" on the words that end in "ER"! Sharon Barnett ----- Original Message ----- From: <ALLAGREEN@aol.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:23 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] (no subject) > Dear Rose Zella: > > Hi, and welcome to the Whitney Research Group (WRG). You have given us some > good information, and we will be delighted to try and help you in your > search. > > Dea. is short for Deacon, and this Jonathan was evidently a very upstanding > member of his community if he was both a Deacon in his church and a Captain > in his local Militia. > > Can you give us a little more information about this Jonathan, so that we may > help you place him in the proper family tree? What dates and places do you > have for him? > > Have you found our WRG website yet? It contains a wonderful amount of useful > research data as well as several different databases of family descent from > early ancestors. Your Jonathan may well be found there already, which would > allow you to take advantage of what has already been done by other members of > the WRG. The address is: > > http://www.whitneygen.org/ > > and it includes an excellent search engine that will allow you to enter a > name you want to look for and it will give you all of the places on the > website where that name can be found. Naturally, not all Jonathan Whitneys > will be your Jonathan, but hopefully you will find something useful. > > Don't hesitate to write to us again, asking for further help. The county is > pronounced as the announcer said, but more like Wuss-ter rather than Woo-ster > (if any of my New England friends wishes to disagree, please feel free to > chime in). > > Happy Hunting! > > Allan E. Green >