Dear WRG, At 11:15 PM 1/4/01 -0500, ALLAGREEN@aol.com wrote: >Dear WRG: > >Ray Brown, who is on the Northeast-Roots maillist mentioned today that he had >posted some new cemetery data on his website, so I took a look at the site >and mined out a few Whitney items. Most of these may be of use to the CT >Whitney group. > >Thanks are due to Ray. > >Allan E. Green >*********************** >New Preston Congregational Church, Washington, CT >Litchfield County, Connecticut, Prior to 1800 > >From Early Connecticut Marriages by Rev.Frederick W. Bailey, 1901 > >Joseph Whitney & Sarah Weeks ..... 2 Sep 1773 >Benjamen Jones & Thankful Whitney ..... 17 Jan 1775 >William Beardsley & Susanna Whitney ..... 25 June 1780 >Amos Jones & Thankful Whitney ..... 9 Dec 1783 > >Early Connecticut Marriages to 1800, in Norfolk, Litchfield Co, Ct >Congregational Church, formed 1760 > >Elijah Whitney & Rhoda Thrall,.............................. Jan 7, 1794 > >Marriages at the Washington Congregational Church Litchfield County, >Connecticut Prior to 1800 > >From Early Connecticut Marriages by Rev.Frederick W. Bailey, 1901 > >Paul Welch & Rosanna Whitney ..... 3 Nov 1761 > >Marriages At Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford, CT 1723 To 1800 >Transcribed by Jane Devlin > >Sam'l Whitney & Martha Howes on 4 May 1766 > >Marriages At Congregational Church of Stratford / Trumbull (prev. >Unity of N. Stratford) 1747 To 1800. Transcribed by Jane Devlin > >Aaron Whitney & Hannah Turney on 17 Jan 1769 > >Vital Records of the town of Salisbury, CT; A through E. from >Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Salisbury, >Litchfield County Connecticut, Volume I >Arranged and published by The Salisbury Association, Inc., 1913 > >Corpe, William and Bethsheba Full [ ], both of Sal., m. Apr. 1 >[ ]th, 1755, by David Whitney, J. P. >Dutcher, Arconche and William Whitney, both of Canaan, m. June 4, >1747, by Rev. Elisha Webster. > > >From Volume II, 1916 > >Ashley, Ann of Sheffield and Joshua Whitney of Sal., m. Jan. 9, >1770, by John Ashley, J. P. >******************************* All of these items already appear on the WRG website. See <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/ct.html> <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/vitals/conn/bbrindex.html>. Keep hunting for more, though! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>

I am still trying to determine the date and place of the wedding of Tabitha Whitney and Charles Markle (MAERCKEL). I have new information that the year was 1783. Tabitha was born on January 13, 1760 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Abraham Whitney and Tabitha Allen Whitney. Tabitha Markle died on June 14, 1818 in Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. Can anyone help me? Marjorie Newton newtm@pacbell.net

Thank you Kate. I have looked up Nehemiah and Zachariah and most of these names but I can't remember if I ever looked up an Isaac. I will also look into SamPubCo, I may have overlooked something there. Where there's a Will there's a way, sometimes! I have the Densmore "Hartwell" book. I consider it one of the most important books in my library. I was really hoping someone from Iowa would see my plee and come to my rescue. Right now they could be subscribed to WHITNEY-L as it is too early to plant corn! Thanks to you and everybody who has tried to help me. Shirley

With the possible birth dates you listed Isaac Whitney in this index is a possibility for Alva's father. 1820 NY Census Index Whitney, David NY DELAWARE CO. WALTON 094 1820 Whitney, Elijah NY DELAWARE CO. DELHI 054 1820 Whitney, Henry NY DELAWARE CO. SIDNEY 090 1820 Whitney, Isaac NY DELAWARE CO. HARPERSFIELD 066 1820 Whitney, Joseph NY DELAWARE CO. FRANKLIN 060 1820 Whitney, Joshua NY DELAWARE CO. FRANKLIN 060 1820 Whitney, Mary NY DELAWARE CO. MIDDLETOWN 078 1820 Whitney, Nehemiah NY DELAWARE CO. MEREDITH 073 1820 Whitney, Seth NY DELAWARE CO. DELHI 054 1820 Whitney, Zachariah NY DELAWARE CO. STAMFORD 087 1820 His wife's' family is listed in this book. The Hartwells in America Author: Lyman Willard Densmore Call Number: CS71.H337 This book contains the genealogy of the Hartwell family who lived in Concord. Bibliographic Information: Densmore, Lyman Willard. The Hartwells in America. Hartwell-Lorenzen Inc. Saginaw, Michigan. 1956. Page 48 1226 MARENDA-7 (John-6 Solomon-5 Edward-4 Edward-3 John-2 William-1), b Nov. 16, 1809, d Aug. 2, 1884, m Oct. 13, 1830, ALVA L. WHITNEY, a blacksmith of Harpersfield, N. Y.; removed to Sanford, N. Y., later to Mason City, Iowa. Issue, WHITNEY 2599 EMELINE, b 1832, d June 6, 1851. 2600 AMANDA, m(???) DEXTER, and lived near Mason City, Iowa. There were ch. 2601 GEORGE 2602 MARY J., m VAN PATTEN; lived near Mason City; several ch. 2603 DELOS Good luck in your search. Sincerely, Kate Surnames of interest: Mass: Sewall, Fairbanks, Peters, Morse, Devere(a)u(x), Quincy, Wight, Ellis, Elliot, Woods, Walley, Metcalf(e), Chenery, Fisher, Fuller, Flamer, Frye (Frie), Clap(p), Gam(b)lin, Beamsley, Aslebe, Hull, Glazer, Henchman, Burrill, Blaney, King, Knightly, Arden, Garnish, Wendell, Dekay, Flint, Gookin, Willet, Dolling, Pares, Palmer, Storer, Dummer, Hunt, Archer, Grazebrook, Keene Penn: Roehm (Westphalia), Morgenroth, Riebel (Alsace & Latvia) later Calif. Wash: Hanlon, Peters, McPhee, Murphy, McDonald Pictou NS Can.: Grant, Holmes, Crichton, MacIntosh, Ramsay, Sutherland, McLean, McDonald, Fraser, Munro Corrimony, Urquhart, Inverness, Scotland: Grant, Ogilvie, Keith, MacDonald, Rose Copenhagen Denmark/Oslo Norway: Tiemroth, Möller, Foght, Dittich

Dear WRG: Ray Brown, who is on the Northeast-Roots maillist mentioned today that he had posted some new cemetery data on his website, so I took a look at the site and mined out a few Whitney items. Most of these may be of use to the CT Whitney group. Thanks are due to Ray. Allan E. Green *********************** New Preston Congregational Church, Washington, CT Litchfield County, Connecticut, Prior to 1800 >From Early Connecticut Marriages by Rev.Frederick W. Bailey, 1901 Joseph Whitney & Sarah Weeks ..... 2 Sep 1773 Benjamen Jones & Thankful Whitney ..... 17 Jan 1775 William Beardsley & Susanna Whitney ..... 25 June 1780 Amos Jones & Thankful Whitney ..... 9 Dec 1783 Early Connecticut Marriages to 1800, in Norfolk, Litchfield Co, Ct Congregational Church, formed 1760 Elijah Whitney & Rhoda Thrall,.............................. Jan 7, 1794 Marriages at the Washington Congregational Church Litchfield County, Connecticut Prior to 1800 >From Early Connecticut Marriages by Rev.Frederick W. Bailey, 1901 Paul Welch & Rosanna Whitney ..... 3 Nov 1761 Marriages At Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford, CT 1723 To 1800 Transcribed by Jane Devlin Sam'l Whitney & Martha Howes on 4 May 1766 Marriages At Congregational Church of Stratford / Trumbull (prev. Unity of N. Stratford) 1747 To 1800. Transcribed by Jane Devlin Aaron Whitney & Hannah Turney on 17 Jan 1769 Vital Records of the town of Salisbury, CT; A through E. from Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Salisbury, Litchfield County Connecticut, Volume I Arranged and published by The Salisbury Association, Inc., 1913 Corpe, William and Bethsheba Full [ ], both of Sal., m. Apr. 1 [ ]th, 1755, by David Whitney, J. P. Dutcher, Arconche and William Whitney, both of Canaan, m. June 4, 1747, by Rev. Elisha Webster. >From Volume II, 1916 Ashley, Ann of Sheffield and Joshua Whitney of Sal., m. Jan. 9, 1770, by John Ashley, J. P. ********************************

All, At 07:40 PM 1/4/01 -0500, Ty Alexander wrote: >Holly, >I can't find these names/dates you list. But this is an interesting passage >from an email I received from Stu Whitney back in 1998: > >"In the Whitney Phoenix book on The Whitney Family of Connecticut, there is >a record (#394) of a John, born at Stamford in 1746, whome tradition said >had a wife and three sons and was last known to have settled at Prescot in >Upper Canada around 1800. And his Stamford relatives had lost contact with >him. Of interest is that this John's father's name was Eliakim!" > >Happy hunting! This page has recently been transcribed. See <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0106-0110.html#394>. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

Holly, I can't find these names/dates you list. But this is an interesting passage from an email I received from Stu Whitney back in 1998: "In the Whitney Phoenix book on The Whitney Family of Connecticut, there is a record (#394) of a John, born at Stamford in 1746, whome tradition said had a wife and three sons and was last known to have settled at Prescot in Upper Canada around 1800. And his Stamford relatives had lost contact with him. Of interest is that this John's father's name was Eliakim!" Happy hunting! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly Whitney" <hollysw47@yahoo.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] the Whitney Boys > I'm still trying toget information on John Lemuel WHITNEY b 6 Oct. 1842 > Prescott Onterio Canada d. 21 Feb. 1916 Talmage Ks. Married Margaret > Ann LANEY 8 Nov. 1866 b.15 Oct. 1850 Ohio d. 9 May 1931 Talmage Ks. We > believe that John had 2 sisters Ann & Lucy and 2 brothers Jim & Calvin. > One or more of these may have been a half sibling. John and Margaret > had 4 sons named Thomas Calvin, William Dunson, Martin Eickleberger, > and Elmer Lemuel. Any information will help. I've looked for this > family for so long I'm beginning to think they were highway men and had > changed there names. :) Who were Johns parents? who were Margarets > parents?? Looking forward to hearing from anyone who can help. Holly > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > >

Oops--Tim, excuse me. Harpersfield is in Delaware Co., not far from Stamford. Shirley

Yes, Allan, We have found Alva in 1850 Broome Co. NY census and in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa census 1860--1870--1880. (Alva was born about 1808-1810 Delaware Co., NY., depending on the researcher.) There was an Alva L. in the Militia Rollcall of 1834 in Stamford, NY; also in town at that time was a Nehemiah and a William W. Whitney, for whatever that is worth. There was an Alva L. as a blacksmith in Binghamton, NY, no year given, and when he married in 1830 he was a blacksmith in Harpersfield, NY. In Iowa he was a farmer and he was in Iowa by 1859 as he had a child who married that year in Cerro Gordo Co. His wife died in 1883. Another clue I tried investigating was the name Delos; Alva named a son Delos who was born in 1836 in NY. Any "clue" is worth a try! If I ever do find my fellow's heritage, I shall come a shouting "whoopee" in capital letters! Thanks for trying to help, Shirley

I'm still trying toget information on John Lemuel WHITNEY b 6 Oct. 1842 Prescott Onterio Canada d. 21 Feb. 1916 Talmage Ks. Married Margaret Ann LANEY 8 Nov. 1866 b.15 Oct. 1850 Ohio d. 9 May 1931 Talmage Ks. We believe that John had 2 sisters Ann & Lucy and 2 brothers Jim & Calvin. One or more of these may have been a half sibling. John and Margaret had 4 sons named Thomas Calvin, William Dunson, Martin Eickleberger, and Elmer Lemuel. Any information will help. I've looked for this family for so long I'm beginning to think they were highway men and had changed there names. :) Who were Johns parents? who were Margarets parents?? Looking forward to hearing from anyone who can help. Holly __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

In a message dated 01/03/2001 7:32:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, SLillo8858@aol.com writes: > My Alva was supposed to have been born in Delaware County, NY. Settled in > Binghamton, Broome Co., NY and was a blacksmith; then moved to Cerro Gordo > Co., Iowa by 1860. Dear Shirley: The above sounds like you found him in the 1860 Census. What was his age in that source? Allan

Thank you Allan. The first place I went to look for this Alva was to the Whitney Archives. He may not mean a thing for my genealogy but Any Alva is worth a try. The Alva, son of Joseph and Mary (Woods) Whitney, I have looked into--that Alva died young and unmarried, although he lived longer than 12 years, as he was 12 in the Revolutionary War Pension Files. My Alva was supposed to have been born in Delaware County, NY. Settled in Binghamton, Broome Co., NY and was a blacksmith; then moved to Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa by 1860. I have it that his wife died 1883, so it would be later that he could have been in Plover, Pocahontas Co., Iowa. Considering his age would be over 70 by Plovertime, doesn't mean he couldn't have taken another wife for one reason or another?!! I have found several Whitneys named Alva or Alvah and it appears both sexes use either spelling. In fact, today I found a female Alva. Well, my search continues for my Alva L. Whitney, Shirley

Dear Shirley: I have tried to find your Alva Lewis Whitney in our databases, but would really like to know more about him, i.e., his dates, or, if you don't know them exactly, approximately what time he lived. I have found an Alvah Spaulding Whitney in the CT Whitney database, born 10 Feb 1822, place not shown but his parents were in CT. If your Alva Lewis might have been born ca 1845, then there might be a connection. You gave us a place, but not a time frame. In the Whitny14 database there is an Alvah Whitney, born ca 1803, with no other information shown. There is also an Alvah W. Whitney, born 16 Dec 1832 in Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. These are the only Alva(h)s that I find in the main databases. Since the name is somewhat uncommon, perhaps one of these is related to your Alva Lewis Whitney. Have you gone to the Whitney Research Group website and run a search for Alva, Alvah, and Lewis Whitney? That might turn up something else from the many other sources to be found there. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Hi Ken, You and I corresponded a few months ago, and I sent you some information on the families of John and Almira (Turner) Whitney, along with the work I had done on their ancestors in Maine. I recall you said you were going to try to get to Washington DC over the holidays to see if you could uncover Whitney Civil War records. I was wondering if you indeed had found time to do that, and if by chance you uncovered any of my people. The eligible Whitney brothers would be: John Carlton Whitney b. March 16, 1845 d. Oct 17, 1917; Charles Loring Whitney b.Sept. 15 1851 d.March 31, 1882; and Willard Roscoe Whitney b. July 12, 1855 d. Dec. 28 1925. Willard may have been a bit young. Their father was John Whitney b.June 1 1808 d. Oct. 2 1887, but he may have been a bit old for service in the Civil War. I would appreciate any information you come across. By the way what do you think of a Whitney Reunion in or near Watertown in summer 2002? Jeanne and I will be discussing the "ifs" and "whens" soon. Happy New Year! from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan

Would anyone have background information on an Alva Lewis Whitney, one of the early pioneers in Plover, Pocahontas Co., Iowa? He may have been married to Mary Emily Kelley. Thanks and have a good new year. Shirley

------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: Whitney-Peters To: <jwmuse@compuserve.com> From: " Richard Saunders" <rjsaun@mediaone.net> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 21:53:29 -0500 Hi- I descend from the Pitre's on my mothers side. I do know that a lot of them changed their name to Peters. It sounds like Marie Elizabeth Pitre. Now on my Fathers side I have a Jane Whitney born P.E.I. June 2, 1834, If you come across her line I would be very thankful. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Jeanne W. Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com --------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/

Didn't know if anyone was researching the Whitneys in Michigan, but here's a marriage: 9 Oct 1889, Port Huron Linus Whitney, 20, White, residence: Kimball, born: Wales, Michigan - Farmer, Parents: E.K. Whitney & Alice Cole Nina Ruddock, 18, White, residence & born: Kimball, Father: Wm. Ruddock Witnesses: Mrs. S.A. Beman & Lenna Beman, both of Port Huron Minister: S.A. Beman There are other entries for Whitney marriages and deaths on my website. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mistcla2/ Sue Florida

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Dear WRG: Continuing the contributions of Laura Sullivan: West Cemetary; Ashby, Mass Rebecca Wife of Josiah Whitney Died Dec 3, 1859 AE 66 In Memory of Mr Josiah Whitney Jr Who Died Sept 4 1818 Aged 27 "In Faith He Died In Dust He Lies But Faith Foresees that Dust Shall Rise When Jesus with Almighty Word Calls his Dead Saints to Meet Their Lord" Lucy Ann Whitney, dtr Josiah & Rebecca (Rice ?): This death is not listed in Pingrey's Vital Records of Ashby, Mass West Cemetary; Ashby, Mass: Lucy Ann Dau of Josiah & Rebecca Whitney Died June 13, 1844 AE 27 Yrs & 9 Mos Glenwood Cemetary; Ashby, Mass: The following 3 stones are in a row. There is a space between # 1 & # 2 large enough for 2 more stones Charles H. Son of John M. & Emma A. Whitney Died in Fitchburg Sept 21 1872 AE 23 yrs 2 ms 27 ds Emma A. Wife of John M. Whitney Died Nov 24 1881 AE 66 yrs 1 mo 9 ds "At Rest" John M. Whitney Decd June 3 1886 AE 68 yrs 3 ms 1 d "A Good Husband and Father" Hope all of this helps someone in the WRG. Allan E. Green

WRG: Another contribution from Laura: West Cemetary; Ashby, Mass: Mr Josiah Whitney  Died Dec 24, 1842 AE 78   Mrs Mary Wife of Josiah Whitney Died Aug 24, 1841 AE 73 Lucy Ann Dau of Josiah & Rebecca Whitney Died June 13, 1844 AE 27 yrs & 9 Mos