WRG, I have submitted to Jon Aston a gedcom for inclusion in his John and Elinor Whitney database. The gedcom is for the family of Joel5 and Mary (Weston )Whitney of Jonesboro, Washington Co., Maine. Joel's lineage is John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Abel4, Joel5. If any of you have an interest in this family and would like a copy of the gedcom, I will be glad to send it to you. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD
Hi, I am new to this list. I am looking for Charles Whitney, born about 1847 in NEW YORK, and his parents. He married Sara Hulburt about 1872 probably in Pennsylvania. Two children, William Henry Whitney, b. 13 Mar 1873, PA, Mary Whitney, b. 1879, PA. Believe Charles was married once before, had a daughter. In the 1880 census for Union/Tioga PA, Sara and children are living with Sara's parents, Jonathan and Clarretta Hulburt. Any suggestions about how I would find out if Charles Whitney died? Or possibly left the family? Louise McCrite - State Coordinator Sacramento County-CAGenExchange: http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=CA&county=Sacramento CAGenExchange: http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=CA USGenExchange: http://www.genexchange.org/us.cfm Help keep genealogy free....Volunteer at the GenExchange
WGR: I had never met any of these Whitneys. I thought they might be of interest to someone. They were both in the local paper on Wednesday. Barbara Black in Sacramento. Sacramento Bee (CA) Wednesday, September 20, 2000 < WHITNEY, GREGG Died September 15, 2000 in Orangevale, CA. Born in Stamford, Texas, on July 28, 1929, to Gregg E. and Margaret Symons Whitney. Gregg is survived by his wife Betty, daughters Sheila Whitney and Robin Cooley (Matt), son Bob (Mindy), grandsons Patrick, Kevin and John Cooley, brother Chris Sarns and sister Sue Fisher. A graduate of New Mexico Military Institute, Gregg attended the University of Texas until enlisting in the Air Force in January, 1951. He completed pilot training with Class 52-G and flew the F-86 Saber Jet while attached to the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron in Korea. His career spanned 24 years until his retirement as a Lt. Col. at Beale AFB, CA. In 1973, he and his family settled in Orangevale where he raised quarter horses and restored classic automobiles. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the Fisher House (100 Bodin Circle, Travis AFB, CA, 94535) or Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church (11427 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA, 95628). A memorial service will be held at 3 P.M., Wednesday, September 20, at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church. PRICE FUNERAL CHAPEL (725-2109), directors.> <WHITNEY, ROBERT L. Born on January 14, 1914. Passed away on September 13, 2000. He was a minister of the gospel and a tailor in Sacramento for over 50 years. He leaves behind a loving sister of Oakland, Ca. and a host of nephews and nieces spanning over six generations and relatives through his union to Bessie Whitney. There were numerous friends, clients and religious associates who loved and respected Mr. Whitney. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2000 at Evangel Church of Deliverance, 3629 Del Paso Blvd. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. at MT. VERNON MORTUARY, 8201 Greenback Lane, Fair Oaks. >
----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Tracy To: Ken Whitney Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: Josiah Whitney - Update Just sat down to brief you on some new facts, when your query appeared. Although I don't know the customs of the time, it presents itself as plausible, since both Steven and David Whitney appear to be in Bridgton in the same time period. Ken,amnd those of the WRG that are following the Josiah Whitney dilemma, please check Archives for March 2, 1997. At the risk of going over mistakes that were subsequently corrected , and proceeding with investigation, please review the claim of this persons claim that he is a direct decendant of Josiah Whitney and Hannah Barstow! He claims that Josiah's son was Silas! Does he have information that the Group is lacking? I went into overdrive yesterday and found some information on the Cape Anne Association as it is oficially called. I have a partial document in my possession that includes a great many names, none of which are Whitneys'. The point of destination was St. Stevens, Nova Scotia, where these Loyalists were granted lands. I am told that some refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the crown and some were not able to pay taxes, thus, the dispursement of some of the group to many of the towns in the vicinity including Maine. Please be advised that this is an oral interpretation presented to me by someone who had researched this subject 11 years ago. Mor to come as facts develop. I feel that I must visit New Glouster, Me as soon as time permits. Nancy and I have dug into the Shaker records there on one other occasion and found a wealth of material on,ironically,onJosiah's grand daughter Lydia who held a notable position in the group. Something further may be discovered on the Josiah who purportedly went there. Larry Tracy Jr.
WRG, I am seeking your opinions on the customary way that records were kept in Maine in the 1700's. In the Vital Records of Biddeford, Maine Prior to 1856, John D. Beatty, Picton Press, there is recorded the family of Nathaniel4 (Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1) Whitney and Hannah Day Whitney. They had 9 children. One was born in Kittery, and the births of seven are recorded in the Biddeford records. However, Josiah, the 9th child, has only his baptism recorded in Biddeford, not his birth. I have been involved along with others in trying to sort out the controversy created by F.C. Pierce and Hugh McLellan about this Josiah. It has occurred to me that Josiah may not have been the son of Nathaniel and Hannah, but of Nathaniel's brother, Dr. John Whitney and his wife Jerusha Knowles. This Josiah was born in Eastham, MA in 1741. His mother, Jerusha Knowles had died, and at least two of his siblings were in the care of the Knowles family. Josiah and his brother Seth are unaccounted. Dr. John Whitney went on to marry twice more, with children by all of his wives. Perhaps Josiah was the adopted or foster-son of Nathaniel and Hannah. The Biddeford record says: June 7, 1752, Baptized Josiah Son of Nath and Hannah Whitney. If Josiah, almost 11 years old at the time, was their adopted or foster-son, would he have been recorded in the Biddeford records as their son, or would some other designation have been made? Also, was the fact that he was not an infant have been recorded? I would appreciate commentary from anyone with knowledge of the customary way that births and baptisms were recorded back then. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD
Dear WRG, If something was happening to someone and they felt like they could not trust anyone, where would they turn? Any ideas? Thank you, Maureen
John, Yes. I will be happy to give you the source of the maps. Here it is below. Copies of old Maps of Greene County, Towns and Villages. http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/order.html Hope this helps. Russ Whitney Author - Building Wealth - A Whitney Publication of Siimon & Schuster Sold Worldwide & on Amazon or Barnesnoble.com Subject: Order old Maps of Greene County NY towns - some have names of house owners - Alfred ? Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:32:56 -0400 From: Russ Whitney <wins@olsusa.com> To: wins@olsusa.com Copies of old Maps of Greene County, Towns and Villages. http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/order.html ps; Susan - John E Fischer wrote: > WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Subject: WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 221 > > > > Today's Topics: #1 [WHITNEY-L] Descendants of Alfred [Russ Whitney <wins@olsusa.com>] > > > > SNIP SNIP>>>>> > > I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the > > Catskills dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the > > "names" of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for > > some. > > SNIP SNIP>>>>>>> > > Whoever posted this - would you please share the source? I'd also probably like to order some of these > maps > > Thanks > > John
WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: WHITNEY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 221 > > Today's Topics: #1 [WHITNEY-L] Descendants of Alfred [Russ Whitney <wins@olsusa.com>] > SNIP SNIP>>>>> > I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the > Catskills dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the > "names" of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for > some. SNIP SNIP>>>>>>> Whoever posted this - would you please share the source? I'd also probably like to order some of these maps Thanks John
Dear Jean, I am Russ Whitney, author of the Book " Building Wealth", a Simon & Schuster c 1996-97-98-99-00 I have located my entire lineage all the way through to Alfred Whitney 1810-1865, of the Greene County, Catskill area of NY. We are stuck here. It seems the family has searched for years to find the parents of Alfred and we can not seem to find the answer. Do you have any tips or info you might suggest. If you can help, I'd love to send you a complimentary copy of "Building Wealth". As of a month or two ago, it was still #2 on the Amazon Best seller list. Thanks for any help you might be able to lend. Sincerely, Russ Whitney
Connelly, > Do you think this book may have the answer to Alfred's parents ? > It was too hard to scroll through and try to find it, so I am having my > secretary try to find this in "book form". I will be happy to "buy" the > book if I can find it. would love to have it for the Whitney Library > Collection, anyway. > If you've already tried this source, let me know. I will proceed with > ordering it. > Do you live in Greene County ? > Will wait to hear from you. > Thanks > Russ Whitney > Author - Building Wealth > A Simon & Schuster "Whitney" Financial release- 1996-97-98-99-00 > http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/home.html > --------------ADBBE8D1FE2AB2D8FC78B456 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; > name="home.html" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="home.html" > Content-Base: "http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/ext > racts/pierce/home.html" > Content-Location: "http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/ext > racts/pierce/home.html" > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>The Descendants of John Whitney</TITLE> > <BODY> > <CENTER> > <B> > <I> > <FONT SIZE=+3> > The Descendants of John Whitney, > </FONT> > <BR> > Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. > </I> > </B> > <P> > by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895) > <P> > Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999. > </CENTER> > <P> > <HR> > This book was transcribed verbatim, including any misspellings and known > genealogical errors. The Whitney Research Group will be adding links or > notes to areas with proven genealogical errors. In this transcription, all > surnames were capitalized, even though they weren't in the original. Also, any > surname which was hyphenated and thus broken between two lines was rejoined > to aid in searches. Other than these items, each line was left as it was in > the original. Because the original used proportional fonts, this can make the > right margin of the transcription uneven. > <P> > If you notice a transcription error, please bring it to my attention. > Send an e-mail to tdoyle@doit.com and I will make the correction. > <P> > In the course of this project, many of the pages were scanned and sent > to volunteer transcribers. <A HREF="scans/">Available scans</A> > can be viewed here. The final <A HREF="project.html">Pierce Project</A> > page which lists all of the volunteers is also available. > <P> Russ Whitney wins@olsusa.com
> Connelly, > Do you (or anyone on the Whitney L-Roots board) know the Norman > VanValkenburg that is referenced in this article? It says that he has > much folklore and tales of the Catskills. > The VanValkenburgs are related to the Whitneys via the Line of Alfred > Whitney (1810 - 1865) & his wife Phoebe Hammond (Whitney) (of the > Catskill NY area),,,, so perhaps Norman VanValkenburg may be able to > help us find info on Alfreds parents. > I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the > Catskills dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the > "names" of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for > some. > Connelly, do you know what was the "exact" town that Alfred lived in? > How about Walter B ( 1 & 2) ? Was it Lexington, Westkill, > Bushnellville, Jewitt, NY, etc? > Thanks for any info anyone may be able to lend..... > Russ Whitney > Author - Building Wealth - A Simon & Schuster "Whitney", Financial > Release. > Available in all major bookstores, Amazon & Barnesnoble.com > --------------AD1D217B073E6BBDED68893C > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > <html> > Connelly, > <p>Do you (or anyone on the Whitney L-Roots board) know the > Norman VanValkenburg that is referenced in this article? It says > that he has much folklore and tales of the Catskills. > <p>The VanValkenburgs are related to the Whitneys via the Line of Alfred > Whitney (1810 - 1865) & his wife Phoebe Hammond (Whitney) > (of the Catskill NY area),,,, so perhaps Norman VanValkenburg may > be able to help us find info on Alfreds parents. > <p>I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the Catskills > dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the "names" > of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for some. > <p>Connelly, do you know what was the "exact" town that Alfred lived in? > How about Walter B ( 1 & 2) ? Was it Lexington, Westkill, > Bushnellville, Jewitt, NY, etc? > <p>Thanks for any info anyone may be able to lend..... > <br> > <p>Russ Whitney > <br>Author - Building Wealth - A Simon & Schuster <b>"Whitney"</b>, > Financial Release. > <br>Available in all major bookstores, Amazon & Barnesnoble.com</html> > --------------AD1D217B073E6BBDED68893C-- > --------------22AAA9C4A76BF94DC05FFF0C > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > Return-Path: <wins@truman.olsusa.com> > Received: from olsusa.com ([207.30.195.26]) by ns1.olsusa.com > (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) > with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; > Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:37:14 -0400 > Message-ID: <39C53242.17A7C823@olsusa.com> > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:06:10 -0400 > From: Russ Whitney <wins@olsusa.com> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: wins@olsusa.com > Subject: Catskill Forest Preserve - Note reference and contact info for a Norman > VanValkenburg - Whitney cousin, most likely > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="------------4BD41A6459DAB2F10EEA07B5" > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------4BD41A6459DAB2F10EEA07B5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Note the reference at the bottom of this page to Norman VanValkenburg. > VanValkenburgs are related to Whitneys. This Vanvalkenburg is aformer > Director of NY Division of lands. Notes that he also is an authoreof > Forest History in the Catskills. > He lives in Saugerties with his wife. 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Van Valkenburgh</I><BR> > from the September 1997 issue of <I>The Forest Preserve</I></A> > <P> > <I>Editors Note: This excerpt is taken from The Forest Preserve of New York State in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains: A Short History by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh, 1996, published by Purple Mountain Press, in cooperation with the Adirondack Research Library of The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.</I> > <P> > In 1883, the legislature succumbed ... and passed a law prohibiting the further sale of state land in ten of the twelve Adirondack counties. But still, no mention was made of the Catskills. > <P> > Another commission was appointed in 1884 and directed to "investigate and report a system of forest preservation." This so-called Forestry Commission submitted its report in early 1885 and agreed with the recommendation made by the earlier Commission of State Parks: Preserve the Adirondacks before it is too late. The commissioners reported they had "visited the forest region of Ulster and Delaware counties," but disposed of the Catskills in a single paragraph in the fifty-seven page report, concluding, "The protection of these forests is, however, of less general importance than the preservation of the Adirondack forests. The possibility of their yielding merchantible timber again in any considerable quantities is at best remote; and they guard no streams of more than local influence . . ." > <P> > To effect its recommendations, the commission drafted bills to create a forest preserve consisting of more than 681,000 acres of state land in eleven of the twelve Adirondack counties. Thus, a Catskill Forest Preserve seemed to become extinct before it ever came into being. > <P> > However, behind the scenes, some political jousting was going on involving Ulster County, Cornelius A. J. Hardenburgh (sometimes chairman of the county board of supervisors), and Alfred C. Chapin (comptroller of the State of New York). The basis for this upset was an 1879 law compelling Ulster to acquire all lands in the county not sold for arrears in taxes and, then, to pay taxes on these lands to the state. > <P> > Cornelius Hardenburgh was a firm opponent of taxes of any sort, and an admiring public elected him supervisor of the town of Shawangunk. In 1884, they promoted him to the state assembly. As town supervisor and member and chairman of the board of supervisors, he influenced the decision of the county to not pay the taxes due the state on the tax-sale lands. By 1884, Ulster County owed over $40,000 to the state, and Chapin brought suit to collect. As the 1885 legislative session met, Assemblyman Hardenburgh promptly introduced a bill (which was signed into law on April 20, 1885) to repeal the 1879 law and convey the county-owned lands to the state. With this law, Hardenburgh wiped out Ulster County's debt and, maybe without realizing it, brought the Catskills into the forest preserve business . . . > <P> > The Catskill Forest Preserve, at its inception, consisted of a grand total of 33,894 acres, all but 1,163 acres being in Ulster County. And Cornelius Hardenburgh had the last laugh. The lands constituting the Forest Preserve are taxable; instead of Ulster County being in arrears, the state has since paid taxes on these same lands to the county. While Hardenburgh's goal may not have been forest and watershed preservation, without his intervention creation of the Catskill forest Preserve would have been years away - or never. Norman Van Valkenburg is a former Director of New York State's Division of Lands and Forests, an active surveyor with the Mohawk Preserve, and a preeminent author of NYS Forest Preserve history as well as fascinating tales of the Catskills. He lives in Saugerties with his wife Dot.
I have some information from various sources on the following Whitneys, Whitney descendents, or spouses. It is compiled on many pages so I will just note the names here and if you can claim any of these, let me know and I will transcribe the information. The following have biographical sketches: CHANDLER, William Henry - b. Dec 13, 1841; son of Charles & Sarah(WHITNEY) Chandler. (chemist) CLAP, Thomas - b. Jun 26, 1703; m 1727, Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel WHITNEY (educator) COOMBS, Charles Whitney - b Dec 25, 1859; son of L. Augustine & Caroline (WHITNEY) Coombs (musician) CRAGIN, Aaron Harrison - b. Feb 3, 1821; son of Aaron & Sarah (WHITNEY) Cragin. (senator) WHITNEY, Caroline Leslie - b Nov 10, 1853; dau of Seth D. & Adeline Dutton (TRAIN) Whitney. Married to James A. FIELD. (Author - known as Caroline Leslie Field) HOWE, Mark Antony DeWolfe - b. Apr 5, 1808 married (2nd) to Eliza WHITNEY (First bishop of Central PA) MORSE, Anson Daniel - b Aug 13, 1846; grandson of Anson & Eunice (WHITNEY) BUCK (educator) PARKER, Nahum - b. Mar 14, 1760; grandson of Andrew & Sarah (WHITNEY) Parker (senator) PHOENIX, Jonas Phillips - b Jan 14, 1788; m. 1810 Mary, dau of Stephen & Harriet (SUYDAM ) WHITNEY (representative) also noted - son, Stephen Whitney Phoenix (antiquarian) GREEN, Anna Katharine - b Nov 11 1846; dau of James Wilson & Catherine Ann (WHITNEY) Green; married Charles ROHLFS (Author known as Anna K Rohlfs) SHAW, Leslie Mortier - b Nov 2, 1848; grandson of Benoni & Hannah (WHITNEY) Shaw. (cabinet officer) TENNEY, Edward Payson - b Sept 29, 1835; married (2nd) Ellen, dau of Timothy & Elizabeth (WHITNEY) WEEKS (author) WASHBURN, William Barrett - b. Jan 31, 1820; son of Asa & Phebe (WHITNEY) Washburn (governor of MA) TRAIN, Adeline Dutton - b Sept 15, 1824; married Seth Dunbar WHITNEY (Author known as Adeline Dutton Train Whitney) WHITNEY, Asa - b Dec 1, 1791 - d Jun 4, 1874 (inventor) WHITNEY, Eli - b Dec 8, 1765 (inventor) WHITNEY, Henry Mitchell - b Jan 16, 1843; son of Josiah Dwight & Clarissa (JAMES) Whitney. (librarian and educator) WHITNEY, James Lyman - b Nov 28, 1835; son of Josiah Dwight & Clarissa (JAMES) Whitney (librarian) WHITNEY, Josiah Dwight, Jr - b Nov 23, 1819; son of Josiah Dwight & Sarah (WILLISTON) Whitney. (geologist) WHITNEY, William Collins - b July 15, 1841; son of Gen. James Scollay Whitney. (cabinet officer) WHITNEY, WIlliam Dwight - b Feb 9 , 1827; son of Josiah Dwight & Sarah (WILLISTON) Whitney. (philologist) WHITNEY, Henry Clay - b Feb 23, 1831 (lawyer, state senator, author) WHITNEY, Anne - b. Sept 2, 1821 (sculptor, poet) WHITNEY, Asa - b. 1797 d Aug, 1872 (merchant, author) WHITNEY, Caspar - b 1861 (journalist, author) WHITNEY, CHARLES S - b Feb 9, 1824 (railroad president) WHITNEY, Eugene - b Dec 11, 1838 d Jan 27, 1889 (author) WHITNEY, Frederic Augustus - b Sept 13, 1812 d Oct 21, 1820 (clergyman, author) WHITNEY, George - b July 2, 1804 d Apr 2, 1842 (clergyman, author) WHITNEY, George J. - b Jan 26, 1819 (railroad manager) WHITNEY, James Amaziah - b June 30, 1839 (chemist, author) WHITNEY, (Joseph) Ernest - b 1858 (educator, author) WHITNEY, Josiah Dwight - b. Nove 23, 1819 d 1896 (educator, geologist, author) WHITNEY, Levi Lincoln - b Jan 20, 1858 (manufacturer, legislator) GODDARD, Louisa - b Dec 17, 1819; married to ? WHITNEY (author) WHITNEY, Milton Burrall - b Oct 6, 1825 (lawyer, legislator) WHITNEY, Myron W - b Sept 5, 1836 (singer) WHITNEY, Orson F. - b Jul 1, 1855 (clergyman, author, poet) WHITNEY, Peter - b Sept 6, 1744 d Feb 29, 1816 (clergyman, author) WHITNEY, Thomas Richard - b 1804 d Apr 12, 1858 (journalist, congressman, author) WHITNEY, Alexander - d. May 13, 1842 - age 32 WHITNEY, Asa - d Jun 4, 1874 well known car manufacturer WHITNEY, Elias - d June 1860 age 91 WHITNEY, James P. - d Jan 24, 1847 age 44 state senate WHITNEY, Stephen - d Feb 16, 1860 merchant in NY VANDERBILT, Getrude - Mrs Harry Payne WHITNEY (and other Vanderbilt history mentioned) WHITNEY, Love - mentioned in an extensive biography of BOYNTON, Helen Augusta MASON (wife of Henry Boynton) ALLEN, Eleanor Whitney - dau of Thomas and Eleanor Goddard (WHITNEY) Allen. The following is from the Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army. Only rank and service info is given. WHITNEY: Josiah, Lieutenant-Colonel Abner (MA) Benjamin (VT) Francis (MD) Henry (RI) Jonathan (CT) Josiah (MA) Joshua (CT) Josiah (CT) Levi (MA)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------75250DFBD68EE66E5858982C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------75250DFBD68EE66E5858982C Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.123]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:13:36 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8FGJbU02655; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:19:37 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:19:37 -0700 X-Original-Sender: wins@truman.olsusa.com Fri Sep 15 09:19:36 2000 Message-ID: <39C24C60.3ADD08F5@olsusa.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:20:48 -0400 From: wins@olsusa.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: whitney <whitney-l@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys - New York - Decendants of Walter or Alfred Resent-Message-ID: <IKo_rB.A.Tp.Zwkw5@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4570 X-Loop: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Evan, My name is Russ Whitney. I am also searching for my family heritage. My son is Russell "Walter" Whitney. My father was Russell "Walter" Whitney. I have been able to DEFINITELY trace the heritage as follows. I don't know if this is a connection to you or not,,,, but the names seem to have possibility. As follows: 1. Walter B. Whitney 2nd 1878 - 1943 (my great, great grandfather. 2. Walter B. Whitney 1st 1839 - 1903 (married to Polly O. Meade 1841-1906) 3. Alfred Whitney (Walter B. 1st's) father 1810 - 1867. I have also located the attendance records and minutes of 4 family reunions of Whitneys which are dated back to 1927. It has an overview of the family reunion (of 66 Whitneys) and the names of those in attendance. It seems this line of Whitneys are all from upstate N. Y. IE: Westkill N. Y., Halcott NY, Brooklyn, NY, East Jewitt NY, Tannerville NY Pine Hill, NY, Prattville NY, Verbank NY Bristol Connecticut, So. Kortright NY, Grand Gorge NY, East Masonville NY, Allaben NY, Sidney NY, Bushnellville NY, Binghamton NY, among several others. Other names (other than Whitneys) that attended these family reunions are as follows. Whitney Family reunion in Halcott Center N. Y. on September 28th, 1924. Gathered at the home of James Whitney ( in Halcott CEnter N. Y. ) a reunion of the descendants of Alfred and Phoebe Whitney took place. In attendance were (other than those with thename "Whitney")\ WB Scudder SB Streeter Wesley Van EA Harrington Lloyd Simons and Melvin Whitney Crawfor
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DA5F7B1F237333800DC1A458 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------DA5F7B1F237333800DC1A458 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <slist@lists5.rootsweb.com> Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.123]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:39:39 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8IEkTu09127; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:46:29 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:46:29 -0700 Message-Id: <200009181446.e8IEkTu09127@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: wins@olsusa.com Subject: Re: The Descendants of John Whitney References: <39C62B26.80759688@olsusa.com> In-Reply-To: <39C62B26.80759688@olsusa.com> From: WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Procmail Autoreply X-Loop: WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com CC: WHITNEY-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >From WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------ADBBE8D1FE2AB2D8FC78B456 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Connelly, > Do you think this book may have the answer to Alfred's parents ? > It was too hard to scroll through and try to find it, so I am having my > secretary try to find this in "book form". I will be happy to "buy" the > book if I can find it. would love to have it for the Whitney Library > Collection, anyway. > If you've already tried this source, let me know. I will proceed with > ordering it. > Do you live in Greene County ? > Will wait to hear from you. > Thanks > Russ Whitney > Author - Building Wealth > A Simon & Schuster "Whitney" Financial release- 1996-97-98-99-00 > http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/home.html > --------------ADBBE8D1FE2AB2D8FC78B456 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; > name="home.html" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="home.html" > Content-Base: "http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/ext > racts/pierce/home.html" > Content-Location: "http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/ext > racts/pierce/home.html" > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>The Descendants of John Whitney</TITLE> > <BODY> > <CENTER> > <B> > <I> > <FONT SIZE=+3> > The Descendants of John Whitney, > </FONT> > <BR> > Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. > </I> > </B> > <P> > by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895) > <P> > Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999. > </CENTER> > <P> > <HR> > This book was transcribed verbatim, including any misspellings and known > genealogical errors. The Whitney Research Group will be adding links or > notes to areas with proven genealogical errors. In this transcription, all > surnames were capitalized, even though they weren't in the original. Also, any > surname which was hyphenated and thus broken between two lines was rejoined > to aid in searches. Other than these items, each line was left as it was in > the original. Because the original used proportional fonts, this can make the > right margin of the transcription uneven. > <P> > If you notice a transcription error, please bring it to my attention. > Send an e-mail to tdoyle@doit.com and I will make the correction. > <P> > In the course of this project, many of the pages were scanned and sent > to volunteer transcribers. <A HREF="scans/">Available scans</A> > can be viewed here. 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> Connelly, > Do you (or anyone on the Whitney L-Roots board) know the Norman > VanValkenburg that is referenced in this article? It says that he has > much folklore and tales of the Catskills. > The VanValkenburgs are related to the Whitneys via the Line of Alfred > Whitney (1810 - 1865) & his wife Phoebe Hammond (Whitney) (of the > Catskill NY area),,,, so perhaps Norman VanValkenburg may be able to > help us find info on Alfreds parents. > I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the > Catskills dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the > "names" of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for > some. > Connelly, do you know what was the "exact" town that Alfred lived in? > How about Walter B ( 1 & 2) ? Was it Lexington, Westkill, > Bushnellville, Jewitt, NY, etc? > Thanks for any info anyone may be able to lend..... > Russ Whitney > Author - Building Wealth - A Simon & Schuster "Whitney", Financial > Release. > Available in all major bookstores, Amazon & Barnesnoble.com > --------------AD1D217B073E6BBDED68893C > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > <html> > Connelly, > <p>Do you (or anyone on the Whitney L-Roots board) know the > Norman VanValkenburg that is referenced in this article? It says > that he has much folklore and tales of the Catskills. > <p>The VanValkenburgs are related to the Whitneys via the Line of Alfred > Whitney (1810 - 1865) & his wife Phoebe Hammond (Whitney) > (of the Catskill NY area),,,, so perhaps Norman VanValkenburg may > be able to help us find info on Alfreds parents. > <p>I have also located a service that sells maps of each town in the Catskills > dating back to the mid- 1800's. These maps often had the "names" > of the land owners written right on the plat. I am sending for some. > <p>Connelly, do you know what was the "exact" town that Alfred lived in? > How about Walter B ( 1 & 2) ? Was it Lexington, Westkill, > Bushnellville, Jewitt, NY, etc? > <p>Thanks for any info anyone may be able to lend..... > <br> > <p>Russ Whitney > <br>Author - Building Wealth - A Simon & Schuster <b>"Whitney"</b>, > Financial Release. > <br>Available in all major bookstores, Amazon & Barnesnoble.com</html> > --------------AD1D217B073E6BBDED68893C-- > --------------22AAA9C4A76BF94DC05FFF0C > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > Return-Path: <wins@truman.olsusa.com> > Received: from olsusa.com ([207.30.195.26]) by ns1.olsusa.com > (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) > with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; > Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:37:14 -0400 > Message-ID: <39C53242.17A7C823@olsusa.com> > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:06:10 -0400 > From: Russ Whitney <wins@olsusa.com> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: wins@olsusa.com > Subject: Catskill Forest Preserve - Note reference and contact info for a Norman > VanValkenburg - Whitney cousin, most likely > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="------------4BD41A6459DAB2F10EEA07B5" > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------4BD41A6459DAB2F10EEA07B5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Note the reference at the bottom of this page to Norman VanValkenburg. > VanValkenburgs are related to Whitneys. This Vanvalkenburg is aformer > Director of NY Division of lands. Notes that he also is an authoreof > Forest History in the Catskills. > He lives in Saugerties with his wife. In case anyone wishes to contact > him. > http://www.global2000.net/protectadks/cmatters.html > --------------4BD41A6459DAB2F10EEA07B5 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; > name="cmatters.html" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="cmatters.html" > Content-Base: "http://www.global2000.net/protectadks/ > cmatters.html" > Content-Location: "http://www.global2000.net/protectadks/ > cmatters.html" > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>Catskill Forest Preserve</TITLE> > <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Non-profit organization defends constitutional safeguards that protect the New York State Forest Preserve in the Adirondacks & Catskill Parks."> > <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Adirondacks, Paul Schaefer, New York State Forest Preserve, Adirondack Research Library, Catskills, Article XIV, Conservation, Preservation, Adirondack and Catskill Parks, Adirondack Park, Catskill Park, Blueline"> > <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> > <meta name="generator" content="Sausage Software HotDog Professional 5"> > </HEAD> > <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#6666FF" ALINK="#FFFFFF" VLINK="#008040"> > <CENTER> > <Img Src="images/headnbar.gif" Border="0" Height="53" Width="597" UseMap="#headnbar1" Alt="HOMEPAGE"> <Map Name="headnbar1"> > <Area Shape=Rect Coords="0,13,597,53" Href="index.html" Alt="HOMEPAGE"> > </Map> > <BR> > <FONT FACE="Arial"><a href="index.html">Homepage</a> | <a href="organiz.html">Organization</a> | <a href="members.html">Membership</a> | <a href="events.html">Calendar</a> | <a href="library.html">Library</a> | <a href="communit.html">New Facility</a> <BR> <a href="follow.html">Education</a> | <a href="current.html">Legislative</a> | <a href="archives.html">Archives</a> | <a href="staff.html">Staff</a> | <a href="sponsors.html">Sponsors</a> | <a href="xlinks.html">Other Sites</a></FONT></CENTER> > <P> > <CENTER><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH=600> > <TR><TD> > <CENTER><H2>Catskill Forest Preserve & Statistics</H2></CENTER> > <B>Origin of the Catskill Forest Preserve</B><BR> > <I>by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh</I><BR> > from the September 1997 issue of <I>The Forest Preserve</I></A> > <P> > <I>Editors Note: This excerpt is taken from The Forest Preserve of New York State in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains: A Short History by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh, 1996, published by Purple Mountain Press, in cooperation with the Adirondack Research Library of The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.</I> > <P> > In 1883, the legislature succumbed ... and passed a law prohibiting the further sale of state land in ten of the twelve Adirondack counties. But still, no mention was made of the Catskills. > <P> > Another commission was appointed in 1884 and directed to "investigate and report a system of forest preservation." This so-called Forestry Commission submitted its report in early 1885 and agreed with the recommendation made by the earlier Commission of State Parks: Preserve the Adirondacks before it is too late. The commissioners reported they had "visited the forest region of Ulster and Delaware counties," but disposed of the Catskills in a single paragraph in the fifty-seven page report, concluding, "The protection of these forests is, however, of less general importance than the preservation of the Adirondack forests. The possibility of their yielding merchantible timber again in any considerable quantities is at best remote; and they guard no streams of more than local influence . . ." > <P> > To effect its recommendations, the commission drafted bills to create a forest preserve consisting of more than 681,000 acres of state land in eleven of the twelve Adirondack counties. Thus, a Catskill Forest Preserve seemed to become extinct before it ever came into being. > <P> > However, behind the scenes, some political jousting was going on involving Ulster County, Cornelius A. J. Hardenburgh (sometimes chairman of the county board of supervisors), and Alfred C. Chapin (comptroller of the State of New York). The basis for this upset was an 1879 law compelling Ulster to acquire all lands in the county not sold for arrears in taxes and, then, to pay taxes on these lands to the state. > <P> > Cornelius Hardenburgh was a firm opponent of taxes of any sort, and an admiring public elected him supervisor of the town of Shawangunk. In 1884, they promoted him to the state assembly. As town supervisor and member and chairman of the board of supervisors, he influenced the decision of the county to not pay the taxes due the state on the tax-sale lands. By 1884, Ulster County owed over $40,000 to the state, and Chapin brought suit to collect. As the 1885 legislative session met, Assemblyman Hardenburgh promptly introduced a bill (which was signed into law on April 20, 1885) to repeal the 1879 law and convey the county-owned lands to the state. With this law, Hardenburgh wiped out Ulster County's debt and, maybe without realizing it, brought the Catskills into the forest preserve business . . . > <P> > The Catskill Forest Preserve, at its inception, consisted of a grand total of 33,894 acres, all but 1,163 acres being in Ulster County. And Cornelius Hardenburgh had the last laugh. The lands constituting the Forest Preserve are taxable; instead of Ulster County being in arrears, the state has since paid taxes on these same lands to the county. While Hardenburgh's goal may not have been forest and watershed preservation, without his intervention creation of the Catskill forest Preserve would have been years away - or never. > <P> > <I>Norman Van Valkenburg is a former Director of New York State's Division of Lands and Forests, an active surveyor with the Mohawk Preserve, and a preeminent author of NYS Forest Preserve history as well as fascinating tales of the Catskills. He lives in Saugerties with his wife Dot.</I> > </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> > <P> > <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/divider.gif" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></CENTER> > <P> > <CENTER><TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" WIDTH="600"> > <TR><TD> > <PRE> > CATSKILL PARK STATISTICS > Size > Catskill Park 1,102 square miles or 705,500 acres > Publicly Owned Forest Preserve > Lands Within the Park 287,100 acres (41%) > Private Land Within the Park 418,400 acres (59%) > Forest Preserve Acreage By County > Delaware 41,708 acres (14%) > Greene 78,232 acres (27%) > Sullivan 18,320 acres ( 6%) > Ulster 152,716 acres (53%) > Forest Preserve Management Units: > Wildernesss 5 for 129,000 acres (45%) > Wild Forest 14 for 150,000 acres (52%) > Intensive Use 11 for 5,265 acres ( 2%) > Administrative 4 for 816 acres (.3%) > Conservation Easements 3 for 514 acres (.2%) > State Recreational Facilities and Assets > Alpine Ski Centers 1 (33 trails) > Campgrounds 7 (726 Campsites) > Primitive Campsites 187 > Lean-tos 33 > Fishing Access Sites 21 > Day Use Areas 1 > Hiking Trails 303 miles > Snowmobile Trails 76 miles > Public Fishing Rights 48 miles > Horse Trails 30 miles > Annual Public Use > > Wilderness 67,000 > Wild Forest 94,000 > Intensive Use 364,000 > Administrative 5,000 > Total Visitors 530,000 > (Estimates based on 1995 Trail Registers, > Camping Permit and lift ticket sales.) > Statistics courtesy of New York State > Department of Environmental Conservation > Catskill 3500 Club, 35 High Peaks** > Elevation in feet > 1. 4180 Slide 20. 3694 Friday* > 2. 4040 Hunter 21. 3680 Rusk > 3. 3980 Black Dome 22. 3655 High Peak > 4. 3940 Thomas Cole (Kaaterskill) > 5. 3940 Blackhead 23. 3640 Twin > 6. 3880 Westkill 24. 3623 Balsam Cap* > 7. 3868 Graham 25. 3620 Fir* > 8. 3860 Doubletop* 26. 3610 North Dome* > 9. 3860 Cornell 27. 3100% Eagle > 10. 3847 Table 28. 3100% Balsam > 11. 3843 Peekamoose 29. 3100% Bearpen > 12. 3840 Plateau 30. 3573 Indian Head > 13. 3800 Sugarloaf (Mink) 31. 3600 Sherill* > 14. 3780 Wittenberg 32. 3529 Vly* > 15. 3740 Southwest Hunter* 33. 3524 Windham > 16. 3723 Balsam Lake High Peak > 17. 3721 Lone* 34. 3520 Halcott* > 18. 3720 Panther 35. 3508 Rocky* > 19. 3700 Big Indian* > *Summits with registers > **Courtesy Catskill 3500 Club
Connelly, This document you sent me is incredible ! What a time saver this is for me. And,,,, I now know who the heck I am and where my family is from ! Amazing. You did not send me any info on you though... Did you get my email with the questions ? Ie: Where do you live? How old are you? Why are you doing so much work on the Whitney lineage ? Do you know other Whitneys from our family? Are there still many Whitneys in the Halcott, Westkill area? Also, I'd love to talk to you via phone, if possible. I'd be happy to call you or send you my phone number. I have an 800 # into my home and to my office so a call would not cost you anything. I talked to Carl Nelson, my uncle tonight. He was married to Lynn Whitney (Nelson by marriage). Aunt Lynn (Whitney) Nelson was my Father's sister (Russell Walter born 1931) Also I notice on the history you sent me, there is no info on my father as far as being alive or not. My father, Russell Walter Whitney (son of Russell B - postman and chicken farmer from Westkill, I believe) died on October 1, 1970. He died in Redbank, N. J. and is buried in Navesink, N. J. However, I am probably going to have his grave moved to the Westkill or Halcott area, so he can be with Whitneys. He had no one in N. J. and he died when I was only 14 years old, so there wasn't much I could do about it then. Now I have the means to get him at rest. My father, Russell Walter Whitney, had one son,,,,me. I am Russell Andrew Whitney, 44 years old. I have one son, 19 years old. I named him after my father. My son is Russell Walter Whitney. I have one daughter named Thea Whitney. She is 19 years old. We all live in Cape Coral, Florida. However, as I said, I plan to come up to the Westkill, Halcott area in the next month or so. I am considering buying some land,,,,,,and if possible, perhaps any house or farm that my family may have owned. I would like to turn it into a Whitney Camp and Museum for Whitney history. This way no Whitney from here on, will ever have to wonder or search for their history, roots and family. So, do you live in this Halcott, Weskill area? ............I grew up in NYC, however, I did live in the Albany area for about 5 years prior to moving to Florida,,,,so I do know a little about upstate. I also remember, as a little boy, going up to Westkill to the farm house. I remember a fast running creek, rather shallow that we used to play in. It was right across the street from the little house my Grandfather (Russell B & Grandmother, Mae West Whitney used to live in). It's vague, but I am excited to go visit and see it. Listen, Connelly, I'm sorry if I am carrying on with such a long email I am just excited about finding this info out. Thank you so much. I have found out more about Whitney history prior to Alfred of 1810. should you wish to hear more, let me know. I don't want to impose on you any further. this email is long enough..... With Sincere Thanks Russ Whitney Connelly Vanvalkenburgh wrote:
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3798179547F323E5A72BA5CD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------3798179547F323E5A72BA5CD Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <slist@lists5.rootsweb.com> Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.123]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 14:28:43 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8GIZUG06127; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:35:30 -0700 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:35:30 -0700 Message-Id: <200009161835.e8GIZUG06127@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: wins@olsusa.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys - New York - Decendants of Walter or Alfred References: <39C24C60.3ADD08F5@olsusa.com> <000401c01f74$593b4da0$3035a918@stny.rr.com> <39C3BDB8.1857093F@olsusa.com> In-Reply-To: <39C3BDB8.1857093F@olsusa.com> From: WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Procmail Autoreply X-Loop: WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com CC: WHITNEY-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >From WHITNEY-L-request@rootsweb.com > --------------3921AD0078E74C59CECF865D > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Connelly, > I am in tears as I write this. Lynn Nelson (Whitney) is my aunt. She was the > sister of my father, Russell Walter (junior) Whitney. Aunt Lynn raised me from > the time I was 3 until I was about 7 years old. > Aunt Lynn and my father, apparently grew up in an small old farmhouse in > Westkill, N.Y. Aunt Lynn is a Whitney (by blood - Daughter of Russell B., my > Grandfather) and did die several years ago of a brain tumor. She was a saint, > you'd be very proud of what a loving, caring lady she was. > It looks as if we are related. Per my email, here is the order. My father, > Russell Walter Whitney's (died 1970 at 39 years old) father was Russell B. > Whitney. His father was Walter B 2nd., his father was Walter B. the 1st. > Walter B's the 1st's father was Alfred. This is the Alfred Whitney born in 1810 > - 1867. So Alfred had a son named John (your line) and John's bother was Walter > B., my line...... I dont know how old you are, so I don't know where we fit... > I am 44 years old, and I am Russell Andrew Whitney. ( The Andrew, is from my > mother's side,,,,has nothing to do with the Whitney lineage). > That is as far as I have been able to trace, factually. However, Aunt Lynn did > a lot of work on our family line before she died. Her husband Carl Nelson has > much of this info,,,some I believe they even researched upon travelling back to > England. I have been in touch with Gail Nelson (Aunt Lynn's daughter, my first > cousin & also half Whitney by blood) and she told me Carl did in fact have a lot > of info. I will be calling him today. I will also be scheduling a trip to fly > to Westkill in the next several weeks to continue the research myself. > I was considering buying the old Whitney Farm in Westkill and perhaps up to a > couple of hundred acres of land to preserve a camp for present Whitneys and > future generations of Whitneys. I am assembling all of the documents on our > family including old Bibles, the actual minutes of our Whitney Family reunions > from the years 1924 -25 - 26 - and 27. I have those in my possession now and > will preserve them in a Whitney Library that all future generations of our > family will be able to access. > So, where do you live? How old are you ? Did you know of my father or > Grandfather? Where were the last reunions? Who attended? > I would like to promote and do a mailing to all Whitneys this coming year and > really put on a big event. The current Whitney reunion minutes actually elected > officers for the family and the minutes mandate that a Whitney Family reunion is > to be held the Saturday following Labor Day of each year thereafter,,,,,dated > September 11, 1926. total in attendance at that meeting were 66 Whitneys. > Officers elected for the ensuing year were > President of the Whitney Family - Mrs. WB Soudder > Secretary WA Whitney > Committee Ethel Streeter, Edith Harrington, Minnie Kelly, Etta Whitney > ( that stuff gives me goose bumps.) > I'll stop here. I'd love to trade info. I am determined to find all of the > answers and bring this line of the Whitney family back together,,,, at least > once a year. We have a great heritage, great genes. We should preserve this > history for future generations. I never want to see any more of our family > lost, like I have been for so many years. I have had no idea where I came > from. My Dad died when I was only 14. My Grand-Dad died before I was born. > It's been a long road, but I have been diligent in re-building a new line of > fortunes and pride for our family..... > I hope to hear from you again. Thank you very much for responding. It has made > my day. > Most Sincerely & With the Love of Whitney Blood > Russ Whitney > Connelly Vanvalkenburgh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a descendent from Alfred Whitney, through his son Jonathan. > > > > We have been working for years, trying to find who Alfred's parents were. > > > > Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that you had an aunt "Lynn Nelson" who > > passed away several years ago. > > > > We tried to get a reunion going again, back in 1987. That year had pretty > > good > > attendance. 1988 had 19 attending; 19 in 1990; The last meeting only had > > about ten persons, of which 2 were small children. That is the last year > > that we tried to renew the get-together. > > > > Would willingly exchange information on any of these lines. > > > > Connelly VanValkenburgh > --------------3921AD0078E74C59CECF865D > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > <html> > <b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Connelly,</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>I am in tears as I write this. > Lynn Nelson (Whitney) is my aunt. She was the sister of my father, > Russell Walter (junior) Whitney. Aunt Lynn raised me from the time > I was 3 until I was about 7 years old.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Aunt Lynn and my father, apparently > grew up in an small old farmhouse in Westkill, N.Y. Aunt Lynn is > a Whitney (by blood - Daughter of Russell B., my Grandfather) and did die > several years ago of a brain tumor. She was a saint, you'd be very > proud of what a loving, caring lady she was.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>It looks as if we are related. > Per my email, here is the order. My father, Russell Walter Whitney's > (died 1970 at 39 years old) father was Russell B. Whitney. > His father was Walter B 2nd., his father was Walter B. the 1st.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Walter B's the 1st's father was > Alfred. This is the Alfred Whitney born in 1810 - 1867. So > Alfred had a son named John (your line) and John's bother was Walter B., > my line...... I dont know how old you are, so I don't know where > we fit... I am 44 years old, and I am Russell Andrew Whitney. > ( The Andrew, is from my mother's side,,,,has nothing to do with the Whitney > lineage).</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>That is as far as I have been > able to trace, factually. However, Aunt Lynn did a lot of work on > our family line before she died. Her husband Carl Nelson has much > of this info,,,some I believe they even researched upon travelling back > to England. I have been in touch with Gail Nelson (Aunt Lynn's daughter, > my first cousin & also half Whitney by blood) and she told me Carl > did in fact have a lot of info. I will be calling him today. > I will also be scheduling a trip to fly to Westkill in the next several > weeks to continue the research myself.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>I was considering buying the > old Whitney Farm in Westkill and perhaps up to a couple of hundred acres > of land to preserve a camp for present Whitneys and future generations > of Whitneys. I am assembling all of the documents on our family including > old Bibles, the actual minutes of our Whitney Family reunions from the > years 1924 -25 - 26 - and 27. I have those in my possession now and > will preserve them in a Whitney Library that all future generations of > our family will be able to access.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>So, where do you live? > How old are you ? Did you know of my father or Grandfather? > Where were the last reunions? Who attended?</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>I would like to promote and do > a mailing to all Whitneys this coming year and really put on a big event. > The current Whitney reunion minutes actually elected officers for the family > and the minutes mandate that a Whitney Family reunion is to be held the > Saturday following Labor Day of each year thereafter,,,,,dated September > 11, 1926. total in attendance at that meeting were 66 Whitneys. > Officers elected for the ensuing year were</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>President of the Whitney Family > - Mrs. WB Soudder</font></font></b> > <br><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Secretary WA Whitney</font></font></b> > <br><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Committee Ethel Streeter, > Edith Harrington, Minnie Kelly, Etta Whitney</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>( that stuff gives me goose bumps.)</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>I'll stop here. I'd love > to trade info. I am determined to find all of the answers and bring > this line of the Whitney family back together,,,, at least once a year. > We have a great heritage, great genes. We should preserve this history > for future generations. I never want to see any more of our family > lost, like I have been for so many years. I have had no idea where > I came from. My Dad died when I was only 14. My Grand-Dad died > before I was born. It's been a long road, but I have been diligent > in re-building a new line of fortunes and pride for our family.....</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>I hope to hear from you again. > Thank you very much for responding. It has made my day.</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Most Sincerely & With the > Love of Whitney Blood</font></font></b><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <p><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Russ Whitney</font></font></b> > <br><b><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1></font></font></b> > <br><font size=+1></font> <font size=+1></font> > <p>Connelly Vanvalkenburgh wrote: > <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi, > <p>I am a descendent from Alfred Whitney, through his son Jonathan. > <p>We have been working for years, trying to find who Alfred's parents > were. > <p>Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that you had an aunt "Lynn Nelson" > who > <br>passed away several years ago. > <p>We tried to get a reunion going again, back in 1987. That year had pretty > <br>good > <br>attendance. 1988 had 19 attending; 19 in 1990; The last > meeting only had > <br>about ten persons, of which 2 were small children. That is the last > year > <br>that we tried to renew the get-together. > <p>Would willingly exchange information on any of these lines. > <p>Connelly VanValkenburgh</blockquote> > </html> > --------------3921AD0078E74C59CECF865D-- Hi -- The message you submitted to this list (included above) wasn't sent to the list subscribers. RootsWeb accepts only plain text mail. That means that HTML mail, attachments, ``enriched text'', and a few other formats can't be sent to RootsWeb mailing lists. You can post your message if you send it in plain text; turn off the ``Post in HTML'' or ``Enriched Text'' features of your mail reader, or don't use any attachments. 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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7AD10DC1C13836231633E0D7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------7AD10DC1C13836231633E0D7 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <cvanvalken@stny.rr.com> Received: from mailout4-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.120]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <wins@olsusa.com>; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:25:31 -0400 Received: from compaq.stny.rr.com (bgm-24-169-53-48.stny.rr.com [24.169.53.48]) by mailout4-0.nyroc.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA04548 for <wins@olsusa.com>; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:27:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000401c01f74$593b4da0$3035a918@stny.rr.com> From: "Connelly Vanvalkenburgh" <cvanvalken@stny.rr.com> To: <wins@olsusa.com> References: <39C24C60.3ADD08F5@olsusa.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys - New York - Decendants of Walter or Alfred Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:23:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi, I am a descendent from Alfred Whitney, through his son Jonathan. We have been working for years, trying to find who Alfred's parents were. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that you had an aunt "Lynn Nelson" who passed away several years ago. We tried to get a reunion going again, back in 1987. That year had pretty good attendance. 1988 had 19 attending; 19 in 1990; The last meeting only had about ten persons, of which 2 were small children. That is the last year that we tried to renew the get-together. Would willingly exchange information on any of these lines. Connelly VanValkenburgh --------------7AD10DC1C13836231633E0D7--
All, At 09:18 AM 9/6/00 -0700, John F. Sherwood wrote: >Looking for family of Lucy Whitney b. 1799 Oneida Co,NY. She married >David Sherwood of Town of Dryden, Tompkins Co, NY. They migrated to Town >of Independence, Allegany Co, NY abt 1825 where she died in 1862. > I have weak evidence that she was the daughter of Edwin H. Whitney >of the village of Cayuga. Again weak evidence but Edwin might have been >born at Aurelius, Cayuga Co, NY son of Dr. Jonathan Whitney b. 1768 who >came to Cayuga from Stockbridge, MA in 1798. > If any of these names have meaning to you and you can help me in my >search for ancestors of Lucy Whitney I would appreciate it. >John Sherwood, Jamestown, NY For Edwin Herbert WHITNEY, see <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p311-315.htm#P2349> He apparently had no daughter Lucy, and was too young to be her father. He also apparently had no sister Lucy, either. Now that I've eliminated your theory, I should supply another, but I have none to suggest. Sorry! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>