I have hit a deadend trying for info on Mary Ann Wightman b:23MAR 1818 in Mass,D:26APR 1891 Belview, Ohio. She married Asa Watrous Whitney B;11JAN,1810, D: 23MAY 1868, Pittsfield, Lorain Co.,OH, 19,FEB,1838 in Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH I'm stuck! Is anyone out there related to Her???? Harris Opfer

I wanted to add a death date and place on the Wiki Family History for Jabez Whitney, but I find that I cannot do so (either my record of my login information is faulty or I've simply screwed things up). This is what I wanted to add: John Wheeler Whitney died 24 March 1912 in Traverse County, Minnesota. (Minnesota Death Certificate # 1912-MN013263). Mike Poston

Subject: Abel Whitney, Lancaster, Mass. School-Master.H Source: History of Lancaster, Mass. by Rev. Abijah P. Marvin. Published by the Town - Lancaster, Mass., 1879. p.523 Lancaster Academy was founded in 1815. It seems from the following statement of the venerable Rev. C. C. Beaman of Boston, (a descendant of Gamaliel Beaman, that there was a school there several years before, which was called "the academy." Perhaps this was a preliminary school in order to see if an academical institution could obtain support. ABEL WHITNEY. One of the earliest masters was Abel Whitney of whom Mr. Beaman gives pleasant reminiscences. "Mr. Abel Whitney taught in the building called the Academy, located in the center of the town, about 1811, while spending a season with my grandfather, Joseph Beaman. "Very pleasant memories come back to me from that school. I had previously spent a summer term at the school house No. 6, taught by Mr. James D. Farnsworth, quite a young man and still a college student. He became a Congregational minister. "The school of Mr. Abel Whitney was of a larger pretentsions in its size and fitting up, and had a greater number of scholars, and more advanced studies. It embraced students from all parts of Lancaster, and contained pupils of advanced age and of both sexes, to the exclusion of younger ones. I remember the his first entrance to the school. He was a tall man with dignified step and self-possession, had a resolute aspect, he entered and walked up to the teacher's desk. All eyes were intently fixed upon him. He spoke pleasantly and mentioned his purpose of dividing the school into classes as soon as he could learn the capabilities of his scholars. Among the students I call to mind were the three sons of Dr. Thayer, John Eliot Thayer, Nathaniel & Christopher Thayer and a daughter of Dr. Thayer; two daughters of Mr. Robert Townsend, one of whom a young lady generally loved for her amiability and personal attraction whom Mr. Whitney afterward married; Henry Lane, a son of Deacon Lane, Warren Townsend, the son of Robert Townsend and the families of Wyman, Stearns, Whitney, Torrey, Stedman and Phelpts, who were represented by their sons and daughters. "I have been a member of Lawson Lyon's Academy, Boston, Mass., where my father lived, and Abel Whitney had heard of the school and asked me many questions about it. He kept good order in the school and the appreciation of the students was of a commendable character. Master Abel Whitney p.524 I never met with Master Whitney after leaving his school, but for some time heard of him as a noted teacher. Abel Whitney said in 1825, "few institutions of the kind have probably ever done more good. Many have already taught there, who but for its establishment would have been much less favored in their opportu- nities for learning." p.758-759 Passing over to Lane's Crossing, we are at the lower end of "Phelp's Street" as the Harvard road was sometimes called, because several families of that name lived on the road from the corner to the top of Ponakin Hill. The Lanes - Deacon Jonas Lane and his son, Capt. Anthony Lane (Nos. 25 and 31) gave an importance to the locality during two generations. They were both men of enterprise and influence in Lancaster in parish and church affairs. Across the railroad at No. 30 Phelp's Street the house of Emery White, we find one of the oldest buildings in town, though the date of its erection cannot be fixed. It has the appearance of great age, and Mr. White remembers a woman who was very aged, when he was a boy, who said that it was an old house when she was a girl. Eighty or ninety years ago it was occupied by Robert Townsend, a shrewd but eccentric man, of whom many anecdotes were told. p.759 He had a brick-yard, and built the Lancaster House. He was Deputy Sheriff at one time and held other employments. One of his interesting daughters became the wife of Mr. Abel Whitney, the schoolmaster, so kindly mentioned on a former page, by Reverend Mr. Beaman. He was the father of the Honorable Giles H. Whitney of Winchendon. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Subject: The Honorable Giles Whitney. Source: History of the Town of Winchendon, Worcester Co., Mass. by Abijah Marvin. p.399 Dec. 1, 1864, Mrs. Lucy Whitney, aged nearly 83 years died in the morning before rising. She was the stepmother of the Honorable Giles Whitney, a gentlewoman with ancient courtesy, whom everyone loved. On the 18th of November 1867, Mrs. Harriet W. Pierce, daughter of the late Amasa Whitney, died suddenly of apoplexy. p.422 Lawyers in Practice at Winchendon. Among others, Giles2 Whitney, Esq. p.427 History of Winchendon. The Hon. William B. Washburn, son of Asa & Phebe (Whitney) Washburn, a graduate of Yale College, class of 1844. He has been in Orange & Greenfield, where he now resides. He is President of the Greenfield Bank and a Representative of the Ninth District in Congress. Emerson C. Whitney took his degree at New Haven in 1851. He was a man of fine promise but died at the age of 29 years, before entering on his profession. Many high hopes were buried in his too early grave. At present, Charles L. B. Whitney is a sophomore at Harvard University. p.428 Capt. Phinehas Whitney. Hon. W. W. Rice of Worcester, Mass., is connected with Winchendon by ancestry and residence though this is not his birth-place. He is a grandson of Captain Phinehas Whitney. He is a graduate of Gorham Academy and of Bowdoin College. He settled in Worcestor as a lawyer and has a large practice. He has been Mayor of the city and for a time, Judge of Probate. p.431 The Town of Winchendon, Mass. CAPT. PHINEHAS WHITNEY Captain Phinehas Whitney, son of William Whitney, was the most prominent busi- ness man in the town of Winchendon, form about 1800 to his death in 1831. Besides a large farm, he kept a tavern for awhile, owned a oil mill and woolen factory and did a large business in raising and keeping cattle and horses. Though esteemed by his townsmen, he was rarely in office because of his engrossing business led him to decline public employment. He was the first to enlist to put down Shays' rebels, being then a youth of twenty years. Afterwards he was Captain of the Cavalry Company of this and neighboring towns. He was an indefatigable worker and kept all about him at work; yet he was a good employer, and those brought up by him, remember him with respect and gratitude. At the time of the great religious awakening in 1820-1821, he paid the wages of his workmen whenever they were inclined to attend p.432 HISTORY OF wINCHENDON. the week-day meetings. From that period, through life, he was a decided and a devoted Christian. He was active as a pioneer in the Temperance reform. He died at Newton, while on a journey to Boston with his youngest daughter. But though summoned away while far from home, he was already, as is the good man is always, to go "be forever with the Lord." p.434 Ephraim Murdock, Esq., Isaac Morse, Esq., and Mr. Amasa Whitney, are placed on the list of worthies of this town because they really laid the foundations of the growth & prosperity of this village. By their industry, frugality, foresight, and enterprise, the business of this town was largely increased. p.441 WINCHENDON HORSES. The people of Winchendon have long been noted for liking good horses. Perhaps the fact that Messrs. Whitney (William Whitney & Phinehas Whitney) raised, bought and kept so many horses, had some influence in creating this preference for good animals. However this may be, the writer (Abijah Marvin) found here, 25 years ago, a large number of excellent horses; and the number has largely increased since that time. Many farmers are particular to have a good horse; the team-horses are large and strong; and many families have spirited and elegant teams. Fast horses are sometimes associated with "fast young men," but thus far, we have been favored with the former without the drawback of the latter. In addition it is pertinent to the subject to say, that the stables of Whitcomb and Fairbanks, Wood & Rand, and the more recent stable of J. Morse, are well supplied with horses which keep up the credit of this town in this regard. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

On Aug 13, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Esther Mott wrote: > Plainsville, OH might be Painesville, Lake Co. (earlier Gaeuga Co.), OH > Esther has a good source backing her up on this one, my Rand McNally "Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide 2001", which lists every modern flyspeck in its gazetteer, if not always on its maps. In Ohio, there are four townships called merely "Plain", in Franklin, Stark, Wayne and Wood counties. There are Plainfield in Coshocton Co. and Plain View in Monroe. And there is Plain City, which straddles Union and Madison Counties (not to be confused with Union City, which straddles Ohio and Indiana, physically if not legally). But there is no "Plainsville". If you're looking for an exhaustive source of minuscule settlements, at least ones that still exist independently, the "Commercial Atlas" is a great place to look. I can only vouch for the older, single-volume atlas, though; recent editions appear in multiple volumes which may or may not be as thorough. (Considering the median age of genealogists, some are sure to appreciate the newer ones' being significantly lighter!) And, as Gerry pointed out, the DeLorme atlases are also pretty thorough, though, again, for modern-day names only. If you're lucky to live near a university with a good geography department, they should have a healthy map library along with several shelves of state gazetteers. (I go to the Borchert Map Library at the U. of Minnesota all the time.) The gazetteers will usually only give the place name, county and subdivision, coordinates, and perhaps modern or former names, but some states are lucky to have place-name dictionaries which give the meaning and origin of the name, and why it was given. Among the best are "Pennsylvania Place Names", by A(braham) Howry Espenshade (a very Pennsylvanian name!) and Larry L Miller's "Ohio Place Names". William R Farrell, a retired Latin teacher in Syracuse who wrote "Classical Place Names in New York State" (which I highly recommend), was working on one for all the state's toponyms, but I don't know how far along that project is, if it's indeed still going. Cheers, Ron Kyser

Sturges, Michigan is Sturgis, Michigan >From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> >Reply-To: whitney@rootsweb.com >To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [WHITNEY] Location Help >Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:13:05 -0500 > >We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG website. >Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify >the >correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is >located >in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >Thank you! > >Tim > > >Etna Mills, California >Eureka Mills, California >Moore's Station, California >Shellville, California >Byrer, Colorado >Friend, Colorado >Highlands, Colorado >Rock Creek, Colorado >Killingly, Connecticut >Mansfield, Connecticut >West Hamden, Connecticut >Augustine, Florida >Merrick, Florida >Chickamauga Creek, Georgia >Hadden's Ford, Georgia >Peach Tree Creek, Georgia >Osborn, Idaho >Roxbury, Idaho >Big Grove, Illinois >Burnside Crossing, Illinois >Campton, Illinois >Chicago Lawn, Illinois >Coloma, Illinois >Gardiner, Illinois >Hillsborough, Illinois >Hubbard Woods/Winnetka, Illinois >Kendall, Illinois >Mission Point, Illinois >Shockoken, Illinois >West Troy, Illinois >Haughville, Indiana >Koutz, Indiana >Brush Creek, Iowa >Elkhorn, Iowa >Emmettsburg, Iowa >Jessup, Iowa >Lingrove, Iowa >Marshaltown, Iowa >Rolf, Iowa >Rosabach, Iowa >Shellsborough, Iowa >Syracuse, Iowa >Whitneyville, Iowa >Bert, Kansas >Loyal, Kansas >Marengo, Kansas >Onawa, Kansas >Parallel, Kansas >Saratoga, Kansas >Sedgewick, Kansas >Clifton Landing, Kentucky >Bayou Grape, Louisiana >Carrolton, Louisiana >Opelusas, Louisiana >Belmond, Maine >Belmont, Maine >Broomfield, Maine >Concord, Maine >East Branch, Maine >Farrington, Maine >Freeman, Maine >Livingston, Maine >Lubeck, Maine >Mechanic's Falls, Maine >New Castle, Maine >Otisfield, Maine >Pawlet, Maine >Philips, Maine >Phillips Village, Maine >Sacarrappa, Maine >Sherman Hills, Maine >Trinity, Maine >Watertown, Maine >West Gardiner, Maine >Point Lookout, Maryland >Attleborough, Massachusetts >Attleborough Falls, Massachusetts >Baldwinsville, Massachusetts >Blue Hill, Massachusetts >Cheslea, Massachusetts >Cottage City, Massachusetts >Farnumnsville, Massachusetts >Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts >Lyndon, Massachusetts >Lynnfield Center, Massachusetts >Merrimack, Massachusetts >Newton Centre, Massachusetts >North Attleborough, Massachusetts >North Bridgewater, Massachusetts >Roadstown, Massachusetts >South Attleborough, Massachusetts >South Danvers, Massachusetts >South Framingham, Massachusetts >South Framiningham, Massachusetts >South Orange, Massachusetts >Tiverton, Massachusetts >Tolland, Massachusetts >Turner's Falls, Massachusetts >West Gardner, Massachusetts >Westminster Depot, Massachusetts >Westport Harbor, Massachusetts >Avon, Michigan >Brown, Michigan >Caledonia Station, Michigan >Cambria Mills, Michigan >Cannon, Michigan >Church's Corners, Michigan >Coleman Station, Michigan >East Saginaw, Michigan >Gratiot, Michigan >Haselton, Michigan >Klinger Lake, Michigan >Lake Ridge, Michigan >Ottawa Centre, Michigan >Prairie Ronde, Michigan >Sturges, Michigan >Thornapple, Michigan >West Bay City, Michigan >Blue Earth City, Minnesota >Fort Snelling, Minnesota >Lake Pepin, Minnesota >Saint Anthony Park, Minnesota >Saint Anthony's Falls, Minnesota >Winnebago City, Minnesota >Selserstown, Mississippi >Carondelet, Missouri >Shell City, Missouri >Willis, Montana >Florence, Nebraska >Plumb Creek, Nebraska >Utan, Nebraska >Panaca City, Nevada >Barton, New Hampshire >Boscowen, New Hampshire >Burlington, New Hampshire >Centre Harbor, New Hampshire >Cheshire, New Hampshire >Danby, New Hampshire >East Jaffrey, New Hampshire >East Wilton, New Hampshire >Great Falls, New Hampshire >Hillsborough, New Hampshire >Ipswich, New Hampshire >Lenapee, New Hampshire >London, New Hampshire >Lyndeboro, New Hampshire >Mount Vernon, New Hampshire >Rindge Center, New Hampshire >Roby's Corner, New Hampshire >Rochesterville, New Hampshire >Roxbury, New Hampshire >Salmon Falls, New Hampshire >Tuftonborough, New Hampshire >West Manchester, New Hampshire >Willowdale, New Hampshire >Ewings Neck, New Jersey >Mulica, New Jersey >Redbank, New Jersey >Vailsburg, New Jersey >Allburgh, New York >Allison, New York >Blythebourne, New York >Brandon, New York >Brockton, New York >Broken Straw, New York >Buck's Bridge, New York >Careyville, New York >Caxton, New York >Chenango, New York >Chili, New York >Clarence Hollow, New York >Columbia, New York >Cornith, New York >Cortlandville, New York >East Clarkson, New York >English Creek, New York >Essex Village, New York >Findley's Lake, New York >Flint Creek, New York >Forrestville, New York >Freedonia, New York >Hall's Corners, New York >Hopewell, New York >Hornellsville, New York >Howard Flats, New York >Howeoge, New York >Jaffrey, New York >Java, New York >Jersey City, New York >LaFayette Station, New York >Mechanicsville, New York >Moores, New York >Moore's Forks, New York >Moreau, New York >Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, New York >Newstead, New York >Niagara, New York >Ninevah, New York >Onondaga, New York >Oswego Falls, New York >Parma, New York >Plasky, New York >Portage, New York >Providence, New York >Ridge Road, New York >Sackett's Harbor, New York >Sand Bank, New York >Saratoga, New York >Seneca, New York >Sherborn, New York >Skeneateles, New York >Springbrook, New York >Sterling Center, New York >Stoney Creek, New York >Suspension Bridge, New York >Troy City, New York >Tustin, New York >Vardiek, New York >Wadhams Mills, New York >Warrenburg, New York >Watkins, New York >West Sandy Creek, New York >West Vienna, New York >Willsborough, New York >Winfield, New York >Black Hill, North Dakota >Brooklyn Village, Ohio >Canal Dover, Ohio >Danube, Ohio >Garlo, Ohio >LaGrange, Ohio >Londonville, Ohio >Lyne, Ohio >Maryfield, Ohio >Mechanicsburgh, Ohio >Plainsville, Ohio >Port Lawrence, Ohio >Sandusky City, Ohio >Twinsburgh, Ohio >Elreno, Oklahoma >Gale, Oregon >Lane, Oregon >Hartford, Pennsylvania >Huntington, Pennsylvania >Newell Creek, Pennsylvania >Ridgeway, Pennsylvania >Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania >Turtle Point, Pennsylvania >West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania >Burrillville, Rhode Island >Glocester, Rhode Island >Pettaconsett, Rhode Island >96 District, South Carolina >Bivers Bridge, South Carolina >Edenville, South Carolina >Sullivan's Island, South Carolina >Cookville, Tennessee 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I live in Colorado as well. Don't know of a Friend, CO, but there is a Friend, NE. Lowell Whitney -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Robin C. Brown Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 2:19 PM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help I live in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. I don't know of a Highland in the state. The other should be Byer, Colorado. It's just east of Denver. Never heard of Friend either Robin C. Brown -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> > We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG website. > Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify the > correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is located > in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thank you! > > Tim > > > Etna Mills, California > Eureka Mills, California > Moore's Station, California > Shellville, California > Byrer, Colorado > Friend, Colorado > Highlands, Colorado > Rock Creek, Colorado > Killingly, Connecticut > Mansfield, Connecticut > West Hamden, Connecticut > Augustine, Florida > Merrick, Florida > Chickamauga Creek, Georgia > Hadden's Ford, Georgia > Peach Tree Creek, Georgia > Osborn, Idaho > Roxbury, Idaho > Big Grove, Illinois > Burnside Crossing, Illinois > Campton, Illinois > Chicago Lawn, Illinois > Coloma, Illinois > Gardiner, Illinois > Hillsborough, Illinois > Hubbard Woods/Winnetka, Illinois > Kendall, Illinois > Mission Point, Illinois > Shockoken, Illinois > West Troy, Illinois > Haughville, Indiana > Koutz, Indiana > Brush Creek, Iowa > Elkhorn, Iowa > Emmettsburg, Iowa > Jessup, Iowa > Lingrove, Iowa > Marshaltown, Iowa > Rolf, Iowa > Rosabach, Iowa > Shellsborough, Iowa > Syracuse, Iowa > Whitneyville, Iowa > Bert, Kansas > Loyal, Kansas > Marengo, Kansas > Onawa, Kansas > Parallel, Kansas > Saratoga, Kansas > Sedgewick, Kansas > Clifton Landing, Kentucky > Bayou Grape, Louisiana > Carrolton, Louisiana > Opelusas, Louisiana > Belmond, Maine > Belmont, Maine > Broomfield, Maine > Concord, Maine > East Branch, Maine > Farrington, Maine > Freeman, Maine > Livingston, Maine > Lubeck, Maine > Mechanic's Falls, Maine > New Castle, Maine > Otisfield, Maine > Pawlet, Maine > Philips, Maine > Phillips Village, Maine > Sacarrappa, Maine > Sherman Hills, Maine > Trinity, Maine > Watertown, Maine > West Gardiner, Maine > Point Lookout, Maryland > Attleborough, Massachusetts > Attleborough Falls, Massachusetts > Baldwinsville, Massachusetts > Blue Hill, Massachusetts > Cheslea, Massachusetts > Cottage City, Massachusetts > Farnumnsville, Massachusetts > Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts > Lyndon, Massachusetts > Lynnfield Center, Massachusetts > Merrimack, Massachusetts > Newton Centre, 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Point Lookout, Maryland is the tip of land on the Maryland shore of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was the site of a Union prison for Confederate prisoners of war. The site remains as does a cemetery. Point Lookout is in St. Mary's County. Mike Poston

I grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Arnie Goetchius<mailto:arnie.goetchius@att.net> To: whitney@rootsweb.com<mailto:whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Fw: Location Help Redbank NJ is Red Bank Actually, it is Red Bank, not Redbank. Monmouth county is correct. Marion Walter wrote: > Here are the one's I can help with. > >>> Ewings Neck, New Jersey now called Delmont, Cumberland Co, NJ >>> Mulica, New Jersey spelled Mullica, Altantic Co., NJ >>> Redbank, New Jersey Redbank, Monmouth Co., NJ >>> Vailsburg, New Jersey Vailsburg in a neighborhood in Newark, Essex Co., >>> NJ >>> Jersey City, New York There is a Jersey City, Hudson Co. in New Jersey >>> Mechanicsville, New York spelled Mechanicville, Saratoga Co, NY > >>> Moreau, New York Moreau, Saratoga Co., NY > >>> Saratoga, New York- Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, USA. >>> The population was 5,141 at the 2000 census. It is also the commonly >>> used, but not official, name for the neighboring and much larger city, >>> Saratoga Springs. The major village in the Town of Saratoga is >>> Schuylerville which is often, but not officially, called Old Saratoga > >>> Warrenburg, New York spelled Warrensburg, Warren Co., New York >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Tim Doyle wrote: > I am absolutely amazed at the response - in less than 24 hours, I have > received 56 replies with additional information! The Whitney Research > Group > is alive and well! I'm going to try to get through all of the replies > today > and get the new data into my spreadsheet to see which items, if any, > still > remain unidentified. > > Thank you so much everyone! > > Tim Doyle > Theres nothing like a new quest to bring the Whitneys out of the wood > work! All though I couldn't help I've enjoyed everyone of them and also seeing a lot of familiar names. You guys do great work. Rose Zella > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The location of Halls Corners NY apparently depends upon the time that the location entry covers. According to the New York Gazetteer by French in 1860 there were a lot of them. Halls Corners was a hamlet location or neighborhood in the towns of: -->Malta, Saratoga Co. (DeLorme, below, shows this between Ballston Spa and I 87) -->Covert, Seneca Co. (also shown in DeLorme, below) -->Greensburgh, Westchester Co. -->Orangeville, Wyoming Co. (DeLorme, below, shows this near Village of Warsaw) -->And, a Post Office in the Town of Seneca, Ontario Co. (and I've been here.) The USGS current location file http://geonames.usgs.gov/redirect.html lists three additional locales in: -->Schuyler Co. -->Oswego Co. -->St Lawrence Co. -->And a populated place in Wyoming Co. I presume it is the one Debbie is listing. Finally, the DeLorme New York Atlas & Gazetteer lists additional locations in the Towns of: -->Vienna, Oneida Co. -->Le Ray, Jefferson Co -->Antwerp. Jefferson Co (This and the one in Le Ray are only 6 mi apart) -->Tyrone, Schuyler Co (presumed to be the USGS listing above) -->Groveneur, St. Lawrence Co (presumed to be the USSGS listing above) -->And it also shows -->Hills Corners in the town of Pompey, Onondaga Co. -->Hill Corner in the town of Broadalbin, Hamilton Co. I presume all the other readily available stuff on the web has been searched already. I only picked on Halls Corners because I have been to the one in Seneca County several times so I knew there were more out there. Tim if you will ship me the ones in NY you haven't yet identified send them to me and I'll try and run them down. It would also help if I knew the time frames involved. Gerry Tracing Orson Burgess and Elizabeth O'Bolger, their lineage and posterity of the Finger Lakes Region in New York. BURGESS, FELTON, CHAFFEE, CLARK, MACK, METCALF, SLAYTON, TENNEY, WATKINS, WHITNEY; plus HUGHES, MCMAHON, MORRIS, O'BOLGER, TROY and several more. Gerald Eberwein PO Box 605 Naco AZ 85620-0605 (520) 432-1231 NacoGerry@hughes.net {Blank lines in messages below removed} -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Stelmach Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:42 AM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help Brockton, New York - Brocton, Chautauqua Co, NY Findley's Lake, New York - Findley Lake, Chautauqua Co, NY Forrestville, New York - Forestville, Chautauqua Co, NY Freedonia, New York - Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY Hall's Corners, New York - Hall's Corner, Wyoming Co, NY Java, New York - Java Center or Java Village, Wyoming Co, NY Parma, New York - Parma Center or Parma Corners, Wyoming Co, NY Suspension Bridge, New York - a part of Niagara Falls, NY some of the other NY items may refer to counties (Niagara, Saratoga) or to townships rather than a village or city (Providence) Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 5:13 AM Subject: [WHITNEY] Location Help > We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG > website. Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify > the correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is > located in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > Thank you! Tim {List blow deleted to save space}

Tim, the queried locations of Bivers Bridge and Edenville in South Carolina are questionable. There is a Rivers' Bridge which is in Ehrhardt, Bamburg County, SC which is the site of a Civil War Battle. And there is an Edenton, South Carolina near Charleston. That's the best I could do on these two locations. I will be happy to write and post the the Battle of Rivers' Bridge, if that is correct. Edenville SC is a mystery. Jeanne Neilon ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Plainsville, OH might be Painesville, Lake Co. (earlier Gaeuga Co.), OH Esther Whitney Mott

Sharpsburg, Texas from The Handbook of Texas Online: SHARPSBURG, TEXAS. Sharpsburg was located on a slight rise one mile north of the Nueces River in south central San Patricio County, near where U.S. Highway 77 and Interstate Highway 37 cross the river. ( Greater Corpus Christi Texas metropolitan area today) The earliest settlement in the area was a small Mexican community called Ramirena. Around 1867, S. G. Borden settled near Ramirena and built a two-story building for a store and home. He renamed the settlement Sharpsburg, apparently after a man named Sharp who owned a nearby sheep ranch. At its height in the mid-1890s the town had a gristmill, blacksmith and wheelright shops, and a population of approximately 300. By the 1890s, however, the community was in decline. After the railroad bypassed Sharpsburg most of the town's residents and businesses moved to Odem and other larger communities. By the 1920s Sharpsburg was a ghost town. In 1988 a ranch headquarters existed on the site of the old town. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Keith Guthrie, History of San Patricio County (Austin: Nortex, 1986). ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

The Category:Augustine, Florida refers to St. Augustine, a well known city on the east coast of Florida. It is listed correctly in the John Prescott Whitney family group, from Pierce. I do not understand how Wiki created the category of "Augustine" since it never appears by itself. It may be a bug in the software which doesn't group the whole name. However, as a note, apparently Pierce abbreviated St. Augustine, as imported, to "St. A". I did not want to change the Pierce quote to edit that.

Tim...Below are the entries in New Hampshire with information obtained from Delorme's "New Hampshire Atlas & Gazetteer"1996 and from the NH Genweb site. Other folks may have corrections. I found a town of PAWLET in Rutland Co.Vermont which may have been mistakenly listed in Maine. Cheers, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: [WHITNEY] Location Help > We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG > website. > Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify > the > correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is > located > in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thank you! > > Tim > > > > > Barton, New Hampshire-Town not found, three BARTON HILL(S) 1. Epsom, > > Merrimack Co. 2.North Hampton, Rockingham Co. 3. Croyden, Sullivan Co. > Boscowen, New Hampshire-spell BOSCAWEN, Merrimack Co. > Burlington, New Hampshire -None found > Centre Harbor, New Hampshire-spell CENTER HARBOR, Carroll, Co. > Cheshire, New Hampshire-none found. possibly either: 1.CHESTER, Rockingham > Co. or 2.CHESHAM, Cheshire Co. >DANBY, a town in Rutland, Co. Vermont; or DANBURY, Merrimack Co. NH > East Jaffrey, New Hampshire-(no village "East"), JAFFREY, Cheshire Co. > East Wilton, New Hampshire-(no village "East"), WILTON, Hillsborough Co. > Great Falls, New Hampshire- and early name for SOMERSWORTH, Strafford Co. > Hillsborough, New Hampshire- in Hillsborough Co. > Ipswich, New Hampshire-none by that name, probably NEW IPSWICH, > Hillsborough Co. > Lenapee, New Hampshire-none by that name, possibly 1. SUNAPEE Sullivan Co. > or 2. OSSIPEE, Carroll Co. > London, New Hampshire-none by that name, possibly 1. NEW LONDON, Merrimack > Co. 2. LONDONDERRY, Rockingham Co. 3. LOUDON, Merrimack, Co. > Lyndeboro, New Hampshire-spell LYNDEBOROUGH, Hillsborough Co. > Mount Vernon, New Hampshire-spell MONT VERNON, Hillsborough Co. > Rindge Center, New Hampshire-no "Center"village-Cheshire Co. > Roby's Corner, New Hampshire-ROBY(no corner) is a village in the town of > WARNER, Merrimack, Co. > Rochesterville, New Hampshire-spell ROCHESTER (no "ville"), Strafford, Co. > Roxbury, New Hampshire- in Cheshire Co. > Salmon Falls, New Hampshire- first a town on the Salmon Falls River(shared > border with Maine), then named ROLLINSFORD and finally part was separated > to form town of SOMERSWORTH , Strafford Co. > Tuftonborough, New Hampshire- Carroll Co. > West Manchester, New Hampshire- none by that name, possibly became 1. > Goffstown or 2. Bedford, Merrimack, Co. > Willowdale, New Hampshire- none, possibly THE WILLOWS, an area of HAMPTON > FALLS, Rockingham Co. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Merrick, Florida may refer to the Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables, Dade County, FL. George Merrick was original developer of Coral Gables in the 20's.

I am absolutely amazed at the response - in less than 24 hours, I have received 56 replies with additional information! The Whitney Research Group is alive and well! I'm going to try to get through all of the replies today and get the new data into my spreadsheet to see which items, if any, still remain unidentified. Thank you so much everyone! Tim Doyle -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tim Doyle Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:13 AM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITNEY] Location Help We're currently trying to clean up our locality listing on the WRG website. Can anyone help to identify the following locations? We need to identify the correct spelling for the city/town and the current county that it is located in. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Tim

Actually, it is Red Bank, not Redbank. Monmouth county is correct. Marion Walter wrote: > Here are the one's I can help with. > >>> Ewings Neck, New Jersey now called Delmont, Cumberland Co, NJ >>> Mulica, New Jersey spelled Mullica, Altantic Co., NJ >>> Redbank, New Jersey Redbank, Monmouth Co., NJ >>> Vailsburg, New Jersey Vailsburg in a neighborhood in Newark, Essex Co., >>> NJ >>> Jersey City, New York There is a Jersey City, Hudson Co. in New Jersey >>> Mechanicsville, New York spelled Mechanicville, Saratoga Co, NY > >>> Moreau, New York Moreau, Saratoga Co., NY > >>> Saratoga, New York- Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, USA. >>> The population was 5,141 at the 2000 census. It is also the commonly >>> used, but not official, name for the neighboring and much larger city, >>> Saratoga Springs. The major village in the Town of Saratoga is >>> Schuylerville which is often, but not officially, called Old Saratoga > >>> Warrenburg, New York spelled Warrensburg, Warren Co., New York >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >