My WHITNEY line is: Amasa b. 1801 NY, m Isabella Courtright b. 1819 NY. Children: Elvira 1839 NY, Laury b. 1840 NY, Olive 1842, Eli E 1844, Orson 1846, Mariah 1847, Loren L 1849, Charles 1852, Mary Emma 1854, Frederick 1852. The last 8 children all born in Potter Co. Pa. I suspect Amasa's father to be an Epriam Whitney b. 1780 in Vt. Ephriam is found in 1810 and 1820 census in Chenango with a male child that could be Amasa. He is next found in Potter Co. Pa in 1830 with a male between 20 & 30. In 1840 Amasa is in Potter Co. with wife and 2 daughters. Epriam is also found there living alone at time of census. 1850 finds him back in Chenango Co. where he died in 1859. It appears that Amasa left Potter Co. after 1830, went to Cortland Co. NY where he married and had 2 children b. 1939 & 1840 then returned to Potter Co. in 1840 where he died between 1860 and 1870. Other Whitneys in Chenango in 1850 census are Charles, Easton, Mary, Caroline, Catherine, Roswell and Porter E. In IGI records there is an Ephriam Whitney b. 1780 of Sherborne NY, relative Joseph M. Benedict. Somewhere I read of a Whitney connection to Benedicts. I wish I could remember where! Thank you for your time in reading all of this. Can anyone help me know if I am "barking up the wrong tree" re: Ephraim. Any suggestions are most welcome. Donnalee Heald, San Diego