Hello WRG: Audrey Dodes of Concord, Michigan wrote me a snailmail letter concerning a Whitcomb - Whitney connection. I searched our WRG web site but did not find anything to help. (Could her JACOB WHITCOMB actually be the JACOB WHITNEY shown in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Michigan Census in Hilldale County, Litchfield?) Contact me if you have further info or suggestions. Thanks! Jeanne ----------------------------- Audrey Dodes wrote: "We have been researching the Whitcomb family with no success in learning the parentage of my great grandfather, JACOB WHITCOMB born 1812 New York. According to family tradition he was left an orphan and given a home by a WHITNEY family. An aged cousin remembers her mother visiting a DUANE WHITNEY family. In checking his death record in HILLSDALE CO. MICHIGAN, his parents were listed as BENJAMIN and BETSEY WHITNEY. His age was 8 years younger than Jacob (Whitcomb), according to records we have located. He (unsure if she means Duane or Jacob) married AUGUSTA WALDO, March 20, 1855. JACOB WHITCOMB located in or near LITCHFIELD MICHIGAN 1836-37. His death record lists his parents as unknown. He had a brother THOMAS b. abt. 1800; JOSIAH b. abt 1803; JESSE b. abt 1808 and sister AURNELIA b. abt 1810. Sincerely, Mrs. Audrey Dodes PO Box 7 Concord, MI 49237 -----------------------------