Dear Robert Ward, Early last year, you posted an erudite message postulating the ancestry of three Whitneys of Vermont; Nathan, Eleazer, and Jonathan. From my investigations pursuant to my Whitney Families of Michigan in 1850 project (ongoing, an earlier version was posted, but the link is broken) I would like to add to the information, and postulate for them some descendants, while providing some ties for the above mentioned Nathan to Vermont, which you mentioned were lacking. The 1820 Census Index lists in Lyme, Huron County Ohio; Nathan, Nathan Jr., and Eli Whitney, all on the same page. This is Nathan, the Rev. Soldier you mentioned. The 1830 Census Index lists in Thompson, Seneca County, Nathan Jr., Eli, Jasper, Willard, William, p. 140 and 141. The Underhill Genealogy identifies this Willard Whitney as the husband of Mary Underhill, daughter of James and Love (Sykes) Underhill and gives a lengthy and detailed account of their migrations, with her brothers, David, James, Jasper, and Cyrus, from Dorset, and Halifax, Vermont, then to Norwalk, (Lyme) Huron County, OH, and then to Thompson, in Seneca County, OH, and finally to Algansee, Lester, and Muskegon, in Michigan and eventually to Minnesota. In 1830, in Thompson, Seneca, OH, we have David, James, and Jasper Underhill, p. 141. An older brother is still in Norwalk. Also we have on p. 141 James and John Whitmore, but more of them later. Nearly the whole page is taken up with these three families; Whitney, Whitmore, and Underhill. This confirms the account of the Underhill family's travels in the Underhill Genealogy. It only mentions Willard Whitney as an aside, the husb. of Mary, but obviously there was a large contingent of Whitneys traveling with this family from Vermont, to wit, Nathan, the old man; and Eli, Nathan Jr, William, and Willard, of an age to be brothers, and Jasper, a bit younger. What is known of Eli, Nathan Jr., Willard, William and Jasper Whitney, who I postulate were sons or nephews of Nathan, Sr.? 1. Willard Whitney, b. Dorset, VT, 1781, married, 1822, in Seneca, OH, Mary Underhill, b. 1803, VT. He died in Alpine, Kent, MI, October 3, 1867, age 86y8m, death record gives POB as Vermont, nothing more. He resided in 1820 in Lyme, Huron, OH, 1830 Thompson, Seneca OH, and in 1850 in Kent, Alpine, MI. I have not found him in 1840. An closer examination of the census records of his kin might show him. His wife was living in 1888 in Casenovia, Muskegon, MI. They had no children. The IGI gives an incorrect birthdate (1789) with his marriage, as does the Underhill Gen. (1793) and also makes mention of a Willard Whitney b. Halifax, VT, son of Nathan and Eunice, b. 1793. Could be the same. He was a bit older than his wife and may have shaved a few years off at his marriage. (Census Records, MI GENDIS, Underhill Gen. IGI) 2. William Whitney, b. abt. 1790, VT, m. Jennie Whitmore, b. about 1792, dau. of Benjamin Whitmore and Martha, of Bratus, NY. She died 22 March, 1874, Casenovia, Muskegon, MI. age 81y1m8d. He died 1882, presumably in Muskegon, so there should be death record. MI death records aft. 1867 are supposed to list parents. He resided in 1820 Lyme, Huron, OH; 1830 Thompson, Seneca, OH; 1850 in Sparta, Kent, MI, with wife, son Benjamin, Orrin, and a relative, Hamilton C. Whitney, who I have not been able to place, but is promising because there is an older Hamilton C. Whitney in earlier censuses, or censi, if the term is proper, and this might add information on the family. They then moved on to Casenovia, Muskegon, MI, with the rest of the clan. They had children: a. Nathan, was born in Huron County, OH, Nov. 11, 1821, settled in Dupage Co, Illinois, in 1844, in Kent Co., MI, in 1850, in Casenovia, Muskegon, MI, in 1854. He m. (1) Matilda Chambers, b. Tompkins Co., NY, Feb 1824, d. March 26, 1858;  m.(2)Lovicy Henry, b. Monroe Co., NY, Sep 23, 1820. b. Eunice A., also b. Nov 11, 1821, Seneca, OH, m. Erastus Cook. She died 1902, in Casenovia. c. Benjamin, b. 1823, d. 1901, m. Rachel Blauvelt, who d. 1877, age 44 years, in Casenovia, Muskegon, MI. A descendant, Jill Leach, states he also lived in Rives, Jackson, MI. d. Orrin, b. 1825, m. Mary E. Cook, dau. of Augustus Cook, and sister of Erastus Cook, above. He also dwelt in Casenovia eventually. (MI GENDIS, Jill Leach of Muskegon, MI, IGI, Census Records, Hist. of Muskegon Co. MI) 3. Eli Whitney, b. Dec. 24 1793, VT; m. Nancy Whitmore, b. abt. 1796, NY. (Nancy may be a sister of Jennie Whitmore, wife of William, because the father of Jennie, Benjamin Whitmore, b. 1766, and wife Martha, appear right next door to Eli and Nancy in Lake Co, Ill, in 1850, at age 89. He also had a son James, who is probably the James Whitmore in Seneca County next to Nathan Jr, Eli, Wm. and Jasper Whitney in 1830. James was b. 1794 and is also present with Benjamin in Lake Co. 1850.) An earlier post by (can't remember who) details Eli Whitney's children from probate record filed by his grand nephew, Charles. I won't go into them here there are a dozen or so. Eli d. in 1855 in Lake Co, IL. He had a number of land transactions with a son, Willard, in Kent County in the 1850's, and that Willard also lived in Sparta. (WRG post, IGI, Census Records, Gravestone of Eli, Kent County Land Records) 3. Nathan Jr., was born in VT, lived in 1820 in Huron, OH, in 1830 in Seneca, and after that I know not, but he may be the Nathan Whiting in Branch County in 1840, and the Nathan in Calhoun County, Emmet, MI, in 1850. I have not reached his county yet in my researches, but I believe he made it to Michigan. 4.. Jasper Whitney, b. abt. 1803, m. Elizabeth Gunwar, and lived in Seneca County. Perhaps named after Jasper Underhill. I know there are descendants of these gentlemen on this list, and a great many interested persons would be gratified if these Vermont Whitney families could be tied together. Perhaps some insight into the three Vermont Whitneys, Nathan, Jonathan, and Eleazer, as well as Asa, can be gained by investigating these above, who I postulate, for the present, are sons or nephews of Nathan Whitney, of Vermont. A. W. Brown, Greenwich, CT