Hello WRG, Nancy and I with the valuable assistance of Ken Whitney, have attempted to prove the possibility that Deacon Samuel Whitney (b. 1707 York, Maine) and of New Meadows, Brunswick had four additional children other than that documented on the Brunswick vitals. This apparently was the case in a 1751 deposition to the General Court of Massachusetts requesting assistance for ransom money for release of his still captured son Samuel Whitney Jr. in Quebec. From 1751 on, Deacon Samuel Whitney Sr. seems to have left no further records in the Brunswick area. However, in church records of Maugerville N.S./N.B. along the St. John's River, Samuel seems to appear with wife Lydia at various times from 1773-1789. Land grant records show a Samuel Whitney in 1763. It is unclear whether the grant was to Samuel Sr. or Samuel Jr. We have located a deed in N.B. dated 1797 signed by Samuel Whitney and wife Mary disposing of property. We believe this to be Mary Aston/Austin, referencing a marriage in Brunswick, Maine of Samuel Whitney Jr. dated Feb. 9, 1760. Church records in Brunswick show Samuel and Mary being dismissed from Brunswick church in 1763 and 1765. Samuel Jr. was also a Deacon. Other Whitney's found on various lists in the 1760's in New Brunswick are Ebenezer, Josiah, Jeremiah and John. It is our belief that several, if not all, of these men are the four undocumented additional children of Deacon Samuel and Lydia Spooner Whitney born after 1743. Samuel Whitney Jr. the possible brother to these four men was born in 1732 and according to Pierce was released from capture about 1758. Ebenezer is documented as going to Meremechee, N.B., Josiah to Bridgton, Maine about 1787 (our focus project). John was documented in 1783 as being at Amesbury Peninsula having nine children and being on the St. John's from 1769. We have found no further records of Jeremiah. We would like to invited anyone with primary or circumstantial records to either prove, disprove or add to the above paradigm. In researching the family of Samuel Whitney Sr. ( John 3, Benjamin, 2, John 1) we found deeds believed to be Samuel's brothers John (born 1719) and Benjamin (born 1725) at Registry of Deeds in Alfred, Maine. Extracts of deeds: 1. John Whitney of Great Sebascodegon Island purchases of James Thompson of Brunswick, 30 acres on Great Sebascodegon Island and situated in that part commonly called Indian Town. Dated December 11, 1756. 2. Benjamin Whitney of Sebascodegon Island purchases of Sepren Cornish of Sabascodegon Island 20 acres on Sebascodegon Island. Dated May 6, 1758. Note: The possibility exists here of brothers purchasing land on Sebascodegon Island just off shore from Harpswell and Brunswick. We suspect this John Whitney to be Samuel's brother who was born 1719 and heretofore little is known. He may have also removed to New Brunswick with brother Deacon Samuel Sr and Jr and family. Benjamin born 1725 has been well documented. Further extracts of Whitney's entries in Harpwell Vital Records recorded by Rev. Elisha Eaton 1754-1764 and by his son, Samuel Eaton, 1765-1843 found at the Maine Historical Society in Portland: 1. Elizabeth Whitney, wife of John Whitney, received into Communion Oct. 7, 1759. 2. Benj. Whitney received into Communion Oct. 21, 1759. 3. Charity the dau. of John Whitney and wife bapt. in infancy Aug. 7, 1755. 4. Isaac son to Benj. Whitney and wife bapt. in infancy June 12, 1757. 5. Rebekah, dau. to Benj. Whitney and wife baptized in infancy May 6, 1759. Should anyone have any further information on this Whitney family project, please contact: Larry Tracy, Jr. at tracycomm@loa.com and Nancy Metelski at nmetelski@cybertours.com. Regards, Larry and Nancy