Dear WRG: I have just gotten around to looking hard at the information supplied by A. Whitney Brown about Juseph S Whitney and his family after their move from Vermont to Ohio, with the intent of updating and expanding my own version of the J&E database with his information. In his posting of 2/8/2001 he included the following: ********************************** Elisha Whitney, of Westminster Mass, had: Joseph Whitney, b. Westminster, February 21, 1785, m. Abigail Townes, b. Jan. 22, 1791, Andover VT, where the marriage took place on April 27, 1811. ********************************************** I have much respect for Whitney Brown, having found him to be a most careful researcher, but nonetheless, I checked those of the included facts (dates & places, etc.) for which I had resources. I have come upon a problem. The Westminster, MA, Vital Records as they appear on our web site show this Joseph Whitney, son of Elisha and Eunice (Seaver) Whitney, to have been born on 22 Feb 1784. If the same VR's are correct about his older sister, Orpah, who is listed as having been born on 24 Sep 1783, then biology will not allow the date published for Joseph five months later to be correct. The 1785 year makes much more sense, particularly with the common span of two years between children brought on by nursing by the mother. Could someone who has access to the Westminster pages (97 - 101) for Whitneys please check the date there? Further, Whitney, if you can spare a moment, can you pass on what other source you might have found for the 21 Feb 1785 date? Thanks, Allan E. Green