Dear WRG: At 09:45 AM 3/1/01 -0500, Cheryie and John Baxter <jbaxter1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >Looking for information on the parents of Rebecca Nichols b 1781 d 1853, >wife of Oliver Whitney b 4/28/1784 d 1857. She was born in Gardner, Mass and >died in Rochester, VT. They married in 1809. > >Oliver's Whitney link is >Joshua > Caleb > Jonathan > Richard > Richard > John > >Thanks, >John Baxter Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

At 06:33 PM 3/1/01 -0500, Robert L. Ward wrote: >Dear WRG: > >At 09:45 AM 3/1/01 -0500, Cheryie and John Baxter ><jbaxter1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >>Looking for information on the parents of Rebecca Nichols b 1781 d 1853, >>wife of Oliver Whitney b 4/28/1784 d 1857. She was born in Gardner, Mass and >>died in Rochester, VT. They married in 1809. >> >>Oliver's Whitney link is >>Joshua >> Caleb >> Jonathan >> Richard >> Richard >> John >> >>Thanks, >>John Baxter Given that their oldest son's name was Benjamin Nichols WHITNEY, I think it is overwhelmingly likely that she was "Beca", daughter of Benjamin and Rebekah (-----) NICHOLS whose birth was recorded 1 Apr 1791 in the adjoining town of Westminster, MA (Ref: Westminster VRs). Apparently her mother's maiden name was Rebecca BANCROFT (Ref: LDS International Genealogical Index). Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/home2.html>