Dear WRG, I am desperately seeking any information on Ephraim Whitney of Machias, Maine. In particular I am looking for his parents and the place and date of birth. I am hoping with the number of members on this mailing list that there might be someone with information on my elusive Whitney. Please let me start with the fact that my Ephraim is not the son of Joel Whitney from Jonesboro, Maine. Here are the facts as I have them so far. Ephraim married Mary (Polly) Crocker, daughter of James W Crocker and Rebecca Berry, June 20, 1813 in Machias, Maine. Ephraim and Mary lived in Marshfield, Maine with their children. Ephraim died Feb. 4, 1828 at the age of 38. Their children are as follows: Otis Crocker born April 27, 1814 Emma Olive born July 1, 1816 Arathusa Brigham born November 16, 1817 Ephraim Crocker and Hannah Crocker born March 4, 1823 I have been under the assumption that Ephraim was born in the Machias area. Ephraim Crocker's death record indicated that his father was born in Machias. I enlisted the help of a researcher from Machias, hoping that she may find his parents. She was unable to find any information on him from any of the records in Washington County. She suggested that I start looking at the Whitney's from the York County and Cumberland County areas. Last night I conducted a search on Ephraim on the LDS site. The search did retrieve an Ephraim Whitney born abt 1789 in Parsonfield, York County, Maine. The date of birth is consistent with my Ephraim. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. When I first started the Whitney research last year I did find someone on the message boards that was researching the same line. Dean was researching Otis Crocker's line. He send me his new email address and now I can not reach him. He was my only hope ! Sincerely, Debbie Whitney