Dear Janet: Your John Whitney (b. 1784; d. 20 Feb 1871 Coles Co., Illinois) and Polly Gibbs still appear in the "Unconnected Whitneys" database with 2 children: Truman Whitney (b. 14 Jun 1818 NY; d. 22 Sep 1880 Coles Co., Illinois; m. Florilla ?) and Adeline Whitney (b. circa 1820). Do you have any further information that I can add to the database -- more children or grandchildren perhaps? Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Duffield" <janet@eagnet.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:47 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] John Whitney and Polly Gibbs I have still not been able to find to much information on my John Whitney. Every census I have found with him on it has him born MA. On a piece of paper written by one of his children it says Deerfield, MA. He was born in 1784 and died 2/20/1871 in Coles County, IL. The family moved around a lot. He was married to Polly Gibbs from CT, a few of their children were born in Broome County, NY, they eventually went to Waukesha County, WI where Polly died, then on to Coles County, Illinois. Can anyone give some advice? Thank you in advance. John Whitney has been my brick wall for a couple of years. Janet Whitney Duffield