Hi Rachel. No, these names are not familiar to me. I have heard of an Asa, but can't connect to him. I'll forward this to the Whitney list. Maybe someone else is familiar with them. Rachel Duffalo wrote: > > Hi Colleen, > I just bought a new book "Genealogical Abstracts from Early New Hampshire > Newspapers." by Scott Lee Chipman (Heritage Books, 2000). I have found it > extremely interesting. Most of the book contains abstracts from "The > Farmer's Weekly Museum" of Walpole NH. > > I found this item that might interest you. My first thought was Benjamin > and Jerusha, but I don't think they quite fit. Do you have any idea who > they might be? I know there was an Asa Whitney on the 1790 census of > Rockingham, but I have nothing else on him. > > "Notice of Aseneth Whitney, wife of "_____ Whitney," who ran away from her > husband with two small children, dated at Westminster, 3 Feb 1797 [sic]. > This notice appears slightly altered in subsequent issues; the notice in 20 > Feb 1798 gives the husband's name as Asa Whitney, and the date was > corrected to read 3 Feb 1798" > ("The Farmer's Weekly Museum" of Walpole NH., Vol. 5, (No. 253) Tuesday, 6 > Feb 1798). > > Best wishes, > Rachel