All, At 09:18 AM 9/6/00 -0700, John F. Sherwood wrote: >Looking for family of Lucy Whitney b. 1799 Oneida Co,NY. She married >David Sherwood of Town of Dryden, Tompkins Co, NY. They migrated to Town >of Independence, Allegany Co, NY abt 1825 where she died in 1862. > I have weak evidence that she was the daughter of Edwin H. Whitney >of the village of Cayuga. Again weak evidence but Edwin might have been >born at Aurelius, Cayuga Co, NY son of Dr. Jonathan Whitney b. 1768 who >came to Cayuga from Stockbridge, MA in 1798. > If any of these names have meaning to you and you can help me in my >search for ancestors of Lucy Whitney I would appreciate it. >John Sherwood, Jamestown, NY For Edwin Herbert WHITNEY, see <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p311-315.htm#P2349> He apparently had no daughter Lucy, and was too young to be her father. He also apparently had no sister Lucy, either. Now that I've eliminated your theory, I should supply another, but I have none to suggest. Sorry! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>