Dear Larry: I'm afraid I can't help with Elizabeth Harding either. I have no sources cited as references for the information I entered. Are you a member of our Whitney Research Group's e-mail list? I would suggest you join and post a message to the membership. Get more information on the group on the web site: http://www.whitneygen.org Good luck! Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------ Researching GOLDSMITH, REED, WHITNEY http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "N. Metelski" <nmetelski@cybertours.com> To: <jwmuse@compuserve.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:50 PM Subject: Elizabeth Harding who married a Josiah Whitney We have been searching for sometime the origins of Josiah Whitney who made his way to New Brunswick/Nova Scotia probably from 1768-1774. Pierce's genealogy claims a Josiah Whitney m. both an Elizabeth Harding and a Hannah Barstow, probably incorrectly. We recently found an obscure reference to Josiah in Bridgton Me. along with his 6 children. The first 2 children were born in St. John's according to the old record, in 1776 and 1778 respectively. One child was born in Beverly Mass. in 1786 and his last child in Bridgton Maine in 1789. Research has shown that his wife was probably Sarah, leaving the possibility that Barstow or Harding died previous to Josiah's entry into N.B. Many people are working on this project such as Ken Whitney, around the country. The find in Bridgton was one advance in determining who Josiah Whitney was in relationshipto the others, but parantage remains a mystery! I thought by locating Elizabeth Harding and working in a different direction the area and parantage could be ascertained. Any help would be appreciated, or additional questions you may have will gladly be answered. Larry Tracy Jr.