Hi Carolyn, Just read your message re FORD line in Maine. I have a Cadwallider FORD, b.c.1703; d. 1790, Wilmington,MA. The following information is from an article written by Janet Ireland Delorey in "The Maine Seine", Aug 1988: Chadwaliter/Cadwallader Ford held a positon of prominence with Clark & Lake Co....he was involved with a territorial dispute between Kennebec Co & Clark & Lake Co., which extended from mouth of Kennebec River up to Cobboseconte Falls in the Province of Maine...as outlined in "The Kennebeck Proprietors" (Gorden E.Kershaw , Portland, Maine 1975, p.154 ff.) (Cadwallider's daughter Hannah FORD, mar.my gr- gr-gr-grandf.Job FOSTER who was from Andover, MA.) Other children of Cadwallider as listed in "The Maine Seine" by Janet Delorey: Dea.Samuel Ford Sarah, b. 1731, mar. James Gray of Bideford Also mentioned - Dea.Samuel FORD & his bro. Francis & sister Elizabeth who mar. Rev. Josiah Winship as his 2nd wife - all were early settlers of Georgetown and Woolwich. I have a Winship line that connects to my WHITNEY line, too. If you want a copy of this article will be happy to send. Joan Reed Miller York PA On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:42:19 -0400 Chris Branagan <slainte@together.net> writes: >Hi Allan! > >Things are so quiet at Whitney-L that I've been using the time to >read >up on some of the archived Whitney-L messages. I noticed back in >May >1999 you did some research on Nathan (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John) >regarding land purchase in Saco/York, Maine. > >At the end of that message you mentioned that you were able to confirm >that Sarah and Letty Ford were sisters, the daughters of John and >Joanna (Andrews) Ford of Kittery. Were you able to find out anything >more about them? What about the history of the Ford family? Were >they >immigrants? Land owners? Were there other Fords in Maine at the >time? >Where can I go to find out more about the Fords? > >As you know Sarah and Letty married brothers Nathaniel and John, sons >of Benjamin. Nathaniel and John must have had some interesting >experiences with Captain Preble and the boys in the Maine woods! It is >the family of John and Letty in which I am most interested. > >By the way, I love your suggestion of a Whitney reunion. Did you get >any response?Perhaps it will happen one of these summers. There must >be >a nice resort down there in the D.C./ Maryland area that could handle >a >group of 80 -100 for such a gathering. It would be great to have >both you and Robert speak on your findings, and also on research >techniques for the amateur. There are several others who are experts >on >the Maine Whitneys (like Jan and Ken from Maryland) and it would be >interesting to hear some presentations about the family of Henry and >the >Southern Whitneys. And Jeanne and Tim Doyle. We could easily fill an >entire weekend. Wouldn't it be great to have John Whitney come over >from England, you know the gentleman corresponding from Oxford! >Haven't >you met him? > >Keep up the good work. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.