At 03:27 PM 11/7/00 -1000, David Wallace wrote: >Aloha my name is David an I am from Watertown MA.now living in >Hawaii(20yr.)was doing some research an came across a story of John >Whitney who happen to have his estate less than 1/4 mile from my family >home I remember going in the houses on the property with friends like a >haunted house that was around 1968 soon after the place was torn down to >make Whitney Apartments.I do remember one building it was a small theater >and thought how wealthy the family must of been... > Any who:) in the story there was a > claim that a man tried to say he was heir to the Whitney family...they > talked about all the family being baptized at Westminster an if the John > of Watertown had been also baptized there.Well the name of the Avenue I > lived on was Westminster Ave.one of the older roads in the town not sure > but I'm sure that Mr. John Whitney had something to do with > that...Pre-American Ancestries John Whitney of Watertown was my link.hope > this helps who ever does the research. > > David B. Wallace Thanks for contacting me, David. This is interesting! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659