Dear WRG, I found the following 25 WHITNEY soldiers who encamped with Gen. Washington's army at Valley Forge Dec 1777 to June 1778: ID Number Surname Given Name State Rank Regt. Please Select MA19953 WHITNEY ABRAHAM MA PRIVATE 13 MA MA19953 MA27508 WHITNEY CALEB MA PRIVATE 15 MA MA27508 MA12866 WHITNEY ELEAZOR MA PRIVATE 4 MA MA12866 MA12867 WHITNEY GERSHOM MA SERGEANT 4 MA MA12867 MA12868 WHITNEY HEZEKIAH MA PRIVATE 4 MA MA12868 MA19952 WHITNEY ISAAC MA PRIVATE 13 MA MA19952 MA12870 WHITNEY ISRAEL MA PRIVATE 4 MA MA12870 NY23036 WHITNEY JACOB NY PRIVATE 4 NY NY23036 MA03701 WHITNEY JAMES MA CORPORAL 9 MA MA03701 MA19599 WHITNEY JOHN MA DRUM MAJOR 12 MA MA19599 MA27333 WHITNEY JOHN MA PRIVATE 15 MA MA27333 MA27393 WHITNEY JOHN MA PRIVATE 15 MA MA27393 CT02541 WHITNEY JOHN M. CT SERGEANT 4 CT CT02541 MA15045 WHITNEY JONATHAN MA PRIVATE 2 MA MA15045 MA19210 WHITNEY JONATHAN MA PRIVATE 1 MA MA19210 CT16030 WHITNEY JOSHUA CT SERGEANT 8 CT CT16030 MA27482 WHITNEY JOSHUA MA CORPORAL 15 MA MA27482 MA02800 WHITNEY JOSHUA MA PRIVATE 10 MA MA02800 CT15713 WHITNEY JOSIAH CT PRIVATE 7 CT CT15713 MA20157 WHITNEY SAMUAL MA CORPORAL 13 MA MA20157 CT21746 WHITNEY SAMUEL CT PRIVATE 2 CT CT21746 CT10897 WHITNEY SAMUEL CT PRIVATE 5 CT CT10897 MA27163 WHITNEY SHUBALL MA PRIVATE 14 MA MA27163 MA27465 WHITNEY SILAS MA PRIVATE 15 MA MA27465 NY25636 WHITNEY THOMAS NY MATROSE 2 ART NY25636 See <http://www.nps.gov/vafo/home.htm>. I can identify these: Abraham-5 WHITNEY (Benjamin-4, John-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) Caleb-6 WHITNEY (Caleb-5, Jonathan-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1) Eleazer-6 WHITNEY (Nathan-5, Thomas-4, Eleazer-3, Thomas-2, John-1) Gershom-4 WHITNEY (Joshua-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) [my ancestor!] Hezekiah-5 WHITNEY (Gershom-4, Joshua-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) Isaac-5 WHITNEY (Benjamin-4, John-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) Israel WHITNEY, enlisted from Brookfield, MA Jacob WHITNEY, possibly Jacob-5 (David-4, David-3, Joshua-2, John-1) James-5 WHITNEY (Isaac-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamina-2, John-1) John-5 WHITNEY (Nathan-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) John-5 WHITNEY (Abraham-4, Isaiah-3, Thomas-2, John-1) John WHITNEY of Westborough, poss. the one who m. Sarah TWITCHELL. John M. WHITNEY, ??? Jonathan WHITNEY (Isaac-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1) Jonathan WHITNEY, perhaps Jonathan-5 (John-4, Benjamin-3, John-2, John-1) Joshua WHITNEY , ??? Joshua WHITNEY, of Lancaster Joshua WHITNEY, ??? Josiah WHITNEY, ??? Samual WHITNEY, ??? Samuel WHITNEY, ??? Samuel WHITNEY, ??? Shuball WHITNEY, of Barnstable and Yarmouth Silas WHITNEY, poss. Silas-6 (Daniel-5, Richard-4, Richard-3, Richard-2, John-1) Thomas WHITNEY, ??? Anyone else care to try? Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>