Dear Shawn, Where do you get this kind of information from? i.e.the town of Hopkinton, Mass. was named after Edward Hopkins. Where does all this come from? Is there a biography page that gives this genealogy information? Thank you, Maureen -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Whitney <cyberboone@worldnet.att.net> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 19, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Nathan Watkins >Hi Again! >I belong to a group of persons who do Whitney research. Aptly enough we refer >to ourselves as the WRG (Whitney Research Group). I have been doing genealogy >for about 6 or 7 years now. This is above and beyond the most helpful and >happy group I have made contact with. Only a few of us have ever actually >met, but we feel very connected. Please check out our website at: >http://www.whitneygen.org/ >Also we have our own Whitney listserver list on which we communicate. The >information is on the website. > >About two years ago we all pitched in and transcribed the ENTIRE genealogy >book for one of our branches. It is "The Descendants of John Whitney" by >Frederick Pierce published 1895. It is now on line and searchable on the >website. > >That is where I connected your Sarah. Pretty easy really. I was initially >looking in just my research. All of my husband's Whitneys are from Ontario >County NY. In fact his father (who is 81 this year) was born there. When >there was no Sarah that fit there, I went to the website and did a simple >search for Nathan Watkins. There they were. I will cut and paste it here but >then PLEASE PLEASE go to the site and get all of the rest of the info. > >Welcome cousin >In fact. Our Capt. Jonathan Whitney who settle in Ontario Cty in 1789 would >have been Sarah's 2nd cousin once removed. > >Shawn Whitney >Seattle, WA > >MARK WHITNEY (Benjamin, John), b. Framingham, Mass., abt. 1700; m. in >Framingham Jan 4, 1726, Tabitha MELLEN, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth, b. Jan >4, >1703. > Mark WHITNEY was born Framingham, Mass. He was a soldier of Capt. Sam- >uel WRIGHT's Rutland Company, in service from Nov 10, 1723, to June 10, 1724. >He >resided in Hopkinton, which town was purchased of the praying Indians in 1700, > >And incorporated in 1715, the name being given in honor of Edward HOPKINS of >Harvard College. It, however, did not assume the privileges of a town until >1724. >This year a church was organized in the town and Mark WHITNEY was, Apr 27 >1735, >admitted a member. He married his wife in Framingham. He continued to reside >in Hopkinton until his removal to Framingham; he was dismissed to the Framing- > >ham church Apr 5, 1753, and there he was admitted to the church by letter from >Hop- >kinton Feb 10, 1754. While residing there he kept a tavern on the old WHITNEY >homestead near the Havens. He soon moved to Natick where he afterward resided >until his death. Natick lies between Sherborn and Framingham, and it was here >that Rev. John ELLIOT established his first Indian church in America. Until >1746 >Natick was an Indian plantation; that year it was incorporated as a district, >and in >1781 it was incorporated as a town. In 1759 Mark WHITNEY was surveyor of high- > >ways and member of the parish committee in 1760, assisted im preambulating the > >town line between Natick and Sherborn, which committee rendered its report Mar > >24, 1760. He was a prominent and leading citizen in the various towns in which >he >resided as the title "Mr" is prefixed to his name in the town records. His >will is >dated at Natick, June 17, 1760, and was witnessed by Micah WHITNEY. His widow, > >Tabitha, taught school in Hopkinton. > A deed is on file in the Middlesex Probate records of a house lot signed by >Benjamin, Sr., Benjamin, Jr., Mark and Isaac. Mark lived on this homestead. > A petition is also recorded, signed by Benjamin,Sr., Isaac, Benjamin, Jr., >and Mark. > Mark was a soldier from Framingham before his marriage to a Framingham girl; > >his Hopkinton neighbor and brother (land adjoined as shown by deeds), Isaac >WHITNEY, married Elizabeth BRIDGES of Framingham. His land came to him from >his father, Benjamin WHITNEY, who was of Framingham. Thomas MELLEN, who was >Mark WHITNEY's father-in-law, and Benjamin WHITNEY were of those who, in 1732, > >went to the Hopkinton church on account of dissatisfaction at Framingham. > He d. June 23, 1760, at N.; res. Framingham, Hopkinton, and Natick, Mass. > 236. i. LOVE, bap. Hop. Nov 28,1726; m. Jan 2, 1754, Jonathan BATTLE >of > Dedham. He was b. May 30, 1724. They had a son, Timothy, > b. Sept 21, 1756. She (Love WHITNEY) m. 2d. 1767, Barrachias > > MASON (see Tilden's History of Medfield), b. 1723, d. 1795. > They res. Medfield. He gr. at Harvard College in 1742; was a > > noted surveyor of lands and surveyed the town of Natick in > 1778; taught school in Reading, 1747, also taught singing >school; > was selectman for five years and inholder. Ch.: Johnson, > b. 1767, was captain of militia and rose to rank of lieuten- > > ant-colonel, and town clerk 19 years, also representative: > Arnold, b. 1770. d. 1837. A son of Johnson was Dr Lowell > MASON, the celebrated musical composer, b. in Medfield in >1792, > and also grandfather of Wm. MASON, also celebrated as an > American musician and founder of the Mason and Hamlin Organ > Mfg. Co. of Boston. > 237. ii. JASON, b. Aug 31, 1729; m. Elizabeth BEAL and Lois PRATT. > 238. iii. MARY, b. Oct 4, 1731; m. 1759, Lieut. Joseph CODY of >Hopkinton; > res. Milford, Mass. He was son of Isaac and Hannah CODY and > >[Page 40] > > was born in Hopkinton, Mass., May 2, 1736. He settled in >"Bun- > gay," Milford, Mass., on what is now known as the Partridge > place. He was in the French and Indian wars, and the first > constable at Milford: was called "Lieut. Joseph;" was a >carpen- > ter by trade, and tradition says he seldom used any meas- > uring implement, but laid out his framing work by so >accurate > an eye that all his joints and mortises fitted exactly when >his > frames were raised. Ch.: Mary, b. Jan 23, 1760; m. June 6, >1782, > Thomas HISCOCK: Martha, b. Sept 7, 1761: Sarah, b. July 7, >1763; > m. Nov 16, 1780, Richard HISCOCK: Anna, b. May 12, 1765; m. > Nov 13, 1783, James HISCOCK: Hannah, b. Apr 13, 1767; d. in > early infancy: Joseph, b. Mar 23, 1769: Hannah, b. Apr 1, >1771. > 239. iv. MARK, b. Apr 11, 1732; d. unm. at Natick in 1750. > 240. v. TABITHA, b. Apr 11, 1735; d. July 11, 1735, in Hopk. > 241. vi. THOMAS, b. Jan 24, 1736; m. Mehitable BACON. > 242. vii. TABITHA, b. Mar 11, 1738; m. Aug 31, 1767, John LESSURE of > Upton, Mass. > 243. viii. SARAH, b. June 12, 1739; m. June 11, 1761, Nathan WATKINS of > Hopkinton: descendants res. in Hollinston. > 244. ix. ESTHER, b. Oct 3, 1742; m. Maug 30, 1764, James WATKINS of >Hop- > kinton: des. res. in Milford. > >Pbraun1010@aol.com wrote: > >> Oh yes it is!!!!! Thank you soooo much. I really appreciate your sending >> this on to me. Do you have any more info. Phyllis Braun >> Pbraun1010@aol.com > >Hello Phyllis, >I was searching the Ontario County, NY website and came up with your >post regarding Nathan Watkins and his wife Sarah Whitney. > >You give no dates except for reference to their fathers fighting in the >revolution. > >I might have the connection of your Sarah Whitney to the Whitney line >from Watertown Mass. > >Your post was clear back in May of this year, so perhaps this >information is not new to you but I have > >Sarah Whitney b. June 12, 1739 daughter of Mark-3 (Benjamin-2, John-1) >married to Nathan Watkins of Hopkinton. Her sister Esther also married >a Watkins (James). Could this be your line? > >Shawn Whitney, >Seattle WA > >