WRG, I've been subscribing to WRG for about 2 years now. First of all I'd like to express my thanks to the founders and to all the members for the website and for wealth of resources and information it has provided me with. I wouldn't have been able to come as far in tracing my family tree as I have in these last 2 years without the group and everyone's help. Thanks so much everyone!! My Whitney line is as follows: John & Elinor...who came from England in 1635 to Watertown,Mass. Jonathan & Lydia (Jones) Joseph & Rebecca (Barge / Burge?) Joseph & Abagail (Nutting) Lieut. Benjamin & Mary (Turner) Abel & Phoebe (Scott) .... who came from Pepperell,Mass. to Tunbridge,Vermont Joseph & Caroline (Pierce) James Pierce Whitney & Rosina Goodell Zina Mae/May Whitney & John Edward Jones Edith Myrtle Jones & Luman Osborne Patricia Ann Osborne & Raymond Maloney..my parents I recently visited Watertown, Mass. and the public library where I found lots of information on the Whitneys as well as other families that I'm a descendant of that married into the Whitney family. One of the books that the library in Watertown had was a book by Dr. Henry Bond and I was able to borrow it on interlibrary loan through the library of the University of Vermont. (I live in northern Vermont). This book is invaluable and I strongly suggest if you're looking for Whitneys or any other surname that settled in this area that you try to get hold of Bond's book! I would like to correspond with descendants of John & Elinor and all others in my line especially persons in Vermont who are descendants like myself. I also am trying to locate exactly where John and Elinor Whitney are buried in Watertown, Mass. I have it narrowed down to possibly one of two sites. If anyone could point me in the right direction on this I'd be indebted to you.( Also I'm looking for Lewis and Ann/Anna (Stone) Jones parents of Lydia Jones and Simon and Joan (Clark?) Stone Lydia's Grandparents as they're reported to be buried in Watertown too. I'm also trying to locate gravesites and homesteads of my VT. Whitneys. In addition if anyone has any information on the women who married the Whitney men in my line I would appreciate anything you can tell me. Again many thanks to everyone in WRG!!!! Noreen LaTour
----- Original Message ----- From: vttrails <vttrails@adelphia.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > WRG, > I've been subscribing to WRG for about 2 years now. First of all I'd like to express my thanks to the founders and to all the members for the website and for wealth of resources and information it has provided me with. I wouldn't have been able to come as far in tracing my family tree as I have in these last 2 years without the group and everyone's help. Thanks so much everyone!! > > My Whitney line is as follows: > > John & Elinor...who came from England in 1635 to Watertown,Mass. > Jonathan & Lydia (Jones) > Joseph & Rebecca (Barge / Burge?) > Joseph & Abagail (Nutting) > Lieut. Benjamin & Mary (Turner) > Abel & Phoebe (Scott) .... who came from Pepperell,Mass. to Tunbridge,Vermont > Joseph & Caroline (Pierce) > James Pierce Whitney & Rosina Goodell > Zina Mae/May Whitney & John Edward Jones > Edith Myrtle Jones & Luman Osborne > Patricia Ann Osborne & Raymond Maloney..my parents > > I recently visited Watertown, Mass. and the public library where I found lots of information on the Whitneys as well as other families that I'm a descendant of that married into the Whitney family. One of the books that the library in Watertown had was a book by Dr. Henry Bond and I was able to borrow it on interlibrary loan through the library of the University of Vermont. (I live in northern Vermont). This book is invaluable and I strongly suggest if you're looking for Whitneys or any other surname that settled in this area that you try to get hold of Bond's book! > > I would like to correspond with descendants of John & Elinor and all others in my line especially persons in Vermont who are descendants like myself. I also am trying to locate exactly where John and Elinor Whitney are buried in Watertown, Mass. I have it narrowed down to possibly one of two sites. If anyone could point me in the right direction on this I'd be indebted to you.( Also I'm looking for Lewis and Ann/Anna (Stone) Jones parents of Lydia Jones and Simon and Joan (Clark?) Stone Lydia's Grandparents as they're reported to be buried in Watertown too. I'm also trying to locate gravesites and homesteads of my VT. Whitneys. In addition if anyone has any information on the women who married the Whitney men in my line I would appreciate anything you can tell me. > > Again many thanks to everyone in WRG!!!! > > Noreen LaTour
Dear WRG: At 09:37 PM 8/11/00 -0400, vttrails wrote: >I recently visited Watertown, Mass. and the public library where I found >lots of information on the Whitneys as well as other families that I'm a >descendant of that married into the Whitney family. One of the books that >the library in Watertown had was a book by Dr. Henry Bond and I was able >to borrow it on interlibrary loan through the library of the University of >Vermont. (I live in northern Vermont). This book is invaluable and I >strongly suggest if you're looking for Whitneys or any other surname that >settled in this area that you try to get hold of Bond's book! Extracts of the WHITNEY material from this book is available on-line at the WRG website: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/bond.html>. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659