Thanks Robert for clearing this up for me. I thought it was John's father but wanted to make sure I had the right Thomas. I hadn't thought about that aspect of it but what you said about it might having been the reason for his moving to Westminster makes sense. Noreen Maloney LaTour On 7/23/07, Robert L. Ward <Robert@rlward.com> wrote: > > All, > > At 07:11 AM 7/23/2007, Noreen LaTour wrote: > >I posted a query last weeand no one's responded. I'm trying to determine > >which Thomas Whitney was accused of mmurdering his neice's husband. He > was > >founnd innocent of murder but guilty of manslaughter.I read this in the > >Whitney Research Group. Was it Thomas father of John ,the immigrant to > the > >colonies or a different Thomas? > > The article just published by myself and Tim Doyle in _The American > Genealogist_ identifies Thomas Whitney, father of John-1, the > immigrant, as Thomas Whitney of Castleton, Herefordshire. It was the > latter who was accused of murder. In other words, if the article is > correct, they were one and the same person, so it isn't a different > Thomas. > > By the way, this case may supply a reason for him to have left > Herefordshire and to have settled permanently at Westminster. > > Regards, > > Robert > > Mr. Robert L. Ward > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >