Betsy: The only document which mentions Henry Whitney in connection with Bermuda is the so-called "Osman Deposition", a document mentioned in 1939, but of which no copy exists and the original, if it ever really existed, has now been lost. One expert that I discussed it with thought it very likely that it was fraudulent. The family of Samuel Whitney was in Bermuda and has been fairly thoroughly researched, as presented in Avant, David A., Jr., Some Southern Colonial Families, vol. 5. I have been personally working on identifying Samuel's ancestry, with interesting results. Tim -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Slaughter Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:59 AM To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITNEY] Bermuda I am descended from Henry Whitney, and I am interested in the speculation about him and Bermuda. I also know that the family of Samuel Whitney was in Bermuda. Has anyone on this list done research on-site in Bermuda? If so, I interested in their experience. We will be in Bermuda next summer. Thanks, Betsy Slaughter ------------------------------- 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

Betsey and All, At 10:13 AM 7/6/2007, Tim Doyle wrote: >The only document which mentions Henry Whitney in connection with Bermuda is >the so-called "Osman Deposition", a document mentioned in 1939, but of which >no copy exists and the original, if it ever really existed, has now been >lost. One expert that I discussed it with thought it very likely that it was >fraudulent. > >The family of Samuel Whitney was in Bermuda and has been fairly thoroughly >researched, as presented in Avant, David A., Jr., Some Southern Colonial >Families, vol. 5. I have been personally working on identifying Samuel's >ancestry, with interesting results. Note that the DNA profiles for descendants of Henry and Samuel are dissimilar, which means that it is very unlikely that they were related. This is true even if the Osman Deposition is genuine, and they were in Bermuda at the same time, which is somewhat doubtful. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward