Hi there. Reference to your statement,"There is only on Whitney family in Jefferson Co., MS in 1820..." I have John Merrick Whitney, b.SC, Md. one Clarissa Montgomery 17 Oct. 1815, place unknown. I have Clarissa being born and died in Jefferson County. It looks like she may have been born, wed and died in Jefferson Co., MS., which would indicate that John Merrick Whitney was in Jefferson Co. before 1820. How does that look? - Robert C. Whitney in Metairie, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Whitney" <w.whitney@sympatico.ca> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: [WHITNEY] Henry Descendant > Recently, we received the great news that a fifth descendant of Henry > Whitney has been confirmed through the DNA Project. Thanks Whit and Tim. > > The person identified is Steve Whitney who was born in Lamont, Mississippi > in 1915. He was one of 10 children of Ike (maybe Isaac) Whitney b. c1865 and > Beatrice (Beadie) Bailey both born in Mississippi. His grand parents were > Henry Whitney b.1817 and Dodie Unknown, both born in Mississippi. > > There was only one Whitney family in Jefferson County, Mississippi in 1820 > and therefore, Henry's father MAY have been the head of that family, > William Whitney. > > I am trying to piece this family together and link it to Henry. > > Any and all help will be appreciated. > > Bill Whitney > > > ------------------------------- > 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

All, At 10:00 PM 7/16/2007, Croxton <croxton@acadiacom.net> wrote: >Hi there. Reference to your statement,"There is only on Whitney family in >Jefferson Co., MS in 1820..." I have John Merrick Whitney, b.SC, Md. one >Clarissa Montgomery 17 Oct. 1815, place unknown. I have Clarissa being born >and died in Jefferson County. It looks like she may have been born, wed and >died in Jefferson Co., MS., which would indicate that John Merrick Whitney >was in Jefferson Co. before 1820. How does that look? - Robert C. Whitney >in Metairie, LA John M. Whitney appears in the 1820 census of Natchez, Adams Co., MS, not in Jefferson Co. Besides, the family in question are proved by DNA to be direct descendants of Henry-1 Whitney of Long Island and Connecticut, while John Merrick Whitney is a proven descendant of John-1 Whitney of Watertown. That eliminates him from consideration as an ancestor in this study. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward