I'm finding myself a bit confused about some things I've been reading in the Whitney Research Groupand was wondering if someone can help me sort it all out. First of all which Thomas Whitney was accused of mmurdering the husband of his neice,of which he was later found innocent of murder but guilty of manslaughter? Was it John the immigrant's fatheor John's brother Thomas or a relative by that same name? Also was it John's brother Thomas who hit someone and had to be bailed out of jail by his father Thomas and his brother in law Francis Beale? Seems like that family were quite hot headed and here I thought my temper was because of my being 1/2 Irish not because of my English ancestry...HA! HA! Another thing I'm curious about...I realize that WRG is primarily for the surname Whitney but I was wondering if anyone knows about some lines that married into the Whitney clan. For instance I see that the name Cromwell pops up in the Whitney tree. I was wondering if anyone's found a connection to the famous Oliver Cromwell? I looked up on the internet under Morgan ap William since Elizabeth verch Morgan ap William married Robert Whitney,who were ancestors of John the immigrant. I don't know if the information I found is the same Morgan ap William or if it is correct but it stated that Morgan ap William married Catherine Cromwell,sister of Thomas Cromwell,the statesman and that they were the ancestors of Oliver Cromwell. I've got other questions about what I read about some of the Whitneys at WRG but rather than try to cram it all in this e mail I'll send seperate e mails for those questions. Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed light on my above questions. Noreen Maloney LaTour Burlington,VT