Janice, Please send me the full transcription when convenient. My step-dad, Allan Whitney, is a direct descendant of John Whitney, and I am assembling info for him.. Terrell Dorn On 8/2/07, Farns10th@aol.com <Farns10th@aol.com> wrote: > > This transcription with the full transcription of the Whitney family of > Watertownl, Mass. sent on request > to me, personally. - Janice Farnsworth > > Subject: WHITNEY. > Source: Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the > State of > Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams > > MASSACHUSETTS. > p.1 > The surname Whitney was originally a place name. The parish from which > the > family > takes its name is located in County Hereford, England, upon the extreme > western > border, adjoining Wales and is traversed by the lovely Wye river. The > name > of the > place doubtless comes from the appearance of the river, meaning in Saxon, > white > water, from hecit, white, and ey, water. The coat of arms of the Whitney > family > of Whitney is: Azure, a cross chequy or and gules. Crest: A bull's head > couped > sable, armed argent, the points gules. > > The English ancestry of John Whitney, the immigrant who settled > at Watertown, > Massachusetts, has been established by Henry Melville and presented in an > exquisi- > tely printed and illustrated volume. Very few Amerian families have their > English > genealogy in such well authenticated and satisfactory form. An abstract > of > the > English ancestry is given below. > (I) Turstin, "the Fleming," otherwise known as Turstin de > Wigmore, probably > also > as Turstin, son of Rolf, and Turstin "the White," was a follower of > William > the > Conqueror. He was mentioned in the Domesday book as an extensive land > holder > in > herefordshire and the Marches of Wales. He married Agnes, daughter of > Alured > de > Merleberge, a Norman baron of Ewias Castle, in the Marches of Wales. > > (II) Eustace, son of Turstin, was a benefactor of the monastery of St. > Peter, in > Gloucester, England. He or one of his immediate descendants took the > surname > De > Whitney from Whitney on the Wye, in the Marches of Wales, where his > principal > castle was located. The estate comprised over two thousand acres, and > remained > in the family until 1893, when it was sold, there being no member of the > family > to hold it. The castle has entirely disappeared, but it is believed to be > in > ruins > under the Wye, which has in the course of years changed its path. The > castle > was > probably built on an artificial mound, surrounded by a moat fed by the > river, which > gradually undermined the castle, which was at last disintegrated. > > (III) Sir Robert de Whitney, a direct descendant of Eustace, was living in > 1242 > and was mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill." Three or four intervening > generations > cannot be stated with certainty. > > (IV) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, gave deed to the monastery > of St. > Peter in 1280, referring to and confirming the deed of his > ancestors above > ment- > ioned. He was Lord of Pencombe, Little Cowarn and Whitney in 1281; was > granted > free warren by Edward I in 1284; summoned to wars beyond the seas in > 1297; > tenant > of part of the manor of Huntington in 1299; in Scotch war in 1301. He was > possibly > grandson instead of son of Sir Robert. > > (V) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace, was knighted by Edward I > in > 1306 > and was a member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1313 and 1352. > > (VI) Sir Robert de Whitney, son of Sir Eusatce, was one of two hundred > gentlemen > who went to Milan in the retinue of the Duke of Clarence on occasion of > the > latter's marriage in 1368. He was a member of parliament > for Herefordshire > in 1377, > 1379 and 1380 and Sheriff in 1377. > > (VII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was sent abroad to negotiate > treaty > with the Count of Flanders in 1388; a member of Parliament > for Herefordshire > in > 1391. He was sent to France to deliver the castle and town of Cherbourg > to > the > King of Navarre in 1393; was knight marshal in the Court of Richard II; > sent > on > King's business with his brother and most of his relatives, at the battle > of > Pilleth, 1402. > > (VIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was granted the castle of > Clifford > and lordship of Clifford and Glasbury by Henry IV in 1404, on account of > the > services of his father. He was Sheriff of Herfordshire 1416-1422. He > fought > in > the French war under Henry V, and was Captain of the castle and town of > Vire > in > 1420. He was named as one of the five knights in Hereforshire in 1433, > and > died > March 12, 1441. > > p.2 > (IX) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was born in 1411. He was > head > of a commission sent to Wales by Henry VI in 1455 and was a member of > parliament > for Herefordshire in 1468. He married Jenett Russell; he m. (2) Jane > Clifford. > > (X) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace (9) was probably a knight and was > an > active > participant in the War of the Roses, and was attainted as a Yorkist > in 1459. > He > was probably at the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. He was > the subject > of a > poem by Lewis Glyn Cothi, on the occasion of his marriage to Alice, the > great- > granddaughter of Sir David Gam. He married first, Alice daughter of > Thomas > Vaughan; second, Constance Touchett, who was the mother of his sons. She > was > decended from William the Conqueror, through the second wife of Edward I, > King > of England. > > (XI) James Whitney, son of Robert, was appointed receiver of Newport, part > of the > estate of the Duke of Buckingham, confiscated by Henry VII in 1522. He > married > Blanche, daughter and an heir of Simon Milbourne. > > (XII) Robert Whitney, son of James Whitney was of Icomb and in charge of > other > consfiscated estates. He was Sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1527, 1528, 1529 > and > 1530. He was nominated Knight of the Bath by Henry VIII at the coronation > of > Anne > Boleyn in 1531; was granted part of income of monastery of Brewern in > 1535; > furn- > ished forty men to put down the rebellion in 1536. He was named to attend > upon > the King's person. He died in 1541, and his Will was proved June 11, > 1541. He > married Margaret Wye. > > (XIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Robert, was knighted in October, 1553. > He > was > summoned before the Privy Council in 1555 and 1559. He was a member of > Parliament > for Herefordshire in 1559, and died August 5, 1567. He married Sybil > Baskerville, > a descendant of William the Conqueror through the first wife of Edward I. > > (XIV) Robert Whitney son of Sir Robert, was mentioned in the Will of his > father, > and also in an inquisition taken after the latter's death. He married > Elizabeth, > daughter of Morgan Guillims, or Duglim. > > (XV) Thomas Whitney, son of Robert, was of Westminster, Gentleman. He was > buried > at St. Margaret's, April 14, 1637. He married Mary, the daughter of John > Bray of > Westminster; she was buried at St. Margaret's September > 25, 1629. Children: > 1. John Whitney, the American emigrant, settled at Watertown, > Massachusetts. > 2. Nicholas Whitney. > 3. William Whitney. > 4. Richard Whitney > 5. Margaret Whitney. > 6. Anne Whitney. > End. > Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth > This file together with John Whitney, Bond's Watertown - sent on request > to > me personally. > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > 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 >