Janice and others, At 09:55 PM 8/2/2007, Farns10th@aol.com wrote: >This transcription with the full transcription of the Whitney family of >Watertown, 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 The lineage given is wrong, despite Melville's book saying it is so. The Robert Whitney of generation (XIV) was not the same as Robert, son of Sir Robert Whitney of generation (XIII). Doubt was cast on this connection by Jacobus in 1933, on chronological grounds. The link was finally disproven by Paul C. Reed in 1994. Both articles are in _The American Genealogist_. An alternate theory of the Whitney ancestry just came out. See: Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of John-1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts," _The American Genealogist_, vol. 81, no. 4 (Oct 2006), pp. 249-262. It makes (XV) Thomas Whitney a possible second cousin, not a grandson, of (XIII) Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney. See also the Whitney Research Group website at http://wiki.whitneygen.org The parts of Bond's _Watertown_ dealing with the Whitney family can also be found on the same website, at http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Archive:Early_Settlers_of_Watertown%2C_Massachusetts Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward

Robert, Is there some way the WRG can solve the problem of this erroneous information continually "popping up" and confusing many, particularly those who are just beginning. I know that when I first started the quest of finding my Whitney "roots", I found Melville and was elated. Another cousin and I looked carefully at the chronological order and thought something was wrong, but didn't do anything because this had been so eloquently "proven". For me, it happened in the late 1970s. Then, I managed to get the data into my computer in the early 1980s. And, it still keeps popping up. I think I've got it out, but I'm not 100 percent sure. I guess it would be nice if we were able to either block the info from discussion on the Whitney site, or in the interest of preserving free speech, always flag it with a caveat. It's so easy for someone to grab this, believe it to be the gospel and perpetuate the myth. Just some thoughts. On another issue, I placed an order (with my check) for yours and Tim's article in the American Genealogist, vol. 81, no. 4, Octl 2006, pp. 249-262, re the Whitney Lineage of John Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts on July 14, but have not received it. Do you know if others are having the same problem? Jon Whitney On Aug 2, 2007, at 10:41 PM, Robert L. Ward wrote: > Janice and others, > > At 09:55 PM 8/2/2007, Farns10th@aol.com wrote: >> This transcription with the full transcription of the Whitney >> family of >> Watertown, 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 > > The lineage given is wrong, despite Melville's book saying it is > so. The Robert Whitney of generation (XIV) was not the same as > Robert, son of Sir Robert Whitney of generation (XIII). Doubt was > cast on this connection by Jacobus in 1933, on chronological > grounds. The link was finally disproven by Paul C. Reed in > 1994. Both articles are in _The American Genealogist_. > > An alternate theory of the Whitney ancestry just came out. See: > > Robert Leigh Ward and Tim Doyle, "The Whitney Lineage of > John-1 Whitney > of Watertown, Massachusetts," _The American Genealogist_, > vol. 81, no. 4 > (Oct 2006), pp. 249-262. > > It makes (XV) Thomas Whitney a possible second cousin, not a > grandson, of (XIII) Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney. See also the > Whitney Research Group website at > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org > > The parts of Bond's _Watertown_ dealing with the Whitney family can > also be found on the same website, at > > http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/ > Archive:Early_Settlers_of_Watertown%2C_Massachusetts > > 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 >