Ken, At 12:03 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote: > Posted on the WRG web page is my abstract of the Civil War pension file >for Adrial L. Whitney, who moved from MA to ME in 1850. I recently found a >cemetery record for one of Adrial's children, which sent me looking for >Adrial's lineage once again. I like my soldiers connected. Anyway, from the >pension file I know that Adrial was born in Medfield, MA ca 1825, the son of >Leonard and Achsah Whitney. In the 1830 census, the only Leonard Whitney in >MA resides in Sudbury. So, I am left in a quandry. It is possible that >Adrial's father died before 1830, and is not in the census. Achsah doesn't >appear as a head of household either. Or, are Achsah and Ruth of Sudbury the >same person? Achsah appears to be an uncommon name, so is there a record >somewhere of a Leonard marrying an Achsah? Is Achsah Ruth's middle name? Too >many possibilities and no inspiration on my part. Maybe you MA researchers >might have a little. Thanks again. The vital records of Medfield, MA, show the death of Leonard Whitney, 26 Dec 1825, aged 32 years. That's why he didn't appear in the 1830 Census. Unfortunately, I am unaware of the maiden name of his wife Achsah, or any other information on him or her. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward