All, At 12:52 PM 12/15/05, Jo Hogle wrote: >In reviewing the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records for >Plainfield,CT I find the following: > >Elisabeth, d, William & Margret, b. 12 Aug 1719 1:27 > >Previously I have found this same individual in the Groton, MA VRs >and this is the location also noted in the databases of Jeanne Muse >and Allan Green as well as in the WRG archives "Descendants of >William-3 Whitney" of Robert Ward all with reference to the Groton VRs. > >I find that her brother Caleb was born in Plainfield,CT 10 Sep >1721. Allan and Robert also have this date and location noted. > >Which raises the question...Was she born in Groton or in Plainfield? >Or does this mean that the William who resided in Groton and the >William who resided in CT (first Killingly, then Plainfield) are 2 >different people who just happened to marry women named Margaret and >have daughters they named Elizabeth, who were born on the same day? > >Robert raises the question as to whether there are 2 different >Williams, but the circumstances are highly unlikely that all else >would be equal. > >Has anyone researched this family further and determined if we are >indeed looking at 2 different families or if one of the VRs was >added after the fact? > >This isn't my direct line but I still would like to have the correct >information in my personal database, and we want it correct on the >website as well. > >Thoughts? There was just one William with wife Margaret and daughter Elizabeth. It seems that her brother John and she were most likely born in Groton, before the move, and recorded there. Then, after the move to Plainfield, their births were recorded again along with that of her brother Caleb, all on the same page. The double recording serves to confirm the identity of William and Margaret of Groton with William and Margaret of Plainfield, not to contradict it. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward rlward AT whitneygen DOT org http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html

Thank you Robert. I did assume that was the case but at the same time, one never makes assumptions, especially not in genealogy. The fact that William had been recorded in CT for several years before her birth added to my questioning of location. As Margaret pointed out, we are all well aware of the double recording. It is just difficult to be certain which is the location of the birth and which is an added record. But everything can't be easy - it wouldn't be any fun then. Jo H ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert L. Ward<mailto:[email protected]> To: Jo Hogle<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Elisabeth Whitney 1719 All, At 12:52 PM 12/15/05, Jo Hogle wrote: >In reviewing the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records for >Plainfield,CT I find the following: > >Elisabeth, d, William & Margret, b. 12 Aug 1719 1:27 > >Previously I have found this same individual in the Groton, MA VRs >and this is the location also noted in the databases of Jeanne Muse >and Allan Green as well as in the WRG archives "Descendants of >William-3 Whitney" of Robert Ward all with reference to the Groton VRs. > >I find that her brother Caleb was born in Plainfield,CT 10 Sep >1721. Allan and Robert also have this date and location noted. > >Which raises the question...Was she born in Groton or in Plainfield? >Or does this mean that the William who resided in Groton and the >William who resided in CT (first Killingly, then Plainfield) are 2 >different people who just happened to marry women named Margaret and >have daughters they named Elizabeth, who were born on the same day? > >Robert raises the question as to whether there are 2 different >Williams, but the circumstances are highly unlikely that all else >would be equal. > >Has anyone researched this family further and determined if we are >indeed looking at 2 different families or if one of the VRs was >added after the fact? > >This isn't my direct line but I still would like to have the correct >information in my personal database, and we want it correct on the >website as well. > >Thoughts? There was just one William with wife Margaret and daughter Elizabeth. It seems that her brother John and she were most likely born in Groton, before the move, and recorded there. Then, after the move to Plainfield, their births were recorded again along with that of her brother Caleb, all on the same page. The double recording serves to confirm the identity of William and Margaret of Groton with William and Margaret of Plainfield, not to contradict it. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward rlward AT whitneygen DOT org http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html<http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html>