What about me?? I'm currently serving in the state legislature!! A second termer. Maybe lowly state representatives don't count! from, Representative Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R) Franklin-1 District, Vermont House of Representatives PS. Greg: the National Council of State Legislators (NCSL) is meeting in Seattle next August. Do you have an official function there? It would be fun to meet you! My line is John, John, John, John, Samuel, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Nickels" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Gov. Robert Whitney WATERMAN > Wait just a minute! Whitney's can't win elections? > > I am a great-great grandson of Eliza Ann Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, > Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Benjamin, John) and have won five > elections, currently serving as Mayor of Seattle, Washington. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: R R Kyser > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:30 PM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Gov. Robert Whitney WATERMAN > > > Nice work by Robert, but I could have saved him the trouble. A more > immediate clue that Gov. Waterman was not a Whitney is that he ran for > office-- and won. Whitneys do not have the best record on the stump! > > However, the Governor can claim other notable relatives. Gen. Benedict > Arnold's mother was a Waterman, and the General and the Governor are > second cousins thrice removed. > > Cheers, > Ron Kyser > > > On Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 06:18 PM, Robert L. Ward wrote: > > > Dear WRG, > > > > I have found that one of the early governors of California was Robert > > Whitney WATERMAN (1824-1891). I investigated his ancestry to try to > > find the source of his middle name. His Ahnentafel looks like this: > > > > 1. Robert Whitney-8 WATERMAN (1824-1891) > > 2. John Dean-7 WATERMAN (1785-1837) > > 3. Mary Graves-6 WALDO (1787-1843), m. 1810 > > 4. Gladding-6 WATERMAN (1757-1834) > > 5. Charlotte DEAN (1764-1841), m. 1782 > > 6. Calvin-5 WALDO (1759-1815) > > 7. Judith-5 GRAVES (1764-1808), m. 1777 > > 8. William-5 WATERMAN (1724-1793) > > 9. Rebecca-4 GLADDING (1734- ) > > 10. John DEAN (ca1725- ) > > 11. Thankful-4 (PARSONS) ASHLEY (1723- ), m. 1753 > > 12. Shubael-4 WALDO (1707-1776) > > 13. Abigail-5 ALLEN (1712-1799), m. 1730 > > 14. Moses-4 GRAVES (1700-1785) > > 15. Catherine ----- (ca1704- ), m. 1760 > > 16. John-4 WATERMAN (1694-aft1740) > > 17. Ann-4 HYDE (1697-1766), m. 1715 > > 18. Nathaniel-3 GLADDING () > > 19. (), m. > > 20. ----- DEAN > > 21. ----- ----- > > 22. Noah-3 PARSONS (1692-1779) > > 23. Mindwell-3 EDWARDS (1694-1775), m. 1712 > > 24. Edward-3 WALDO (1684-1767) > > 25. Thankful-3 DIMMOCK (1684-1757), m. 1706 > > 26. Samuel-4 ALLEN (ca1690- ) > > 27. Mary-3 ALDEN (ca1690- ), m. ca1700 > > 28. Jonathan-3 GRAVES (1666-1737) > > 29. Sarah-4 PARSONS (ca1679-1710), m. ca1698 > > 30. ----- ----- > > 31. ----- ----- > > > > This is enough to conclude that Gov. WATERMAN had no direct WHITNEY > > ancestors. > > Then I realized that his maternal grandfather, Calvin WALDO had married > > secondly, > > Clarissa (DWIGHT) WHITNEY, widow of Abel WHITNEY of Northampton, MA. > > It must be > > from that connection that his middle name was derived. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > Mr. Robert L. Ward > > [email protected] > > http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html > >

This is fascinating! Kudos to both of you, Mayor Nickels and Rep Branagan. This also works well with a question I've been pondering. I have been reading a book by Alexandra Robbins called "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power" in which she states that one of the founding Yale families was Whitney. Which Whitney was involved in the early days of Yale? Kess (Thomas, John, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Elmira Whitney, Ephraim Reynolds, etc (Reynolds, Reynolds, Reynolds, Graff) On 4/29/05, Christopher Branagan <[email protected]> wrote: > What about me?? I'm currently serving in the state legislature!! A > second termer. Maybe lowly state representatives don't count! > > from, > Representative Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R) > Franklin-1 District, Vermont House of Representatives > > PS. Greg: the National Council of State Legislators (NCSL) is meeting > in Seattle next August. Do you have an official function there? It > would be fun to meet you! My line is John, John, John, John, > Samuel, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John > > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: IJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXI > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:28 AM > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Gov. Robert Whitney WATERMAN > > > Wait just a minute! Whitney's can't win elections? > > > > I am a great-great grandson of Eliza Ann Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, > > Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Benjamin, John) and have won five > > elections, currently serving as Mayor of Seattle, Washington.