I recently asked about Asa Whitney buried in the Doty Cemetery in Silver Creek, NY. Thank you so much for the guidance. There is also a Lucinda, wife of Ira buried in the same cemetery. Does anyone know who this Ira is? I believe he may be the same Ira that is on the 1840 census for Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY. Asa is also on this census, along with Jarvis Christy. I am looking for the connection of these families. I believe my John Whitney has a connection to them somehow and this may be the breakthrough. This Jarvis Christy is probably the husband of John Whitney's oldest daughter Melinda. Janet Whitney Duffield --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page

All, At 08:07 AM 4/17/05, Janet wrote: >I recently asked about Asa Whitney buried in the Doty Cemetery in Silver >Creek, NY. Thank you so much for the guidance. There is also a Lucinda, >wife of Ira buried in the same cemetery. Does anyone know who this Ira >is? I believe he may be the same Ira that is on the 1840 census for >Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY. Asa is also on this census, along with >Jarvis Christy. I am looking for the connection of these families. I >believe my John Whitney has a connection to them somehow and this may be >the breakthrough. This Jarvis Christy is probably the husband of John >Whitney's oldest daughter Melinda. There was an Ira and Lucinda WHITNEY who had a daughter Ellen Lucinda born 2 Aug 1840 in Plymouth, Windsor Co., VT. They probably can't be the same couple, since Ira WHITNEY is listed in that town in the 1840 census, and your Ira is listed in the 1840 census of Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY. Furthermore, in the Whitney Whistler it says that Ira WHITNEY of Plymouth was son of Granville and Jane (WILDER) WHITNEY, married on 3 Apr 1839 Lucinda HUDSON, and four children are given. That precludes Lucinda (HUDSON) WHITNEY from being the one buried in 1842 in the Doty Cemetery, Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., NY. On the other hand, Pierce says that Ira WHITNEY who married Lucinda HUDSON was son of Daniel and Content (STILES) WHITNEY, of Ludlow, VT. He is #3045 on page 211: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p211-215.htm#P1377>. There was an Ira WHITNEY, b. 13 Oct 1810, Whitney's Point, NY, who is a candidate. His lineage is Ira-8 WHITNEY [John-7, Joshua-6, Thomas-5, William-4, William-3, Joshua-2, John-1]. He is #5828 on page 386 of Pierce: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p386-390.htm#P3092>. There is also an Ira WHITNEY, b. 1815, NY, listed in the 1880 Census of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara Co., CA, who is a candidate. I don't know the names of his parents. I am unable to identify the ancestry of your Ira at this time. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward [email protected] http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html