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