Robert Ward wrote:....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. There is another California Whitney connection here: California's state geologist from 1860 to 1874 was Josiah Dwight WHITNEY, Jr., son of Josiah Dwight and Sarah (WILLISTON) WHITNEY and grandson of ABEL & CLARISSA (DWIGHT) WHITNEY and a descendant of John and Elinor. (See http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/josiahd.html) Miles Fowler ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net