All, This is likely a coincidence, but Samuel-5 Whitney, m. Hannah Judson (John-1, John-2, Nathaniel-3, Samuel-4, Samuel-5) ... had sons James, b. 1753 (by wife Hannah), m. second, Martha, with sons John b. 1767 & Isaac b. 1773 -- this Isaac, obviously, did not serve in the Revolution, but James and John both did (though John would've been a youngster), as did Samuel-5. This Samuel is said to have "died in the early part of the war, one of several who were poisoned at the hand of the enemy; he may have been a prisoner in New York at the time of his death." I'm not certain what the above is being quoted from, but it follows (reverse chronological order) a quote about Samuel's son James (married Eunice Johnson) from Connecticut In The Revolution, page 507: "James Whitney ... served in the Revolutionary War as a private, enlisting August 28, 1777, under Capt. Eben Lathrop." Allan Green may have more info; one of James' sons was Zerah Whitney. Merry [email protected] wrote: >The History Channel recently aired a program entitled "POW's of the American >Revolution". A portion of this program was dedicated to the H.M.S. prison >ship "Jersey" anchored in Wallabout Bay (now the location of the Brooklyn New >York Navy Yard). Just curious for more information, I found a listing of >prisoners of the Jersey on The American Merchant Marine website, which included 4 >Whitney's : >WHITNEY, George >WHITNEY, Isaac >WHITNEY, James >WHITNEY, John >WHITNEY, Peter >The sources referenced were: American Prisoners of the Revolution, Danske >Dandridge, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1911, 1967 and The Wallabout >Prisoner Ships: 1776-1783, Eugene L. Armbruster, New York: 1920. > >The DAR National Society website under the heading of : "Prisoners on the >British ship, New Jersey, and other prison ships" states that "there is no >positive residence or unit identification of these list of names". > >The Jersey was only one ship in Wallabout Bay. Other ships mentioned were >the Whitby, Scorpion, Prince of Wales, John, Strombole, Good Hope, Falmouth, and >Hunter. > >Does anyone have any private information on these men or how would we ever >know who they were? They endured unimaginable horrors. Are they just forgotten >Whitney's? > >Jeanne Neilon > > > > >