Thanks Tim for the interest you are showing re...Whittington follow-ups. I'll make note of William Whittington born 1616 in Gloucestershire...father Cornelius. Now , the first actual record ..that my cousin and I have found is a Roger Whitington and his wife Alice Studman. And like I said it all starts in the County of Sussex; now West Sussex. We don't have a birth date of Roger but have a death May 11,1688 and Alice was born Oct.17, 1624 and died Nov.3, 1683. We have checked all vital records at the County Records Office at Chichester in West Sussex and nothing can be found beyond these records. It appears that all records previous to this time were either lost or distroyed. These above records dealt with a place in West Sussex called "Wisborough Green" ( north-west part of Sussex.). Again..the level of society caste for these people is unknown because the census reports which talk about occupation etc. never really happened until 1841 in England. So Tim....at this point in time this where it all happened for my branch ..( as OUR) findings report. Now there are two other (and possibly more) branches of Whittingtons have been found...at this point we can't make any connections. #1 A branch appears to started on the Island of Wight ( south of the coastline of Susssex in the English Channel.) I think that over the years this growth built up a population along the southern coast there and then moved north where our bunch is found. #2 There are a few cities north of my area of study ( Wisborough Greeen, Pulborough, Thakeham, West Chiltington) that we have found another separate family of Whitingtons show up. This area includes places :Fittleworth, Petworth and Kirdford. Since these two areas here are so close on the map that we feel at some point we will find a connection. I suggest you get out a map of England so that my story will be more clear to you geographically. Again , Take Care Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:11 AM Subject: Early American-English Link to Whittingtons > The following url places the birth of William Whittington, ancestor of > Cornelius Whittington, in Gloucestershire, England prior to his arrival in > Virginia. Goes back about 16 generations to France (Normandy). > <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/cipp/thewhittingtons.h tml">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/cipp/thewhittingtons.ht ml</A> > > The following url shows the important historical role Capt William > Whittington I played in assisting the suppression of Bacon's Rebellion in > 17th century America. > <A HREF="http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/bacon1.htm">http://www.ls.net/~newriver /va/bacon1.htm</A> > > Tim Hashaw > Houston, Texas > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > W H I T T I N G T O N F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y G R O U P > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >