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WHITNEY WHISTLER, Volume Six, Book One, Spring 1986 TAKEN FROM THE ESSEX INSTITUTE RECORDS, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS Gravestones of Lynn, Mass. "In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann, wife ofMr. Simri Whitney, who died 4 June, 1837, aged 30 years." [NOTE] Musical Society of Salem, "Oratorio of the Creation," 11 February, 1809, the tenor was J.F. Whintye. Family of Thomas Sparhawk who married Rebecca Stearns, had Oliver Stearns Sparhawk who married Hannah S. Whitney 3 November, 1798.1 He married Laura Alvord of Greenfield, Mass in 1836.2 Sarah Whitney Sparhawk married Thomas Spencer Speed of Bardstown. Julianna Sparhawk, daughter of Oliver S. and Hannah Whitney, married Calvin Carter of Wallingford, Vt. Dr. Charles Haddock, born in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1822, was a graduate of Dartmouth College; he married Sarah Ellen, daughter of Captain Michael Whitney of Beverly, Mass. The children of Oliver Stearns Sparhawk and Hannah S. Whitney are: Marjietta, born 1800, died 1840. Julianna, born 1804, married C. Carter. Thomas Oliver, born 1803, married L. Alvord, 1836. Hannah , born 1806, unmarried. William, born 1808, died 1834. Lucius, born 1810, died 1813. Sarah Whitney, born 1812, married Thomas Spencer Speed. Rebecca, born 1814, died 1833. Western Burial Ground of Lynn, Massachusetts June 6, 1837, wife of Mr. Whitney, 30 years old. September 19, 1839, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney, 17 years old. August 28, 1840, Child of Albert Whitney, 5 weeks old. June 28, 1843, wife of George L. Barnard (Susan Whitney). Members of the Salem, Mass. Light Infantry Richard S. Whitney, June 7, 1844. William Thomas, eldest son of William Thomas of Wales, England, born 30 March, 1725, left early as an orphan, raised by his grandmother Eagre of Shrewsbury, Mass., bought a farm there in 1764 (now Boyston), and married in 1765 Azubah Goodale of Graf ton, Mass. She died in West Boylston in 1781. He married in 1782, Esther Whitney, who survived him and died in 1831, aged 88. Her mother (Mrs. Whitney), who died 22 Feb. 1768, kept an Almanac. The above dates were on this old Almanac. The Almanac also stated that 4 May "Timothy Whitney came to work for me." Also - June of 1769 "Whitney cow calved!" A Journey to the West in 1817 .There are 3 steamboats here built by Whitney and Company of Boston..." Memoirs of Daniel A. White "... Salem ... July 4, 1807, a public celebration; a standard was presented to the Co, by Susan Whitney on behalf of the ladies..." "April 16, 1825, I received from Ramrohun Roy of Calcutta, the letter by the hand of Capt. Israel Whitney of the Ship "Beverly." "In the Spring of 1796 Elisha Whitney, son of Dr. Elisha Whitney gave up keeping an apothecary s shop in Beverly, and went to sea, afterwards becoming Master of a vessel." "Elisha Whitney learned the apothecary s business with Ed. S. Lang in a wooden building that stood where Henry J. Pratt s building is on the corner of Essex and Liberty Streets." (Dec. 1863) Susannah Newhall married Richard Haven, and died in Lynn, in 1682. Their daughter Sarah, born 4 June, 1655, married John Whitney. Early Settlers of Rowley Chaplin family, John and Margaret (Boynton). Moses, baptized 1721 2. His Will mentions ... children of daughter Sarah Whitney, deceased ..." Elisha Parker, Jr. of Lunenburg, born 1773, married 1793, Eunice Gold. They had Abigail, born 1812, married Varnum Whitney of Shirley. Elisha Whitney, Jr., son of Elisha Whitney, M.D., and Eunice (Farley) Whitney, born in Beverly, 7 October, 1777, died 23 February, 1813. He was a Master Mariner, admitted to the Essex Lodge of Freemasons, Mass., in January, 1804. Josiah Page, son of John and Sarah Page, born 1 September, 1781, married Elizabeth daughter of Dr. Elisha Whitney of Beverly (son of John). Office of the Clerk of Courts, Salem, Mass. Thomas Coldham, 10 March, 1672 Cousin Sarah Traske, sister Whitney s children, Thomas Coldham, Richard Whitney, adm. Sister Martha Whitney. MAINE HISTORY To be released as soldiers, Charlestown, Mass, 1677, Moses Whitney (he was in the campaign against the Indians). Dresden, Maine Church, 1801 Attending from 2nd Church, Hingham, Mass. Reverend Nicholas B. Whitney, Pastor. Reverend Peter Whitney, Quincy, Mass. Documentary History of Maine Heirs of 3d. Hapgood, Joseph Whitney. Heirs of John Hapgood, William Whitney and Richard Whitney. Port of Machias, Maine, July 22, 1777 Return of vessels entered, and cleared out,- Joel Whitney, "Sloop Three Friends," entered July 22, from Boston. July 22, Coast in clearance one year. Sixth Regiment, Machias, March 1777 Joel Whitney Expedition against St. John, Dec 12, 1777, Machias, Maine Methias Whitney The Town of Gorham, Maine Before the Revolution from York, Maine to Gorham, Amos Whitney and Nathan Whitney, before incorporation. Amos Whitney was the 1st Town Clerk, Board of Selectmen, and was annually elected. Amos and Elder Nathan were in religious affairs. Many times they were on important committees in Revolutionary days, and they were of great integrity. Eleven officers and soldiers from Gorham were in the Revolution. Paul Whitney was killed at the Battle of Rhode Island. Isaac, Stephen, Zebulon, Daniel were pensioners. Amos Whitney married Sarah Payne, and they had Elias, Jotham and Ruth. David Whitney married Hannah Brown and had: Susannah, Jesse, Joshua, Daniel, Hannah, Thomas and Nathan. Abel Whitney had 10 children Owen Whitney had 9 children Asa Whitney had 11 children Daniel Whitney had 10 children Uriel Whitney had 6 children Timothy Whitney had 5 children Stephen Whitney had 2 children Micah Whitney had 4 children Phineas Whitney had 4 children Zebulon Whitney had 9 children Zebulon Whitney married Joanna Stone, and had Abigail, Happy, Mattie, Rufus, Eli, Eunice, Hannah, Tabitha, Almira, between 1775 and 1798. Eli, born 16 August, 1786, was still living in 1862. Jeremiah Williams married Deborah Whitney. She died 16 Dec., 1851, aged 92 years. Caleb Chase from Newbury, Mass., town treasurer in 1772. He left with his family in 1778 9, and wife Anna Whitney. John Watson, eldest son of Deacon Eliphalet married Tabitha Whitney. They had 10 children. He was born 23 Sept., 1741. The children were; Mary, Martha, Edmund, Colman, Mariam, Tabitha, Martha, Sally, Greenleaf C., and Desire, all born between 1775 and 1789. John died 1834, aged 93 years. Ebenezer, the eldest son of Eliphalet, married Anna Whitney and had 9 children. Captain Samuel Whitmore of Gorham, Maine, was in the Revolution. He married Mary Whitney and they had 12 children; Lydia, Mary, Dorcas, John, Patience, Elizabeth Ross, two Samuels, Joel, Sarah, Joanna, Eunice, between 1765 and 1788. He died in 1808. From Gorham, Maine Elder Nathan Whitney died 1805, aged 95 years. NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700 Whitneys Benjamin born 1643, died 1723, married Jane ? who died 14 Nov., 16901, Watertown. Benjamin born 1660, died 1736, and Abigail Hager, 31 March, 1687, Watertown. Benjamin born 1643, died 1723, and Mary Poor (Poore), 13 April, 1696, Marlborough. Benjamin born 1718, and Mercy Travis (Travers), married 1668, and she married Thomas Frink 24 October, 1700, Shelborn. Eleazer born 1672 and Anna 7, and also married ?, Stow, Pomfret, Ct. Henry born 1620, and died 1673, and his first wife, ? born 1644 in Southold, Long Island, Huntington, Long Island, Jamaica, Long Island, Norwalk, Ct. Henry born 1673, and his second wife Sarah Ketcham, widow of Edward Ketcham, born 1660, Southold, Long Island. Isaiah born 1671, and died 1712, and his wife Sarah (Woodwards) Eddy, born 1675 and died 1715, widow of John Eddy, born 1698, Cambridge. John born 1592, died 1673, and Eleanor ?, died 1659, aged 54 in England, born in 1619. John born 1621, England, married Ruth Reynold, born 1643, Watertown. John born 1673, and Juday Clement, wife of Robert Clement, 29 Sept., 1659, Watertown. John born 1643, died 1723, and Elizabeth (Harris), born 1644, married about 1669 in Roxbury. John born 1644, died 1720 in Norwalk, Ct., married Elizabeth Smith, died 1741, married 1674 5, Norwalk, Ct. John born 1662, in Sherborn, and Mary Hapgood, born 1661, 10 April, 1688, Watertown. John and second wife, Sarah (Haven), 1655 1718, born 1695, Sherborn. Jonathan born 1634, and died 1702 3, and Lydia Jones, 1656 Watertown. Joseph and Mary Buckmaster 20 Nove., 1664, Charlestown. Joseph 1652, died 1702, and Martha Beech (Beach), ca 1650, married 24 Jan., 1674, 1675, Watertown. Joshua born 1635, died 1719, and Lydia ? born 1666 Groton. Joshua born 1635 and second wife Mary 7 married after 10 Oct., 1668. She was born 1671 2, Watertown. Joshua born 1635, died 1719, and third wife Abigail Tarbell, born 1 Sept., 1672, Watertown. Joshua born 1666 and his first wife Mary ? Plainfield, Ct. Josiah m. 1718, and his first wife ? Abigail, his second wife, born 1696, Watertown. Moses born 1655, in Stow, and Sarah Knight, married 30 Sept. 1686, Stow. Nathaniel born 1646, and died 1733, and Sarah Hagar, born 1661 died 1746, married 12 March, 1673 4, Weston, Watertown. Nathaniel and Mercy (Mary) Robinson, 7 Nov., Watertown, Weston. Richard born 1661, died 1723, and Elizabeth Sawtell, born 1694, Watertown, Stow. Richard born 1624, married Martha Coldham 1650, Watertown. Samuel born 1648, died 1730, married Mary Bemis, 1683-4 Watertown. Thomas, died 1719 aged 90, and Mary Kedell (Kettle, Kedall), 11 Jan., 1654- 5, Watertown. Thomas and Patience Morton, wife of Thomas, born 1 March, 1669, Plymouth. Thomas born 1656, and Elizabeth Lawrence, 29 Jan., 1678, Watertown, Stow. William born 1678, and Lydia Pernam, married 1700 Chelmsford. WHITNEYS OF KANSAS T.L. Whitney and Joseph Low did the masonry for The Eldridge House of Topeka in 1854-55. The hotel was unfinished for many years. Haddam, Washington County Two rival towns of Haddam-one built by J.W. Taylor, one by A. Whitney, a short distance west. In 1874 Whitney sold his store to H.H. Cheney, and the two towns became Haddam,- W. Haddam existed no more. Going west The Fifth Spring Party, departed Boston 10th April, 1855, with Ferdinand Fuller of Lawrence, conductor. Passengers were Augustus Whitney, no occupation or residence given for him. Sophia S. Whitney of Worcester, Mass. a passenger also. The Second Spring Party of 1855, departed Boston, March 20th, John T. Farwell of Fitchburg, Mass. was the conductor. Mrs S. Whitney, Dummerston, Vermont, widow, was a passenger. "The Daily Spy" of Worcester, Mass, 1855 published this statement: "Following left this city yesterday for Kansas on the Fitchburg Train, Sophia S. Whitney of Worcester, Mass." Near Fort Kearny, Nebraska, May 30, 1860 From Lawrence, Kansas, a party- (T.L. Whitney) who were in a wagon train in Nebraska going to Colorado (Pike s Peak). When they reached Denver, the following people from Lawrence were there: At the Gregory Diggings (a gold mine), T.L. Whitney. Pike s Peak Express Company (Pony Express and Pacific Telegram) Migration to Oregon and California led to a demand for a railroad. In 1845 Asa Whitney suggested a project through the public domain. Diary of James R. Stewart, Feb. 24, 1860 "Rowe Bothol was married before 12 O clock P.M. to Alvira Whitney at Brattons, 6 persons witnessed the wedding." Pioneer of Osage County, Kansas. HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS East Chelmsford, 1820, along the banks, past Pawtucket Falls, the residence of Amos Whitney. Forefathers Burying Ground North side James F. Whitney, June 23, 1843, aged 31 years. Westford, annexed from Chelmsford in 1712, and then in 1724, and one of the men resposible was Josiah Whitney. A builder of the Pawtucket Bridge in 1792 was Oliver Whitney, Jr. Taverns and Turnpikes of Blandford Mass. Beech Hill Ajax Whitney of Blandford in 1805. Boies Tavern, auctioned off by Barnabas Whitney, deputy and auctioneer, 1804. Paul and Barnabas Whitney owned the home of Dr. Joseph B. Elmore, 1804. Ashfield, Mass. Old Families, Wallace Whitney occupied a brick house in 1850, built in 1821 by Samuel Ranney. Dunstable, Mass. Attack on the Pequawket Indians, in 1725. Those left in the fort at Ossipee, Isaac and Zachariah Whitney of Concord, Mass. Old Houses Nathaniel C. Kendall (1877), has two large pewter plates used by the Cummings Family (Capt. Isaac Cummings), more than 200 years before, and a teapot used by Israel Whitney, who died at Cape Breton 1745 (John Cummings, son of Nathaniel, born 14 January, 1698, died 1770. His mother Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Cummings). Taxpayers in 1744, in Dunstable, James Whitney. Dover Mass. Phineas Whitney of Weston, graduated Harvard College, 1759, settled as pastor of Shirley, Mass. in 1762, and served there for 50 years. He was a Patriot of the Revolution. Job Whitney of Marlboro, Mass. entered Harvard College, in 1758, and died 1761. He was a preacher in Marblehead, Mass. Lexington, Mass. Arthur Cephas Whitney (John , John), born in Boxboro 21 Sept., 1854, son of John Sherman Hoar, born in Boxboro 19 June, 1828, and grandson of John and Betsy (Barker) Hoar. The mother was Lydia Parker Whitney, born in Lancaster, Mass., 29 Dec., 1827, daughter of Simeon and Nancy (Barnard) Whitney. They married in Boxboro 19 Nov., 1884 (he and Ella Abbott), born in Topeka, Kansas, 21 April, 1861, died 13 October, 1911, daughter of Edward Paul Abbott and Martha (Tarbell) Abbott. Children: Louise, born 7 June, 1891, St. Louis, Mo. Robert, born 8 Dec., 1895, Somerville, Mass. Elinor, born 30 August, 1897. Edward Franklin Whitney, born Dorchester, Mass., married Martha Ann ?, born in Brewster, Mass. They had a child, born in Lexington, Mass. Eva Violet Whitney, born 1 Nov., 1898. NOTE: After his father s death, Arthur Cephas Hoar had his name changed in 1881 to Whitney, his mother s name. Eleazer Whitney, occupied Cambridge Farms, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1697. Isaiah Whitney married Sarah ? and owned a covenant 4 May, 1699. He died 2 Jan 1711. Children, baptized in Cambridge Farms: John, born 6 dec., 1698. Isaiah, born 1 June, 1700. Sarah, born 9 April, 1705, married 2 August, 1736, Rebecca Winship. Abraham, bpt. 19 Feb., 1710. Jonas, bpt. 25 Nov., 1711. Jeremiah Whitney, wife Sarah ? Child born in Lexington, Sarah M. born January 1843 44. John Whitney, and wife Lydia; Children all born in Lexington: Mary, born 3 Sept., 1735 John, born 24 April, 1737. MASSACHUSETTS FAMILIES Ephraim Pierce, born 15 Oct., 1673, married Mary Whitney, born 1 July, 1675, the daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Tarbell) Whitney. They had 9 children. Martha Pierce, born 1681, married 17 May, 1706, William Whitney, born in Watertown, 6 May, 1683, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hager) Whitney. Amos Smith, born 26 Feb., 1762, married 8 May, 1794, Rhoda Whitney, born 22 August, 1768, and died 25 Feb., 1817, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Lawrence) Whitney. They had 10 children. George Franklin Smith, born 24 Jan., 1879, married 18 June, 1903, Rose Lancaster Whitney, born Marlboro 5 June, 1879, daughter of Edmund Carter and Cornelia Frances (Shepard) Whitney. They had Philip Hager, Sarah Hadleigh, Carolyn. Vernon Wiswell Smith, born 27 Oct., 1880 married, at Fitchburg, Mass., 6 July, 1906, Lura Eleanor Whitney, born Lunenburg, 1 June, 1884, daughter of Aaron Ferdinand Whitney. Joshua Mead, born 9 Nov., 1715, died in Waltham, Mass., 31 March, 1794, married 24 May, 1750, Lucy Parker, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Whitney) Parker. One daughter, Mary, born 1 May, 1753, married 3 Dec., 1772, Abraham Whitney. Matthew Bridge s Will, of 1730, had his daughter Abigail Whitney, born l April, 1696, married 1730 (as 2nd wife), Benjamin Whitney of Marlboro, and Boston, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Whitney. Abigail Holden, born in Westminster 25 Aug., 1767, married as 2nd husband, 16 August, 1796, Joel Whitney, born 13 Sept., 1765, died 3 Jan., 1839, son of Ensign David. They had Abigail, born 29 Jan., 1795, married Farwell Cowell, who died Sept., 1830. Nathan Russell, born 4 July, 1798, married as third wife, Abigail Whitney. They resided in Cambridge. Betty Stone, born 28 March, 1769, married in 1800, Amos Whitney of Worcester. Ebenezer Stone of Cambridge, born 24 July, 1700, married 3 March, 1724, Anna Whitney of Concord, died at Lincoln, Mass., 24 Aug., 1793, daughter of Jonathan. Samuel Merriam, born 21 Dec., 1723, died 1804; he married 4 June, 1752 Anna Whitney, born in Waltham 9 Aug., 1725, died 1802, daughter of David and Rebecca of Waltham. Whitney Foster, born Bellerica, Mass., 24 May, 1852, grandson of Samuel and Annie Whitney. John Whitney of Weston, born 15 June, 1694, married Beriah Bemis Child, born 23 June, 1681, daughter of John and Mary (Harrington) Bemis. Hepzibah Raymond, bp. 3 Jan., 1762, married Salmon or Solomon Whitney of Harvard, Mass. Her sister Betsey, born 14 Feb., 1766, married Jonas Whitney, born 10 March, 1761, died 3 Jan., 1839, son of Jonas and Sarah (Whittemore) Whitney. Dudley Richards Whitney, born Jamaica Plains, Mass., son of Eli Martin and Catherine (Richards) Whitney, married Grace Constance Mills, born 13 Sept., 1862, daughter of Stephen and and Persis Whitney. Hannah Adeline Whitney, born Waltham 15 May, 1826, died 4 March, 1905, daughter of Luke and Cynthia Maria (King) Whitney, married as third husband, Isaac Childs, born in Waltham 9 Oct., 1812, and died there 7 Dec., 1903. Eli Whitney of Lexington, Mass., married 8 March, 1808, Sally Locke, born 9 April, 1786, Lydia Lock, bp. 3 June, 1792, married 29 May, 1817, Emory Whitney. They resided in Watertown, and removed to LeRoy, New York. Elijah Whitney, married 8 Dec., 1736, Rebecca Winship, born 7 Dec., 1717. William Whitney of Shirley, Mass., married 29 May, 1802, Elizabeth Fiske, born 7 April, 1783. He was born 3 oct., 1778, and died 29 Jan., 1837, son of Rev. Phineas Whitney, who died 1810. They had 2 children. Elizabeth Ellen Whitney, born in Winchester, Mass., 2 Aug., 1834, died in Philadelphia, Pa., 26 Feb., 1910, the daughter of William Barrett and Lois (Stone) Whitney. She married Abraham Walter Stevens, born Barre, Mass., 22 Jan., 1834. Elmira Whitney married 17 May, 1827, Leonard Thorning, born 8 Aug., 1799. Sarah Jane Whitney, born in Groton, daughter of John Milton and Emma Augusta (Willard) Whitney, married 24 March, 1864, Lyman Lawrence, born in Cohasset, Mass., 16 June, 1839. Harriet Whitney, born in Watertown, Nov., 15, 1812, died in Medford, Mass., 4 Nov., 1890, daughter of Jonathan. She married Edmund Monroe Brown, born 13 Feb., 1809, died Medford, 28 April, 1879. Mary Ann Whitney, daughter of Jonathan of Watertown, married April, 1844, Jonas Hadley, born in Burlington, Mass., died 1802. Thankful Whitney married Thomas Hadley, born about 1790. They moved to New York. David Whitney, son of David and Rachel of Waltham, born 25 Sept., 1723, married Mary Merriam, born 15 June, 1727. Sophia (Whitney) Mellen, born Wayland, Mass., daughter of HQi. Edward and Sophia (Whitney) Mellen, married 25 March, 1865, John Williams Hudson at Framingham, Mass. Whitney Conant, born at Louisville, Kentucky, son of Nestor W. and Maria H. (Whitney) Conant, married Mary Frances Jennes, born 14 July, 1860. THOSE WHITNEYS OF MAINE BIRTHS Abbie Louise of Albert and Abby N. (Sanders) Whitney; 6 March, 1861, Pownal Abby Ann of Stover and Susan (Trafaut) Whitney, 12 Sept., 1849, Blue Hill Abel of Nathan and Lydia Whitney, 20 Aug., 1734, Biddleford Abel of Joseph and Mehitable Whitney, 24 July, 1767, Gorham Abel of Joel and Mary Whitney, 21 May. 1787, Jonesboro Abel of Levi and Happy Whitney, 22 March, 1811, Standish Abel, born 10 Sept., 1811, Gardiner Abel of Reuben and Mary Whitney, 16 Sept., 1811, Litchfield Abigail of Zebulon and Joaniia Whitney, 23 Jan., 1776, Gorham Abigail, daughter of Henry Whitney, Sept., 1776, Chesterville Abigail of Asa and Patience Whitney, 10 March, 1781, Gorham Abiaail of Benjamin and Mary Whitney, 6 May, 1800, Bowdoin Abigail of Samuel and Mary Whitney, 16 March, 1813, Thorndike Abigail P., of Isaac and Sarah (Truant) Whitney, 28 Dec., 1811, Lisbon Abigail Warren of Henry and Martha (Warren) Whitney, 26 July 1824, Chesterville Abigail born of Thomas Whitney, 10 March, 1826, Raymond Abizer Whitney, born 21 March, 1796, Bowdoin Abner of William F., and Helen A. Whitney, 4 August, 1868, Portland Abraham of Benjamin and Mercy (Hinekley). Whitney, 1752, Portland Abrahan of Benjamin and Marsey Whitney, 19 August, Brunswick Abraham of Isaac and Sarah (Truant) Whitney, 23 April, 1792, Lisbon Abram H. Whitney born 1 April, 1817, Phillips Abush of Joseph and Rebecca Whitney, 31 March, 1803, Phillips Ada of Nathaniel and Jane M. Whitney, 17 March, 1857, Portland Ada Prescott of Joseph and Jane (Goodwin) Whitney, 9 June, 1842, Phillips Adaline of Christopher A. Whitney, 13 Dec., 1803, Phillips Affia of Phineas and Anna Whitney, 12 Jan., 1776, Gorham Albert of Gustavus Fellows and Hannah (Libby) Whitney, 26 Jan 1820, Jonesboro Albert of Abizer and Betsy Whitney, 24 June, 1821, Bowdoin Albert S. of Albert A. and Ameila Bessie (Hilton) Whitney, 25 Aug 1908, No. Berwick Albion Paris of William and Olive (Parlin) Whitney, 15 Sept 1825, Penobscot Alen C. Whitney, born 19 Oct., 1824, Otisfield Alford of Benjamin and Patience Whitney, 17 April, 1827, Cumberland Alfred M. of Samuel and Mary Whitney, 5 Jan., 1804, Thorndike Alice of Asa and Phebe Whitney, 9 April, 1788, Gorham Alice of Thomas R. and Eleline W. Whitney, 18 July, 1855, Gardiner Alice Eva of Albert A. and Amalie Bessie (Hilton) Whitney, 6 Feb 1906, S. Berwick Alice Prince of Ammi and Ellen Whitney, 24 March, 1866, Portland Alonzo of Josiah and Betsy Whitney, 26 Nov., 1815, Bridgton Alpheus S. C. of Joel and Jane (Corthell) Whitney, 25 Mar 1822, Jonesboro Amanda of Reuben and Hannah (Stetson) Whitney, 25 Nov 1808, Jonesboro Amanda of George W. and Mary Whitney, 28 July, 1829, Bridgton Amanda Malvina of perez and Mary Whitney, 4 Dec., 1824, Cumberland Amanda N. of Joel and Jane (Corthell) Whitney, 8 Sept., 1826, Jonesboro Ambros Whitney, born 28 July, 1806, Chesterville Ambros Whitney, born 8 Nov., 1811, Hallowell Ammi of Ammi R. and Hannah (Hall) Whitney, 13 Feb., 1835, Falmouth Ammi R. Whitney, born 7 Dec., 1802, Falmouth Andrew Whitney, born 5 May, Phillips Andrew of Andrew and Huldah Whitney, 21 April, 1822, Phillips Andrew D. of Samuel L. and Delinda S. Whitney, 25 March, 1833, Phillips Andrew Jackson of Joel and Sally Whitney, 20 April, 1829, Phillips Andrew Jackson of Perez and Mary Whitney, 10 Sept., 1831, Cumberland Andrew Jackson of Winchester W. Whitney, 4 Dec., 1855, Mt. Desert Ann E of Calvin and Nancy Whitney, 25 March, 1852, Rockport Ann Gowel of Isaac and Sarah (Truant) Whitney, 20 Nov 1797, Lisbon Anna of Aaron and Jenny Whitney, 18 Oct., 1767, Gorham Anna of Joseph and Mehitable, 17 March, 1774, Gorham Anna of Asa and Phebe Whitney, 25 Jan., 1786, Gorham Anna of Ephraim and Sally (Noyes) Whitney, 6 May, 1807, Jonesboro Antoinette of Calvin and Nancy Whitney, 20 March, 1848, Rockport Arabella S. Whitney, born 31 Oct., 1847, Bridgton Adelia Sweetser of Sewall and Georgianna Whitney, 11 Sept 1859, Cumberland Asa P. of George W. and Mary Whitney, 19 July, 1819, Bridgton Atwood of Christopher A. and Adaline Whitney, 4 Dec., 1843, Phillips Augusta Wing of Henry and Rebecca (Fellows) Whitney, 6 Oct 1832, Chesterville Augustine of Thomas R. and Emeline W. Whitney, 18 July, 1855, Gardiner Augustus of George W. and Violette F. H. Whitney, 3 Nov., 1835, Phillips Aurelia of Alexander and Barbary Whitney, 4 Oct., 1824, Cumberland Austin Leslie of Gustavus Fellows and Lenora Evelyn (Smith), 10 Feb., Jonesboro Barnabus of Isaac and Hannah Whitney, 18 August, 1766, Gorham Benjamin M. of Micah and Hannah Whitney, 19 March, 1806, Phillips Benjamin of John and Lettic (Lettis) (Ford) Whitney, 20 May, 1725, York Benjamin of Asa and Patience Whitney, 19 August, 1779, Gorham Benjamin of Jeremiah and Lydia Whitney, 18 Dec., 1810, Weld Benjamin of Thomas Whitney, 27 April, 1823, Raymond Benjmain of Christopher A and Adaline Whitney, 2 April, 1828, Phillips Benjamin of Perez and Mary Whitney, 20 May, 1839, Cumberland Benjamin A. of Benjamin F. and Susan Whitney, 5 August, 1854, Bridgton Benjamin Dexter of Benjamin Morse and Susan Whitney, 3 Feb 1842, Madrid Benjamin F. of Benjamin and Anna Whitney, 2 August, 1820, Bridgton Beriah of Ephraim and Sally (Noyes) Whitney, 25 June, 1802, Jonesboro Bernard K. of Samuel L. and Delinda S. Whitney, 3 Oct., 1830, Phillips Bertha Gertrude of Thomas B. and Emily Whitney, 2 Nov., 1862, Gardiner Bertha L. of Albert and sarah A. Whitney, 15 April, 1868, Turner Betsy of Moses and Mary Whitney, 1 Nov., 1777, Gorham Betsy of Henry and Abigail Whitney, 30 Oct., 1794, No. Yarmouth or Cumberland Betsy of Ephraim and Sarah or Sally (Noyes) Whitney, 27 Oct., 1804, Jonesboro Betsy of Benjamin and Patience Whitney, 12 Dec., 1820, Cumberland Betsy Roberts of Andrew and Huldah Whitney, 4 Jan., 1826, Phillips Betsy of Daniel and Abigail Whitney, 10 Nov., 1783, Gorham Betsy of Uriel and Lydia Whitney ? Betsy of Henery and Abigail Whitney, 3 Oct., 1795, Chesterville Betsy of Jeriah and Mary Whitney, 30 April, 1824, Weld Betsy born of Thomas Whitney, 10 Nov., 1830, Raymond Betsy Hopkins of Timothy and Martha Whitney, 19 Sept., 1796, Chesterville Betsy R. of Andrew and Huldah Whitney, 24 Jan., 1826, Phillips Betty of Abel and Thankful Whitney, 22 July, 1765, Gorham Betty of Aaron and Jenny Whitney, 7 May, 1780, Gorham Betty of Joseph and Betty (phinney) Whitney, 1 April, 1794, Gorham Beulah of Uriel and Lydia Whitney, 3 June, 1793, Gorham Byron B. of Andrew R. and Mary Whitney, 3 Feb., 1865, Standish Calvin L. of Calvin and Nancy Whitney, 29, Dec., 1861, Rockport Caroline of Uriah Whitney, 1808, Bowdoin Caroline of Benjamin and Patience whitney, 2 June, 1824, Cumberland Caroline of Ephraim Whitney, 24 Feb., 1840, Raymond Caroline E. of Isaac L. and Mary E. Whitney, 22 May, 1856, Pittston Caroline P. of Gorham Whitney, 11 March, 1832, Gardiner Carrie A. of Prelette Whitney, born 22 August, 1867, Rockland Carrie B.F. of Merrill E. and Martha E. Whitney, 6 May 1869, Cape Eliz Twp Celinda of Nathan and Sarah Whitney, 28 July, 1817, Litchfield Charity R. of Jeremiah F. Whitney, 26 Oct., 1825, Topsham Charles of Isaac and Sarah (Truant) Whitney, 25 Oct., 1786, Lisbon Charles of Henry and Lucy Whitney, 29 Oct., 1817, Castine Charles of Gustavus and Hannah (Libby) Whitney, 10 March, 1826, Jonesboro Charles Bolan of Joseph and Jane Whitney, 30 August, 1827, Phillips Charles Carroll of Wesley and Ann Augustus (Purbush), 9 Mar 1873, Freeman Charles Edward of Edward H. and Mary Ann Whitney, 28 Jun 1850, New Gloucester Charles Franklin of Phineas and Maria E. Whitney, 18 Sept., 1868, Portland Charles H. of Perez and Mary Whitney, 13 Sept., 1846, Cumberland Charles Henry of Phineas and Hannah Whitney, 12 May, 1850, Portland Charles Newell of Abel and Sarah (Cole) Whitney, 9 August, 1841, Standish Charles P. of George W. and Mary Whitney, 16 Jan., 1839, Bridgton Charles Sumner Whitney, born 15 June, 1857, Gardiner Charles Sumner of Robert P. and Ruth F. Whitney, 15 June, 1857, Topsham Charles Thaxter of Joel and sally Whitney, 18 Sept., 1817, Phillips Charlotte of Micah and Hannah Whitney, 16 March, 1789, Phillips Charlotte of Urial and Lydia Whitney, 12 May 1800, No. Yarmouth, or Cumberland Charlotte, baptized, of Lewes M. and Mary A. Whitney, Feb 1842, No.Yarmouth Charlotte Jane of Moses and Charlotte Whitney, 21 July, 1837, Linneus Charlotte R. of Lewis and Mary C. Whitney, 8 March, 1842, Yarmouth Chester A. born of Gorham Whitney, 29 Jan., 1844, Gardiner Chester Arthur of Arthur Collin and Mary Helen (Smith) Whitney, 2 Oct., 1844, Swans Island Christopher A. Whitney, born 3 April, 1793, Phillips Chuszen of Jermeiah and Lydian Whitney, 11 March, 1806, Weld Clarissa of Ephraim and Sally (Noyes) Whitney, 27 April, 1815, Jonesboro Clarissa of Ephraim and Sarah (Noyes) Whitney, 27 April, 1816, Jonesboro Collins L. of Samuel T. and Mariah H. (Stinson), 18 Oct., 1862, Swans Island Village Columbus of Joseph and Jane Whitney, 8 April, 1831, Phillips Constant Whitney, born 1824, Phippsburg Constant Hopkins of Sewell Pitt and Annie (Tuttle) Whitney, 17 Apr 1824, Freeman Converse W. of Wesley and Ann Augusta (Furbush) Whitney, 19 Jan 1865, Freeman Cora May of Edwin J. and Mary L. Whitney, 4 Sept., 1871, Portland Crosby of Phineas and Mary L. Whitney, 4 Sept., 1871, Gorham Cyntha of Andrew and Huldah Whitney, 18 Oct., 1819, Phillips Cyrus of Henry and Abigail Whitney, 29 Oct 1801, Cumberland or No. Yarmouth Cyrus Whitney, born 29 Oct., 1802, Chesterville Cyrus of Ambrose and Nancy Whitney, 24 May, 1832, Chesterville Damaris of Daniel and Rebecca Whitney, 31 July, 1797, Chesterville Daniel of David and Rebecca Whitney, 18 Nov., 1762, Gorham Daniel of Christopher A. and Adaline Whitney, 30 Dec., 1830,, Phillips Daniel H. of Samuel L. and Delinda S. Whitney, 3 Dec., 1835, Brunswick Daniel H. of John F. and Martha (Hacker), 12 Jan., 1850, Brunswick Daniel of Nathan and Lydian Whitney, 8 April, 1732, Biddeford David of Ebenezer and Mehitable 2 Feb., 1807, Litchfield or Bowdoiri David of Abiner and Betsy Whitney, 12 August, 1817, Litchfield David L. of Samuel M. and Georgia M. Whitney, 15 April, 1865, Randolph David Mountford of James and Lucy M. Whitney, 12 Sept., 1827, Cumberland David W. of Thomas Whitney, 27 Sept., 1815, Pittston David W. of Abizer and Betsy Whitney, 12 August, 1817, Bowdoin Deborah Whitney, born 1766 Deborah of Lorenzo House Whitney, 30 Nov., 1842, Brunswick Deborah A. of Stover and Susan Whitney, 30 Nov., 1843, Ropsham or Bowdoin Deborah Murch of Benjamin and Patience whitney, 24 Dec., 1817, Cumberland Delia of Stover and Susan Whitney, 30 July, 1845, Bowdoin or Topsham Delinda S. of Samuel L. Whitney, 21 March, 1806, Phillips Debra of Josiah F. and Mary (Moore) Whitney, 22 Feb., 1854, Augusta Denham H. of Stover and Susan Whitney, Dec., 1841, Phillips Dexter Waterman of Henry and Rebecca (Fellows) Whitney, 8 July, 1838, Chesterville Dexter Benjamin of Benjamin and Susan Whitney, Dec., 1841, Phillips Diana of Benjamin and Mary Whitney, 26 Jan., Bowdoin Dorcas of Josiah and Betsy Whitney, 20 Oct., 1819, Harrison Dunham of Stover and Susan (Trafaut) Whitney, 25 Feb., 1839, Brunswick Ebenezer of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 28, April, 1805, Litchfield Ebenezer of Samuel Whitney, 1762, Bowdoin Ebenezer of Micahl and Hannah Whitney, 15 August, 1791, Phillips Ebenezer of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 18 May, 1800, Litchfield Ebenezer of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 18 May, 1800, Bowdoin Ebenezer of Moses Whitney, 26 August, 1803, Raymond Edmond of Moses and Charlotte Whitney, 28 July, 1842, Linneus Edmond of Joseph and Betty (Phinney) Whitney, 7 Dec., 1799, Gorham Edward Lincoln of Robert P. and Ruth F. Whitney, 13 June, 1859, Topsham Edwin of Abizer and Betsy Whitney, 16 May, 1833, Bowdoin Edwin A. of Willard W. and Mary A.S. Whitney, 20 June, 1866, Cape Elizabeth Eleasor of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 28 April, 1785, Litchfield Eleazur of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 28 April, 1785, Bowdoin Elenna of William and Sarah Whitney, 13 Nov., 1813, Phillips Elinor of Josiah and Betsey Whitney, 11 Nov., 1822, Harrison Elezebeth H. of Phineas and Mary Whitney, 29 May, 1807, Phillips Eli of Zebubon and Joanna Whitney, 16 August, 1786, Gorham Eli W. of James and Rachel W. Whitney, 15 August, 1839, Bridgton Elias of Amos and Sarah (Payne) Whitney, 12 April, 1763, Gorham Eliab Luthan of Joel and sally Whitney, 18 May, 1831, Phillips Elisha of Moses Whitney, 6 June, 1811, Raymond Elisha W. of Reuben and Mary Whitney, 4 May, 1838, Litchfield Eliza Jane of Joel and Sally Whitney, 26 June, 1824, Phillips Elizabeth of Ebenezer and Mehitable Whitney, 5 Dec 1801, Litchfield or Bowdoin Elizabeth of Humphrey and Sally Whitney, 28 March, 1824, Cumberland Elizabeth Wilson of Isaac and Sarah (Truant) Whitney, 14 Feb., 1794, Lisbon Ella Maria of Edward H. and Mary Ann Whitney, 23 April, 1852, Gloucester Ella May of Lewis and Mary E. Whitney, 26 May, 1854, Portland Ellen E. Whitney, born 3 Sept., 1844, Halbowell Ellen H. of Lewis and Mary C. Whitney, 19 Dec., 1847, Yarmouth Ellen L. of Reuben and Mary E. (Allen) Whitney, 11 June, 1855, Brunswick Elmira of Zebubon and Joanna Whitney, 14 July, 1798, Gorham Elmira of James and Lucy M. Whitney, 211 Feb., 1824, Curnberland Elwood Clarrender of Eben b. and Helen N. (Hill) Whitney, 19 Mar 1861, Blue Hill Emaline of John and Mary Whitney, 3 Feb., 1800, Pownal Emaline of Uriel and Mary Whitney, 19 Oct., 1827, No. Yarmouth Emer F. of Willard W. and Mary Ann Whitney, 3 Dec., 1852, Cape Eliz Twp Emily of Alexander and Barbary Whitney, 16 Oct., 1818, Cumberland Emily of Abel and Sarah (Cole) Whitney, 29 June, 1836, Standish Emily A. of Joseph Whitney, 24 Nov., 1850, Topsham Emily Jane of Abel and Sarah Whitney, 29 June, 1835, Standish Emma Augusta of George F. and Madorah (Tuttle) Whitney, 8 April, 1869, Chesterville Emma F. od Willard W. and Mary Ann Whitney, 3 Dec., 1853, Pownal or Cape Elizabeth Np. Emma F. of Reuben and Mary E (Allen) Whitney, 3 Sept., 1856, Portland Emma Stuart of Nathaniel and Jane M. Whitney, 25 April, 1864, Portland Enoch of Moses and Mary Whitney, 8 April, 1773, Gorham Ephraim of Joel and Mary (Weston) Whitney, 7 Nov., 1770, Jonesboro Ephraim of Joseph and Rebecca Whitney, 18 June, 1801, Phillips Ephraim of Thomas Whitney, 5 August, 1821, Raymond Ephraim Uriah of Uriah and Caroline (Tibbetts) Whitney, 6 Oct., 1845, Bowdoin Ervin T. of Ammi R. and Hannah (Hall) Whitney, 10 Feb., 1837, Falmouth Esther of Joel S. Foote Whitney, 27 August, 1807, Chesterville Esther Ann of James and Lucy M. Whitney, 20 Oct., 1835, Cumberland Eunice of Zebubon and Joanna Whitney, 30 August, 1789, Gorham Eugene of George and Mary Whitney, 22 August, 1852, Sidney Eunice of Asa and Phebe Whitney, 30 April, 1796, Gorham Eunice of Stover and Susan (Trufaut) Whitney, 14 Oct., 1841 42, Brunswick Bowdoin, or Topsham Eunice R. of Joseph and Mary (Libby) whitney, 3 June, 1816, Jonesboro Evelina of Isaac and Peggy (Leach) Whitney, April, 1818, Raymond Ezra of Nathan and Rebecca Whitney, 16 April, 1829, Jonesboro Fanny S. of Phinehas and Mary Whitney, 10 April, 1815, Phillips (Continued in the next issue) MARRIAGES OF MAINE Abel Whitney married Thankful Morton, 16 Dec., 1758, Gorham Abel Whitney married Sarah Cole, 19 April, 1835, Standish Abigail Whitney married Caleb Shaw, 10 March, 1796, Gorham Abigail Whitney married Joseph Davis, Sept., 1799, Gorham Abigail P. Whitney married Leaner F. Bigelow, Jan., 1838, Livermore Abraham Whitney married Apphia Coombs, 6 May, 1780, Brunswick Alboin K.P. Whitney married Louisa Young, 3 Nov., 1859, Portland Albion Paris Whitney married Susan Durgin Eastman, 21 Jan., 1850, Limestone Alfred E. Whitney married Maria F. Libby, 30 Oct., 1850, Gray Anna Whitney married Isaac Hall, 19 May, 1793, Gorham Anna W. Whitney married Joseph M Swett, 18 Feb., 1853, Bath Arthur Collin Whitney married Mary Helen Smith, 26 July, 1882, Swans Island Asa Whitney married Phebe Davis, 14 July, 1785, Gorham Carrie Whitney married Costell B. Welch, 8 August, 1885, Poland Carrie L. Whitney married David H. Perry, 3 July, 1888, Sherman Charles Whitney married Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, 26 Sept., 1852, Saco Charles Whitney married Susan Yerxa, 1 Oct., 1861, Hodgdon Charles Carroll Whitney married Justina Ripley 4 August, 1907, Temple Charles Whitney married Ruth N. Cunningham, 18 August, 1864, Belfast Charles E. Whitney married Statira I. Bowden, 1884, Biddeford Charles Robinson Whitney married Mary Edgecomb Thurston, 31 Dec., 1851 Charles W. Whitney married Harriet Peabody, 13 August, 1854, Falmouth Christianna Whitney married Roscoe G. Greene, 29 Nov., 1866, Webster Columbus A. Whitney married Fanny J. Cloudman, 20 June, 1871, Poland Delia Whitney married George Curleton, 31 July, 1845, Brunswick Denham Whitney married Margaret E. Nickerson, 27 Feb., 1859, Topsham Eben H. Whitney married Cordelia N. Leavitt, 7 April, 1866, Weld Ebenezer Whitney married Elizabeth Wilham, 15 July, 1801, Belfast Eliza Whitney married Jesse Hinckley, 26 August, 1824, Lisbon Eliza J. Whitney married Moses S. Jordan, 16 Nov., 1876, Poland Emaline Whitney married David S. Stearns, 11 Dec., 1829, Otisfield Emeline Whitney married George G. Mitchell, Oct., 1850, No. Yarmouth Ephraim Whitney married Sally or Sarah Noyes, 9 July, 1795, Jonesboro Ephraim Whitney married Nancy Fisher Skinner, 28 May, 1826, E. Corinth Eunice whitney married Simeon Newcomb, 4 Marcch, 1824, Buxton Fellows Whitney married Hannah Libby, 15 June, 1817, Jonesboro (Continued in the next issue) Asa Whitney Asa Whitney, born in Townsend, Mass., 1 Dec., 1791, died in Philadelphia 4 June, 1874. He was a blacksmith. In 1812 he moved to New Hampshire, where he became a capable machinist. The firm sent him to Brownsville, New York to apply his skill and knowledge at improving a cotton factory. Asa Whitney became associated with the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Companies. From this position he made his reputation and came to the attention of the State people who were enlarging the Erie Canal. He became the Canal Commissioner for New York State. In 1860 Asa Whitney became President of the Reading Railroad. He founded the chair of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Asa Whitney This Asa Whitney was born in 1797, and died in Washington, D.C. in 1872. He is credited with suggestion that the United States build a railroad across the entire continent. He lived to see this happen in 1869. He appealed to Congress in 1853 and started the whole idea of a cross- continental railroad to join the nation together. James Amazia Whitney Born in Rochester, New York 30 June, 1839, James Whitney became a lawyer. He removed to Maryland, and later to Otsego County, New York where he was educated. He was at times the following; Chemist, mechanic, engineer, writer (patent). In 1868 he became the editor of the "American Artisan." He was at one time Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the American Institute. In 1876 he was granted permission to practice patent law in the U.S. circuit courts. Myron W. Whitney Myron Whitney was born in Ashbury, Mass., 5 Sept., 1836. He was famous as a fine bass voice that ranged in three octaves. He was a member of the Boston opera. Peter Whitney Rev. Peter Whitney, born in Northboro, Mass., 6 Sept., 1744. He died there 27 Feb., 1816. He was graduated Harvard College in 1762, and ordained as pastor at Northboro in 1767. He is famous for his "History of Worcester County, Mass." His son Peter was born in 1770, and died in 1843. He was a Harvard College graduate, and was pastor at Quincy, Mass. George, son of Peter, Jr. was also a clergyman. He was born in Quincy 2 July, 1804, and died in Jamaica Plains, Mass., 2 April, 1842. He wrote the "History of the Town of Quincy." Frederic Augustus, another son of Peter, Jr. was born in Quincy 13 Sept., 1812, and died in Brighton 21 Oct., 1880. He was graduated Harvard in 1838. He was the pastor of the Brighton, Mass. Church. Thomas Richard Whitney Born in New York City in 1804, and died there 12 April, 1858. He was a member of Congress 1855-7, and State Assembly 1854-5. He was editor of the New York Sunday Times. William Collins Whitney He was borm in Conway, Mass., 15 July, 1841. His father was James S. Whitney. William was graduated from Yale in 1863, and Harvard 1865. He was Secretary of the Navy in 1885. He was responsible for building a modern working Navy. QUERIES John Linus Whitney, Sr. was killed by a holdup robber on the way back from the gold rush to his home in New York. His bag of gold worth $75,000 was taken. His wife, the former Mary Amanda Whitlock, of Ct., back in New York, gave birth (posthumously) to their son John Linus Whitney, born 14 Dec., 1850. Somewhere between 1850 and 1859, Mary Amanda Whitlock Whitney married Daniel Shattuck (from New Hampshire). These two moved to Darke County, Ohio with Mary A s father, John Whitlock and wife, and a James Whitlock and wife Sarah. This James was about 15 years younger than Mary A. so may not have been her brother (unless her father had married twice). John Linus Whitney, Jr. married Margaret Replogle , daughter of Jacob and Abigail Replogle of Ohio (Darke Co). They had a son, John Clifton WhitneW who married Kathrine Middleton, and they also had Eugene Middleton Whitney (my father). My father states that Grandmother Katherine told him that when she had the name researched, she learned that a Mrs. Shields of Elkhart, Indiana was related to our family. In a 1940 telephone book from Elkhart I found a Mrs. E.A. Shields living there on 407 South Second St. Does anyone have any knowledge of this family? We also believe that our family is registered with the Colonial Dames by Mary Elizabeth Whitney in 1935 9. Could we hear from someone about this family? Mrs. Mary (Whitney) Grumbling, P.O. Box 221, Forbestown, Ca., 95941. (The Colonial Dames records are unavailable to the public; however they do have many lineage books in print, and that is where you would look, Editor) Looking for the father of Newell Whitney, born in Conneaut, Ohio in 1821, and married Eliza Ann Fenton. The family moved to Mitchell, Iowa and had son John Wayne Whitney, who married Martha Abigail Stevens. Merle W. Baker, Route 1, Box 219, Lincoln, Illinois, 62656. Researching Josiah Whitney, born ? He died 10 Dec., 1824. He married Esther Weeks. He was a Minuteman, and was from New York State. Mrs. Melvin L. Lesher, Rural Route lB X7, Clarion, Iowa, 50525. Need any information on the parents of Haynes and Calvin Whitney who came to Thomaston, Maine early in the 1800 s. Haynes married Jane Robinson, and Calvin married Eliza Everton. Am looking for any information on the following Whitney entries in the LDS IGI: Calvin Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Eunice ? born 23 August, 1790, Cheshire, Chesterfield Twp., New Hampshire. Daniel T. Whitney, son of James Whitney and Mary ? born 26 Feb., 1772, Cheshire, Winchester Twp., New Hampshire. Daniel Whitney, son of Sylvanus Whitney and Hannah ? born 12 April, 1761, Hi11sboro, Dunstable Twp., New Hampshire. Calvin Whitney, son of Orlando Whitney and Aeneth ? born 4 Sept., 1795, Windsor, Ludlow Twp., Vermont. Mrs. Marion Whitney Leska, 712 South Prairie Av., Barrington, Illinois, 60010. (Have you checked the input sources, etc. of the IGI for the original source from which the Mormon record of this was derived? Editor) In 1808 James Chaffin and Betsey Chaff in were married. They were cousins. Their fathers were brothers. In Betsey s line it has been established by Pierce that her mother was Mary Whitney, and this is the line: John 1; Richard 4; Richard 26; Richard 109; Daniel 379; and Mary 1037. Betsey died in January of 1845 in Alexandria Bay, New York. In March of that year James married a Deborah Whitney. Family papers suggest that Deborah was Deborah Mansfield, and that she may have been married first to a Mr. Lovell. Thus, her name at the time of her marriage to Mr. Whitney may have been Deborah (Mansfield) Lovell. And there may have been a relationship between Betsey and Deborah Whitney s lines. When Deborah Mansfield Lovell married James Chaf fin the children already in the family were Mariah, born 1832, Elias, born 1837, Samuel, born 1841, and Sarah, born 1843. If these were the children already in the family they would have to be the children of Betsey Chaff in Whitney. In the census records Mariah, Elias, and Samuel list their birthplace as New Hampshire. Sarah lists hers as New York. Deborah Mansfield Lovell Whitney lists her birthplace as Maine. In 1880 Elias Whitney lists both parents as having been born in Maine! (Before this it was New Hampshire)! In 1900 Elias Whitney lists his mother as having been born in New Hampshire, but his father has no record listed! The daughter of James and Betsey (Whitney) Chaff in, Mariah, married the son of James, James Remington Chaffin. (Would this be possible? Editor). They were married in Lockport, Niagara County, New York. In 1850 they are in Wisconsin. In 1860 they are still in Wisconsin. However, Elias, Samuel and Sarah are missing. In the early 1870 s Elias is married in Wisonsin and in those records he states his father s name is Samuel and his mother is Deborah! In 1865 James died in Iowa, and Mariah died there in 1878. In writing her memoirs, one of Mariah s daughter said that after her mother died (Mariah), her "Aunt Sarah" (sister of Mariah) remarried and took her grandmother Deborah (Mansfield Lovell Whitney) and youngest sister to live with them and they went to Kansas. She stated that they went to Cawker City "where Uncle Sam lived," Here they stayed while her father went out West to Phillipsburg where he got a homestead. In the 1880 census "Uncle Sam" is not living in Cawker City, but in Glen Elder, six miles from Cawker. In Cawker City there is a Whitney running a hotel. This Whitney is listed in Pierce s book. We assume there is a connection between this W.C. Whitney and Deborah s family, and may be the reason Deborah went there. Can anyone help us with these lines? Arthur S. Hart, 916 Red Oak Lane, Fort Worth, Texas, 76114. WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND NEW QUERIES FOR THE NEW YEAR? I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DIG OUT AND USE THE OLD ONES FROM PAST ISSUES. AND, SOMETIMES RE-WORKING YOUR QUERY BRINGS RESULTS. WHITNEY HERALDRY The heraldry of the Whitney family (John of Watertown) has been established by Thomas Fuller in his "History of the Worthies of England." He states that the arms of Sir Robert Whitney, of Whitney, Knight, and sheriff of Herefordshire in the year 1377 (the first year of Richard the Second). The arms bore "Az, a cross checky or and Gules." Before this date it is not known if the family bore arms, but it is supposed that the heraldry was born during the Crusades. The College of Arms notes that these remained the same until John Whitney migrated to America in 1635. The same authorities describe the crest that went with the arms as "A bull s head, couped sa. armed arg. the points gu." The motto of the Whitneys of Herefordshire was "Galllantly uphold the cross." All the Whitney families in Great Britain apparently retained the original crest unaltered: the Whitneys of Merton, Wexford; Whitney of Cheshire, in Gloucester; Whitney of Herefordshire; Whitney of Shropshire; Benjamin Whitney,Esq. of Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, Ireland; Fetherston Whitney, Edmund Whitney, Esq. of Neopass, County Westmeath, Ireland. The Whitney arms and crest alone, and a shield with sixteen quarterings, are shown at the College of Arms, London, England. TAKEN FROM "THE DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW WARNER" Tamar Whitney married in June, 1795, John Stoughton Strong. She was born 9 July, 1779, and died 2 August, 1856. She was the daughter of Jonas and Tamar (Houghton) Whitney. John Strong was a merchant in Strongsviiie, Ohio. He lived there after 1818. He kept a hotel there at one time. At another period he sold cattle through Ohio, Kentucky, Boston and New York; driving his cattle before him and selling them as he went along. The children of John and Tamar were: Emory; Renda, who married Dr. Benjamin Olds; Stoughton, who died young; Warner, a merchant in Strongsvil]e, Ohio; Franklin; Clark Ross; Lavina, who died young; Lavina, who married Jabez Lyman Burrell; John Chapman; Lyman Whitney; and John Stoughton. Alva Wright Warner, the daughter of Susan Amelia Warner, married Julius A. Manchester, and had, in Colebrook, Ct., a son, Ernest Beach Warner who was born 23 March, 1868, and married 21 Dec., 1910, Jessie A. Whitney. Robert Whitney, who died in California, leaving a child, Harriett, who was born in North East, Pa., 23 May, 1901, married Lorena Ketcham, the daughter of Earl M. Ketcham. Lillian Whitney of Triangle, New York, married, in June, 1893, George Francis Johnson (Rev)., of Norwich, New York. Charles Hutchinson Warner, born 23 September, 1854, married, in San Francisco, 23 April, 1887, isabel Whitney, born 6 November, 1850, in Orleans, Louisiana. She died in San Francisco, 1 January, 1913. She was the daughter of George Otis and Abigail Taylor (Fitch) Whitney. Moses and Betsey (Webster) Doty, born 1758, died in Madison County, New York, and had, among their several children, Marcia Louisa, who married Virgil Whitney. John M. Pierce, born 10 September, 1837, married Mary E. Whitney, 25 December, 1860. They died in Kenton, Ohio. Nehemiah Hubbell of Charlton, New York, born 1777, married Rhoda Whitney.

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