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From: MR RICHARD H MATHEWS< >
Subject: Joel Whitney & Arathusa Sawtell
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:52:57, -0500

Hi Allan --

In response to your solicitation, here is the "dead end" in my
Whitney trail.

NAME: Joel L. Whitney
DATE: Birthdate unknown (about 1810); married Arathusa Sawtell on Aug.
23, 1832.
PLACE: Somewhere in New York state; perhaps near the small town of
South New Berlin, NY
RELATIONSHIP: Joel is the great-great grandfather of my wife Patricia
Whitney Mathews.

The only child from this Joel-Arathusa union of which we are aware is
Hiram S. Whitney, my wife's great-grandfather. Hiram migrated from
New York to Missouri, and successive generations in this line have
ended up in California and Oregon. Our info on Joel, sketchy as it is,
comes from a family Bible. We don't know if Joel had siblings, nor
anything about his parents. We have no evidence of a connection to
all the Massachusetts Whitneys we're reading about here in the WRG,
nor have we established a connection to the John & Elinor tree. Of
course, if we ever do make the link, we can fill you and Jon in on
the kin in this branch since Joel.

Thanks for adding Joel in to your database of "lost" Whitneys.

Richard Mathews
Brea, California

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