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From: Janice Whitaker< >
Subject: Re: WHITNEY: Family of Jonas
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 19:18:05 -0500 (EST)


>Dear Tim:
>
>This was a very good find, for which I thank you. I realize that you didn't
>write it, but the data does raise one or two questions, one of which you might
>be able to answer and the second is for whichever one of Jan Whitaker and/or
>Peg Sanborn has the connections to Rindge, NH.
>
>1) The article said that Jonas was born in Harvard 2 Jul 1727. I realize that
>there were some boundary changes in this area in the early 18th C., but his
>birth does not appear in the Harvard VR's, but in the Stow VR's.
>
>2) There are some births listed in the Harvard VR's for a Levi and Sarah
>Whitney between 1812 and 1818, which obviously cannot be the first son, Levi,
>and his first wife Sarah Lawrence (since she died in 1783 in Rindge). Does
>someone have a copy of the VR's from Rindge, NH, to supply details about any
>of the children of this family?
>
>3) The Jonas (IIIrd) that later married Relief Whitney (as shown in the
>Harvard VR's) does NOT appear in our Whitney extracts from those same VR's,
>either on the ASCII files that I have sent to so many or as they appear on
>Robert Ward's Website. (remember, what is there is what we sent him - he's
>not to be held responsible for other people's omissions). Did we miss the
>entry for Jonas when the VR's were copied/extracted or was he born elsewhere
>(which would be of interest, as all the other children listed DO appear in the
>Harvard VR's)?
>
>More questions may arise as I work on through these data, adding them to my
>Whitny12 database (Jon - I'll send you my version before you get ready to do
>#13 so we both don't end up adding the same data). In the meantime,
>
>Happy Hunting:-)
>
>Allan
Dear Tim and Allan, It just happens that I have a friend(non WRG member)
whose husband is a descendant of Jonas Whitney, and I could e-mail her and
ask her to help out here. His line is:Jonas 1 & Margaret Stratton-Jonas 2
& Zebudah Davis-Levi & Hepsibeth Fay-Amos & Sophia Harris-Sophia Whitney &
Rueben Browning. My friend is a most reliable source who is a frequent
NEHGS visitor(lives in Boston 'burbs) and the National Archives in Waltham.
I'll send her the info and get back to you. As to the Rindge VR's I still
haven't sought them and am tied up with Benjamin/Sarah research at the
moment. May be able to get to Haverhill Library tomorrow on the latter case
and look for NH stuff as well Cheers Jan

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