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From: "Jeanne W. Muse" <>
Subject: Re: Russel~Whitney, VT
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 06:04:40 -0400


Sherrill Madden wrote on July 12th:

>I am STILL trying to place my Russel (one L) WHITNEY in VT. I now am
>working on the supposition that Russel is a family name and perhaps the
>surname of Russel WHITNEY's mother from VT. I have located on the 1800
>census several RUSSEL families in Mt. Holly, Rutland Co, VT and several
>WHITNEY's in Rutland, Rutland, VT. Does ANYONE have a Russel female who m.
>a WHITNEY male about 1790 +/-, or anyone with a HURLEY connected to a
RUSSEL
>or WHITNEY? Help, plz.

Sherrill: In our Henry Whitney database, there is a NANCY RUSSELL, b. abt
1768, Kent, NY; d. 27 Mar 1827 Patterson, Putnam County, NY who married
SILAS WHITNEY, b. 15 Aug 1769 Fairfield, CT.; d. 20 Feb 1854, Peekskill,
Westchester County, NY. 8 children listed. They married 10 May 1788 in
Kent, NY.

He is SILAS WHITNEY-6 (Aaron-5, Samuel-4, Richard-3, John-2, Henry-1).

The above cities are in the Southeastern part of New York State -- but it's
possible that one of their children migrated to Vermont.

Children of Silas Whitney and Nancy Russell were:
Curtis Russell Whitney b. 1792
Silas Whitney b. 1794
Bradley Francis Whitney b. 1796
Peter Radcliff Whitney b. 1798
Aaron Thomas Whitney b. 1800
Thomas Aaron Whitney b. 1805
Washington Silas Whitney b. 1807
Nancy Ann Whitney b. 1807

This is as close as I can get to the information you are seeking. Good
luck!

;-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse

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