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From: sherrill madden <>
Subject: Re: Russel~Whitney, VT
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:01:50 -0700


Jeanne, thanks for the information. The next logical question is: Did Nancy
have a sister that also married a WHITNEY? This Russel WHITNEY had a son
ROYAL EDWIN whom I think is related to the ROYAL J. in Ossining, NY but
cannot prove anything. These are the only 2 ROYAL's I have found.

At 06:04 AM 7/12/98 -0400, Jeanne W. Muse wrote:
>Sherrill Madden wrote on July 12th:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>He is SILAS WHITNEY-6 (Aaron-5, Samuel-4, Richard-3, John-2, Henry-1).
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>The above cities are in the Southeastern part of New York State -- but it's
>possible that one of their children migrated to Vermont.
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>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
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>This is as close as I can get to the information you are seeking. Good
>luck!
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>;-) Jeanne (Whitney) Muse
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Sherrill Madden

"Words form the thread on which we string our experience."
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Seeking : COX [KS, CA] ~ QUAY [NY, MI, IN] ~ SHUEY [IA]
southeastern US: MADDEN, SHIRLEY (Myra Maybelle SHIRLEY aka: Belle Starr)]
Erie/Niagara/St. Lawrence Co's NY: MORRELL, ROSCOE, TAYLOR, TUCKER, WHITNEY

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