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From: "Jeanne W. Muse" <>
Subject: Re: Russel~Whitney, VT
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:24:59 -0400


Sherrill & WRG: Unfortunately, I have no more information on the NANCY
RUSSELL who married SILAS WHITNEY. Are there any others in the group who
have Russell connections??

;-) Jeanne

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From: sherrill madden <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, July 12, 1998 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Russel~Whitney, VT

>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:
>>
>>>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).
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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.
>>
>>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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>>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse
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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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