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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: Some Errors in Lancaster VR's
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 20:13:31


At 11:52 PM 8/6/98 EDT, Allan E. Green <> wrote:
>Dear WRG:
>
>I found that an error was made in the transcriptions of the Lancaster VR's
>that I put together with others and sent to those who requested them from me.
>This was some time ago, just about the time Robert Ward was setting up his
web
>pages and providing the same information in an easier format to get to and
>use. I had been using my own printouts for everything except the ones that
>came along later, for which I printed the ones from Robert's site.
>
>I have discovered last night that I (or whoever copied the Lancaster
records -
>it really doesn't matter who) mixed up two lines of type and gave a female
>child named Lucy the wrong set of parents. So, for those of you who are
using
>the ones you got from me in the text files I sent, you need to correct the
>entry for the Lucy Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1770. Her parents were not Jonas and
>Mary Whitney, but they were Caleb and Anes. Her baptism and death confirm
>this parentage.

On page 109 of the published version, book 1 page 150 of the original,
appears: "Lucy Daughter of Caleb and Anes Whetney, born Sepr. 25 1770 and
Dyd Feb. ye 7th 1771".

>I also find another difference that I am not certain which set of VR's is
>wrong. On my text pages, page two, in the Marriage Intentions from Town
>Records, the second entry is
>
>p. 30 Danael Whitney, of Stow, and Abigail Ames, Nov. 16, 1744
>
>In the records on Robert's webpage (which I just printed to replace my flawed
>version) the entry for Danael reads:
>
>Danael, of Stow, and Dorothy Goss of Lancaster, int. Nov 9, 1744. TR1, p30
>
>I suppose it is possible that this Lothario had intents published a week
apart
>with two different ladies, but somehow I doubt it. I think we have another
>error of some kind in the transcriptions, and I can't find any basis for
>deciding which is correct (other than Robert's impeccable reputation). I did
>notice that in the transcriptions that I had distributed, the page numbers
for
>the marriages in the Town Records skipped from 25 to 100, and from the year
>1733 to the year 1765, leaving a 32 year gap. OTOH, Robert has intermingled
>the Intentions with the Marriages, and for Danael has only the intent as
well,
>so there must not have been a town record - or, perhaps the town records for
>that period were later lost or destroyed. Perhaps someone who has the
Xerox's
>or actual copies of the Lancaster VR Book could check this and let us all
know
>what's "in the book"!

On page 30 of the printed version, book 1 page 18 of the original, appears:
"Danael Whitney of Stow Entered His Intentions of marriage with Dorathy Goss
of Lancaster Novemr. 9th. 1744.
Thomas Kendal Entered His Intentions fo marriage with Abigail Ames Novemr.
the 16th, 1744."

Obviously the copyist skipped from one line to the next in midtranscription.

>Continuing, I have also found another small error in my text file with
respect
>to the Jon(a.) Whitney who married Mary Wyman. I had just Jon and Robert's
>listing shows Jona. At this point, I think I want to suggest that those of
>you still using the file on Lancaster you got from me trash it and print out
>the ones from the Ward Webpage. I don't want to feel responsible for errors
>creeping into our collective work.

On page 39 of the printed work, book 1 page 33 of the original, appears:
"Jona. Whitney & Mary Wyman both of Lancaster Declar'd their Intentions of
Marriage Augt. 20, 1765."

>I hope everyone is healthy, happy, staying cool, and finding ancestors right
>and left.
>
>Happy Hunting!
>
>Allan

I hope this clears up some of the confusion.

Regards,

Robert

Robert L. Ward

http://www.erols.com/rlward1/
12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832
301-776-1659

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