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From: Vickie Elam White <>
Subject: Some Errors in Lancaster VR's
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 03:35:02 -0400


Allen,

<< 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. >>

<< 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"! >>

I have a copy of the Lancaster VRs and confirm what you have (above) for
Lucy WHITNEY. The book also says, on the same line, that Lucy
died 7 Feb 1771. This is on pg. 109.

<< 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 >>

Yes, that's what the Lancaster VR book says for Danael and Dorothy.
I think this is a simple matter of someone's eyes skipping because
on the very next line it says

"Thomas Kendal Entered His Intentions of marriage with Abigail Ames
Novembr the 16th, 1744."

<< 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. >>

Pg. 39 of the Lancaster VRs says Jona, the "a" being a suprascript
indicating
the name is Jonathan. I agree that it should be written as Jon(a) so that
this
is obvious.

Hope this helps.

Vickie Elam White

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