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From: Barry Whitney <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] MASON WHITNEY - 1765-1854 NY
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:01:21 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jerry McClure wrote:

> I came across the following on the Jefferson Co. NY GenWeb site and thought
> maybe it may be a help to someone:
>
> Mason Whitney was born in 1765. He married Dolly Ransom and they had five
> children. Erastus Whitney, son of Mason, was born in Herkimer County, NY,
...
> Jefferson Co., NY. He married Mary, daughter of Moses Chadwick, of

This Mason is in Pierce as # 1315, the son of one of the three Micah
Whitneys. (John & Elinor line)
Mason is listed in the Herkimer County, NY, US Census 1800, 1820, 1830.

The Jefferson County, NY, Genweb site is wonderful! However, there are a
few typos (in the original) in this info. His wife was Dolly Rawson (not
Ransom). And Erastus's wife was known as Betsey, at least in family
records and her own will. I have some more info on this Whitney line if
anyone wants to compare notes on Herkimer County or Philadelphia
(Jefferson County), New York (NOT Pennsylvania).

Mason was born in Massachusetts. Does anyone know the details of his move
to Herkimer County, NY? Does anyone know of living descendants of Mason's
children other than Erastus? Does anyone know anything of descendants of
Erastus other than Seymour Murray Whitney who moved to Georgia?

Thanks for posting this info on the Jefferson County web site to the list.
While we're focused on Whitneys, I'll repeat below a question we got about
another Herkimer County Whitney a while back.

Thanks, Barry
John Barry Whitney III

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Name: Cliff Whitney
E-mail:
From: Charlotte,NC.
Referred By: Other genealogy page
Comments: My G-grandfather, Percy WHITNEY and my grandfather, Frank
Douglas Whitney, lived at Kast Bridge north of the town of Herkimer in
1880. I'm trying to find Percy's father's name.

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