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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Henry Whitney - Looking for Turpentine
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:41:26 -0500


At 11:20 PM 2/7/99 GMT, Norris wrote:
>Found this today searching for material on my ancestors Thomas Osman
>and William Purrier:
>
>http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0028/g0000068.html#NI24391
>
>"Thomas Osman gave a deposition in 1658 in which he told the story of
>he, William Purrier,Thomas Reeve, James Reeve, Thomas Terill, William
>Salmon, Thomas Benedict, Henry Whitney and others exploring for
>"sperrits resin" (turpentine) in "ye Chowan country" (North Carolina)
>in 1636/37. Upon failure of this adventure, these men in the following
>winter or spring settled on Hashamomuck Neck in the present town of
>Southold, Long Island. A copy of this deposition appears in the
>Southold Commemorative Book, 1636-1939. ("Genealogy up to 1800 of the
>Reeve Family of Southold, Long Island, NY," Wesley L. Baker, 1970,
>page 340)."

This is the first mention of Henry-1 WHITNEY in America that I have seen.
Very interesting! It also pretty well settles that his son John-2 must
have been born in America, probably at Southold. Possibly his first
wife belonged to one of the early families of Southold.

Regards,

Robert

Robert L. Ward
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