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Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] NY Whitney's
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 01:13:56 EST

Kim:

I have checked my copies of the Whitney Indexes for the NY Census, and in the
1830 there is a William W. Whitney in Broome Co., in Chenango on p. 015.
Naturally there have been earlier entries for a lot of Williams, but without
any identifying middle initial. No Edwins, Willards or Wesleys to this point.

In the 1840 index, there are two W. Whitneys in Broome Co., one in Chenango
(p. 311) and the other in Triangle (p. 426). There is one Willard, in
Washington Co., in Granville on p. 206. There are two William W. Whitneys;
one in Monroe Co., in Wheatland on p. 190, and the other in Wayne Co., in
Lyons on p. 042. No Edwins or Ednas

In the 1850 Census Index for Whitneys in New York three Edwins appear. The
first in in Madison Co., in Cazenovia on p. 077; the second being Edwin J. in
Genesee Co., in Pavilion on p. 187; the third being Edwin M. in Chenango Co.,
in Guilford on p. 288. I checked my Handy Book for the establishment of
counties in NY, and find it interesting that there is a place named Chenango
in Broome County in the earlier indexes and an Edwin in a county named
Chenango (which is contiguous to Broome) in the 1850. May mean nothing at
all. Also in the 1850 index there are three Willards. One in Monroe Co., in
Chili on p. 290; and two in Onondaga Co., one in Skaneateles on p. 447 and the
other in Marcellus on p. 336. I find no Wesleys at all, but one William W. in
Wayne Co., in Arcadia on p. 268.

Just for fun I checked some of the New England states from which many people
moved west to NY and found an Edwin in Athol Twp. of Worcester Co., in 1820
(p. 070), but no Willards or Wesleys in any state for any year up to 1840.

I checked the index to the CT Whitney database and found five Edwins, none
with an F. for a middle initial. They were born in 1826, 1844, 1826, 1803 and
1798, the first three born in NY, the last two to the same parents in CT. No
Willards or Wesleys.

All the Edwin Whitneys in the Whitny13 (J&E) database were born too late, I
think -- birthdates were 1840(ME), 1836(MA), 1842(prob. MA), 1884(PA) and
1843(NY). In my own database, which differs somewhat from Whitny13, I have
several more: 1812(MA), 1810(NY), 1831(MA), another 1831(MA), and an 1826(MA).
A search for Willards and Wesleys in this source found no entries for either
names with a Whitney surname.

I hope this is helpful in some way.

Allan E. Green

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