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From: Shawn Whitney <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Jacob Whitney
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 11:20:49 -0700


Good morning everyone,
I only have a moment but I wanted to respond quickly to Sheila's posting. I can
not say "who" this Jacob WHITNEY is, but can add a bit more information to it.

I just received my index and two volumes of the Yates County NY cemetery
listings. One of my lines - SHEARMAN - married into my WHITNEY line and was
also located in Yates County.
Here is what is listed for Bellona Cemetery in Benton NY:

WHITNEY, Jacob 1843 Sep 22 B1751 Apr 22 d ae 94/5 Revolutionary War sgt
Ulster Co NY Militia

WHITNEY, Jane [1819 Feb 3] [D ae 61] w/o David W. WHITNEY [very worn]

WHITNEY, Mable 1847 May 29 D ae 85/2/19 w/o Jacob WHITNEY

Here is what is listed for the Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan, NY:

Purchase One Section
Lyman Munger Lot

WHITNEY, Lydia A. 1860 Dec 17 B1777 Feb 3 Shelburne MA w/o Moses WHITNEY

Purchase Three East Section
Cornelius Stratton Lot

WHITNEY, Lydia Simmons Stratton D. 1910 B1848 w/o Perry STRATTON and w/o
Charles M. WHITNEY. d/o Peter Simmons

Unknown section (these were people who were listed in various sources as having
died in Penn Yan but where not located in the cemeteries searched.

WHITNEY, Edward R. 1908 Dec 16 D ae 55 PY b. Yates Co.

Here are a list of names that were also in the index but in volumes that I did
not purchase.

WHITNEY, Betsy L. West River Cemetery - Italy, NY - volume 3
WHITNEY, Fisher West River Cemetery - Italy, NY - volume 3
WHITNEY, Harriet Rushville Cemetery - Rushville, NY - volume 2
WHITNEY, James Voak Cemetery - Potter NY - volume 2

Hope this helps someone.

PS Denis, I rec'd your message. Will get back to you asap. We are supposed to
be moving the garage today and my husband is looking over my shoulder
saying...you don't have time for genealogy today!!! He just doesn't
understand. whoa is me!

Shawn Whitney

sheila peel wrote:

> Hello group,
> I also belong to another group that does genealogical research and one of
> the participants has a site about the Finger Lakes area of NY State. The
> individuals name is Wilson Simmons and he is the Town of Potter NY Historian
> in Yates County. He has a site about the individuals that lived in the area
> who were Revolutionary War Soldiers. The group is the Finger Lakes group at
> . By chance there is a Whitney within the
> soldiers that are sited on his website. The address for that is:
> http://victorian.fortunecity.com/hampton/679/rwvets.htm.
> Below is the context of the citation on:
>
> JACOB WHITNEY – 4/22/1751 – 9/22/1843, DIED AT AGE 94/5 SGT. ULSTER
> CO. NY MILITIA, BELLONA CEMETERY, TOWN OF BENTON, NY.
>
> Does anyone have an idea who this Jacob Whitney is? I hope that this helps
> someone.
> Sheila

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