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From: "Jeanne Muse" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Whitney genealogy
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 18:10:33 -0400


Dear Revea: Again, I urge you to join in our Whitney group. I have not
researched the ancestry of John Whitney of Watertown personally, so I cannot
give you any incite into the problem. I have sent a copy to the "group" in
case any of them would like to jump in.

Good luck, and if you find any more information, ~please~ let us know.

;-) Jeanne W. Muse
Genealogy - Games - Scuba-Diving
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse


-----Original Message-----
From: Revae <>
To: Jeanne Muse <>
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Whitney genealogy

>Good Morning Jeanne,
>I checked out the website - believe I had previously visited Robert
>Ward's page. There is certainly a great deal of data there, some of
>which disproves the English ancestry of John Whitney.
>
>I subscribe to FTM genealogy library and there are many genealogies
>which cite the English ancestry. Are these all incorrect? Here are just
>4 I checked out from the many:
>
> "Bullard & Allied Families" by Edgar J. Bullard, pp. 258-9.
> "Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith" no author. This genealogy furnished the
>names of the genealogists who furnished records for the book. There were
>24. All wrong?
> "Farnsworth Memorial II, Second Edition of Farnsworth Memorial" by
>Moses F. Farnsworth.
> "Genealogy of Merrick, Mirick, Myrick Family of MA" by George B.
>Merrick.
>
>As some of these books were written early in the 1900s is it a guess
>that the researchers did not question the English connection? Data on
>Robert Ward's site and several of these genealogies which cite the
>opposite view lead me to be in a quandry. I guess this line need LOTS of
>work to come to a conclusion.
>
>My Mary Whitney's parentage ( who married John (Jesse) KNAPP
>(KNOPP))still is not quite clear to me. I have been in communication
>with some KNOPP researchers and hopefully I now have it cleared up. The
>confusion apparently lies with the two Mary Whitneys, cousins. I
>originally had her parents as Joseph Whitney and Mary Beach, now I guess
>they were Samuel Whitney and Sarah BEMIS. I really have to sit down at a
>quiet time and sort this all out. Believe I have erroneous data.
>
>The Nicholas Knapp cited in some genealogies is not related to William
>Knopp (sometimes spelled Knapp). My line, and the one allied to
>Whitneys, is connected to William.
>
>Children of John Knapp and Mary Whitney:
> David b. 12 March 1716/17
> Martha 12 April 1719
> Bathsheba 12 Sept. 1721 d. 18 Jul. 1745
> Josiah 25 Oct. 1723
> Jesse 17 Feb. 1726, d. aft. 1782. Marr. 1760 Submit Cook.
> Mary 18 July 1728
> Lydia 1729/30, d. 1802. Marr. 6 Jun. 1749 Moses Mason.
>
>I'd be interested in getting your feedback on the Whitneys. Guess I will
>hold in abeyance any English ancestry.
>
>Revae
>
>Jeanne Muse wrote:
>>
>> Dear Revae: As far as I know, the English Ancestry of John Whitney of
>> Watertown - HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN. I urge you to visit the following web
site
>> which is a culmination of about 80 people working together on Whitney
>> surname research.
>> http://www.erols.com/rlward1/whitney/index.html We welcome debate and
>> discussion on this issue and others within our Whitney Research Group.
So
>> if you have something to add on the sources or other evidence to support
>> your records on John's ancestry, please jump in!
>>
>> While you are at the above site, please check to see if we have the
>> Whitney/Knapp correct. I know my personal database has only estimated
info
>> for all of the Mary and James' children.
>>
>> Thanks for writing!
>> ;-) Jeanne W. Muse
>> Genealogy - Games - Scuba-Diving
>> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Revae <>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 9:24 PM
>> Subject: Whitney genealogy
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >Stumbled across your database on the Whitney family. My ancestor is also
>> >John Whitney Jr. marr. to Ruth Reynolds. Descendancy is: Joseph Whitney
>> >b. 1651 marr. Mary Beach (?); Mary Whitney b. 1694 marr. John (Jesse)
>> >Knapp.
>> >
>> >I have the Whitney line back to ca 1110. Do you have this information?
>> >
>> >Revae
>> >California
>> >
>

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