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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: Whitney Genealogy - Ancestry of John of Watertown
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:53:47 -0400
References: <20010816.224541.-92213.0.SOParsons@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <000c01c1270a$6b6c4b20$10b7c0d8@enduser>


Stuart and all,

At 05:36 AM 8/17/01 -0400, Jeanne Muse wrote:
>Dear Stuart: Since you are leaving for Germany so soon, I have forwarded
>a copy of this message to three people who I hope will respond to your
>questions more accurately: Robert Ward, Allan Green, Tim Doyle. I have
>also forwarded a copy to the WRG email list, in case someone else is
>currently working on the ancestry of John Whitney of Watertown.
>
> >>2. How solid is the data and research on this connection to the "Royal
> Line"?<<
>I don't know, since all my efforts have concentrated on my connection to
>an immigrant. Possibly one of the above members can help you with this
>question.

The line is broken. Current research indicates that *PROBABLY* John-1
WHITNEY of
Watertown was son of Thomas and Mary (BRAY) WHITNEY of Westminster,
London. The
parents of this Thomas WHITNEY are currently *UNKNOWN*. He was *DEFINITELY
NOT* the
Thomas WHITNEY, son of Robert WHITNEY, third son of Sir Robert
WHITNEY. The latter
Thomas WHITNEY was too young to be the Westminster man. For details, see
<http://www.whitneygen.org/families/johnw/ancestry.html>;.

While there remains some hope that John-1 WHITNEY may eventually be
connected to one
of the gentry families of the name, such a connection is not now known.

Sorry!

Regards,

Robert

Mr. Robert L. Ward
12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832
301-776-1659

http://users.erols.com/rlward1/index.html

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