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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Roswell Whitney 1764-1830
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 22:43:51 -0400
In-Reply-To: <l03130300b7ed8b53c827@[216.126.138.146]>


Dear WRG,

At 11:28 PM 10/12/01 -0700, Jenny Watts wrote:
>Dear WRG,
>
>With the help of internet genealogists both on this mailing list and the
>Hillsdale County, Michigan list I believe I have traced my Whitneys back to
>the Roswell Whitney that you have listed in the WRG Revolutionary War
>Pension Files list!
>
>Here's what I found in Hillsdale County, MI:
>1) John Roswell Whitney (my g-g-grandfather) in the 1850 census records in
>Hillsdale County, MI living with Jacob Whitney age 60, born NY.
>2)Phebe Whitney, age 86, living next door to Jacob Whitney, age 69, in the
>1860 census, Hillsdale County, MI. [No listing for John Roswell as he
>moved to California in 1852.]
>3) Jacob Whitney and Phebe Whitney both buried in the Old Litchfield
>Cemetery in Hillsdale County, MI. Phebe Whitney died 1863 at 89 years
>making her born in 1774.
>
>Then Helen Rogers located for me some information from the WRG
>Revolutionary War Pension Files which gives a Phebe Whitney, born June 5,
>1774, married to Roswell Whitney in NY. They had a son Jacob, born 18 Aug
>1790.
>
>So I believe I can claim this to be my family line of Whitney's! What do
>you think?
>
>Jenny Watts

This looks pretty solid to me. The ages and names are exactly aligned.
Furthermore Phebe applied for a pension in 1850 from Saline Twp.,
Washtenaw Co., MI, rather close to Hillsdale Co., MI. Probably she was
living there with another of her children.

This makes your line as follows:
John-1 WHITNEY, m.(1) Elinor -----
Joshua-2 WHITNEY, m.(2) Abigail TARBELL
David-3 WHITNEY, m. Elizabeth WARREN
David-4 WHITNEY, m. Mary GUNN
Roswell-5 WHITNEY, m. Phebe ELLSWORTH
Jacob-6 WHITNEY, m. ----- -----
John Roswell-7 WHITNEY
etc.

Glad to meet you, cousin!

Regards,

Robert

Mr. Robert L. Ward

http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html

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