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From: "Kenneth Whitney" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Phebe DAY, m. 1737 Joshua WHITNEY, Wells, ME
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 07:59:16 -0500
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Hello Robert,

I can offer no evidence in this case. However, Whitney was no stranger
to this family. Nathaniel Whitney (John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel4)
married Phebe's sister Hannah. McLellan's History of Gorham, Maine dates the
marriage 3 January 1733/34, but no place is mentioned. I know that this Day
family appears on page 2 of the book Descendants of William Day and Dorothy
Littlefield, but I don't believe I photocopied the information, so don't
know if it would be helpful to you. Good luck.

Ken Whitney,
Silver Spring, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Phebe DAY, m. 1737 Joshua WHITNEY, Wells, ME


> Dear WRG:
>
> The LDS Ancestral File and the LDS International Genealogical Index both
> show the marriage of Phebe DAY and Joshua WHITNEY, either 11 or 19 Feb
> 1737/8, Biddeford or Wells, York Co., ME. This seems to be the same
> Phebe DAY, daughter of Joseph and Patience (HILTON) DAY, born 9 Sep
> 1721, Gloucester, MA, baptized 7 May 1726, Wells, ME.
>
> I have sought to find the identity of her husband among the WHITNEY
> families of New England. There were lots of Joshua WHITNEY individuals,
> so this task is not an easy one. One credible possibility is Joshua-4
> WHITNEY (Joshua-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), born after 12 Nov 1712,
> Medfield, MA, who married a wife Phebe -----, and had children born
> beginning 27 Feb 1738/9, Uxbridge, MA. Their children were Joshua,
> Joseph, Benjamin, Phebe, Hannah, John, and Jabez. He died before 1 Dec
> 1750, and his widow married 16 Jul 1751, Medway, MA, Caleb PARTRIDGE.
> He died 20 Feb 1755, Medway, without having children with Phebe. She
> married thirdly 7 Jul 1755, Medway, Joseph ANKERS, by whom she had a
> daughter Molly.
>
> Geographic considerations make me doubt this identification, but the
> process of elimination, the chronology, and the naming of the second
> son "Joseph", all make me believe it. Can anyone offer any evidence to
> either support or refute the idea that the couple from Wells, ME, were
> the same as the Medfield/Uxbridge/Medway, MA, pair?
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> Mr. Robert L. Ward
>
> http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html
>


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