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From: "Tim Doyle" <>
Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Transcription Error?
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 07:55:19 -0600
In-Reply-To: <002601c2b648$70765920$6701a8c0@se1.client2.attbi.com>


I've checked the Pierce book and the online transcription for both 2482 Mary
and 2485 Jacob match what is listed there. However, this is not to say that
the data is correct. We have found that Pierce has many errors and this may
be yet another example. You are well founded by not trusting printed data,
especially when something doesn't seem right. In order to prove or disprove
your theory, you're probably going to have to do some more digging into this
family. I'm sorry I couldn't solve this by verifying it was a simple
transcription error.

Good luck,

Tim Doyle

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Whitney [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:30 AM
> To:
> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Transcription Error?
>
>
> The Descendants of John Whitney,
> Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635.
> by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 176 - 180
>
> Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999.
>
>
>
>
> 1038. JACOB WHITNEY (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),
> b Harvard,
> Mass., Mar. 24, 1748; m. May 25, 1772, Lois HAPGOOD; m. 2d, June
> 29, 1794, Mary
> PATCH of Littleton, b. 1751; d. Dec. 27, 1833.
> He was in the company of Capt. Jonathan DAVIS in Col. Asa
> WHITCOMB's regi-
> ment Oct. 6, 1775, in the Revolutionary army. Part of the
> companies in this regi-
> ment were ordered to reinforce Col. PRESCOTT in the battle of
> Bunker Hill, June 17.
> He made his will Nov. 8, 1815. It was probated Oct. 18, 1825. Son
> Elias was exec-
> utor. He d. July 11, 1825, in W.; res. Harvard and Winchendon, Mass.
> 2481. i. HANNAH, b. Dec. 14, 1772; m.----- CARPENTER.
> 2482. ii. MARY, b. Oct. 16, 1776; m. ----- KEYES.
> 2483. iii. LOIS, b. Aug. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 13, 1802, Daniel
> WARD, b. June 21,
> 1871; d. Mar. 8, 1856; was a farmer. She d.
> Apr. 6, 1853. Ch.:
> Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1805; d. Jan. 27, 1864;
> Josiah Wilder, b.
> May 18, 1807; d. June 18, 1831; Caroline, b.
> Nov. 5, 1809; d.
> Aug. 26, 1812; Calvin Thomson, b. Nov. 24,
> 1812; d. June 19,
> 1867; Emery Whitney, b. Oct. 4, 1815; d. Apr.
> 6, 1833; Charles
> Kendall, b. July 7, 1819; present address
> Denver, Colo., 358
> Lincoln Ave.; Adaline Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1822;
> d. Aug. 30, 1856.
> 2484. iv. NANCY, b. Aug. 8, 1785; m. ----- WARD. A son is
> John WARD;
> res. Pavilion Center, N.Y.
> 2485. v. JACOB, b. Oct., 1776.
> 2486. vi. ELI, b. May 17, 1783.
> 2487. vii. EMORY, b. Oct. 1, 1791; m. Lydia LOCKE and
> Thankful G. MOREY.
> 2488. viii. SILAS, b. -----.
> 2489. ix. ELIAS, b. June 16, 1797; m. Fannie DEMARY.
> 2490. x. SARAH, b. Oct. 27, 1794; d. July 26, 1797.
> 2491. xi. MARTHA ANN, b. May 22, 1812; d. young.
> 2491 1/2. xii. MARY PERCEY, b. July 25, 1814; d. young.
> Emery W. WHITNEY, of Sturges, Mich., and Mrs. Seneca Whitney UPTON, of
> Keene, N.H., are descendants of Jacob WHITNEY.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Can someone in the WRG check an original copy of Pierce and see
> if #2484 Jacob, b. Oct. 1776 is a correct date?
> Several WRG members suspect; myself included, that this Jacob
> #2484 is a link in their linage but this date should read Oct.
> 1784. Notice that the transcribed date of Oct. 1776 is the same
> as the birth date of the child Mary #2482.
>
> I never trust census dates. I also don't trust my own judgement
> after being so close to an answer on one of these puzzles. Just
> hoping this is the right solution doesn't make for a proof.
>
> James E. Whitney, II
>

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