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From: "Gallaher, Brenda ." <>
Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] New Whitney Heraldry Page
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 08:14:48 -0600


Thanks for the info.


B.B. Gallaher, Section Secretary
Utah State Office of Education
Evaluation & Assessment
250 East 500 South
Po Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
801-538-7836


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From: Robert L. Ward [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:09 AM
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Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] New Whitney Heraldry Page


All,

At 09:40 AM 5/4/04, Gallaher, Brenda wrote:
>So which Whitney is this for? Henry or John? Or both?

It is for the WHITNEY family of Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire,
England. Since neither Henry nor John nor Samuel (of Bermuda)
is proven to belong to this family (yet!!), it doesn't apply
to them or their descendants. In fact, I believe it is the
case that there are no WHITNEY families anywhere in the world
who can PROVE their descent from this family, although it is
likely that many do.

On the other hand, there are many families of other surnames
who descend from this family through WHITNEY heiresses, and
are thus entitled to quarter the WHITNEY arms. The heraldic
information on the new page would be applicable to them.

Regards,

Robert

Mr. Robert L. Ward

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

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