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From: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <>
Subject: Re: WHITNEY/VARNEY/SMALL families of Jonesboro & Machias
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:17:47 -0400
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Hello John-Mark,

I have some good news, some better news, and some great news. First, you
are not only related to the Whitneys through two ancestors, but three. The
better news is that I can connect all three back to 1635, when John and
Eleanor Whitney came to Watertown, MA from London, England. The great news
is that I saved a lot of money by switching my car insurance to GEICO, but
that's another story! (Humor! You don't find that a lot in genealogy
circles.)

The 1880 census of Jonesboro, ME reveals Ewin Varney, age 27,
blacksmith, born Maine. With him is his wife Elvira, age 32, born Maine,
housekkeeper, and their daughters Inez, 5 years old, and Gertrude, age 1,
both b. Maine. From LDS Roll #1597747, Steuben, Maine Vital Records and
Jonesboro Marriages, the couple was married 7 Aug 1874 in Jonesboro. These
are then the parents of Inez Delia Varney, who married James Beecher Small.

Elvira's ancesrty is: Elvira9, Ruben8, Gustavus Fellows7,Ephraim6,
Joel5, Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1. She is the daughter of Ruben
Whitney and the widow Lydia Holmes Tabbutt. Does you software accept gedcoms
from Family Treemaker? If it does, I'll try to export to you a gedcom for
this ancestor line, as well as the others. Also, I recommend that you visit
the web site for the Whitney Research Group at www.whitneygen.org. You will
find a lot of info on the early part of the lineage there.

You had me going there for a second with Mayflower Whitney. I had never
heard of her. Then, I remembered a genealogy sent to me of a line of
Whitneys in Jonesboro. The material was sent to me by my cousin Wayne
Whitney, who at that time lived on Beals Island, off Jonesboro. He was my
"boots on the gound" in Jonesboro when I first started studying the Whitneys
from there. Sure enough, there was Mayflower, who married Benjamin Varney.
She is the daughter of two Whitneys. Her father was Josiah Noyes Whitney,
Jr., and her mother was Josephine Leighton Whitney. Their ancestries are as
follows:

Mayflower9, Josiah Noyes, Jr.8, Josiah Noyes7, Ephraim6, Joel5,
Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1.
Mayflower9, Josephine Leighton8, Charles P.7, Gustavus Fellows6,
Ephraim5, Joel4, Abel3, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1.

As you can see, these Jonesboro apples didn't fall far from the tree! If
you would like to learn more about your early Whitney ancestors, I recomend
you visit my web page at http://kenwhitney.tripod.com/whitneygenealogy . You
will find a lot there on the first four generations by clicking on their
names. I also have a great history involving the fifth generation Joel. He
was highly involved in the first naval battle ever fought and won by this
country. You can find the story by clicking on my ancestor, Micah.

Let me know about the gedcom and I will see what I can do. I hope this
is of some help.

Ken Whitney
Silver Spring, MD


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: WHITNEY/VARNEY/SMALL families of Jonesboro & Machias


> On 13 Jul 2004 at 20:34, Ken and Carol Whitney wrote:
>
> > Hello John-Mark,
>
> Greetings, Ken. Thanks for getting back to me.
>
> > I have to start out proclaiming that I have no knowledge of your
> > Varney heritage, except where the Varneys unite with the Whitneys.
>
> No problem... I have a couple of Varney correspondents, and have
> managed to make some considerable headway. I am particularly
> interested in the Whitney connection for two related reasons: (1)
> Family legend indicates close ties between the families for several
> generations, and (2) both my great grandmother's sister-in-law and
> her mother were Whitneys (whom both my mother and my aunt say
> they remember being told were second cousins), which is an
> interesting occurrence in and of itself, and seems to provide some
> corrobration of #1.
>
> > I believe that I probably can connect you to your Whitney
> > heritage,
>
> That's precisely what I'm looking for... if not a full lineage, at least
> some clues that could point me toward discovering the relationship
> between my two known Whitney women, and perhaps a leg up on
> getting toward one of the many very well documented New England
> Whitney lines.
>
> > but I am a little confused about the relationships in
> > your message. The part you pasted in did not come through, so
> > perhaps you could re-send the pasted part, which may relieve my
> > confusion.
>
> I'm so sorry. That's undoubtedly my fault. For efficiency sake, I
> thought it best to append the data rather than bury it within the main
> body of my message. By the time I got to the signature line, I must
> have simply forgotten to "control-v" it onto the page. My apologies.
>
> I have actually done a good bit of work on the data since sending
> that message, so will now attach a revision of the previously sent
> information, as a separate text file.
>
> I'm most interested in Inez, and how she fits into the
> > picture.
>
> Inez Delia (Varney) Small was my great grandmother (my mother's
> maternal grandmother, and whose given name she bears). Her
> mother was Elvira M. (Whitney) Small (m. Edwin Varney of
> Jonesboro). Inez's brother, Benjamin Harrison Varney, married
> Mayflower F. Whitney on 21 Jun 1913, and according to the Maine
> State Marriage Records, they were both of Jonesboro.
>
> So, there you have it. Thanks for you willingness to lend a hand.
>
> Regards,
>
> John-Mark +
>
> -----
> The Rev. John-Mark Gilhousen
> Administrator, Gilhousen Family Association USA
> E-mail:
> Website: www.gilhousens.net
>
>
>


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> Descendants of Edwin Varney
> ---------------------------
> 1-Edwin Varney b. 26 Jan 1853, Jonesboro, Washington Co,
> ME, d. 18 Apr 1927, Jonesboro, Washington Co, ME
> +Elvira M. Whitney b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> |--2-Inez Delia Varney b. 26 Mar 1875, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME, d. 9 Sep 1940, The Dalles, Wasco
> | Co, OR
> | +Unknown
> | |--3-Katherine Maria Small b. 1893, Jonesboro,
> | | Washington Co, ME, d. <1961>, The Dalles,
> | | Wasco Co, OR
> | +Floyd Benjamin Jackson b. <1889>, par.
> | Nicholas Jackson and Orlena Josephine Unknown
> | |--4-Inez Ruth Jackson b. 19 Jul 1920, Osawatomie, KS
> | | +Dr. John Shields Gilhousen b. 17 Aug 1910, The
> | | Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon, d. 21 Jul 1986, The
> | | Dalles, OR, bur. Jul 1986, Ioof Cemetery, The
> | | Dalles, Wasco Co, OR, m. 16 Mar 1941, First
> | | Christian Church, The Dalles, Wasco Co, OR, par.
> | | William Edward Gilhousen and Anna May Greenlee
> | | |--5-Judith Ann Gilhousen b. 31 Dec 1941, The
> | | | Dalles, OR
> | | |--5-Barbara Jean Gilhousen b. 1 Feb 1942, The
> | | | Dalles, Wasco Co, OR
> | | |--5-The Rev. John-Mark Gilhousen b. 8 Jun 1951,
> | | | Portland, Multnomah Co, OR
> | |--4-Reba Jackson
> | | +Mac Nish Hall b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> | | |--5-John Russell Hall b. 1952
> | | |--5-Joseph Hall b. 1953
> | |--4-James Jackson
> | |--4-William Jackson
> | | +Anna Unknown b. Unknown
> | | |--5-Judy Jackson b. <1946>
> | | |--5-Daniel Jackson b. <1948>, The Dalles,
> | | | Wasco Co, OR
> | | |--5-David Jackson b. Dec 1952, The Dalles, Wasco
> | | | Co, OR
> | |--4-Harold Jackson
> | +Marguerite Unknown b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> | |--5-Judy Jackson b. Unknown
> | +Clarence Bassett b. Unknown, Unknown, d. Unknown,
> | Unknown, m. Aug 1940, ID
> | +James Beecher Small b. 1867, d. 1940, The Dalles
> | Oregon, USA,, m. 14 May 1893, Jonesboro, Maine,, par.
> | John S Small and Ann Mariah Baxter
> | |--3-Katherine Maria Small b. 1893, Jonesboro,
> | | Washington Co, ME, d. <1961>, The Dalles,
> | | Wasco Co, OR
> | +Floyd Benjamin Jackson b. <1889>, par.
> | Nicholas Jackson and Orlena Josephine Unknown
> | |--4-Inez Ruth Jackson b. 19 Jul 1920, Osawatomie, KS
> | | +Dr. John Shields Gilhousen b. 17 Aug 1910, The
> | | Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon, d. 21 Jul 1986, The
> | | Dalles, OR, bur. Jul 1986, Ioof Cemetery, The
> | | Dalles, Wasco Co, OR, m. 16 Mar 1941, First
> | | Christian Church, The Dalles, Wasco Co, OR, par.
> | | William Edward Gilhousen and Anna May Greenlee
> | | |--5-Judith Ann Gilhousen b. 31 Dec 1941, The
> | | | Dalles, OR
> | | |--5-Barbara Jean Gilhousen b. 1 Feb 1942, The
> | | | Dalles, Wasco Co, OR
> | | |--5-The Rev. John-Mark Gilhousen b. 8 Jun 1951,
> | | | Portland, Multnomah Co, OR
> | |--4-Reba Jackson
> | | +Mac Nish Hall b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> | | |--5-John Russell Hall b. 1952
> | | |--5-Joseph Hall b. 1953
> | |--4-James Jackson
> | |--4-William Jackson
> | | +Anna Unknown b. Unknown
> | | |--5-Judy Jackson b. <1946>
> | | |--5-Daniel Jackson b. <1948>, The Dalles,
> | | | Wasco Co, OR
> | | |--5-David Jackson b. Dec 1952, The Dalles, Wasco
> | | | Co, OR
> | |--4-Harold Jackson
> | +Marguerite Unknown b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> | |--5-Judy Jackson b. Unknown
> | +Clarence Bassett b. Unknown, Unknown, d. Unknown,
> | Unknown, m. Aug 1940, ID
> |--2-Gertrude Varney b. 23 Mar 1879, Jonesboro, Washington
> | Co, ME, d. 18 Apr 1927, <Jonesboro, Washington Co, ME>
> |--2-Hattie E. Varney b. 10 Aug 1882, Jonesboro, Washington
> | Co, ME, d. 1917, Jonesboro, Washington Co, ME
> |--2-Benjamin Harrison Varney b. 18 Aug 1888, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME, d. 29 Aug 1969, Machias, Washington
> | Co, ME
> +Mayflower F. Whitney b. 1 May 1891, d. 3 Oct 1981
> |--3-Kenneth W. Varney b. 25 Oct 1914, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME, d. 17 Sep 1987, Machias,
> | Washington Co, ME
> | +Frances E. Foss b. Unknown, d. Unknown, m. 16 May
> | 1948, Jonesboro, Washington Co, ME
> |--3-Richard Harrison Varney b. 24 Apr 1916, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME, d. 17 Nov 2002
> | +Merla Eleanor Fenton b. Unknown, d. Unknown
> | |--4-Kenneth Richard Varney b. 8 Dec 1939, Exter,
> | | Rockingham Co, NH
> | | +Alice Jane Smith b. Unknown
> | | |--5-Teresa Lynn Varney b. 17 Apr 1963, Edwards
> | | | Afb, CA
> | | |--5-Wayne Varney b. 2 Apr 1966, Ellsworth,
> | | | Hancock Co, ME
> | | |--5-Jennifer Jo Varney b. 4 Aug 1973, Ellsworth,
> | | | Hancock Co, ME
> | |--4-James Wendall Varney b. 5 Feb 1942, Exeter,
> | | Rockingham Co, NH
> | +Linda Florence Watts b. Unknown
> | |--5-Dennise Lynn Varney b. 18 Sep 1961, Camp
> | | Lejeune, Onslow Co, NC
> | |--5-James Randolph Varney b. 29 Feb 1964,
> | | Honolulu, Honolulu Co, HI
> | |--5-Troy Benjamin Varney b. 11 Jan 1970,
> | | Biddeford, York Co, ME
> |--3-Inez Louise Varney b. 12 Jul 1920, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME
> | +Robert W. Roney b. Unknown, m. 28 Jun 1947
> |--3-Edwin James Varney b. 2 Jun 1927, Jonesboro,
> | Washington Co, ME, d. 10 Nov 1993, Washington Co,
> | Maine
> +Betty L Lowe b. Unknown
>


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