Whitney. The descendants of John Whitney, who came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635

1895·34.8 MB·English

by  Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904

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WHITNEY
THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITNEY,
WHO CAME FROM
LONDON, ENGLAND,
TO
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS,
IN
1635.
BY
FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.
AUTHOR OF THE
Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Forbes, Forbush, Gibsott, and Harwood Genealogies,
and Histories of Grafton and Barre, Mass.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
PRESS OF W. B. CONKEY COMPANY. 341 Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO,
ILL.
1895.
T.
Anna.
My Great-Grandmother,
This volume
is most respectfully
Dedicated
by
The Author.
THE LIBRARY
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
UTAH
PROVO,
FREDERICK PIERCE.
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THE WHITNEY FAMILY.
[written for fred'k c. pierce.]
FROM
a little English hamlet
From Whitney-on-the-Wye,
Where the hawthornes bud and blossom
Underneath an English sky,
Came a stalwart, sturdy Whitney
Four long centuries ago,
Like the hawthorne spread and blossomed
In the sunshine and the snow.
All about him grew the forests
Trees of maples and of oak,
And the pine trees bent to listen
To the words the river spoke;
While the war whoops of the red men
Rent the silence far and near
In the wilds of Massachusetts
But the settler knew no fear.
Grew a family up around him
As the swift years drifted by.
While about his old log cabin
Fell God's blessings from the sky;
And the family name took root there,
Spread its branches far and wide.
Till they reached from York to Frisco
Sunrise gate to evening tide.
Some there were that for the Union
Wore the tattered army blue.
Some the grey, and then forgot it
When the old became the new;
One the cotton gin invented
'Twas his own peculiar plan,
And where'er you find a Whitney
You will find an honest man.
Richard L. Carey.
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Table of Contents.
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PAGE.
Author's Preface 9
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The First Whitney 11
Origin of the Name and Family , 11
Valley of the Wye 14
Visit to Whitney-on-the-Wye 14
John Whitney, Puritan Emigrant 16
Other Whitneys in New England 18
The Family in America 19
What Henry Austin Whitney Says 21
Whitney Genealogy 22