PHILLIPS/WITHERELL
                    by Joe Lavelle
                      12 Sep 90
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There is a genealogy published by Gateway Press, Inc. of Baltimore
named "The Witherell/Wetherell/Witherill Family of New England".
It's a fairly new genealogy copyrighted in 1976, Library of Congress
Catalog Card # 76-44679. Among other things, it contains Elisha Lee
Witherell's lineage back to Rev. William Witherell, b. ca1600 in
Yorkshire, England.  In March 1634/5 he brought his family on the
ship "Hercules" to Plymouth Colony in New England.

The authors were two distant cousins who were born in Athol, Ma. in
1943.   Their 1976 addresses were:
 
        Peter C. Witherell           Edwin Ralph Witherell
        1 Highland Drive             710 Cedar Village Drive
        Hamilton, Il.  62341         York, Pa.  17402
 
Elisha Lee was born in Hunington, Ma. bet. 1847-1860, s/o
Ransom and Lucinda Warren Phillips.  He married Mary Elizabeth
Phillips of Lansingbugh, NY on September 6, 1876.  She was born Nov.
13, 1846, and died Oct. 7, 1914 in Westfield, Ma.  D/O Harvey or
Hervey and Sophia A. (King) Phillips.  They had four children,
Phillip Leroy b. Sept. 4, 1877, Howard Lyme b. Nov. 25, 1879, Mabel
E. b. June 9, 1886, and Roscoe S. b. Nov. 11, 1887.  Elisha's death
date is not known, but on June 4, 1902 Roscoe chose his mother to be
his guardian.  Elisha's lineage is as follows:  Elisha 6 [Ransom 5,
Elisha Jr. 4, Elisha 3, Samuel III 2, Samuel II 1, Samuel I b.
England, William b. England].
 
Joseph M. Lavelle  40 Dodge Ave.  Pittsfield, Ma.  01201  (413)
443-2801