I'm a bit surprised that neither Widdrington nor Carruthers are included w/ the
list names:
Surnames of North East England
(Durham and Northumberland only)
I have a copy of the drawing depicting Widdrington Castle - wasn't it in
N'Land? A Widdrington was a castle's gamekeepr. Didn't a Widd'n
'fight on w/his legs hacked off'? Wasn't the Wton sent to America as a
jacobite fm N'land? Samuel Widdrington, f/o Rbt, Wm, Grace, Mary and ?, was from
somewhere in N'Land area. What abt the Wton Pepys ploted w/. And what abt the Gun
Powder plot. I've not yet nailed it down, but I thought W'tons and HotSpur Percy
tangled in N'Land.
Barry
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