Hi Gordon & Anne Bonnet,
This is us! Below is something for you. More will follow. Gotta Run.
Best
C Barry Wetherington
Gordon & Anne Bonnet wrote:
Hi Terry and All,
This is a response to your email, Terry, but I'm posting it to the list
in the hopes that it strikes a note with someone!
I wish I could tell you more about William Carruthers, but no such
luck. He was b. ca. 1740 (a really aproximate date) and simply shows up
in Louisiana (my home state, by the way) in the late 1700s. He is
stated as being "from North Carolina."
As far as John, his will is probated in 1751 in Craven Co., NC, and he
says he is a merchant; he lists wife Content Carruthers and children
Rocksolannah Witherinton (m. John Witherinton), Frances Hodges (m.
Francis Hodges), John Carruthers, Joseph Carruthers, Sarah Rice, and
William Carruthers. William Carruthers, by the way, was not there for
the distribution of proceeds from the will -- making me think that he
was already out of NC.
Interestingly, he gives a slave woman "Enow" to a Rebekah McCarthy; and
my William Carruthers (who I think is John's son) m. Margaret McCarthy.
This makes me suspicious that I've found the right guy.
If you (or anyone else) knows anything more about John and Content
Carruthers, especially regarding their son William, I'd appreciate it if
you could let me know!
Cheers,
Gordon
1 Robert Witherington 1675 - 1722
+Unk
2 John Witherington 1703 -
+Rocksolannah Carruthers 1720 -
3 William Witherington, Sr 1740/41 - 1819
+Elizabeth Lewis 1745 -
4 Peter Wetherington 1770 - 1852
+Est(h)er 1790 - 1870
5 John Wetherington 1833 - 1896
+Jane Wilkinson 1839 - 1926
6 James Barnie Wetherington 1876 - 1941
+Ethel Ella Ratliff
7 Lawton Levon Wetherington 1915 - 1982
+Florence Josephine Barlitt 1915 - 1993
8 C Barry Wetherington 1940 - (Me)