Ann & Gordon
Actually, my message to you*** was in hope you might have some ideas.
I had not previously seen a McCarthy associated with our Carruthers names
except in the 1751 will***, so when I saw yours so prominently displayed,
hope welled up (:-o).
Have you run into Rocksolannah Carruthers?
Barry
PS: Ann & Gordon,
I'll share this message with the list and our newly identified, to me,
Carruthers researchers, David Glen and Tommy, although they have been
doing more, for longer, on Carruthers than have we. Maybe they might have
some Rebekah McCarthy and Rocksolannah Carruthers (b abt 1720, d/o John
Carruthers, md John Witherington) insights. BTW, all Carruthers
researchers, DO visit David Glen's web site:
http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~gcarruth/adult.html
Gordon & Anne Bonnet wrote:
Interesting... (***) do you have any idea who this Rebekah McCarthy was,
and how she was related to John and Content Carruthers?
Cheers, Gordon
*** G&A, Have you seen this provision of the 1751 will?
Item. I give unto my well beloved Wife, Content Carruthers, the
Labar or Sarvis of one Negro woman cald Enow, dewring the time of her, ye
sd. Content Carruthers, her Natril life, and at her Decese I Give and
Bequeath the fore sd. Negro woman cald Enow, to Rebekah McCarthy, to her
and her Heirs for Even.
Barry***
>Hello all,
I am a descendant of the mysterious William
Carruthers, b. 1740 (possibly
in NC, although that's unproven) who married twice -- to Isabelle Bacon
and Margaret McCarthy/McCarty/McCroskey etc., and who shows up in
Louisiana in the late 1700's with a whole slew of kids. Several of his
kids converted to Catholicism as adults in the first decade of the
1800's. His son (by Isabelle Bacon) David Carruthers is sometimes called
"David of Philadelphia" in the records of the time; Isabelle is herself
said to be "of New Jersey." Old William is always said to be "of North
Carolina," except in one record which says "of South Carolina."
Anyhow, I had tentatively identified him as the William mentioned in the
1752 Craven Co. NC will of John Carruthers who m. Content ____. It
seemed a good guess; John's son William was not there when his father's
will was read, which is understandable if William was in Louisiana (or New
Jersey, or Philadelphia, or wherever -- this guy really got around).
Now, however, it seems like John's son William has been identified with a
William who m. Sarah Harvey. I know that most of the children of my
William were born between 1765 and 1785; from the dates listed for William
and Sarah, it looks impossible that the two Williams are the same.
Does anyone have any clever ideas about this? It looks like my theory
about William's parents may be wrong. (I hate it when that happens.) But
I don't have any _other_ clever ideas about how William may fit into known
Carruthers families. Any helps or hints would be very much appreciated.
Thanks, Gordon Bonnet <bonnet(a)fltg.net><<
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