Hi Jan,
You might enjoy reading the wills I sent a couple hrs ago - they got her name
right - Rocksolannah. The diminutive used was 'Laney,' which became a name of a
daughter.
I can, however, list over 45 variation spellings of Wetherington.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan McChesney" <jan.mcchesney(a)celebration.fl.us>
To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Carruthers] ROCHLANNAH
| Did anyone ever explore the possibility that Rochlannah, Rochsolannah...was
| the victim of phonetic spelling which was prevalent in those days...few
| could read and write ...and those that did relied on phonetics mainly which
| of course led to some whimsical spellings (carothers, cruither,careathers,
| carithers) for Caruthers....perhaps her name really was : ROXANNA....just a
| thought....
| Jan McChesney
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Deborah" <cricket1(a)door.net>
| To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
| Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:48 PM
| Subject: [Carruthers] ROCHLANNAH
|
|
| > Barry
| > and all
| > I do have that one ref- of Rochlannah being married to
| John
| > Martin , because in the March 20 1738 the land deeds state that she is
| > the widow of. The records I'm reading from are from the Records of Carven
| > country NC volume one. It also has a Solomon Witherington selling to
| > John Martin a tract of 150 acres on the south side of bay river part of
| the
| > 122l acres patented by Neal O" Neal. Francis Delamar and Benjamin Rice
| > witnesses. So we know that Rochlanah was living in Carven Co in 1738
| > according to the land deeds.
| > Deb
| >
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