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Author: RootsLilla
Surnames: Carson, Willoughby, Bates, Beatty
Classification: queries
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I have seen many references to the wife of Robert Carson b. 1762 in Sherman's Valley,
Cumberland, PA to David Carson. Most show that he married Margaret Bates.
Certainly his wife was named Margaret - we find her first name on the gravestone in Union
Pisgah Cemetery with Robert's. But what evidence exists that confirms her last name
was Bates? Yes, I know their son Samuel had a son named Tarlington Bates Carson. But was
he not named after Samuel wife's [Elizabeth Willoughby's] brother Tarlington Bates
Willoughby?
If you know this family and have some clues, I would greatly appreciate it!
While we are at it, any idea who Robert's mother might be? I have a similar problem
to identifiying her as Elizabeth Beatty, since the marriage record of David Carson and
Elizabeth Beatty says they were married in 1784, while Robert was born in 1762.
(
http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/philadelphia/church/2dpresby01.txt) Is this the right
David Carson even? If so, he must have been married twice, so who was his first wife?
Would love to hear from anyone with insight!
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