John Carson is the son of Walter and Agness Carson
of Menallan, York County PA. Walter and Agness are the
parents of Agness Carson who married Henry Maxwell.
I don't know what documents the "Daniel" but for certain the
will of John Carson died 1789 (if I remember correctly) in
Rutherford is their son; the children he names are these
(along with who they married) you list. His will does not indicate
his middle name as Daniel. It does document that
.the name of John Carson's wife is Mary.
I have not seen documentation but note that a number of people
list the wife of this John Carson as Mary McFarland. The
appearance of John's children in a McFarland bible might have
been behind the claim that his wife's last name was McFarland.
For certain he did not marry Margaret GIllespie or Agnes Nancy Hare.
There were a lot of John Carsons around at that time and people
jumped to conclusions without proof.
Are there any earlier entries than the list of John's children???
Either for Carson or for McFarland?
Josette
At 12:17 PM 6/27/04 -0400, you wrote:
The list of names I found in the family Bible appears to be John
Daniel's
children, not those of Walter and Agnes. I am not sure who John Daniel's
mother
is: I have two wives, Margaret Gillespie and Agnes Nancy Hare. (I got these
wives' names from a relative in NC.)
My list (found in the McFarland family Bible) is:
John Carson born July 2, 1753
Agnes Carson born April 13, 1756
Walter Carson born July 22, 1758
Elizabeth Carson born October 17, 1760
Mary Carson born June 9, 1764
John Carson born August 10, 1766
Daniel Carson born August 29, 1765
Isabella Carson born March 15, 1771
William Carson born July 18, 1773
Of these children, John may have died young; Agnes married William B. Gettys;
Walter married Mary L. Henry; Elizbeth married John Oliver; Mary married
Lewis Lively and moved to KY; John married Mary Withrow; Daniel married Mary
Watson; Isabella married William McCarter and William (Sheriff Billy)
married Mary
Dorcus Hughey.
Two other children not mentioned on this list are daughter Jean Lasley (is
that a married name?) and son Abel (1769-1784).
I believe that the list was written by my GG grandmother, Elizabeth Watson
Carson, daughter of Sheriff Billy, who married William Samuel McFarland,
as it
was found in the McFarland family bible. Elizabeth died in 1851.
Susan Graben
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