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Re: John C. and Content Carruthers,Craven Co.,NC 1750s

By genealogy.com user February 23, 2002 at 09:38:35
  • In reply to: Re: John C. and Content Carruthers,Craven Co.,NC 1750s
    Thomas Carothers 2/23/02

Hi!

I agree that Nathaniel Carruthers of Pequimans is probably NOT the father of John (d. 1752).

Francis Hodges (not Hodge) married John's daughter, Frances Carruthers.I think this is the same Francis Hodges who wound up in Dobbs County, about thirty or forty miles west of New Bern; we have proof that he was an uncle of the prominent Capt. Simon Bright Jr. (d. 1776), which is why I think Francis must have had a sister who was Caapt. Bright's mother.

When Francis Hodges declared headright in Craven in 1746, he listed six while males in his household.I think these males (children at the time) are the other Hodges listed with Francis in a 1769 Dobbs County tax roll.They are (1) Joshua Hodges, who married Ann Raiford and later moved to Georgia.We know from Joshua's Bible records that he was born in 1736, and that is why I do not think John Carruthers (Joshua' maternal grandfather) could have been born as late as 1708, since he would have been a grandfather before he was thirty years old!,(2) Francis Hodges Jr (I also have proof tht he moved to Goergia), (3) John Hodges, (4) Richard Hodges, who stayed in NC and from whom I think I am descended (not yet proved).

As to Content Carruthers, has it yet been proved that she was from the prominent Bangs family of Barnstable, Massachusetts?

Thanks!

FRH

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  • Re: John C. and Content Carruthers,Craven Co.,NC 1750s
    Thomas Carothers 2/23/02
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