Jackie & all; The information from Elizabeth Zeigler is word for word what Miller wrote in the Barr-Brisbin book. Was that Muriel's source or was Muriel, Dwight Miller's source. The book was published in 1973. Anne ---------- > From: Jacqueline Marshall <jmarshal@jlc.net> > To: BRISBIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Margaret Brisbin > Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 9:05 AM > > Hi Anne & Everybody, > I'm a little confused about Margaret. Margaret Brisbin m to James > Rutherford was Capt. John's sister. But, the 1753 date does seem a > little late for a sister, not impossible, but improbable. I have it > entered it for her though. I do not show a daughter named Margaret for > Capt. John. But, Isabella his second wife has a daughter Margaret (b > 1752-1757). Capt. John was appointed guardian to three of Isabella's > children. Margaret would have been one of them. I do not have a marriage > for Margaret McNabb. Here are my notes for Margaret Brisbin. > Jackie > > MARGARET BRISBIN RUTHERFORD: > Muriel Morrison received this information from Elizabeth Zeigler of > Pittsburg, PA, a descendant of Capt. John Brisbin: "John emigrated to > America with an elder brother, William, and a sister, Jannett. Evidently > their parents didn't come with them, as John returned to Ireland > sometime after the French-Indian War to bring his sister, Margaret, to > America, possibly due to the death of the parents." > > 2 Jan 1772: Marriage, Margaret Brisbin to James Rutherford, recorded by > Rev. John Elder at the Paxton Church of Harrisburg, PA. Sent by Anne > Futch. > From Egle's Notes & Queries, 1898 p 37-41:'Uncle Jimmy'(Rutherford) > left no descendants. "...wife, Margaret Brisban, sister of that > distinguished soldier of the Pensylvania Line, Captain John Brisban, and > who was in her own personality, a notable woman, one who was able to > make herself felt wherever she was, and to express herself in language > which cannot be paraphrased, and who, according to tradition, has the > distinction of having been the only woman ever initiated into the > mysteries of Free Masonry, and ever after was a living refutation of > that miserable slander on the sex which says 'a woman cannot keep a > secret'." > > > ==== BRISBIN Mailing List ==== > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > Special thanks to go to RootsWeb,your generous donations to > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222