John Carson of Rutherford is the proven son of Walter and Agness Carson who resided in Menellan, in what became Adams Ct. PA. Walter Carson arrived in the US by 1729 when he appears on the tax list of Chester Ct. In the same city, 1725, Samuel Carson m. Jane Patterson appeared plus there is a letter from John Carson family of Rutherford Ct. NC to Walter Carson York Ct. SC establishing that they were related. Walter Carson of York m. Mary Carson, daughter of Samuel Carson of Chester Ct. It is probable but not proven that the Walter Carson who married Mary Carson, daughter of Samuel/Jane, is also a son of Walter and Agness Carson of Menellan. Walter and Agness Carson had a daughter Agness who married Henry Maxwell circa 1754. There is absolutely no evidence/documentation of any relationship to the "Alexander Carson" line, if indeed it is a line. It's been discredited many times. No one has been able to trace either Walter and Agness Carson or Samuel and Jane Carson back to Ireland or Scotland. Josette Maxwell Boone NC -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Oct 8, 2006 4:09 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CARSON] WILLIAM CARSON > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Carson >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/1690.1.1.1.3.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Gary, > >The John Carson you mention (John Daniel Carson, husband of Mary McFarland) was my 6th ggrandfather. I have him listed as born ca 1725-1730 in York co., PA and died ca 1790 in Rutherford co., NC. > >Alexander Harvey Carson is thought to be a 7th ggrand uncle. > >_______________________________________________ >CARSON mailing list >[email protected] > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Josette, I also have seen the Alexander Harvery Carson. Do you know what source records prompted this? There must be something to have started it, though I'm sure the internet has propagated it. Are there male Carsons of this line around today? I'd love to have more people participate in the DNA studies. They have a 67 marker test now that can bring the generations down to a much smaller number. Stephanie --- "Josette L. Maxwell" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is absolutely no evidence/documentation of any > relationship > to the "Alexander Carson" line, if indeed it is a > line. It's been > discredited many times.