Gene and everyone, I am interested in Mathias' family as well. His sister, Anna Catherina Beringer, married my 7th great-grand uncle, Christianus Abendschon, and they had seven children. I'd be interested in finding decendants of Anna's and her siblings, to bring my data up to date. Theresa Hager Affeldt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Rooks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:34 AM Subject: [Catawba-West] Capt. Matthias BARRINGER > Hi, Catawba Cousins, I've been off this list for a good while, working on > my husband's lines. Now I want to refine my BAKER/WHITENER GedCom a bit > before I have the nerve to post it on Rootsweb World Connect. The ancestry > I picked up from secondary sources 20 years ago on Capt. Matthias BARRINGER, > our celebrated patriot who was killed by the Cherokees at Quaker Meadow, is > quite unclear. Is he really a son of Wilhelm and Paulina Behringer as put > out by Mrs. Henry CLINE, or has later research established a different line? > I know he is the brother of John Paul BARRINGER. Any pointers for research > will be appreciated, my library in Orlando has a fair amount of North > Carolina resources, but nothing like what Miss Rhodes could whip out from > her vast storehouse of vertical files at the library in Newton and personal > knowledge. Is she still active, by the way? Best wishes, Gene Ballentine > Rooks in Gotha