-----Original Message----- From: Alanneau@aol.com <Alanneau@aol.com> To: DuBose-L@rootsweb.com <DuBose-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:13 AM Subject: Re: Mary Whilden/John DuBose I would be happy to have the info as Mary Whilden and John DuBose are my lineal ancestors. My address is 100 Chatwick Ct, Sumter, SC 29150-4149 in event you wish to send snail-mail. I have a lot of DuBose info, but not too much Whilden. Sounds good. Charlotte Huntington >To those interested in the above union: > > I emailed Mike Harrington about the Mary Whilden question. This was his >reply: > >>>>Ann -- The confusion is understandable. We're dealing here with two Mary >Whildens. The elder was born in MA about 1687. She was a daughter of the >John Whilden who brought your family to SC. The Mary who married Dubose, >however, was a granddaughter of John Whilden by his son, John, Jr., making >her a niece of the Mary born about 1687. See the discussion under "--Third >Generation" at about p. 87 of my Notes. Regards, Mike<<< > >Quoting from the Harrington manuscript pg 87: >> The will of John Whilden >[II] (born ca. 1683 in MA) cites five daughters, including Mary, who married >about 1730 John Dubose (born ca 1694/1799), a Santee River planter and >brother of Elizabeth Dubose Whilden.<< > > Mike also gave permission to copy his Whilden manuscript with the >understanding that this is not a final draft and he doesn't want it to land >in some records repository. Therefore, I will get some complete copies made >and will be glad to send them out to those interested. > >Best regards, >Ann in GA > > >==== DuBose Mailing List ==== >*********** PRUNE YOUR QUOTES! *********** >DuBose Queries: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/DuBose >Send comments about the Forum to: >Steven J. Coker, Forum Manager >P.O. Box 359, Charleston, SC 29402 >DuBose@GeoCities.com, http://www.dubose.org/ >