Susann, I also am looking for Whiddens in Florida around 1850. I have a John Driggers who married a Whidden possible the Lakeland area over to Hillsborough area. I do not have much on the family but sometimes little leads will lead on to others. Check out my tree at the address below. Lil tommy, Parker Family, a tree of the South http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~twparker Searching for the following:Bain, Baker, Biggs, Branch, Burke, Cannon, Coleman, Cunningham, Dayhoff, Dehoff, Digges, Downing, Driggers, Edmonds, Engham, Gayman, Gordon, Herndon, Holley, Howard, Jones, Kempe, Kempland, Ledger, Lee, Legette, Lislin, Locklier, Maria, Martin, Mccall, McGowen, Mikell, Moll, Osteen, Overstreet, Padgett, Page, Parker, Patrick, Patterson, Peterson, Phillips, Robbins, Robinson, Senger, Sheppard, Simmons, Simpson, Stock, Sullivan, Tindle, Townsend, Webb, Wenger, Whidden, Wilsford Wite, Wolfe, Wood, ?ipkins ( could be a P or T), For my always up-to-date contact information, click here: http://www.planetall.com/main.asp?cid=618967 It's private, secure and free -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wandrey [mailto:gavinwandrey@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, 02 March, 1999 2:01 PM To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: WHIDDON Info needed Hello from Susann WHIDDON-Wandrey New member here---and I'm pretty certain this is the right place!! Looking for any and all info on: Charles WHIDDON who supposedly arrived from Eng/Ire in mid 19th C. By early 1880's (poss. much earlier) he had married a Catherine PAINE of Deerfield, AL. Their children were: Charles Wilson WHIDDON b. July 9,1883 in AL Eason WHIDDON Eugenia WHIDDON Lilly WHIDDON IDA (or Ila or Ida-ben) WHIDDON Maybel (or Maydel) WHIDDON It is my belief some of these children were born in Florida. I am most specifically trying to find out about CHARLES WHIDDON, SR., however. Family tales have it that he migrated from UK, but because of some naming patterns and other clues, I'm beginning to doubt the truth of this. I think he was born stateside, very possibly FLA. His parents are unknown to me, but his siblings are the following: IKE----(what is this nicknmae for?) BEN (Bennett?) JOHN ROSA JOAN obviously, these children were also all WHIDDONs, time period would be maybe 1840's to1860's (?) Oh please, Whiddon-kin, if you are out there, please answer! Susann