This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCann, McFarland, Woody, Hitchcock, Cridlebaugh, Hayworth, Ricks, Love Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QOz.2ACEB/745 Message Board Post: Seeking identity of Michael McCann's parents. He was born 1777 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA. His mother died within a year after his sister was born. The sister was given to a lady to raise, and the father kept Michael for a year or two. Father decided he could not take care of him, so Michael was bound to a man named McFarland to learn the fuller's trade. Soon thereafter the father died. The McFarlands were good to Michael. He got to got to school, a privilege as there were no public schools at that time. Apparently Michaael lived with the McFarlands until he was 18 or 19 years old. About 1898 Michael migrated to Guilford Co, NC. He became friends with a local attorney who encouraged him to study and read his law boods. In 1801 or 1802 he married Elizabeth Woody, a Quaker. They had a daughter Mary. Elizabeth died at some point. Michael married again in 1808 to Sarah Viola Hitchcock, dau of John Hictchcock Sr. of Guilford Co. In 1823 or 24 Michael acquired 6! 00 acres in Carter Co (later Johnson Co), TN. Michael cleared land and farmed but continued to study law. Clues to the names of his parents might be found in the names of his children: Susanna McCann Cridlebaugh 1812-1903 James S. McCann 1813-1872 Isaac McCann 1816-1835? Sarah McCann Hayworth 1818-1861 Keziah McCann Ricks 1820- John Love McCann 1822- William Wesley McCann 1825-1907 Peter Calvin McCann 1828-1895 Any information would be appreciated.