I descend from Lydia Wethington who married Charles C. Shanks. I have that Charles is the son of Thomas Wethington and Mary Ann Tippett. I have more on this line. I do not have that Lydia married a John Shanks, son of Thomas. Happy to share what I have. Hope we can just get to the truth. Francine Conn Halter _LFHALTER@aol.com_ (mailto:LFHALTER@aol.com) In a message dated 3/15/2009 12:33:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, SchulzEGS@aol.com writes: Hi, I have the following info. on this family. James Withington/Wethington/Wetherington and wife ? were parents of Thomas Withington/Wethington b. c1725 MD, d. Bef. 29 Mar 1790 Charles Co MD, m. Margaret/Mary Monica Jones b. c1730, d. 1787. They were the parents of James Withington/Wethington b. c1750 MD, d. ? in MD, m. 20 Feb 1792 to Mary Miles. Calendar of Wills of MD Abstracts Vol 16, 1774-1777, Jane Baldwin Cotton, Family Tree Maker CD#206 MD Probate Records 1674-1774, p. 173 WEATHERINGTON, JOHN St. Mary's Co. 2 Jan 1777 -- 15 Feb 1777 To Joseph Biscoe, Negro woman Sarah and her son Thomas To Ann Griffin, stock and 30 pounds cotton To James and THOMAS WEATHERINTON, sons of James Weatherinton, 20 pounds equally To Joseph Weatherinton, son of Joseph Weatherinton, all my land. To John Dunbar, Ex., residue Witnesses: John Horn Abell, Thomas Clark, Edmund Basye. Liber 41, folio 206 Email conversation 8/31/02 From: CharleyMoore@cs.com I have Thomas Wetherington as the possible son of a James Wetherington, whose son Thomas was named in the will of John Wetherington in 1777. I have Thomas b. c1725 and D. c1789 and having two wives: (1) Dorothea, (2) Mary Monica Jones b. c1730, d. 1787 (Making it hard for him to have married again at 58?) I have Thomas Wetherington's children as: James Wetherington b. c1780, d. in MD, m. 20 Feb 1792 to Mary Miles, with issue: Lydia b. c1794 m. John Shanks, son of Thomas; John; Thomas. Widow Mary & dau Elizabeth went to KY where Mary m. (2) John Bapti st Thompson, a widowerer, who had a grown son, Gabriel. Gabriel & Elizabeth m. 26 Apr 1808 Washington Co KY. Gabriel & Elizabeth had son-John Baptist Thompson who married for money, then for love. Richard Wetherington b. c175?, m. Ann Benjamin (Bennett) b. c175?, m. c1780 to Mildred ??? Rhoda Wetherington m. Ignatius O'Bryan Eleanor Wetherington m. Basil O'Bryan Ann Wetherington m. 9 Feb 1792 Allen Shuttleworth (She is named Ann Shuttleworth in 1787 settlement of father's estate) Mary Wetherington b. c1782 m. William Carrico ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http: %2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.c om%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)