-----Original Message----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: Don S. Herring <carman1@mindspring.com> Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:01 PM Subject: Re: "Got Herrings?" >Hi Don, >O.K. lets see what's new with the Herrings: > >FROM # 14 >Only weddings in the 1700's were: >HERRING, BENJAMIN to MARY SHOTWELL, 09/18/1780 >HERRING, WHITFIELD to MARY CROOM, 11/17/1782 >HERRING, WHITFIELD to FEREBY ROBERTS, 05/31/1782 > >FROM # 28 (Let me know if you want the full census on any of these) >ARTHUR >BENJAMIN >ISAAC >JAMES >LEWIS >SAMUEL >STEPHEN >STEPHEN >STEVEN > >FROM # 6 >about 45 HERRING Wills, but none for James > >FROM # 16 >Land Patents to JOHN, JOHN, JR. and SAMUEL in 1723 > >FROM # 13 >Land Patents to ABRAHAM, ANTHONY, ARMWELL, ARTHUR, BENJAMIN, FREDERICK, >HENRY, JOHN, JOSHUA, MICHAEL, PHILIP, RICHARD, SAMUEL, SIMON AND STEPHEN. > >FROM # 5 >dozens of entries, five for JAMES. One entry lists him from Dobbs County in >1782, one lists him from Dobbs County buying land in Duplin County in 1784, >one as a witness to a Duplin County transaction in 1785, one refers to the >boundaries of his land in Duplin (I think) County in 1794, and the last one >refers to him as being from Wayne County buying land in Duplin in 1808, >Just about all of these mention one of the WHITFIELDS (see the marriages >above). > >I'm going to hate myself for asking, but which ones do you want. >Dee > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Don S. Herring <carman1@mindspring.com> >To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:51 AM >Subject: "Got Herrings?" > > >>Hello Dee, >> >>If you would be so kind, would you please check for any of those slippery >>HERRINGS. I believe that my g.g.g.g.gf James HERRING was married in Duplin >>Co. ca. 1770's. >> >>Thanks for your time and effort. And I know from experience how much time >>and effort can go into lookups for others. It takes a special kind of >>energy and willingness to do for others to expend time and effort looking >>up material that doesn't pertain to your own search. >> >>Don >> >> >