I have nothing on them other than that which has been discussed. I have never been able to figure out which Robert Witherington may have been the father of this third wife of William Darden. There were a few other Worthingtons in that same area that we have not been able to figure out. Trish on 2/22/02 8:28 AM, Martha Marble at [email protected] wrote: > Jean, > > This William was the first one in our area and is said to be a son of > Elijah Darden of Hertford Co. Are there marriage Bonds for this marriage? > In Cliff Darden's history, he only says that "sometime after 1790, William > apparently took a third wife, possibly a daughter of Robert Witherington". > Neither the marriage nor the three children born of this union are in the > Bibles. Darden gives their names as Nancy, Susannah and Rebecca. The name > of this third wife is not proven. In the estate sale papers - which I have > not seen - there is a Francis Darden making purchases and it is thought she > was the widow. Darden says the widow died between 1801 and ???. Her two > daughters Susannah and Rebecca had their lands divided in 1819 and the > daughter Nancy married John H. Dixon. > > Trish, do you have a copy of the estate sale of William? > > Martha >