Joyce -- I think it is more than coincidental that the McMurtry's and the Dorrises both came from Northern Ireland, that both settled in Somerset County, New Jersey, that both fought in the Revolutionary War, that the families intermarried, that both moved to Orange County, North Carolina, and both families moved to Sumner County. Throw in a couple of more families like the Gomers, and it's almost like a clan that lived and stayed together through everything. By the way, I have a Pauline Stark who married Daniel Calvin McMurtry in 1941. Is that part of your line? -- Charlie Payne Clan Stuart. McMurtry, Payne, Johnson, and Pinson ----- Original Message ----- From: <CBStark@aol.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Browns > In a message dated 09/05/2001 11:57:15 PM Central Daylight Time, > colcmw@home.com writes: > > > The William Dorris mentioned was a brother of my gggg grandfather Joseph > > Dorris. They, along with other family members, came to Sumner and > Robertson > > Mary Sarah Dorris married Henry Gomer, and their daughter Margaret, born in > Somerset Co., NJ, married John McMurtry, and they, too, came to Sumner County > along the same route through Orange Co., NC. Small world. > > Joyce > >