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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: rwithrow on Friday 30 July 10 00:23 BST (UK)
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I'm looking for information about this family who lived in the Eaglesham area in the 17th century and some of whom eventually emigrated to N. Ireland and then to the U.S. In some court records I found a Robert Withrow who encited a bunch of folks to physically oust a minister from the kirk there one day. This Robert was sentenced to spend time in the jail (tollbooth?) in Edinburgh sometime in the mid 1600s. While this does sound like a member of my family (apparently we have been rabble rousers for a number of generations), I have been unable to find family info for him or our earliest known ancestors, Robert Withrow b. 1692 or his wife Jennet, who ended up in the Pennsylvania region of the U.S.
If you have any early info on this family, I would like to get in touch with you. Also, this family moved to North Carolina in the early 1700s along with members of the Gettys (Geddes), Rankin, Carson and Brandon families with whom they may have been previously associated.
Thank you.
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Hi, not sure if this will be of interest to you or not, but try looking at the link on genforum as posted below.
Re: Robert Withrow born1692 Ireland
1 post - Last post: 15 Dec 1998
For those of you descended from Robert Withrow b. 1692: From "The Ancestors of Withrow Families of Wayne County, Illinois and Descendents" ...
genforum.genealogy.com/withrow/messages/71.html
Another link I have for you is contained in a book " The Martyr Graves of Scotland" written by J. H. thomson and published by Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier. Its quite an old book. It has a chapter on the Wodrow family and mentions Patrick Wodrow minister at Eaglesham at the time of the reformation ( 1560) and other family members.
Hope this is some help. Good luck with your search.
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Hi I noticed the name Geddes so thought this may have been of interest I discovered it whilst reseaching my tree I have a Mary Geddes 1792 1865 married to a John Copland both were from Kirkcudbrightshire
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/g/jennygeddes.html
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Thanks so much. The Gettys and Withrow families have been long associated here in the States. Our groups both came doen the Great Wagon Road from the area of Gettysburg, PA. I really enjoyed your link to Jenny Geddes....another rabble rouser.
Thanks!
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Glad you liked it here is another one that you may like Sir Patrick Geddes
http://www.ballaterscotland.com/geddes/