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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Witherow families, Aughlish, Gallony, Belfast and elsewhere
« on: Monday 04 March 13 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
I, too, am trying to find information about this Thomas Witherow/Wodrow, brother to Rev. James Wodrow of Eaglesham, Scotland, subject of a book by by his son Robert.  I also read that Thomas moved to Ireland because of some political trouble.  A number of online genealogies show him as father to a Christopher Paul Withrow, who, they say, was father to Robert Withrow, b. 1692, who was the ancestor of many American Withrows, including me.  However, I have seen no evidence at all to support this claim and can't figure out how it got started.  If anyone has any information on Thomas's children or this mysterious Christopher Paul Withrow, I would love to hear from you.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Witherow families, Aughlish, Gallony, Belfast and elsewhere
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 21:50 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Witherow.  I suspect our Withrows are also from the Eagleham area originally.  When I read about the Robert Withrow who got into trouble stirring folks up at the kirk to physically oust a minister back in the 1640s...well..I thought, yes!  he's got to be one of ours.  I don't know about your Witherows, but mine seem to have a genetic disposition for being...outspoken, always involved in politics and generally...rabble rousing.

Actually, the Withrows in my family truly have been a colorful lot, often quite passionate about their particular causes. 

I'd love to hear more about your Eaglesham discoveries when you have time.

Thanks again.
Robin Withrow

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Lanarkshire / Re: Withrow - Witherow- Weatherow of Eaglesham
« on: Tuesday 03 August 10 17:02 BST (UK)  »
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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Renfrewshire / Withrows of Eaglesham
« on: Friday 30 July 10 14:49 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find information on the Withrow/Witherow, Weatherow family of the Eaglesham area in the 1600 - early 1700s.  In particular I'm looking for information on  Robert and Jennet Withrow.  Robert was supposedly born in 1692 and married Jennet (surname unknown).  At some point they emigrated to Ireland (or perhaps their parents emigrated...) and then to America around 1718.  Any help on this family will be greatly appreciated.

Robin Withrow

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Lanarkshire / Withrow - Witherow- Weatherow of Eaglesham
« on: Friday 30 July 10 00:23 BST (UK)  »
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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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Witherow families, Aughlish, Gallony, Belfast and elsewhere
« on: Thursday 29 July 10 21:06 BST (UK)  »
Thank you.  I did know about the IGI records.  As far as I can tell, all that information is based on the family bible record as transcribed by my uncle, Kenyon Withrow, back in the 1970s.  We have been unable to get past Robert and Jennet Withrow, however, or determine exactly where they came from in Northern Ireland.  The places mentioned in the IGI are speculation only as far as I can tell.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Withrow family in Northern Ireland
« on: Thursday 29 July 10 18:53 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to trace a Withrow ancestor who left northern Ireland around 1718-1720.  We have a bible record for a Robert and Jennet Withrow, who were the ancestors of a goodly number of Withrows now living in the USA.  But as far as I know, no one has been able to connect our group with a family in Ireland or the Withrows around Glasgow, Scotland.  Any help or pointers would be appreciated. 

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