Person:Esther Carothers (1)

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #6075, Date of Import: May 3, 2006] Of Sidney, Ohio.

Advisory on Parentage of Esther Carothers

Esther Carothers/Carruthers has been identified as the daughter of Robert Carothers by some sources (World Family Tree), but she appears to more likely be the daughter of William Carothers and Margaret McCroskey, which is confirmed in the research by John Franklin Carothers in Genealogical Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Franklin Carothers - Clarence and Platt City, Missouri (http://www.carothers.org/CarothersFamilyHistory.pdf) and Glen Carruthers, in his Carothers of Cumberland, Pennsylvania website:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carothers/message/48

(small portion of information):

• 2 William Carruthers b: Abt. 1722

+Margaret McCroskey b: Abt. 1722 m: in Augusta County. Pa., USA

• • 3 Esther Carruthers b: Abt. 1747 d: 1818
  • +Henry McClung
  • 3 John Caruthers b: Abt. 1747
  • +Ann Poage b: 1749

1. ↑ Judith McClung (e-mail: jmcclung@@cland.net). The McClung Family Association Web Site.
2.   Find A Grave.

   Esther Caruthers McClung
   Birth: 1744, USA
   Death: Oct. 27, 1818, USA
   
   Daughter of Margaret McCroskey and William Caruthers
   
   Inscription:
   "Henry McClung: Departed this life Feb. 3, 1784 - aged 45 years.
   Esther McClung, his consort: Departed this life Oct. 27, 1818 - aged 74 years"
   
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5016372