Charity Herring

Biography

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Charity (Whitfield) Herring was a North Carolina colonist.
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Charity (Whitfield) Herring was born in North Carolina.

Charity Whitfield, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Goodman) Whitfield,[1] was born about 1737. Some sources list her as the 9th child, and that her parents were living in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1723; they later moved to Rockford, Lenoir County.[2]

Among her siblings, Sarah (Whitfield) Herring (abt.1720-1770), married Daniel Herring and had children.[1] Some sources describe Mr Herring as Stephen Herring.[2]

Charity first married Frederick O'Daniel and they had four children:[1]

1. Owen O'Daniel[2]
2. William O'Daniel[2]
3. Alexander O'Daniel, who married Elizabeth Grady[2]
4. Elizabeth (O'Daniel) Winkfield, who married William Winkfield[2]

After Frederick died, Charity remarried to Daniel Herring, (or Stephen Herring) the widow of her sister, Sarah,[2] and they had two children:[1]

• Benjamin Herring[2]
• Whitfield Herring who married (1782) Mary Croom of Duplin County, North Carolina, daughter of Anne Grady[2]

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References

1. Hathaway, J R B, ed. The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol1. Jan 1900, p. 568 / 602. Edenton, North Carolina: J R B Hathaway.
2. Whitfield, Emma Morehead; Whitfield, Theodore Marshall, ed. Whitfield, Bryan, Smith, and related families. Compiled by Emma Morehead Whitfield, assisted by many members of these families. 1948-50, p. 53-4 / 83-4; Westminister, Maryland.
3. Grimwood, James M & Kennedy, Lola Herring. "Herring Highlights III: 1642-1998." 1998. Houston, Texas: J M Grimwood. Some chapters are available on the internet.
4. Wikipedia/Wikiwand entry for the family: Whitfield Family of the United States. Does not name Charity, her husbands nor her children, but does describe her ancestors and some of her siblings.