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About Margaret Dennison Carruthers
Margaret Dennison Gillespie was born in 1723 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, to Ann Denniston - Gillespie, 43, and Patrick Gillespie, 43.
Margaret married J 'Robert' Carruthers in Donegal, Ireland in 1739, she was 16 years old.
They were among the first settlers of the middle region of North Carolina by 1776.
They had seven children. Five Sons & Two Daughters; Robert, Sarah, Hunting John, James, Mary Zana, William and Samuel.
"The Old North State," by E. W. Caruthers
Robert Caruthers and his wife, Margaret Gillespie, were among the first settlers of the middle region of North Carolina. They had five sons and several daughters. All were respectable citizens and consistent members of the church. During the Revolution, three of the sons were in the service of their country.
The eldest son, Robert Caruthers, was an officer with the commission of Captain. He was a very active, enterprising officer, and almost constantly on duty.
The youngest son of the family was kept at home to protect his parents and sisters and to attend to the farm. He was killed by some Tories disguised as Indians. (The report of a gun was heard near the house; the mother and daughters immediately went out to see what it was, and found the youngest son on the bank of a creek near by, dead, with his scalp taken off, and a bloody knife lying on the ground by his head with which the deed was done. This knife had the name of a neighbor cut on the handle, and it was supposed in the agitation of the moment, he had forgotten the knife.)
The other sons were all away in the army, and the father was too old for military duty. It is supposed that he was away from home at this time with an armed body of Whigs, trying to protect the border settlements from the barbarities of the Tories and Indians, as the mother and daughters were without a protector.
This information came from "The Old North State," by E. W. Caruthers
- and can any answer was she married again later in her senior life? as White?
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U.S. Sons Revolution Mem Apps 1889-1970 - Spouse Robert Caruthers
SAR Membership #96443
== Biography ==
Margaret Gillespie - Caruthers
BIRTH 1723 • Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
DEATH 1806 • Sumner, Tennessee
Margaret married Robert Caruthers in Scotland or Ireland, she was 16 years old.
Together they had Seven children (5 boys 2 Girls); Robert, Sarah, Hunting John, James, Mary, William and Samuel
== Sources ==
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
SAR Membership #96443
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Margaret Dennison Carruthers's Timeline
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1723
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Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
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March 10, 1739
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Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
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March 10, 1739
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Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
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1740
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1743
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Pennsylvania
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July 12, 1746
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Baltimore, Maryland, Colonial America
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December 14, 1747
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Rocky River, Mecklenburg, NC, United States
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1750
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Rocky River, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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May 3, 1753
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Rocky River, Mecklenburg County, NC, British Colonial America
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