Research Reports
for
The Ethington Family
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1. The Search for J. Ethington:
Finding the ancestor of the Kentucky Family
2, A study of the Surnames Ethington
Documents and research reports on the derivation of the Ethington surnames in the US,
England and Scotland.
3. The Trouble At The Courthouse
Mob action at the Lexington KY courthouse in 1920 dramatically affects the Ethington family.
4. Evalina Ethington (1812 - 1897)
Daughter of William and Sarah Ann Ethington, lost in family records due to her early marriage and
move to Scotland County Missouri.
5. DNA Signature of the American Ethington Family
Report of DNA studies made during the year 2002 which clarified American relationships, and
began the process of understanding our possible English / Scottish family.
6. Report of 16 Apr 1999 on Early Virginia Ethington Family by Barbara Vines LIttle
Early Culpeper and Spots county Ethington families documented through time lines, event
chronologies and land locations matched to current-day maps. First of two reports, the most
difinitive study to date on the Ethington family in early Virginia.
7. Report of 7 May 2000 on Early Virginia Ethington Family by Barbara Vines Little
Time line of events in early Culpeper and Spots Counties, Virginia
8. Scott Ethington (1836 - 1905) Letters supporting commutation of prison sentence
Convicted of stealing a horse, Scott Ethington, son of John and Susannah (Sherrill) Ethington
served a sentece in the Indiana state penitentiary. His good behaviour there prompted a series
of letters supporting his release which was eventually granted by the govoner of the state.
On his release, Scott served with honor in the Civil War.
9. Virginia Field Trip notes Sep 1-5, 2000
Research trip by the Harold D. Ethington family to Spots and Culpeper Counties Virginia.
Meeting with Barbara Vines Little to discuss research findings, Location of early Ethington
properties in both counties.
10. Lineages Report of 9 Sep 1983
Professional report by Gordon Remington. Henry Co KY land transactions, Jacob Hearn,
Jeremiah and Fielding Ethington of Woodford Co, Joseph Ethington as father of Jeremiah
and Fielding.
11. Lineages Report of 20 Jan 1984
Professional report by Gordon Remington. Roberts family, Spotsylvania Co VA Joseph
and daughter Nancy. Pines family.
12. Lineages Report of 21 Jan 1986
Professional Report by James E. Harrison. Culpeper and Spots court orders books.
Fredericksburg, spelling of the name.
13. Lineages Report of 4 Dec 1985
Professional Report by James E. Harrison. Review of previous reports. Spots and Culpeper
property tax. William of Culpeper.
14. Lineages Report of 13 Feb 1986
Professional Report by James E. Harrison. Study of varient name spellings (Ethington).
Chronology of Spots and Culpeper events.
15. Peter G. Ethington, Tampa Florida 1914
In 1914 a man's misplaced foot in Tampa Florida slips from a streetcar. He falls, and dies
from his injuries. Eighty years later, 2,000 miles away, that misplaced foot becomes the
final piece in a fractured puzzle of family relationships -- that piece that suddenly
makes sense of it all -- and allows a family, finally, to see itself as one, and know its
own rich heritage.
16. George Washington Ethington Edgar Co IL to Guadalupe Co TX 1839
Born in Virginia, married in Edgar County Illinois, GW Ethington decided in in 1839 to move to
Missouri. He build a raft with the intention of floating down the Wabash to the Ohio, from
there to the Mississippi, and to land in Missouri. But the Mississippi was in flood stage and the
family was swept all the way to the gulf coast, where they made their way to the Texas coast
and settled in Fayett and Bastrop counties. This report tells the discovery of their story.
17. The Night of the Mobbing
It was the evening of Monday, June 16, 1902. The Ethington family gathered at the schoolhouse
near Benson Creek on the Shelby/Franklin line, to hold a small service for several members of
the family who had just joined the Mormon church. This report, as told by Aunt Cordie Green
who was there, tells what happened when mobbers broke into the school and she found herself
between the guns and the Mormon elders.
18. Callendar vs Eatherton Culpeper Virginia 1804
John Callendar contracts with John Eatherton to purchase land in Culpeper County. Callendar
pays the full purchase price, but Eatherton cannot deliver title because the land was only leased
by his father William, now deceast. Callendar waits until 1823 when he brings suit in Owen
County Kentucky, and the resulting paper stream reveals both the Virginia and the Kentucky
sides of the family in great detail. The most important document found so far in Ethington family
research. Loaded in 2 parts (A and B) due to size. Indexes references to pages 1-22 will be
found in Part A. Pages 23 to end in Part B. Photographs of descendants. May take several
minutes to load.
19. John L. and William H. Etherington of Coles County Illinois
At the death of John and Francis (Yancy) Etherington in Owen County Kentucky in 1822, their
children were assigned out to various guardians and eventually moved out of the county. This
report follows the discovery of two of the children in Coles County Illinois, and the research that
confirmed that they were indeed sons of John and Francis. Two parts: A professional research
report by Gordon Remington, and seocond, research trip notes by Harold D. Ethington.