The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

56-5s Alexander Gallatin McNutt, gov ernor of Mississippi. was born on Rock bridge county, Virginia, In 1S01 but I have been unable to find the name of his parents.
 To H. J. G.. who asks for help in get ting complete records of the Gleason family in America.
 It would be impossible to publish any, thing like a complete record of the Gleason family in this column as there is great deal of available material on
 the subject. For complete list see
 "Munsells Index to American Genealo- gies,' 1900-190S. & ssss
 To Mrs. T. B. I. who asks for infor- nation about the Mccarthy or McCarty family. "One of this family" says this correspondent, married Lima or Sarah
 Ball, a sister of George Washington's mother'
 The member of the Mccarthy family who married into the Ball family was
 Dennis Mccarthy, who married Sarah Ball. Sarah Ball was not, however, sister of Washington's mother To ex- plain the connection of the Mccarthy, Ball and Washington family it is neces- sary to recall that the founder of the
 Virginia Balls was Col. William Ball, who came to this country in 1657 He married Hannah Atherald and had three children, William, Joseph and Hannah
 William, of the second generation of Balls, married Margaret Raleigh and had eight sons. one of whom, William, had six children, the third of whom was Sar- ah Ball born sometime between 1700 and 176, who married. first Dennis McCar- thy as above mentioned and, second. Abram Barnes.
 The second son of Col William Ball, hA ivat coAA l.t Atherald, Joseph, as above mentioned married first a Miss Rogers by whom he had one son. Joseph, and second, widow Johnson. by whom he had five daugh- ters. They were Hannah. who married Raleigh Travers; Anne, who married Col. Edwin Conway; Esther, who married Raleigh Chin; Elizabeth, who married Rev Carnegie, and Mary, who married Washington's father.
 The McCarthys are a very distinguished family in the southern states and in Iro- land. According to good authority thero are few more exalted or ancient Celtic families. They occupied the positions of Kings of Desmond of Cork in the twelfth century Cormac More had a son Daniel. who was known as McCarty More. and his descendant was created Earl of Claneare by Queen Elizabeth in 1565. He died without legitimate male issue SO the family fortune was passed to the Herbert family and the title Earl of Claneare be- came extinct. The founder of the fam fly in Virginia was one Dennis McCarty, or MacCartie or Macartagh, as his name was variously spelled. Tradition had it that he was exiled from the British isles by the treaty of Limerick Tradition also had 1t that he was the Earl of Clancarty in disguise, but this is probably without foundation. More likely he was the head of a younger illustrious family of Me- HnWaVar O hAr f1A arms and crest of the house of Mccarthy They are as follows Argent stag trip pant gules attired and inguled or. Crest a dexter arm couped above the elbow erect cloaked with mall argent and hand 1 holding up a newt, all proper. Motto: 1 Fort ct fiedi nihil difficle.
 To A. l.. G-G. who asks for information about the Hathorne family. The Hathorne family in this country traces descent | to William Hathorne and Sarah, his wife | of Benfield, Berkshire England. His son William was born in 1907 and in 163O he | came with his wife Anne from England with Winthrop in the "ArabeIla." Hc settled at Dorchester, Mass. William had | eight children. one of whom was Major | William and one Captain John, both of | whom served valiantly in the Indian wars. l Captain William Hathorne. son of | Major William Hathorne, served .even more illustriously in the wars with the | lnulanS Ine ueScenuanlS or these early | patriots are not numerous, but they are | found in various parts of the country. !
 To c. s. B., who asks for information | about the Sargent family. There seem to | have been two distinct Sergeant families | in New England at an early colonial | date. One. and probably the larger of | these was founded by the lay prea acher l William Sargent He traced his descent | from Hugh Sargent of Courteenhall i England His son Robert was mayor of his home city in 1926 Rob- crt's son was William who was born in | 1902. He came to this country in 1898 as | a law preacher and missionary to the Indians He settled at Marshfield. Mass. His son John settled at Maiden, Mass, and from him many of the name in this | trace descent
 Another first settler of the name was | William who was born in England in l6n2 ! and came to America. settling in Ips-. wich He was son of Richard Sargent, [ an officer in the English royal navy