I am a direct descendent of Marmaduke. My line of the Ethridges came from the North Carolina-Virginia area, down and across Georgia, Alabama, to Mississippi, where they have been since the late 1700s. (I was born in Oxford and grew up in Jackson, MS.) You'll find various posts of mine on different "Ethridge" and "Etheridge" forums at, e.g., geneaology.com. I have a fair amount of material I simply haven't had the time to go through. It is quite interesting the permutations that occur on names throughout our overlapping family histories, is it not? I am planning on writing a book on my father who was Chief Justice of the Mississippi State Supreme Court in the 1960s, through mid-1971 (his death)--interesting times in the deep South. So I am just gearing up to gather info on family connections. I will share info as I go through the info I have (including the books, "The Ethridge Family & Allied Kin"--put together by my grandfather, Wm. N. Ethridge II--and "Ten Generations of Etheridges [and Variations]". Any helpful input which can be shared is welcome. I will reciprocate whenever possible. (I will be unavailable for all of January, 2003, I should note.)