For the first time in his life he was so excited he was like a happy child. He Said "I rely only on Him and His Atonement". Wife, Mary Scott, was instructed by her parents in the foundation principles of the English Church. After moving to MD she married John Douthit in her 18th year. She became a member of the Brethern with her husband. According to author Joseph W. Douthitt, the family were 1st cousins to Charles Edward Louis Phillip Stuart of Scotland, the Royal family; religious differences caused flight to America.