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My lines (on my mother's side) came from Londonderry to Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania and Ewing, New Jersey in 1732.
As things heated up with the Indians/French and Indian/English running of the Indian situation, they moved to western Virginia. Then the French and Indian War push it way down there/bounty land became available in South Carolina they moved to Abbeville, SC. That was about 1757/8.
Feb 1, 1760 the families were caught in an Indian Massacre as they were fleeing to a safer place and many were killed. My surviving multi great grandfather went back to Reedy Creek in Augusta County, VA and was killed in an Indian attack there in 1862.
so that fits pretty well with your posting.
My father's side were Border Reivers and came over to Georgia as undesirables, courtesy of the English government. They were landowners in North Carolina by 1806, but I am not sure what their timing was.
My impression is they were a tough and resilient people.
My lines (on my mother's side) came from Londonderry to Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania and Ewing, New Jersey in 1732.
As things heated up with the Indians/French and Indian/English running of the Indian situation, they moved to western Virginia. Then the French and Indian War push it way down there/bounty land became available in South Carolina they moved to Abbeville, SC. That was about 1757/8.
Feb 1, 1760 the families were caught in an Indian Massacre as they were fleeing to a safer place and many were killed. My surviving multi great grandfather went back to Reedy Creek in Augusta County, VA and was killed in an Indian attack there in 1862.
so that fits pretty well with your posting.
My father's side were Border Reivers and came over to Georgia as undesirables, courtesy of the English government. They were landowners in North Carolina by 1806, but I am not sure what their timing was.
My impression is they were a tough and resilient people.
Wee bit of a mix-up. Seems to be ok now
You certainly know your roots. I can only go back to Woodrow Wilson . When you say Londonderry is that the Londonderry in America or Ulster ?
They did indeed get into some bother with the Indians and when they hit back it wasn't very nice but it was hard times and a fight for survival. Think it was Logan a fellow Ulster man who put them on the front line as a barrier between the Quakers and the Indians.
Here is a clip which tells about the border reivers and even then it was a question of survival. I read that the reiver's wife would place his spurs on the table which meant that food was running low and he better get out and do some reiving.
The words leading onto the clip are '' For the Scotch-Irish '' .. more than with most other people
Just reading though Owen Wister book. Not sure what the President means when he mentions 'auxiliaries to the regular English soldiers '?
He probably means loyalist militias.
Colonists who remained loyal formed auxiliary militias whose duties could range from sentry, security patrols to front line combat depending on their level of motivation or the local situation.
Colonists who remained loyal formed auxiliary militias whose duties could range from sentry, security patrols to front line combat depending on their level of motivation or the local situation.
Thanks Cryptic that's another one sorted.
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