I am looking for the man mentioned that is from Massachusetts that has done the Maryland BARR family. I would like to know if they went to Wayne County, OHIO. Please respond when possible. Sincerely, Kathy Barr Schmitz Kansas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally and Don Chirlin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 8:00 AM Subject: [BARR] Barr families > There's a man in Massachusetts who has done the MA Barrs pretty completely. > (Unfortunately he hasn't found my Matilda Barr Johnson, born in > Massachusetts, moving to VT and then NY, but otherwise he has much > information.) Sorry I cannot remember his name but it's back in my e-mail > history no doubt. Perhaps he'll contact you through the Barr list if you > put a query out. These Massachusetts Barrs all came earlier, from > Scotland, I think, but may be related. > > I got interested in your posting as I have "Irish" ancestors who probably > aren't Irish at all. My Kennedy and Edmonds families who came to New > England in the mid 1700s are said to have been in Stirling, Scotland and > Antrim, Ireland, with the later births being Antrim, Ireland. I think > they're part of the people known as "Ulster Scots." > > My McLaughlin family who came from Killaleagh, Ireland, came later, like > yours, perhaps, in the 1790s and settled in what is today the town of > Winfield, Herkimer Co., NY. (It was part of Otsego Co. when they first > arrived in central NY.) > > Friends of mine have Irwin ancestors from Antrim, coming in the 1700s. > I've become increasingly interested in the Scottish/Irish connections back > in the 1700s which seems to play such an important role in many of our own > ancestors' lives. > > Sally Chirlin > Chenango Co., NY > > > > ==== BARR Mailing List ==== > Fred W. Reese [email protected] > List owner and Rootsweb Donor > >