In Ireland > Looking for these families.   Would appreciate any help and am willing to > trade information.  It is said that these immigrants were placed in areas with > names such as their previous locations which make me think Belfast.  They > were there in 3 months range before March of 1766.  They were probably > Presbyterian and had to get letter saying they were poor Protestants.  My gaps are > the ship and their place of birth.  My Grandmother always told me I was > Scots/Irish.  If you would see what any of you can find in Ireland reference to > these folks, I would be glad to offer the same here in the US.  Thank you in > advance for your consideration. >      > Guy Thomas    > Houston, TX    > 281 444-1366    > FAX 281 893-3475    > [email protected]    >     > Blair, George and William, I am searching for information on George (b 1750) > and William Blair (b 1739) in Ireland.   Arrived Charleston South Carolina > in March or before 1766, possibly late 1765.   They were Irish Protestants > (possibly Presbyterians) that came and received Bounty Land in Belfast Township > of Granville Country, South Carolina. Have copies of original land grants > dated March 1766. They are listed in the Council Journals as having lately > arrived and awarded the land grants. >               > George Blair b 1750, d 1787                                                  >           > + Barsheba                                                            >         Children    Christopher  b 1780 d 1829 Edgefield Dist., SC          >                                          Gabriel                              >                                >                     Barsheba                  >     Christopher                                                            >         + Sarah                                                            >             Children    G W (Washington)  b1808 SC, d 1849 MS                >                                            >                         Hazle              SC                                >               >                         Elizabeth         SC                                >                    >                         James             b 1814 SC                          >                      >                         Pulaski (P L)    b 1849 SC                          >                               >                         Sarah               SC                              >                >                         Christopher       SC                                >                      >                         Columbus b1824   SC                                  >                        >                                                             >         > > > GuyT > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Subj:     Re: Blair's of SC Some responses for Blair.    > >     > I found your information on the Blair family in SC very interesting. > > I haven't checked the list of land grants for exact dates, but if your > Blair's received land in March 1766, they may have come in the Ship Falls, Captain > Simon Robinson, from Londonderry (SC Gazette, March 18, 1766) or possibly > the Ship Prince of Wales, Captain James Eggar, from Belfast which arrived March > 29, 1766 (SC Gazette, April 1, 1766).  I couldn't find anything more in the > newspaper about the passengers on the Falls, if any, but there are two > advertisements by William Beatty about the Prince of Wales. > > Just arrived in the Ship Prince of Wales, James Eggar, Master, William > Beatty, Merchant and Line-Draper, from Belfast, who has to dispose of the Times of > Twenty-one Servants, among whom are Nine Women, Seamstresses, Knitters, and > Two Cooks, some Young Men, among whom are Mechanicks, who can write good > Hands, and can be recommended to the Purchaser. > He has likewise to sell, a Parcell of Linen, well manufactured, and bleached > in the best and safest Manner.  Enquire for said Beatty, at Messrs. Torrans, > Poaug & Co. Store, or at his Lodgings at Captain Foskey's, in Church > Street.  (SC Gazette, April 1, 1766) > > To be sold, the Indentures of a few Servants from the North of Ireland, who > have Certificates of their good Behaviour from their Infancy, and as the Ship > they came in is near ready for Sea, they will be disposed of on very > reasonable Terms by Torrans, Poaug and Company.  (SC Gazette, May 6, 1766) Too > early. > > There is an advertisement in the Belfast News Letter, January 3, 1766 by > Mussenden, Bateson & Co., owners of the ship Prince of Wales, that she would > sail for Charles-Town in SC on January 8 and all passengers should be on board. > > I,William Beatty, being now ready to depart for South-Carolina on board the > ship Prince of Wales, my son William Beatty Jr. will carry on the Business in > my Absence.  (Belfast News Letter, January 17, 1766) > > Sunday evening sailed the Prince of Wales with Passengers for Charles-Town > in South-Carolina.  (Belfast News Letter, January 21, 1766) > > The Prince of Wales would have drawn passengers, redemptioners and servants > from the hinterland of Belfast -- parts of Antrim, Down and probably Armagh. > > "William Beatty of Belfast, just returned from the Province of > South-Carolina, (now the most flourishing Province in America)" advertised that he would > have a vessel for Charles-Town, SC to sail November 20 from Belfast.  (Belfast > News Letter, October 6, 1766)  He announced that he would be in > Ballynahinch, Lurgan and Dromore each one day a week to meet persons going to SC. (New > Letter, October 14, 1766)  > > It is likely these were the places the Prince of Wales emigrants left in > January. > > There is another ad in the Belfast News Letter, February 18, 1766 regarding > the safe arrival of the Countess of Donegall, Captain Strawbridge, at > Charles-Town SC on November 22, 1765 with a testimonial signed on behalf of the > passengers by one William Cressle.  [When did he get the SC bounty and land > grant?  This might be a clue to who else came on the Countess.] > > > > >