William Singleton Crawford..my great grand father's 2nd wife was a Shaw..Mississippi Tippah county about 1910 --- Charles and Maria Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert, > > Our Crawford family were all from Dumfriesshire, > between Lockerbie and Annan in Scotland, and came to > Pennsylvania via an extended stay in County Antrim, > Ulster. Most migrated from the Port O'Larne on the > Northeast Coast of Ulster to the United States. > There are alot of records on the Crawfords at the > Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in > Belfast and you may find the Scotch-Irish List (S-I) > helpful. > > Our "Southern" Crawford line made at least 6 > migrations that we know of with the Irvines (House > of Drum), McDowells, Wylies, Shaws, Johnstons, etc. > starting 1568-1610 from Scotland to Antrim, > 1680-1739 from Antrim to Pennsylvania/ Maryland/ > Virginia, 1750-1792 from Virginia to the Carolinas, > 1805-1820 from the Carolinas to Georgia/ Alabama, > 1832-1851 from Georgia/ Alabama to Mississippi, and > 1849-1908 from Mississippi to Texas. My family > remained in Mississippi. > > The Crawfords and Boyds were both very prevalent > in Counties Antrim and Down, Ulster based on our > past research. Good Luck. > > > > > > > > "Garry Owen" > > > > Charlie Shaw > > > COL Charles Houston Shaw, III, CPL > 15934 Spyglass Hill Loop > Lake Manassas > Gainesville, VA 20155 > USA > Home: 703-753-0549 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert T. Crawford" <[email protected]> > To: "Dick Crawford" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:28 PM > Subject: [CRAWFORD] Robert > > > > Hi Dick, > > I have a Robert Crawford that was born in 1800? in > Ireland who > > married a Martha Boyd b. 1805 who said later to > come from Co. Cavan, > > Ireland. They turn up at Port Hope, Canada about > 1825 where they > > are trading in real estate. They had at least 6 > children there but > > decided to move to Owen Sound, Ont., Canada in the > 1850's. The first > > son is also named Robert Crawford b. 1834. Both > died in Owen Sound > > and I have the grave numbers. I have a fairly > complete family > > history in Canada but have had no luck in finding > anything in Ireland > > even though i visited Ireland a couple of times. > > That is the problem and I wonder if you have any > Irish in you - > > probably going into Scotland? > > Someone must have a connection or some data about > the Irish side. > > Any suggestion gratefully received! > > Cheers, Robert T. Crawford > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.