Yes, you are correct. I recall reading somewhere (didn't bookmark it though) that there were at least 30,000+ borderers who were "encouraged" to emigrate to Ireland and beyond. Cliff. "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see," >From A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jody allen Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:51 AM To: jim.r.graham@fsmail.net Cc: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DIXONS from Ulster Didn't a lot of the Scottish Borderers after 1603 when the reiving way of life was ending becaue of the union of the crowns, move to Ulster as part of the plantation period or were encouraged to move by King James Vii/i ? Maybe why there were Nixons in both places. Jody On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> wrote: > Cheryl, > Sorry but I have only traced my direct ancestors, who stayed in the > Scottish Borders. If you have a name of a Dixon born in the period > 1762 to 1771, I will look see if it could fit. > Regards, Jim Graham > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jody Allen, Scottish Scribbles Blog http://scottishscribbles.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: Scotland: Wallace, Mctaggart, Clarke, Mckean(d), McCartney, Stewart Ireland: Lynch, Drought Wales: Williams, Walsh ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just was watching a tv program on the Borders for a class for writers I will be teaching and they said at one time the people of Cumbria pooled their money and had the Grahams deported to Northern Ireland and they were not allowed to come back to the Borders because they were so treacherous as cattle theifs. But apparently they were gone but a year when some decided to return only they changed their names but just spelling Graham backwards Maharg creating a new riding family in the borders. A representative of the Grahams told the story so I would imagine there is truth in it and shows the ingenuity of the Borderers mind. Jim have you heard this story? Jody On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Cliff. Johnston < moments-in-time@comcast.net> wrote: > Yes, you are correct. I recall reading somewhere (didn't bookmark it > though) that there were at least 30,000+ borderers who were "encouraged" to > emigrate to Ireland and beyond. > > Cliff. > "May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see," > From A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > -----Original Message----- > From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jody allen > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:51 AM > To: jim.r.graham@fsmail.net > Cc: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DIXONS from Ulster > > Didn't a lot of the Scottish Borderers after 1603 when the reiving way of > life was ending becaue of the union of the crowns, move to Ulster as part > of > the plantation period or were encouraged to move by King James Vii/i ? > Maybe why there were Nixons in both places. > Jody > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> > wrote: > > > Cheryl, > > Sorry but I have only traced my direct ancestors, who stayed in the > > Scottish Borders. If you have a name of a Dixon born in the period > > 1762 to 1771, I will look see if it could fit. > > Regards, Jim Graham > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Jody Allen, > Scottish Scribbles Blog > http://scottishscribbles.blogspot.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Researching: > Scotland: Wallace, Mctaggart, Clarke, Mckean(d), McCartney, Stewart > Ireland: Lynch, Drought > Wales: Williams, Walsh > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- Jody Allen, Scottish Scribbles Blog http://scottishscribbles.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: Scotland: Wallace, Mctaggart, Clarke, Mckean(d), McCartney, Stewart Ireland: Lynch, Drought Wales: Williams, Walsh