You menion your interest in Vorhis and just in case you don't realize it, the name abounds but in many different forms. Voorhees Vorhees, Van Vorhies, etc. If you are still researching them that just might help. We Van Pelts do connect with a Van Voorhees in the 1600s. Good hunting. Lou Van Pelt in Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Stark<mailto:donnaStarkKy@fewpb.net> To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com<mailto:dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Kentucky Migration When these people bought the land it was all in Jefferson County. We only had three counties at that time. The Mercer, Henry and Shelby county groups are one and the same. Some of my ancestors married and lived in Mercer, but also lived in Shelby and Henry. Actually the Shelby/Henry County group were very close to each other, being on the county line at one point. Remember this was a very large group of people and each had 200 acres of land. Brothers, sisters, cousins and all lived from Mercer to Henry and Shelby. You cannot distinguish one from the other. There were French Huguenots. Francis Montfort was a direct descendant of John Montforrt, a French Huguenot. Also, somewhere I found that one of the Vories' in my family said his father was born in Virginia, but I am sure they moved down from Pa. or NJ. So, I hope I can find my proof of this. I am a member of the Nationala Huguenot Society on hte Montfort line. My mother was a Montfort and her father constantly reminded us we were French Huguenots. Donna in KY. (Near Shelby, Henry and Mercer, my mother was born in Henry Co. near the farm of her Vories and Montfort families.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Whiteside" <bobbeo60@yahoo.com<mailto:bobbeo60@yahoo.com>> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com<mailto:dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Kentucky Migration > The Low Dutch who came to KY in 1780-1784 were from York County, PA near > Gettysburg band prior to that can be found in Bergen, Somerset, and > Hunterdon Counties in NJ and back into what was Nieuw Amsterdam and now > NYC. None have been found to come from VA to my knowledge though there > were outsiders, not Dutch or French Huguenot, that came with them. My > research shows that these outsiders were also in York County, PA and moved > with the Low Dutch to KY. There were two Low Dutch settlements in KY but > all were related and all connected to York County, PA. One group from PA > had moved to what is now West VIrginia, at Berkeley County...am doing this > from memory and think that is correct on the county. They took the > southern route down the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains to the > Cumberland Gap and then north to Mercer County, KY. The other took the > river route down the Ohio from what is now Pittsburgh, PA and settled > first in Jefferson County, KY [Louisville]. The > plan was to join in Mercer County to form their Low Dutch Colony in KY but > Indian raids eventually wore them down and they made separate plans to > survive in the wilderness. They bought land in what is now Shelby and > Henry Counties in KY, just east of Louisville, [Jefferson County] from > Squire Boone....but their plans for a self contained Low Dutch Colony in > KY never came into being. The two leaders of the groups into KY were > brothers in law, Hendrick Banta 3rd who brought his group down the Ohio > River in 1780 and the other was Sam Durie married to Wyntie Banta, sister > of Hendrick who brought his group through the Cumberland Gap in the same > year. Hendrick is the acknowledged leader of all of the Low Dutch in KY > however. > > I have some info on my website at http://bar-b-k.tripod.com<http://bar-b-k.tripod.com/> > Called THE MONTFORT FAMILY: A NARRATIVE...a family closely allied with > the Bantas through marriages. > > If I can help or if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate > to write, will see what I can find in my own collection of materials and > books or steer you to someone who may have answers for you. > > Barbara > bobbeo60@yahoo.com<mailto:bobbeo60@yahoo.com> > > > pspro1123@aol.com<mailto:pspro1123@aol.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Dutch migration to the low country of Kentucky > includes Hampshire Co, VA ?? Does any Dutch ancestors include this area as > a > birthplace, etc ?? > > Paula Sprouse > Ysselstein ancestor > pspro1123@aol.com<mailto:pspro1123@aol.com> > > > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/>. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara Whiteside > bobbeo60@yahoo.com<mailto:bobbeo60@yahoo.com> > > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? 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