True the property they purchased from Boone was in Jefferson County, I use the current location for practical purposes in showing where the property is now located. Shelby was formed in 1792 and Henry in 1798 and the Low Dutch purchased the land in 1783 or early 1784. The Filson Historical Society in Louisville, in their manuscript dept has a leather pouch which contains the minutes of the Low Dutch Colony dating from 1794, a treasure to see, hold and read. I haven't looked at it for some time and believe the earliest minutes are 1794...one of these days, have to go check on that I suppose.] Donna and I have a mutual ancestor in Francis Montfort Sr whose signature is found several times among the minutes. Francis was one of the intended friends who followed his father in law, Hendrick Banta 3rd to KY and I have narrowed it down to sometime between May 1784 when his son Francis Jr was born [in May of that year] and Feb 1787 when the son Jacob was born in Mercer County, KY. I think it is likely they came in the spring of 1786 when the river was just coming off spring flooding [if that is the route they took and no one seems to know for sure].. It might be well to look at dates of problems with Indians at the time they may have started out too. Those coming in 1780 had the good fortune of coming after an especially harsh winter, which kept the Indians close to their villages in Ohio and not yet ready to pursue the settlers coming into Kentucky till a bit later in the spring. Either way they decided to make the trip to Kentucky, they had to be either a bit crazed or so dedicated to making a Dutch haven in the wilderness, for them to hazard Indian attacks journey to make the move. I cannot imagine traveling under those conditions with small children. Either way, as they say in DAR, I have a goodly heritage and I have a great deal of admiration for their courage to move under such harsh conditions as those times entailed. By the way, the lineage of Francis Montfort Sr has been proven by my cousin, Diana Davis, and myself for membership under his name and service, for DAR. Gladly share what I used to prove the service...it was tricky with the Shakers coming in two generations of my line, but it was done and am proud of it. As to the other Dutch colony mentioned in 1815 ish, first I had heard of it, but will do some checking...surely Dr Thomas D. Clark had to have mentioned them in his works on KY History somewhere. I am curious to know a bit more about them. Strangely the only thing I knew about my grandmothers mothers line was that they 1. Came to KY very early 2. The name was Montfort [and both t's were pronounced by my grandmother ] and 3. they were French Huguenots. Donna, I wrote to the Huguenot Society about forms to fill out for membership about 2 weeks ago but nothing returned in the self addressed/stamped envelope they asked for....would be interested in a membership application if you know how to get it. Also for Flagon and Trencher Society. While at it, I am also going to send in my info for Society of Boonesborough...and the Bantas were there and qualify you for it......Hendrick 3rd spent time there as did his son, John [Shaker John] and I descend from both. I just sent in supplemental paperwork to my DAR registrar on Sarah Boone Wilcoxson this morning....sister of Daniel and Squire [the circle comes full with my lineage connecting to the Low Dutch and the man who they bought their land from...!] She was the easiest of the three women patriots in my line to document for a supplemental..I call them accidental patriots...they were in the wrong place at the wrong time because their husbands decided to strike out for KY at a not so safe time. Barbara Donna Stark <donnaStarkKy@fewpb.net> wrote: 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" To: 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 > 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 > > > 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 > > > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > 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 > > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? 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