Folks, Why do descendants of the James Fulton of Augusta Co, VA who d 1753 and descendants of the Abraham Fulton/Margaret Guthrie(MD-PA 1772) line end up in Mount Pleasant, Henry Co, Iowa in 1861-1911 ? These appear to be two distinct Fulton lines who arrived in America about forty years apart in the 1700's. The fact that their descendants end up in the same area about 100 years later could be just coincidence, or is it the pull of migration patterns, or is it the pull of Church connections, or are there some family ties in Northern Ireland that are initially kept alive via the Church rather than fading over the decades of time ? If anyone has ideas about this, please let me know. The details are enclosed below. Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm ******************************************************************* Norma Jennings Fulton home pages (select James Fulton, Augusta Co, VA) at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings/manuscript/fultindx.htm contains the following entry: 1. James Fulton (b. 1690, d. 1753) and his wife Sarah, both were born in Northern Ireland and originally settled in the northern colonies in the early 1730's, possibly Paxton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. James Fulton mentions New England twice in his will which was filed in Augusta Co., Virginia. 134. Hugh Fulton5 (Harvey4, Martha3, William2, James1) was born 10 June 1833, in Augusta County, Virginia. He married 23 July 1852 in Augusta County, to Mary Ann Beck who was born 9 November 1834 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was the daughter of David(48) and Nancy (Henderson)(49) Beck. Original Photo of David and Nancy Beck taken in 1874 in possession of author. Hugh died 9 December 1910 and Mary Ann died 21 May 1911. They are buried in the Centre Cemetery in Henry County, Iowa. Hugh Fulton's son: 146. vii. John Wesley Fulton, born 1867, died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, unmarried. *********************************************************************** LINE: 1772 MD-PA: Abraham Fulton and Margaret Guthrie FROM: Articlave (now North Dunboe),Londonderry Co., N. Ireland TO: Baltimore, MD > Little Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland Co. PA (SOURCE: Fulton Family Letter + pages from E. Craighead's book - see note on Fulton-L list dated 6 Sept 1997) 1 Abraham FULTON b ca 1712, lived in Articlave, Northern Ireland +Margaret GUTHRIE or GUTHRY m ca 1745 2 Abram FULTON, Jr b.ca 1753 d.1835 m.Jane COE in 1782 (widow of Matthew LAMB) 10 children (FFL 89:105) 3 James FULTON b ca 1800-4 d 1883 of Latrobe, PA m. Elizabeth (Betsy) THOMPSON 7 ch settled in New Derry, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 Thompson FULTON m Sarah BURLEIGH of IA 4 ch On the Fulton-L discussion list: Subject: Re: Thompson & Sarah (Burleigh) Fulton Resent-Date:Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:53:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Eileen Irwin <eileenirwin@netzero.net> quoting material from Pat Stark's note dated 10 June 1999 Thompson & Sarah (Burleigh) Fulton were parents of 7 children: (1) James Edward Fulton, b 27 Dec 1861 at Mt. Pleasant, IA. No further info. (2) Clinton Alexander Fulton, b 5 Jan 1864, at Mt. Pleasant, IA. [Name taken from family Bible, but he always used initials "A. C."] He m 20 apr 1891 at Council Bluffs, IA, Jennie Caine. He d at age 27-8-7 [12 Sep 1891] at Council Bluffs. (3) Ina Zella Fulton, b 5 Oct 1867, at Mt. Pleasant, IA (4) J. Z. Fulton, [no birth date], b Keithsburg, Mercer Co., IL [Bible entry, unknown sex] (5) Mary Olive Fulton, b 6 Jan 1870, d 29 Jan 1870 at Keithsburg, Mercer Co., IL. (6) Tessa R. Fulton, b 4 Dec 1875 at New Boston Twp, Mercer Co., IL, m 14 Nov 1900 at Geneva, Filmore Co., NE, George B. Cooper. (7) Harvey E. Fulton. No further info. ************************************************************************