I am constantly amazed at where some of those early people came from. By accident I found that Jonathan Bangs who settled in Craven made a stop on Long Island after he left Mass. Just picked up two books in New York and found the name in the index and it mentioned Craven Co. Martha At 02:14 PM 9/26/01 -0400, you wrote: >I have not heard of people from New Jersey settling in Craven Co., but they >did settle in New Hanover in the part which later became Duplin. Benjamin >Franklin, in his newspaper, was praising the land in that area, saying what >good land it was and how abundant the wild life, etc. The Bowen's from New >Jersey settled there. Some of them later went to Georgia. It is possible >that some of the people from New Jersey would also settle in Craven. It >might be worth looking into. >Evelyn > >At 09:10 AM 09/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>Does anyone know where this family came from? I told her that the Wiggins >>family came out of NJ and I doubt they moved by themselves but am not aware >>of other families. >> >>Martha >> >> >> >>Dear Martha, >>Last Wednesday in the New York Public Library, I came across a strange >>thing. Because the New Jersey censuses of 1790, 1800, 1810 and (I think) >>1820 are missing, people have done the NJ tax lists. In Stryker-Rodda's book, >>I found Summerlin and Summerall and Summerell in NJ, two Craven County >>names. On Thomas Phillips's 1743 will, the witness's name is Henry >>Summerell or Summerall, as clear as day on the actual document, although >>other documents about this neighbor of Thomas Phillips has him as >>"Summerlin." Do you know who Henry Summerlin/Summerall is? And have you >>ever heard of anyone from New Jersey settling in Craven Co.? >>Of course, hundreds of NJ families settled in the Shenandoah Valley, but >>that's a different area, and a different culture. >>PS. Thanks to your friend Ed Young, I am going to Nashville to lecture. >>More later, >>for now, much love, >>Mary Jane >> >> >> >>============================== >>Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >>Source for Family History Online. Go to: >>http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >