I suspect that our David Porter may have been part of the group mentioned below. Can you suggest any resources for me to search for him among this group? By 1777 he was definitely in Caswell Co., NC as there are many records, including his death 1-15-1795, but where he was before then is a great mystery. We think he was born about 1734 in Ireland. His son, Alexander, is said to have been born 1-7-1755 in Halifax, NC and was a Rev. War Capt from Salisburg Dist. All thoughts and suggestions appreciated!! BARB Anderson, Holt wrote: > It has been stated in several places that there were North Ireland > Scots > who came to America as a group and first settled in Lancaster, PA area > and then moved South to the Orange County area of NC around 1740-1750 > time frame. These were Calvinists/Presbyterians and established the > Old > Eno Presbyterian Church, Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church and later > Hawfields and Cross Roads Presbyterian churches.

My Armstrongs followed the same route, and I recall the name of a place in Northern Ireland named Fermanagh. They migrated from the Scot/English borderlands, and it seems that many of the border Clans also migrated to Northern Ireland. The first of my line came to America in 1737, settling first in PA, and about 1750, they migrated to the area that is today's Hillsborough, NC. Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McCoy" <barbmccoy@bellsouth.net> To: <ncorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:02 PM Subject: [NCORANGE] PORTER, N. Ireland Scots > I suspect that our David Porter may have been part of the group > mentioned below. Can you suggest any resources for me to search for him > among this group? By 1777 he was definitely in Caswell Co., NC as there > are many records, including his death 1-15-1795, but where he was before > then is a great mystery. We think he was born about 1734 in Ireland. > His son, Alexander, is said to have been born 1-7-1755 in Halifax, NC > and was a Rev. War Capt from Salisburg Dist. All thoughts and > suggestions appreciated!! > BARB > > > Anderson, Holt wrote: >> It has been stated in several places that there were North Ireland >> Scots >> who came to America as a group and first settled in Lancaster, PA area >> and then moved South to the Orange County area of NC around 1740-1750 >> time frame. These were Calvinists/Presbyterians and established the >> Old >> Eno Presbyterian Church, Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church and later >> Hawfields and Cross Roads Presbyterian churches. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >