Susan: Thanks for your response. The article on the Jersey Settlement was very interesting. Also interesting is that the place near Maysville where many of my NJ relations lived is called "Jersey Ridge" to this very day, although the local residents don't seem to know how it got that name. Other names in your message are also familiar ones in that area, such as the Stocktons in Fleming Co. I know for sure that my direct ancestors, Lewis Gordon m. Keziah Stout, were in Hopewell in 1795 and in Mason Co. in 1799, so probably went directly there. However, other family members could have migrated from NC to KY and then encouraged others to come there. I doubt that Lewis's family travelled the Cumberland Gap route. From what I have learned about them, they are much more likely to have taken the route across Pennsylvania to Wheeling and then by the river down to Limestone Landing (Maysville). I would still like to find out more about this aspect of their history. Some other Hunterdon/Hopewell names that have shown up in my family history recently are Parke and Pullen, both of which are mentioned in the article that you directed me to (http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm for those who missed it). You can also look at my web site as shown below for any of these names (in the Family Tree section). Doug Gordon http://history.wdgordon.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <galls@juno.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <doug@wdgordon.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky > Doug, > > Many of these same families - Stouts, Runyans, Andersons (my > ancestors), Corwines & Harts as well as others Parkes (mine), Smiths > (mine), Vannoys, Merrills, Mershoms, Hunts (mine), Lannings, Palmers, > Heatons (Eaton), Moores, Greens and many more left Hopewell, Hunterdon > Co. area much earlier than the Rev. War - in the mid 1700s - 1757 or so > because of unhappiness left over from the "Coxe Incident" when Col. Coxe > one of the West Jersey Proprietors charged people to pay for their land > again after their original purchase. Many of these folks came to NC to > an area in what was then Rowan Co. called the Jersey Settlement - > including many of my own early Hopewell ancestors. Some of these folks > also went "west" to the area around Fayette Co. PA, Monongalia Co. WV, > Frederick Co. VA, Hampshire Co. VA/WV as well and from both of these > locations after several years moved further west to KY. - those that I > know of that followed this route NJ>NC>KY specifically were the Runyans & > Park(e)s and I'm sure there were many others, who did reside in KY by the > 1790/1800s. I don't know of those that went directly from NJ to KY or > what motivated them at that time - although those that went from > NC/Jersey settlement did get lured there by the Rev. War land grants I'm > sure.

It's always interesting when the list gets into these discussions about emigration. Please keep in mind that not all of the family moved away. There are still branches of many of these same families - alive and well in the Hopewell/Ringoes/Stockton/Fleminmgton area! I recognize lots of surnames from my high school class! Sharon Doug Gordon <doug@wdgordon.com> wrote: Susan: Thanks for your response. The article on the Jersey Settlement was very interesting. Also interesting is that the place near Maysville where many of my NJ relations lived is called "Jersey Ridge" to this very day, although the local residents don't seem to know how it got that name. Other names in your message are also familiar ones in that area, such as the Stocktons in Fleming Co. I know for sure that my direct ancestors, Lewis Gordon m. Keziah Stout, were in Hopewell in 1795 and in Mason Co. in 1799, so probably went directly there. However, other family members could have migrated from NC to KY and then encouraged others to come there. I doubt that Lewis's family travelled the Cumberland Gap route. From what I have learned about them, they are much more likely to have taken the route across Pennsylvania to Wheeling and then by the river down to Limestone Landing (Maysville). I would still like to find out more about this aspect of their history. Some other Hunterdon/Hopewell names that have shown up in my family history recently are Parke and Pullen, both of which are mentioned in the article that you directed me to (http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm for those who missed it). You can also look at my web site as shown below for any of these names (in the Family Tree section). Doug Gordon http://history.wdgordon.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky > Doug, > > Many of these same families - Stouts, Runyans, Andersons (my > ancestors), Corwines & Harts as well as others Parkes (mine), Smiths > (mine), Vannoys, Merrills, Mershoms, Hunts (mine), Lannings, Palmers, > Heatons (Eaton), Moores, Greens and many more left Hopewell, Hunterdon > Co. area much earlier than the Rev. War - in the mid 1700s - 1757 or so > because of unhappiness left over from the "Coxe Incident" when Col. Coxe > one of the West Jersey Proprietors charged people to pay for their land > again after their original purchase. Many of these folks came to NC to > an area in what was then Rowan Co. called the Jersey Settlement - > including many of my own early Hopewell ancestors. Some of these folks > also went "west" to the area around Fayette Co. PA, Monongalia Co. WV, > Frederick Co. VA, Hampshire Co. VA/WV as well and from both of these > locations after several years moved further west to KY. - those that I > know of that followed this route NJ>NC>KY specifically were the Runyans & > Park(e)s and I'm sure there were many others, who did reside in KY by the > 1790/1800s. I don't know of those that went directly from NJ to KY or > what motivated them at that time - although those that went from > NC/Jersey settlement did get lured there by the Rev. War land grants I'm > sure. ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== This mail list is archived at: http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER ============================== Search our Immigration Records and view names from multiple ports ranging from 1500s - 1900s. Over 23 million records to view. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13967/rd.ashx Harry and Sharon Moore Colquhoun Belle Mead, NJ Our family website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hscc/ Website for The Griggstown Reformed Church:http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~griggstown/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a