You are right ....each step of the way folks remained "behind"....I grew up in Flemington and I also recognize lots of these names....it is funny really - I had no idea when I was growing up in Hunterdon Co. that I had ancestors from that area. Now I live in Winston-Salem, NC just 25 minutes away from what was the Jersey Settlement where my ancestors came to from Hopewell......somehow it seems no accident....... Susan On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:30:51 -0800 (PST) Sharon and Harry <thistledewus@yahoo.com> writes: > 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 > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >