They would have been the Scots Irish...who came from the counties of Northern Ireland.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann O'Hara" <yannster@ptd.net> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware County? > There were Kilpatricks in Delaware Co. by 1800 and they certainly > considered > themselves Scots. However, naturalization papers at the court house say > they came from Armagh, Northern Ireland - an indication that they had been > resettled in Ireland at some point before their emigration. No idea why > they chose Delaware Co. > > Ann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SDetweiler@aol.com> > To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:43 AM > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware County? > > >> So glad that this topic came up! My ancestor, Alexander Gray, was born >> in >> Scotland about 1775 and was in Stamford, Delaware County, by 1811. Why >> did >> the earlier Scots come? Were there land agents in NYC or even in >> Scotland? >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I know. I was just suggesting that some of the other Scots may have passed through Ireland en route to America. They certainly did not think of themselves as Irish. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Lutz" <msl48335@mindspring.com> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware County? > They would have been the Scots Irish...who came from the counties of > Northern Ireland.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann O'Hara" <yannster@ptd.net> > To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware County? > > >> There were Kilpatricks in Delaware Co. by 1800 and they certainly >> considered >> themselves Scots. However, naturalization papers at the court house say >> they came from Armagh, Northern Ireland - an indication that they had >> been >> resettled in Ireland at some point before their emigration. No idea why >> they chose Delaware Co. >> >> Ann >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <SDetweiler@aol.com> >> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:43 AM >> Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware County? >> >> >>> So glad that this topic came up! My ancestor, Alexander Gray, was born >>> in >>> Scotland about 1775 and was in Stamford, Delaware County, by 1811. Why >>> did >>> the earlier Scots come? Were there land agents in NYC or even in >>> Scotland? >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at >>> http://www.aol.com. >>> To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >