Stephen, Our Ivester ancestor, Hugh Isbister, came from Orkney to Savannah, Georgia in 1775, the only Isbister to come to the South that I am aware of (and I've done tons of research). We went back to Orkney in 1996, the first of Hugh's descendents to do so, arriving in Stromess, where Hugh departed as an indentured servant of Col. Thomas Browne - a famous Loyalist here in Georgia. The story is fascinating and I'll tell you more if you are interested. Am sending this to you off-line since it is more genealogy than Orkney related. Don't have much time now so will talk to you later Janice Ivester
JANICE: I have interesting stuff on the Isbister family, as well as a real good contact over there who is in part Isbister and we are in fact related, as our paths cross in about 1750. I did a lot of HBC investigation, and many of our family have been the subject of their notes and records. Fascinating stuff. Joseph Isbister was a famous HBC fellow, who married a native Cree girl. he had a very colourful career, and was a pioneer for the company. His son became a lawyer who championed the cause of mixed blood HBC employees, for example. Give me a shout if you have the time or inclination to do so. Yours Aye.....StephenOn Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 07:15 AM, J. Harold Ivester wrote: > Stephen, > Our Ivester ancestor, Hugh Isbister, came from Orkney to Savannah, > Georgia in 1775, the only Isbister to come to the South that I am > aware of > (and I've done tons of research). We went back to Orkney in 1996, the > first > of Hugh's descendents to do so, arriving in Stromess, where Hugh > departed as > an indentured servant of Col. Thomas Browne - a famous Loyalist here in > Georgia. The story is fascinating and I'll tell you more if you are > interested. Am sending this to you off-line since it is more genealogy > than > Orkney related. Don't have much time now so will talk to you later > > Janice Ivester > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >