Paul: As you know I have researched the lives and burials of Alies (Alice) Crooks and Ann Moorehead. Alies was my 8th removed grandmother and she was born in 1700 and died in 1775, Ann Moorehead died in 1773, also at age 75. Were these two women sisters? I am unable to prove it. and yet Ann was the first burial in the family plot at Moss Spring, there has to be a family connection or she would have never been allowed to be buried in the family plot. I have tried for two years to trace Alies marriage to John Crooks and any children's baptism. There exists ONLY in the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast, N. Ireland fragments for a 1700 church record for Ahoghill Parish. As a courtesy to me the head librarian herself searched the records for two names Crooks and Moorehead neither was found. These are the ONLY existing records of any Presbyterian Church for this period of time 1690-1750 in County Antrim. Thus ends my research as there is nothing further that I can do. As I have said before I traced the Moorehead, Crooks, Beatty's, McClure's, and Dunwoodies to the Ahoghill area in 1669-69 Poll Tax Rolls, they are all gone in the 1741 Protestant Householders list for County Antrim and all were found to be living in Franklin Co., Pa.. I am convinced that they knew and inter-married for generation both in Ireland and also in Pennsylvania. Likewise when in 1790 those who served in the war took their allotments in Westmoreland Co., Pa. again living in close proximity as they did in Franklin Co. While I have not looked closely at my Gordon and Beatty relationships (there are none for Johnston that I know of), these Shady Grove (Not Sugar Grove) families were again only a few miles from the others and all belonged to the same Presbyterian Church, so they knew each other etc. Here is an example of what I mean by these relationships. The Waynesboro Militia formed after the end of the war contains just about every known cousin, uncle, father and sons or sons, I estimate that 25% of the entire company is related to me from Capt. John Wallace on down. I have been a strong believer since early research years ago that these families stuck together no matter what from the earliest of times, probably as a matter of self preservation and support Gordon Crooks P S The Chambersburg Police caught the two kids who did damage at Falling Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery - good for them ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <geneo@paul-n-paul.com> To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 7:30 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] Moorhead & Other Families in Franklin, Cumberland,Westmoreland, Indiana Co., PA > I have prepared a several-page note as to where I believe in Northern > Ireland, and previously in Scotland, the families of immigrants John > Moorhead (Washington Twp, Franklin Co, PA) and Samuel Moorhead (Hamilton > Twp, Franklin Co, PA) likely immigrated from. Both of these families were > formerly in Cumberland County and Lancaster County before the counties > were > split. As with any theories such as mine, my thoughts are subject to > debate > by those who have other ideas. I have outlined the bases for my thoughts, > but would certainly like to discuss the issue with any others interested > in > these families.. > > I have also tried to tie in the Beatty and Johnston families of the Sugar > Grove area, Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA to the story of John and Samuel > Moorhead. Descendents of all three of these families were later found in > the PA counties of Westmoreland, Indiana, Armstrong, and/or Allegheny, and > other areas. > > To view my thoughts online, please go to my web page www.paul-n-paul.com. > Near the top of the home page, centered, are the words "Two Moorhead > Families of Franklin Co., PA" Please click on this link, it will take you > to my writeup. > > I feel our Moorheads immigrated from the Ballymena Estate, Ahoghill > Parish, > County Antrim, and before that, from the lowland area around Stranaer, > Scotland. > > Again, I would like to discuss my thoughts with others. Please, if > interested, read my information. > > By the way, these thoughts can also apply to certain other Franklin > County, > PA, immigrant families. Thanks to Gordon Crooks for steering me in what > seems to be the right direction. > > Paul > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message