There are many R.I. names and families that migrated south along the seacoast. Many of these families were mariners and traded along the coast. I cite the Hazard family for one. I lived in SC for five years and reveled in the history and families of the state. The Hazard name was there and I did not realize it was the R.I. Hazards. I believe they married into a family with the name Peace as a first or last name. New Jersey also became the home of some Clarkes, Palmers, Gardiners/Gardners, Bretts. So don't be surprised to find other R.I. families in the southern states. Arlene Haddock --- AlRose509@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 5/17/2006 6:35:19 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > MSDFIELDS@earthlink.net writes: > Rhode Island to North Carolina?!? > > How common a migration pattern is this? > ----------------- > I was surprised to learn that it was not uncommon at > all. Born in RI, I now > live in Cumberland county, NC and see RI names here > even today. Tillinghast > stands out but there were several others here prior > to civil war. So I wouldn't > be surprised at all. Further, migration from western > counties of NC to TN was > quite common. > > Al Rose > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Providence County RIGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > Submit your Rhode Island Query at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/queries.html > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

And I learned from Jane Fiske's wonderful genealogy of the Rhode Island Cook family that there is a whole branch of the family that went south (and stayed in the south) around the time of the Revolution. Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning families didn't just go to Canada. They headed south, too. Judy Anthony Houston, Texas On Wed, 17 May 2006 07:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Arlene Haddock <mahaddock@yahoo.com> wrote: > There are many R.I. names and families that migrated > south along the seacoast. Many of these families were > mariners and traded along the coast. I cite the > Hazard family for one. I lived in SC for five years > and reveled in the history and families of the state. > The Hazard name was there and I did not realize it was > the R.I. Hazards. I believe they married into a > family with the name Peace as a first or last name. > New Jersey also became the home of some Clarkes, > Palmers, Gardiners/Gardners, Bretts. So don't be > surprised to find other R.I. families in the southern > states. > > Arlene Haddock > > --- AlRose509@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 5/17/2006 6:35:19 AM Eastern >> Standard Time, >> MSDFIELDS@earthlink.net writes: >> Rhode Island to North Carolina?!? >> >> How common a migration pattern is this? >> ----------------- >> I was surprised to learn that it was not uncommon at >> all. Born in RI, I now >> live in Cumberland county, NC and see RI names here >> even today. Tillinghast >> stands out but there were several others here prior >> to civil war. So I wouldn't >> be surprised at all. Further, migration from western >> counties of NC to TN was >> quite common. >> >> Al Rose >> >> >> ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== >> Providence County RIGenWeb >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ >> Submit your Rhode Island Query at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/queries.html >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Bristol County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ > RI Cemeteries Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ >