Hi Brian, thanks for the careful reading! I agree with you of course. Please witter on. People are really tired of hearing it from me and I'm tired of typing too <grin>! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Brian Orr" <brian@orrnamestudy.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:49:51 +0100 >Hi folks > >Just had a look at the page Linda kindly pointed to . It seems a bit sloppy to me. > >The Montgomery and Hamilton settlements in Co Down and Antrim were in 1606, the first settlers were there in 1607 ie BEFORE the Ulster Plantation which was from 1610 - 1630. The Plantation was a quite separate event sponsored by the English Government and did not include Antrim and Down because they were already settled; indeed it was the apparent success of these two Scots settlers that convinced them to go ahead. > >I could witter on but shant :)) > >Brian Orr > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net