I am searching for Murray and Ligget relatives. Murray's back to North/South Carolina from 1790's to 1829/30 (Probably Spartanburg, SC). Don't know when they came over, but my Dad said they were "Scots-Irish" and sailed from Ireland. Ligget's back to PA/W VA/VA - then to Ohio abt. 1807. There were 3 (maybe 4) brothers. Their father ( I believe John Ligget), came over from Ireland in the 1700's. Other relatives, including a sister, stayed in Ireland. Believe brothers were John, George, Alexander and maybe William. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Merle" <merle@mail.fea.net> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:06 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] News > Hi folks, if you are receiving this email you are on the Scotch Irish > list. If you are a new member (or old) let us know or remind us of your > research interests. There may be cousins alurking or someone with a > helpful suggestion. > > Meanwhile back in the homeland, our cousins are hard at work preserving > our heritage and history. The following website looks nice. Not much > there now, but sign up for the enewsletter: > http://www.hamiltonmontgomery1606.com/ > > Before Jamie Stewart came up with his idea for a public plantation, two > Scotsmen started one of their own in Ireland. They had -- and it remains > so 400 years later -- that they settled more Scots than anyone else. Yet > we continue to associate the early 1600s migration to Ireland with the > publicly planted counties -- though few of our ancestors lived there. They > instead infested Antrim and Down -- private plantations with (DANG!) far > fewer records. > > To quote from an article on Hamilton and Montgomery in the current issue > of "The Ulster-Scot" (see www.ulsterscotsagency.com for info on getting > it), "They pioneered a massive settlement from the Lowlands of Scotland > to County Antrim and Co unty Down. Starting in May 1606, over ten thousand > Lowland Scots made the short voyage across the North Channel, transforming > barren Ulster into an industrial powerhouse". (eventually! Of course our > ancestors had to endure the 17th century, not an easy thing to do in > Ireland). > > We're familiar with the early papers published in Hanna "The Scotch > Irish". Dr. Michael Montgomery, who has been known to join us on this > list, has uncovered a new stash of Montgomery papers, not in the > Montgomery papers because these were in Scotland. They include the > marriage proposal of Hugh Montgomery to his second wife. His first > Elizabeth SHAW, died. She was Sarah MAXWELL, daughter of William, Lord of > Herries. > > The newspaper also contains an article by Dr. Montgomery that reprints the > marriage proposal. It was first published in "The Annandale Family Book of > the Johnstones Earls and Marquises of Annandale" ed. William Fraser. Vol. > 2, Edinburgh, 1894. > > And no, I do not know where you can get a copy. > > Another new website is http://www.breadyancestry.com/. It covers an area > in North Tyrone. It has a rich history including a medieval monastery and > a castle built by Turlough Luineach O'Neill, chieftain of the O'Neills. > Then the english built a fort. In the early 1700s the Earl of Abercorn was > granted the area (huge amounts of estate records are in LDS). Many from > Scotland settled here. > > Some of the records digitized on the website include: > The registers of Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church, Donagheady Church of > Ireland, Donagheady Presbyterian Church, Leckpatrick Presbyterian Church > and Magheramason Presbyterian Church. > Gravestone inscriptions from Grange, Old Donagheady and Old Leckpatrick > burial grounds > Names of former pupils at Bready, Glenagoorland and Sandville schools > Names extracted from maps, leases, letters and rentals of the Abercorn > estate from the 18th and 19th centuries > 1901 census returns in full for the Bready area > 19th-century valuation records > > Linda Merle > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net > > > > >