President MILLARD FILLIMORE's second wife was Caroline McIntosh, married on feb. 10, 1858 and I am sorry but I cant seem to find where either George Washington or Thomas Jefferson are related to lana, would you please explain.as i am very interested and have a huge library of books. maggie mpeters@xcelco.on.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lana Renfro-Moye" <ylanamoye@earthlink.net> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 3:41 AM Subject: [Renfrew] The Scottish in America. > I'm just catching up on email. > > My first thought was "did someone get up on the wrong side of the bed?" > > Or, maybe someone needed a nap. > > The Scottish people that came to the United States had it no easier than the > Scots that went to Australia. > > We came here to escape the conditions in Scotland. > > Some of our family members came here to save their lives. > > Many of us had prices on our head. > > Many were transported here by the English as troublemakers. > > I come from some of the first Scottish settlers in the United States. My > Scot ancestors have been in the United States since the 1600's. > > We explored this country and spread civilization as we went. My family > explored along side Daniel Boone. One of his sons married into my family. > I am a descendant of two American Presidents, George Washington, and Thomas > Jefferson. Our current Vice President is a cousin. > > Did you know that 75% of the signers of the American Declaration of > Independence, signed in 1776, were of Scottish descent. Most of our > American presidents are of Scottish descent. > > The Scottish blood that runs in most Americans, especially our first leaders > is part of what has made this a great people. > > We, are as proud of our Scottish blood as you are yours. We came to this > country and we continued the fight with the English here. We won our > freedom from a tyrant that thought of us as savages. > > We celebrate our Scottish heritage with pride. > > The first Scots in the United States didn't have it any easier than did the > first to arrive in Australia. The US like your country, was large, open, > but very wild. You need to read the history of the Scots that settled in > the Carolinas. > > This country was no more developed than Australia was. Our Native Americans > weren't any happier to see foreigner there were yours. > > Many of our ancestors died from disease. > > Do you have any idea of how many men and women were shipped here as nothing > more than slaves by the English. > > They didn't come to our "Gold" mines. We didn't discover gold in the US > until well into the 1800s. The Scottish had been here for over 200 years by > then. > > When we, Scotland, lost wars, the English would ship the prisoners of war to > the American Colonies. The Scottish cut their way through the jungles of > the south. They cleared the fields that made English Lords rich. > > The Scots as they worked off their indenture, or sentence; would move > further west into the United States, taking the offer of free land. > > Much as they did in Australia. > > Very few early Scots had it easy here in the US. > > Remember we, like you, started under the heel of the English. > > Many early Americans were here because they had been burned out of their > homes in Scotland. > > Their names had been taken away. > > Australia wasn't the only place the Scottish people went to start over. > > My Scottish ancestors fought as hard as yours did, to survive. > > Our pride in our Scottish heritage made us name many places in our country > after places in Scotland. The same is true of Canada. > > Please study more about the people of Scotland and what they have done > around the world. > > Very proud to descend from Robert the Bruce. > > Ylana > Stoneyfields Ranch > > Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." > If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! > You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. > > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ > >

I am related through my Maternal Great-Great Grandfather. He was a Lewis. My Renfro family was also neighbors to George Washington. They were taught to survey by the same person. I was not attempting to namedrop or impress. I just wanted to help the person who wrote the cranky email understand that we Scottish descendants have been very involved in the building of the United States. Our ancestors didn't have it easy here either. I'm related to Daniel Boone through the Van Bibber family. I know that he was not Scottish. I risked the assumption that the writer would know who Daniel Boone was. Wanted them to understand that our Scottish immigrants were very involved in the building of this country. They suffered many hardships. I lost many family members, Renfro and Van Bibber as they traveled with Daniel Boone on his trip west. The Renfro line is Scottish. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Peters" <mpeters@xcelco.on.ca> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 7:42 AM Subject: Fw: [Renfrew] The Scottish in America. | President MILLARD FILLIMORE's second wife was Caroline McIntosh, married on | feb. 10, 1858 and I am sorry but I cant seem to find where either George | Washington or Thomas Jefferson are related to lana, would you please | explain.as i am very interested and have a huge library of books. | maggie | mpeters@xcelco.on.ca | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Lana Renfro-Moye" <ylanamoye@earthlink.net> | To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 3:41 AM | Subject: [Renfrew] The Scottish in America. | | | > I'm just catching up on email. | > | > My first thought was "did someone get up on the wrong side of the bed?" | > | > Or, maybe someone needed a nap. | > | > The Scottish people that came to the United States had it no easier than | the | > Scots that went to Australia. | > | > We came here to escape the conditions in Scotland. | > | > Some of our family members came here to save their lives. | > | > Many of us had prices on our head. | > | > Many were transported here by the English as troublemakers. | > | > I come from some of the first Scottish settlers in the United States. My | > Scot ancestors have been in the United States since the 1600's. | > | > We explored this country and spread civilization as we went. My family | > explored along side Daniel Boone. One of his sons married into my family. | > I am a descendant of two American Presidents, George Washington, and | Thomas | > Jefferson. Our current Vice President is a cousin. | > | > Did you know that 75% of the signers of the American Declaration of | > Independence, signed in 1776, were of Scottish descent. Most of our | > American presidents are of Scottish descent. | > | > The Scottish blood that runs in most Americans, especially our first | leaders | > is part of what has made this a great people. | > | > We, are as proud of our Scottish blood as you are yours. We came to this | > country and we continued the fight with the English here. We won our | > freedom from a tyrant that thought of us as savages. | > | > We celebrate our Scottish heritage with pride. | > | > The first Scots in the United States didn't have it any easier than did | the | > first to arrive in Australia. The US like your country, was large, open, | > but very wild. You need to read the history of the Scots that settled in | > the Carolinas. | > | > This country was no more developed than Australia was. Our Native | Americans | > weren't any happier to see foreigner there were yours. | > | > Many of our ancestors died from disease. | > | > Do you have any idea of how many men and women were shipped here as | nothing | > more than slaves by the English. | > | > They didn't come to our "Gold" mines. We didn't discover gold in the US | > until well into the 1800s. The Scottish had been here for over 200 years | by | > then. | > | > When we, Scotland, lost wars, the English would ship the prisoners of war | to | > the American Colonies. The Scottish cut their way through the jungles of | > the south. They cleared the fields that made English Lords rich. | > | > The Scots as they worked off their indenture, or sentence; would move | > further west into the United States, taking the offer of free land. | > | > Much as they did in Australia. | > | > Very few early Scots had it easy here in the US. | > | > Remember we, like you, started under the heel of the English. | > | > Many early Americans were here because they had been burned out of their | > homes in Scotland. | > | > Their names had been taken away. | > | > Australia wasn't the only place the Scottish people went to start over. | > | > My Scottish ancestors fought as hard as yours did, to survive. | > | > Our pride in our Scottish heritage made us name many places in our country | > after places in Scotland. The same is true of Canada. | > | > Please study more about the people of Scotland and what they have done | > around the world. | > | > Very proud to descend from Robert the Bruce. | > | > Ylana | > Stoneyfields Ranch | > | > Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock | together." | > If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! | > You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. | > | > | > | > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== | > ********************************************************************** | > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at | > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ | > | > | | | | ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== | ********************************************************************** | The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at | http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ |