I'm forwarding this from the DUTCH-COLONIES list with Sharilyn's permission. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharilyn Whitaker" <sharilyn@northcoast.com> To: <Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:57 PM Subject: [D-Col] English/Scots > Peggy wrote: > > <<Of course, we also have Patric Magrigry. Looks like 2 of them, > actually. One is having a son in Kingston in 1687, and another > is > marrying, designated y.m., in Albany 10 years later. And there's > David Toshack "a Scotchman by birth" in Kingston in 1688.>> > > I have collected a great deal of information on the > Scotch-Presbyterian > emigration led by Col. Patrick Mc Gregory and David Toshack, his > brother-in-law, the "Laird of Monzievaird", who came, as did > Col. John Evans a little later, at the behest of Quaker > Governor Robert Barclay: > > from "Early Quaker History" > > "The outbreak of persecution of Friends back in England again > led > seventeen Quakers to purchase East Jersey to serve as a refuge > where Friends could practice their faith without interference. > Robert Barclay, the brilliant young Scottish Quaker theologian, > served as Governor of the colony for a time." > > In addition to the settlement on Moodna Creek near Quassaick's > Kil in the > Highlands of Ulster/Orange, a similar Scotch settlement of > Presbyterians and Quakers was set up in the area called "Scotch > Hill" in North Carolina at about the same time. > > I have amassed a wealth of information about the Mc Gregory > family and on > the related Sutherland family, and would be happy to share this > with anyone else that is interested. I also have contact with > several fine researchers of this subject. > > Among the things I have received from them was a copy of the > broadside circulated in Perth ca 1683-1684 to attract colonists. > It states "in the shire of Pearth(sic) let them apply > themselves to David Toshach of Monyvard and Captain Macgreiger" > and so forth. It was published in the work of Dobson who wrote > extensively on the Scotch emigrations. > > Regards, > > Sharilyn > > > ==== Dutch-Colonies Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, personal messages, flames, > etc. is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal > and exclusion from this mailing list. > For comments or list administration questions,please contact > Holly Timm hollyft@bright.net > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >