Paul, You mentioned some indentured servants had been taken up from the streets as children. There is a story about my great great grandmother, Elizabeth Griggs Eanes c.1828-c.1893. She told her granddaughters that she was stolen as a child. One branch of the family says she was stolen from England; our branch says Ireland. This story has greatly puzzled us, especially because of her date of birth. Could this be true of an earlier ancestor? Lately I began to wonder if this had anything to do with the Clearances is Scotland since she said that she was adopted when she landed here by the William D. Griggs family of Pittsylvania Co. I believe the Griggs family was part of Clan Gregor which was banned by law and fleeing Scotland in a steady stream for a number of years. William D. Griggs wife, Martha C??? was born in NC according to the 1850 Pittsylvania Census, so I think William may have come from a port city in NC. I have heard that many Scot-Irish in VA came up from NC. If anyone has any light to shed on ths story or guide my to other sources for information and research, my family and I will be extremely grateful. Janice Branch Fox