Thanks Pat, Im glad you sent that. If anyone wants info from the land this James Younger sold, I have it and will be glad to look it up. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [YOUNGER] Abbotts Creek/James Younger > > Betty - You and others might be interested in another version of the > history > of Abbots Creek Church. Copy of a two page typescript was sent to me a > number of years ago, author unknown. Seems to be a history of the > founding and > development of the church and describes the record book "now in the > possession of June Moore, the clerk of the church." The point of my > sending this > version is that it says "...joyful day in 1753...welcomed into their > midst James > Younger, the Baptist Preacher and wife Anna, and little daughter Anna, > from > the Welch Neck Settlement in SC." > > I did do a small amount of research on the Welch Neck Settlement, SC and > found that it consisted of Baptist who came from Delaware (PA) after 1736. > Welch was the language in use in the church. There are land records of > Youngers > in the Welch Tract SC. The "South Carolina Baptists" chapter on Peedee > Churches gives a detailed history of the churches and lists many of the > early > members who removed from PA and those who also some of those that > constituted > membership 1759-1804. The name Younger does not appear. > > I have not followed this James Younger further as he is collateral at > best. > I believe it would take some work to prove connection between the Abbotts > Creek James and the Craven Co SC James and a whole lot more work to prove > or > disprove that he/they were James, son of Alexander and Rebecca (Mills) > Younger. > > > Pat Finnell > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message