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From: "M. H." <>
Subject: [CURTIS] Re:North Carolina Curtis family and Quakers
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:20:19 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <F39BdMFqxLJzbcsDFCa0000a826@hotmail.com>


Just some thoughts...
Many Scots-Irish came here to PA, settling among
Wm. Penn's Quakers in the early 1700s. Some of
these Quakers left their church over its pacifist
refusal to defend settlers from Indian attacks;
others were dismissed for such things as marrying
outside the church's rules. Some of these no
doubt married and/or became Presbyterians.
(Daniel Boone's family was one that chafed under
Quaker strictures of the region.) Many such
families migrated to the frontiers west and
south, including NC.

Incidentally, by the time my Scots-Irish Curtises
arrived in AR and TX from NC in the 1850s, they
were M.E. South.

--- Phyllis K McLaughlin
<> wrote:
> First of all I would like to thank all those
> list members who have
> contributed to my search for Curtis ancestors.
> I was amazed that this
> information was available and am very grateful
> to all who have posted
> regarding this particular Curtis family.
>
> My mother was the daughter of John Roy Curtis,
> born in Texas and the son of
> John Curtis and Zula Dean. Before the internet
> postings, this was all the
> information we had. Thanks to your research, I
> now know that he was
> descended from William Zephthah, Watson, Amos
> and Thomas Curtis.
>
> I recall my Mother saying that part of her
> heritage was Scotch-Irish, but
> didn't understand exactly what that meant.
> When talking with my Aunt (Mom's
> sister) a couple weeks ago, I asked her what
> things she could remember that
> might be helpful in my search. In addition to
> some family memories, she
> stated that her Dad was adamant that he was of
> Scotch-Irish heritage.
>
> I started researching the Scotch-Irish and have
> been studying the
> information available on the internet as well
> as two books I ordered from
> Amazon.com. They are: 'The Scots-Irish in the
> Carolinas' by Billy Kennedy
> and 'Carolina Cradle' by Robert W. Ramsey. The
> information I have gleaned
> from these sources exactly parallels the
> migration of this Curtis family and
> has served to substantiate his claim.
>
> The only part that is confusing is the
> reference made on this list about
> this Curtis family being Quaker. Everything
> I've read indicates that the
> Scotch-Irish were ardent Presbyterians who
> stuck together, did not mingle
> with other groups and built lots of
> Presbyterian churches/meeting houses
> wherever they settled, even if they didn't
> intend to stay for a long time.
>
> If Thomas Curtis was born in Frederick County,
> Virginia, then his parents
> and siblings could have been among the group of
> Scotch-Irish 'recently
> arrived' (via Pennsylvania) from Banbridge,
> County Down, Ireland who
> established a settlement at Opequon Creek in
> that county in the 1730s. It
> appears that other groups of Scotch-Irish who
> settled in Virginia for a time
> generally did so in the area of Augusta County,
> quite a bit further south.
>
> Please believe that I am not at all trying to
> argue anyone else's research -
> I just haven't been able to reconcile this one
> issue and hoped someone could
> come to my aid once again.
>
> Is there anyone who can offer clarification -
> or maybe would like to discuss
> this? Please feel free to e-mail me privately
> if you prefer.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Phyllis McLaughlin
> southern California
>
>
>
>
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