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From: "Kelsey Williams" <>
Subject: Re: Scottish gateway immigrants to the Americas
Date: 5 Jun 2005 07:31:45 -0700
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Hello,

Thanks for the observation; you're correct that by my own standards I
ought to include Robert Cunyngham, which I will do. I'll be very
interested in any further information you may have on him.

Sincerely,
Kelsey J. Williams

wrote:
> Sunday, 5 June, 2005
>
>
> Dear Kelsey, et al.,
>
> An addition/elaboration for your list of Scots GARDs (the
> ancestors, not the regiment....):
>
> You correctly give Daniel Roberdeau (fl. 1727-1795) in your
> list at present - his mother was Mary Cunyngham, daughter of the
> planter Robert Cunyngham of Cayon, St. Kitts (Br. West Indies). At
> the same time, if you're using "the Americas" as your immigration
> point, I would suggest you add Robert Cunyngham himself. Born in
> 1669, he was residing in St. Kitts in 1693.
>
> I will provide extended details re: this ancestor to you
> directly to save SGM bandwidth. The 'standard' printed sources
> which identify him include:
>
> David Dobson, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America,
> 1612-1783 (Baltimore: The Genealogical Pub. Co., 1989)
>
> George Robertson, A Genealogical Account of the Principal
> Families of Ayrshire (Irvine: Cunninghame Press/A. Constable &
> Co., Edinburgh, 1823 - 3 Volumes), 262-263.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John

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