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From: John Rhodes <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Scottish immigration after 1745
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:25:37 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <c54.1c55f645.34551876@aol.com>


"The Original Scots Colonists of Early America"
1612 - 1783
Introduction
"The Scottish participation in the settlement of America dates from the early seventeenth century, and from that time until the American Revolution probably around 150,000 Scots emigrated to the New World. During the seventeenth century many Scots settled within the English, Dutch and French colonies, while others attempted to establish independent Scots colonies in Nova Scotia, New Jersey, South Carolina and at Darien (Note: Darien is the Scots' name for Panama.--GB). After the political union of Scotland and England in 1707 the Scots had unrestricted access to the English plantations in America. Emigration expanded slowly but steadily until 1763 when a combination of factors in Scotland and America stimulated emigration, especially from the Highlands. Although Scots could be found throughout the American colonies from Barbados to Rupert's Land, areas such as Georgia, the Carolinas, upper New York, Nova Scotia and Jamaica had the greatest concentration of Scottish
immigrants. This then was the general pattern of Scottish immigration and settlement in colonial America." "The Original Scots Colonists of Early America" 1612 - 1783, David Dobson, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, Copyright 1989

wrote:

In a message dated 10/27/2007 4:59:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:

Anne-
I apparently missed the beginning of this thread. To which 'group', i.e.,
English, Scottish, Scot-Irish?, other?) are you referring when you say most
came before 1720?
John M. Rhodes



Well primarily the Southern States (VA, NC, SC, TN, AL, MS, LA, FL). This
was the conclusion of several papers I read awhile back. Perhaps that is
dated info?

Anne



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