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Subject: [LDR] Acadians on Eastern Shore
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:47:59 EDT

I keep trying. My grandmother's maiden name was "SEABREASE" and I have found
it spelled many different ways in old records -- SEBRUSE, SEBREE, SEBRUSE,
SEEBREEZE, etc.,. I believe it originally was spelled "Sebree" or perhaps
"Sebruse" and that it started out as a French name -- probably a French
Huguenot family. Now I have found two interesting clues that might help me.
>From "The French Presence in Maryland 1524-1800" by Gregory A. Wood. He
states (and I'm paraphrasing) "Acadians from Canada were forced by the
British to leave in 1755. Maryland was forced to give asylum to 1000. Four
ship loads came to Maryland -- 2 went to western Maryland, 2 to the Eastern
Shore."
>From "Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore" by Earle Swepson, on pages 135/136,
"Probably the earliest settlements in what is now Worcester County were about
1658 and were pioneers from Accomac and also direct from England. These
emigrants were later followed by fugitive Acadians in 1755".
Sounds as though these quotes are referring to the same group of people. Can
anyone suggest how I might find the the names for this group of people?

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