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From: "Bob Frakes" <>
Subject: RE: [LDR] Occupations
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:19:30 -0600
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Good Morning Neil,

Charles Frakes has been active on this list for several months. I'm Bob
Frakes and we have been researching our lines for many years and have gained
some excellent insights on our ancestors on the LOWER DELMARVA list. To
everyone that has helped us over the years, Thank You.

My impression from our studies, the word Planter meant more than just a
farmer. I have always tended to think of a Planter as someone from England
that came to the area as someone of fairly wealthy background. These people
were "recruited" by the wealthy in England to move to the new colony to
provide goods and services to ship back home. By simply saying a Planter
was a farmer, understates the term.

Further, my impression that the usage of the word Planter started to
diminish as citizens of the fledgling country started to see the need to
keep the goods at home and not send them back to the mother country.



Bob Frakes
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-----Original Message-----
From: Family Tree Bookshop [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:27 AM
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Subject: [LDR] Occupations


Good Morning Rooters:
Don't know about your neck of the woods--but here on your
ancestral homeland tis snowy and cold today--still tis' The Land of Pleasant
Living. Concerning the term planter--yes you could equate it with "farmer."
Although I believe the original derivation came less with "planting" crops
and had more to do with "planting" oneself as being planted or transplanted
from England to the Chesapeake. As time wears on--planter does --as I
stated--equate with farmer, and if you follow the changes in society--and
American history--you will note that after the Revolution, many tend to
dissassociate themselves with the usage of "planter" behind their name for
the more "Republican" farmer. Just as with much of the changes taking
place--i.e. Noah Webster's dictionary--the fledgling United States sought a
number of ways to separate itself culturally from Great Britain. So, now you
know why we don't spell some of our words honour, colour, labour, etc.

Hope this finds all well--good day to stay inside and get some research
done.
<<<Neil>>
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