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From: Sharon and Harry <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:30:51 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <003a01c4c1f2$8d73f610$6501a8c0@Delta>


It's always interesting when the list gets into these discussions about emigration. Please keep in mind that not all of the family moved away. There are still branches of many of these same families - alive and well in the Hopewell/Ringoes/Stockton/Fleminmgton area! I recognize lots of surnames from my high school class!

Sharon

Doug Gordon <> wrote:
Susan:
Thanks for your response. The article on the Jersey Settlement was very
interesting. Also interesting is that the place near Maysville where many of
my NJ relations lived is called "Jersey Ridge" to this very day, although
the local residents don't seem to know how it got that name. Other names in
your message are also familiar ones in that area, such as the Stocktons in
Fleming Co.

I know for sure that my direct ancestors, Lewis Gordon m. Keziah Stout, were
in Hopewell in 1795 and in Mason Co. in 1799, so probably went directly
there. However, other family members could have migrated from NC to KY and
then encouraged others to come there. I doubt that Lewis's family travelled
the Cumberland Gap route. From what I have learned about them, they are much
more likely to have taken the route across Pennsylvania to Wheeling and then
by the river down to Limestone Landing (Maysville). I would still like to
find out more about this aspect of their history.

Some other Hunterdon/Hopewell names that have shown up in my family history
recently are Parke and Pullen, both of which are mentioned in the article
that you directed me to (http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm
for those who missed it). You can also look at my web site as shown below
for any of these names (in the Family Tree section).

Doug Gordon
http://history.wdgordon.com

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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky


> Doug,
>
> Many of these same families - Stouts, Runyans, Andersons (my
> ancestors), Corwines & Harts as well as others Parkes (mine), Smiths
> (mine), Vannoys, Merrills, Mershoms, Hunts (mine), Lannings, Palmers,
> Heatons (Eaton), Moores, Greens and many more left Hopewell, Hunterdon
> Co. area much earlier than the Rev. War - in the mid 1700s - 1757 or so
> because of unhappiness left over from the "Coxe Incident" when Col. Coxe
> one of the West Jersey Proprietors charged people to pay for their land
> again after their original purchase. Many of these folks came to NC to
> an area in what was then Rowan Co. called the Jersey Settlement -
> including many of my own early Hopewell ancestors. Some of these folks
> also went "west" to the area around Fayette Co. PA, Monongalia Co. WV,
> Frederick Co. VA, Hampshire Co. VA/WV as well and from both of these
> locations after several years moved further west to KY. - those that I
> know of that followed this route NJ>NC>KY specifically were the Runyans &
> Park(e)s and I'm sure there were many others, who did reside in KY by the
> 1790/1800s. I don't know of those that went directly from NJ to KY or
> what motivated them at that time - although those that went from
> NC/Jersey settlement did get lured there by the Rev. War land grants I'm
> sure.



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