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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:54:19 -0500


Don't think so.....

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:39:17 -0700 "Kathie Kirkpatrick"
<> writes:
> Do you know if the name Curtis appears among those who migrated. I am
> trying
> to locate a ggguncle, George Washington Curtis who migrated "west".
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky
>
>
> > You are right ....each step of the way folks remained
> "behind"....I grew
> > up in Flemington and I also recognize lots of these names....it is
> funny
> > really - I had no idea when I was growing up in Hunterdon Co. that
> I had
> > ancestors from that area. Now I live in Winston-Salem, NC just
> 25
> > minutes away from what was the Jersey Settlement where my
> ancestors came
> > to from Hopewell......somehow it seems no accident.......
> >
> > Susan
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:30:51 -0800 (PST) Sharon and Harry
> > <> writes:
> > > 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
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From:
> > > To:
> > > Cc:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:07 AM
> > > 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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