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- EARLY HAMILTON & MOORE IN AMERICA FROM COUNTY TYRONE, ULSTERPLANTATION, IRELAND:
"County Tyrone--The chief Worcester Scotch Irish settlers bore thefollowing names,...James Hamilton, [page 188]. The Stinsons,Hamiltons, and Savages were closely allied,...[page 191].
The Foyle, made broad by the union of two streams, flows by Lifford onthe Donegal side, and the Strabane on the Tyrone side (James McHaffyHamilton's birth place), northward between the counties until itapproaches the city of Londonderry. There the county of Londonderryseems to throw itself across the Foyle to encompass the city. Thesetwenty miles of the Foyle from Strabane to the city drain a territorywhich has been a nursery of strong men "who fought naked for KingWilliam, our liberties, our religion, and all that was dear to us."
(Winter of c.1718-1719) These men from the Valley of the Foyle provedthemselves sturdy of body and brain. They were, however, if we mayjudge from minor evidences, less prosperous and possibly less welleducated at the time of arrival ..., Professor Perry, who writes: "Ientertain the opinion, gathered from scattered and uncertain data,that it was the poorer, the more illiterate, the helpless, part of thefive ship-loads who were conducted to Worcester (MassachusettsFrontier about 40 miles from Boston)." Under these circumstancestheir success in the New World was remarkable.[page 195]" "Theevidence relating to the origin of the Worcester-Rutland colony,however, seems to point to the valley of the Foyle as the home of itspioneer members.[page 194]" Page 182, "...Presbyterians attended theCongregational or town services, ...; in the fifth seat were JamesHamilton ...". Page 188, "It is evident that those with families wereobliged to build log cabins and clear spaces for planting; but twofamilies no doubt often lived together under the same roof. therewere also many young men and girls who went from place to place insearch of employment. Some of these in the course of ten yearsreturned to Worcester to buy land. Others married and settledelsewhere. The chief Worcester Scotch Irish settlers bore thefollowing names, ...James Hamilton, John Hamilton (of Brookfield1726), **James Moore, **John Moore, John Moor, ...". SOURCE: FamilyTree Maker, CD276 Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500s-1800s,Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America, Chapter X, Winter of1718-1719 in Worcester, MyFamily.com, Inc., February 21, 2008.
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