Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620-1686
This publication provides a comprehensive account of the Scottish Colonial Schemes that took place between the years 1620 and 1686. Delving into the various attempts made by the Scottish to establish colonies in North America during this period, each chapter details different colonial ventures as the author discusses various motives behind Scottish emigration and the influence of military and economic trends. Despite their failure to establish a Scottish colony in the Americas, these early attempts played a significant role in shaping the country's future endeavors in the New World. From the motivations behind the schemes to the challenges faced by the colonists, this volume provides an insightful look at Scotland's attempts at colonization.Along with an index arranged alphabetically by subject or surname, the author concludes this work with six appendices providing records from the French protest against the Scottish expedition of 1623, the date of settlement of Scots at Port Royal in Acadie, "A note of all suche things as the company hath in Canada", Barbados correspondence concerning Scottish settlers, Broadside by Robert Barclay, letters from Scot of Pitlochie's "model", and proposals by Walter Gibson.
Wright Family Records. Patrick County, Virginia. Births 1853-1896, Marriages 1790-1900, Personal Property Tax 1782-1850, Census 1820-1900
This document is an appendix to a larger work titled Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia. The work is divided into parts for each family of Wrights that has been researched. Each part is divided into two sections; the first section is text discussing the family and the evidence supporting the relationships and the second section is a descendants chart summarizing the relationships and information known about each individual.The appendices to the work (of which this document is one) present source records for persons named Wright by county and by type of record with the identification of the person named and their Wright ancestors to the extent known.The identification of a person or their ancestor by year and county indicates their year of death and county of residence at death. For example, "1763 Thomas Wright of Bedford County" indicates that this was the Thomas Wright who died in 1763 in Bedford County. If no state is listed after the county, the state is Virginia; counties in states other than Virginia will have a state listed after the county.A parenthetical after the name indicates an identification of the person when a place of death is not yet known, as in "John Wright (Goochland County Carpenter)". A county in parentheses after the name indicates the county with which that person was most identified when no evidence of the place of death has yet been found, as in "Grief Wright (Bedford County)".
History of Durham, Maine
This publication provides an in-depth look at the history of Royalsborough, now known as Durham, Maine, from its origin through the 1800s. The author covers topics such as the first settlers, the organization of the community, roads, ferries, bridges, ecclesiastical history, schools, industries, and trades. Military records of the militia of Royalsborough are provided in the next section, followed by a chapter dedicated to prominent former residents of Durham, giving detailed biographies for each individual. This volume will be especially helpful for genealogists since all the births, marriages, and deaths found in Durham Town Records down to 1840 are either provided in the genealogies or appended at the end of this work. The author also includes several portraits and illustrations throughout the volume, as well as a full-name index.