 | Richard Webster, Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (General) - 1857 - 734 pages
...Ulster. § For instance, six thousand Irish are ' reported as having come to this country in 1729, and, before the • middle of the century, nearly twelve thousand arrived annually for several years. || Of these, the greater number arrived in Pennsylvania, although many of them afterwards removed to... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Maine - 1859 - 474 pages
...Proud's history of Pennsylvania, we find that in 1729, near six thousand arrived in that colony ; and before the middle of the century, nearly twelve thousand arrived annually for several years. These were Protestants, and generally Presbyterians; few or no Catholics came, until some time after... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1859 - 478 pages
...Proud's history of Pennsylvania, we find that in 1729, near six thousand arrived in that colony ; and before the middle of the century, nearly twelve thousand arrived annually for several years. These were Protestants, and generally. Presbyterians; few or no Catholics came, until some time after... | |
 | J. Smith Futhey - Chester County (Pa.) - 1870 - 206 pages
...is stated by Proud, in his history of Pennsylvania, that by the year 1729, six thousand Scotch-Irish had come to that colony, and that before the middle...in this country, is comparatively of modern date. of the century; the second, from about 1771 to 1773, although "there was a gentle current westward... | |
 | Albert Smith - Peterborough (N.H.) - 1876 - 834 pages
...is stated by Proud, in his history of Pennsylvania, that by the year 1729, six thousand Scotch-Irish had come to that colony, and that before the middle...arrived annually for several years. In September, 1736, one thousand families sailed from Belfast, on account of the difficulty of renewing their leases."... | |
 | Albert Smith - Peterborough (N.H.) - 1876 - 878 pages
...middle of the century nearly twelve thousand arrived annually for several years. In September, 1736, one thousand families sailed from Belfast, on account of the difficulty of renewing their leases." All these emigrants at this period were Protestants, and principally Presbyterian, few or none of the... | |
 | John Hugh Campbell - History - 1892 - 826 pages
...Proud's 'History of Pennsylvania,' we find that in 1729 nearly six thousand arrived in that colony ; and before the middle of the century, nearly twelve thousand arrived annually for several years. These were Protestants and generally Presbyterians ; few or no Catholics came until after the Revolution."... | |
 | Patriotic societies - 1896 - 796 pages
...Futhey says, they were Protestants, and generally Presbyterians ; few or none of the Catholic-Irish came until after the Revolution. The settlement of...class in this country is comparatively of modern date. Between the year 1771 and 1773, there sailed from the ports of North Ireland 25,000 to 30,000 passengers,... | |
 | Patriotic societies - 1896 - 804 pages
...congregations of New England fu rnished the bulk of the troops for the Massachusetts and Connecticut regiments. families sailed from Belfast, on account of the difficulty of renewing their leases. Professor McCloskie is authority for the statement that at the time of the beginning of the Revolution... | |
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England, and others found their way to the Carolinas. It is stated by Proud, in his history of Pennsylvania, that by the year 1729, six thousand Scotch-Irish had come to that colony, and that before the middle of the century, nearly twelve thousand arrived... 
