Thanks Matt
all input appreciated
Were the Harrisons in Scotland or Ireland from the area near Wales?
With so many Scots in my lineage, I have been wondering how the English
Harrison snuck in
After wiping out the Irish folk in North Ireland; The Britts promised the
Scots land, etc if they would go to Ireland and build it up again.
The Britts wanted to change the Ireland folks to their culture
by means of infiltration - just like the Chinese are doing in Tibet and
Mexico is doing in the US today.
the Britts reneged on their promises after some years had gone by and
started charging the Scots rent, etc. So the Scots starting leaving and
emigrated out of there.
The Cajuns from Nova Scotia who moved to Louisiana wanted to fight the
Britts so bad they got up a regiment and fought in the Revolution for the US
in 1776, even tho they were not part of the US until The LA Purchase in
1803. My Scots-Irish moved to LA abt 1808 from SC and GA. They had been in
the Colonies since c1730 and some before.
At least this is the tale that I know.
At 04:33 PM 8/5/96 +0000, Matthew Evans wrote:
>> Hi Warren, welcome
>> we are compiling a giant mass of Harrisons, glad to have your input
>> to share with all
>>
>> Was your James: Irish, Scotch-Irish or English?
>>
>> It is my understanding that the Scots founded Nova Scotia
>> can you send me some history details on this?
>
> I would just like to cut in here if I may. The Scots did found
>Nova Scotia (New Scotland translated). There's an awful lot of
>French heritage there too though. A lot of Scotch-Irish people can
>be found in Eastern Canada (especially in New Brunswick and Nova
>Scotia) because they tended to take the British Side more often than
>not in the revolutionary war, even though the reason the Brits sent
>them to Ireland in the first place was because they didn't want them
>in Britain. There was quite an influx of people into this area
>between 1776-1784, and many Harrisons were included. As far as I
>know there are three separate Harrison families which settled as
>loyalists in the area. I'm going to forward some information on
>them, or as much as I know, at some point here. Many of these then
>moved to Ontario for lack of work in Eastern Canada and settled
>there.
>
>Anyhow that's my $0.02
>
>Bye for now!
>
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