Barb and All:
I would suggest getting "THE SCOTCH-IRISH: A SOCIAL HISTORY" by James G.
Leyburn [1962] [brand-new paperback edition from University of North
Carolina Press, but has 1962 date!?]
This is an excellent overview of Scottish history in the late Middle Ages
and Renaissance times. God, what an awful place it must have been. Then
the migrations to Ireland ... what went on there and then the migrations a
century or so later to America ... some to New Hampshire, but the great
bulk to Pennsylvania and the South and on out into the "Frontier."
The other Irish books I suggested sort of neglected the Ulster
immigration, but if you read this book in conjunction w/ the others you
should get a good overview of Irish immigration ... both Protestant and
Catholic.
I have NO sources that name specific immigrants. I'm willing to help
suggest general histories for the people on the lists, but CAN NOT do
research on individual names.
David
On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Barb Marshall wrote:
> David, > I've been watching this thread about Irish Imigrants to > NY and read with interest your reply mentioning the > books. My husband's Bagley ancestors arrived in MA > about 1650. Family legend has it that they were from > Northern Ireland. I can't find any of them on ship's > passengers list. Does your books cover any migration > that early? I'm trying to find out what was going in > Ireland at that time to persuade people to leave. > The books I have are either too early or too late. Any > suggestions? > > Barb Marshall <marshal@best.com> >