Contents:
Dan Stevenson Freddy Gillies Kathan David McCallister David L. Welch
Carolyn Fugedy and Janet Morrison
From: Dan Stevenson website21626@webtv.net
Title: Web Edition 36,37 etc. Dated: 8 May 2000
A follow-up to your post, 'series of emails...' etc.
I have found what I believe to be my direct-line ancestor.
Andrew Stevenson (about 1747-13 Sep 1816) settled in Fort Ann, Washington County,
New York, in 1784. He is listed as a member of Electors of Fort Ann, 1795. He
sold land there in 1806 and moved to
Hector, Schuyler County, New York. The town of Hector has been in seven different
counties, but from 1804-1817 it was part of Seneca County. At the Seneca County
courthouse in Waterloo, NY is the will of Andrew Stevenson, which mentions his
son Gilbert (1776-1832). Daughter of
Andrew Stevenson, Elizabeth, born 1772, married William Austin, Sr. in 1791,
Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York. Their son was William Austin (1800-1887).
The Austins went west to Nauvoo, IL in 1842, then Utah and Idaho after 1852.
Andrew Stevenson, Jr. is buried at Chillicothe Cemetery in Wapello County, Iowa,
born 28 May 1779 (not known where), died 31 Mar 1867 in Iowa. He was in Fort
Ann, NY 1784, Hector, NY 1806, and Dearborn County, IN from 1818-1851. His son,
Armour Stevenson (1802-1887) is buried at Wrights Corners Cemetery near Aurora,
Dearborn Co., IN. From census info, possibly 14 children of Andrew Stevenson,
Jr.
Thomas Horace Stevenson (27 Mar 1815 Hector, NY-2 Aug 1881 Dillsboro, IN) was
the twin brother of James Stevenson.
Gillette Vernor Stevenson (1840-1903), son of Thomas, is buried at Spring Grove
Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. His cousin, Andrew C. Stevenson (1847-1911), son
of James, is buried in Ripley Co., Indiana.
e-mail: website21626@webtv.net
Title: Argyle Patent Map (Washington Co., NY) Dated: 10 May 2000
Washington County, New York genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/patents.htm
Enclosed is a web page with information about CAMPBELLS who settled on the Argyle
Patent in Washington Co., NY. (see link below)
I have found a James STEVENSON who settled in Schuyler's Patent in 1740, and
an Andrew STEVENSON who settled in the Fort Ann region in 1784.
At first I thought the Stevensons may have settled on the Artillery or Argyle
Patent, but none were found there. Fortunately I found the Schuyler Patent information.
-- Andrew Stevenson settled in the region known as the Artillery Patent, but
this was twenty years after its designation as the Artillery Patent. Village
of Westfield (named 1786), later Fort Ann (1808).
Since nobody knows where Andrew Stevenson (1747-1816) was before 1784, it makes
sense to see if there is any way of connecting the two Stevensons -- or, if
Andrew Stevenson was not an early settler, find out where he was born -- upstate
NY, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, or even PA.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/argyle.htm
Title: Happy Birthday Dated: 15 May 2000
Belated 50th birthday greetings to you my old friend Acka and many more of them. I have just added my name to the list of Campbeltown midges, but have yet to supply some biographical details. There is method in my madness since my third book - entitled In Campbeltown Once More is due out soon. It is an evocative look at life in the once proud Royal Burgh when we were growing up there in the 50's and 60's. Changed days from now, as you probably notice on visits home; the place has degenerated terribly and is home to hordes of city social outcasts. There are around 30 retails units, pubs and the Hall Hotel lying empty at the moment, the latest casualties being, unbelievably, The Campbeltown Courier shop and Jimmy Westermans (former Tobacco House). Drastic measures in the immediate future will have to be taken if the town is to stand a chance.
I usually leave this side of the PC to my good wife, Valerie and I concentrate on word processing. Tell the truth Gillies, you can't work it properly!!!!
Seriously though, the net could actually come in useful to my publisher as an added outlet for the locally flavoured literature I concentrate on. I am actually working on book no 5, which is about Kintyre, its places, people and stories, with a smattering of historical gen thrown in. Incidentally book no 4 is a fictional account of life aboard a Campbeltown fishing boat (supposed to be funny) with a collection of 100 photographs from late 19th century until the present day.
I just with I could give up work (I am one of the Caledonian MacBrayne Gigha ferry skippers) and concentrate on writing but I suppose we have got to eat!
We have been living on peaceful Gigha for the past four years and are enjoying the tranquillity immensely. I met Valerie in Oban in 1989 and spent seven years at the fishing there before joining CalMac. We were married on St Lucia in 1993.
Hope to see you at the class reunion later this year. In the meantime, kindest regards,
Freddy.
Title: McCallisters (or its various spellings) Dated: 22 May 2000
Hello,
I am a McCallister in Texas, and have been researching the MacAlisdair clan
for awhile. I am interested in any stories that the Kintyre Magazine may
have concerning the clan MacAlisdair (or any of it's
various spellings).
Aslisdair Mor' was the man who the clan was named after. His father was
Donald, grandson of Somerled. Anyway, many of the descendents of Alasdair
settled on the penninsula of Kintyre and I just wanted to check and see if the
magazine had any articles on the MacAlisdairs, or if anyone would be able to
point me in the right direction to where I could find info. on the MacAlisdairs
in the area, or anything in general...any info. is always helpful).
Thanks for your time,
Kathan David McCallister
And more from Tex:
Title: Question about a specific article Dated: 21 June 2000
Hello,
I was referred to an article by Heather McFarlane called 'Habit and Repute'
that she mentioned was to be found at "the Kintyre History site."
This is the only site I know of with history of Kintyre, and I
wanted to check and see if you were aware of this article? According to
Heather McFarlane it contains a story about Angus McAllister of Loup and his
marriage to Jane McDonald. That's all the information that I know of and
I wanted to see if you were aware of the article at all. I'll
look through the archives ya'll offer on the internet to see if I can locate
it.
By the way, this is a great website, I've found some great information so far.
Thanks for your time,
Kathan David McCallister
North Richland Hills, Texas
I replied to Tex :
Hi Tex,
Nice to hear from you again!
The article you're looking for is in Issue 20, page 3. Happy hunting.
If you get any problems with locating the article, let me know.
Thanks for saying nice things about the Mag, too.
Take care of yourself,
Ian
From: David L. Welch DWelchK2@aol.com
Title: Amos
"Angus" Martin, Company , 100th Pennsylvania Volunteers, "The
Roundheads"
Dated: 22 May 2000
Dear Mr. Ian Forshaw:
My name is David L. Welch and I came across your site while "surfing"
100th Pennsylvania links on google.com. My great great grandfather,
Col. Norman J. Maxwell was the last commander of the 100th Regiment Penn
Vols. I have developed a great interest in this regiment in
honor of my ancestor and the soldiers he served with in the American Civil War.
Please visit the website I have created and maintain at www.100thPenn.com. I must say
I am intrigued by the passage in your on-line magazine Magazine 29, Page
5 that references Amos Martin, who served with Company I ("letter"
I). Bates' 1870 Roster on the regiment lists Amos as mustering in
Aug. 31, 1861 with a 3 year enlistment but shows that he was "not
accounted for" at mustering out in 1865. I was wondering
if I could use your information for a special interest page on this individual
who apparently fought at an old age (63 to 67) and fought in both the
War of 1812 and the Mexican War?! Even if I approach the page with
a bit of "legend" angle to it, I think it would be a fascinating
angle. May I ask where you obtained information on Amos Martin?
Pension and Military Records from the U.S. Archives? Thank you for putting
this information (new to me) on-line!
Sincerely,
David L. Welch
Websmith
100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, "The Roundheads"
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Title: Change of Address Dated: 31 May 2000
Hi, Guys,
I now have a new mailing address:
Carolyn and John Fugedy
4301 North Second Street
Rogers, AR 72756
For another month, we will still have the old address as well:
P.O. Box 707
Rogers, AR 72757
Thanks
I asked Carolyn if I should post her new address on Wee Drams and...
Title: Re: Change of Address Dated: 3 June 2000
Sure, if you like!
Just heard from Carl Porter (third cousin) and he and his wife were hoping to
get back to the Wee
Toon this year, but she has had eye surgery and is still scheduled for another
surgery. They had asked me to join them on this trip and though I am disappointed
not to be going, I am starting to plan on a trip next year.
Would only come if I can stay at the Peacock's and it would be lovely if you
and your wife were there as well. If you're gonna dream, dream BIG!
Thanks for the thought. Sure do enjoy your mag'!
The best to the Wee Toon's people, as well.
Carolyn
OK people. Carl's e-mail is CPort1214@aol.com
so let's all wish Mrs P well.
Hey Ian,
........Marie and I are hosting a Morrison Reunion at Rocky
River Presbyterian Church the last weekend in June. I've probably mentioned
the reunions before. We've had one every other year since 1990. We invite
all the descendants of William and Janet Hall Morrison of Campbeltown (and then
we pray they don't ALL show up! We have 770 on our mailing list!) William
and Janet would be amazed (or appalled!). We have 104 people registered
so far from 12 states. Marie and I have lots of last minute preparations
to make in the next two weeks. We "advertised" in our family
newsletter that we'd tell about our 1999 Scotland trip at the reunion.
Several people have indicated that they can't wait to hear all about it.
We'll also have our photo albums there for people to enjoy. Everyone is going
to be so envious of us and our wonderful trip!..................
............The panic stage has set in as 115 people have
now registered for the Morrison reunion. There are so many last minute
details still to do. Somehow, we always get it all done and I suppose we will
this time, too. It should all be over about this time next Sunday afternoon
and we'll both probably be asleep! Our program on Saturday afternoon includes
a presentation on the history of the Lowland Church in Campbeltown. Marie is
preparing her "speech" as I am writing you. Saturday morning I'll
be telling about our wonderful week in Campbeltown last summer. Wish you
could be here!
I e-mailed Janet....The great Morrison reunion
is almost upon you! I hope that you and Marie are feeling fighting fit and ready
to take on the hordes of folks which will descend upon you! I hope that you
will tell folks that you know of a Campbeltonian who would love to be there
- albeit not a Morrison...........Ian
...........Marie and I think we almost have the Morrison reunion under
control. We stuffed the packets this afternoon with all sorts of information
gathered while in Campbeltown and other goodies for everyone. We're expecting
123 people from 13 states. That's a much more manageable size group than
the first year (1990), when 250 people showed up! About half of the 123
this year have never been here before, so we'll be meeting a lot of new cousins.
Hopefully, we'll introduce a lot of them to the fact that Kintyre is their home.
I'll write you all about it next week.
Our weather continues to be hot and dry. As we were eating dinner tonight,
we could see it raining just across the road. Unfortunately, the cloud
never moved across to our yard or garden. Our garden is doing amazingly
well considering the adverse conditions. We are enjoying
summer squash and a few tomatoes. We picked the last of the turnips and
turnip greens last week. They don't do well in the hot months. We'll plant them
again in August for a fall crop. We should have green beans in a week
or so and bell peppers and cucumbers in just a few days. The corn looks
like it will be a complete failure, for it only grew shoulder high and the ears
that are forming are very small. The blueberries should be ripe next week.
This will be a treat for us, for it is the first year we've had blueberry plants.
We are fortunate here in that about the last week we could get fresh local strawberries,
the blueberries started arriving in the supermarkets from the eastern part
of North Carolina. As the blueberry season ends, the blackberries will
be getting ripe. And South Carolina peaches arrived in the supermarket
this week, although it's a little early. In a few weeks they should be
better. Ah, summer! I love it! And September is, of course,
apple and pear season. Do you ever get watermelon or cantaloupe in Great
Britain? I just can't remember seeing either one last summer and they
probably don't ship too well -- especially watermelon. Just curious.
If you happen to be talking to Alex, please tell him thank you for sending me
the information about education in Campbeltown. I had asked him a question
or two about Campbeltown Grammar School and he went above and beyond the call
of duty, as usual. I received the information a
couple of weeks ago, but I haven't had time/taken time to write him. Will get
around to that one of these days. It seems the reunion preparations and
the garden have taken all my time in June. Speaking of "the tan guy,"
when is Alex's birthday? I think we just missed it last July. Marie
and I would like to send him a birthday card, if you will kindly provide the
date. Thanks!
Janet
I replied.........We do get a range of melons here - Watermelon, Honeydew and Gaia - but I prefer the second two. Helen doesn't eat melon, so the Watermelon - which comes from the West-Indies - is just a little bit too big for me. I'm a great lover of fruit, and will try just about anything. On the subject of Cantaloupe I know naught. I could, I suppose, look it up, but I feel lazy today, so I'll ask you for a description instead! Blueberries! Did you say blueberries? Put some in the freezer!!!!.............
.........Helen and I will be sitting down today, and sorting out a few reprints from our last trip up to Scotland. If I see any good photos in there, I'll get some for you too. Also, I'll be sending an excerpt from my MoD intranet about the Royal Tank Regiment up to Alex, today, so I'll pass on your message. I so do wish that he'd get online! His birthday, by the way, is the 19th of July, and he'll be 49 years of age. Your description of him as 'the tan guy' made me chuckle. He does get as brown as a berry whereas I have to slather on factor 99. OK. I know. I'm exaggerating again. When I was up, he asked me if I could get his ex-unit crest mounted on leather for him. It's a beautiful piece of workmanship. Semi-3D, gold threads on a black back-cloth. I've scanned the image for you to see, but the scan doesn't do it justice.............Ian
26/06/00 - .........We survived the Morrison reunion, but I don't think I have the energy to give you a proper report tonight. I don't recall the last time I was this tired..........Everyone at the reunion was asking when we plan to go back and our answer as always is, "As soon as we save enough money." I hope I shall live so long! The way I feel tonight, I'm not very optimistic............
27/06/00 - ..........Oh -- we
took some copies of The Campbeltown Courier to the reunion for people to see............More than 130 descendants of William and Janet Hall Morrison
gathered from 13 US
states for a family reunion last weekend at Rocky River Presbyterian Church
near Concord, North Carolina, USA. Much history was shared and all left
with a deeper knowledge and appreciation of their Kintyre heritage. One
of our local cousins made a beautiful flower arrangement and we had it in the
church on Sunday with the following note in the bulletin: "The flowers
are placed in the sanctuary today to the glory of God and in memory of William
and Janet Hall Morrison of Campbeltown,
Scotland by their descendants who have gathered here this weekend."
It brought a proud tear to my eye as I sat in church seeing the flowers and
thinking of William and Janet, whose three sons came to North Carolina sometime
between 1750 and 1764..........
Love,
Janet.
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Page 2: A History of the Gilchrists
Page 3: In Campbeltown Once More.
Page 4: The Lowland Church of Campbeltown from its Foundation in 1654 till the Disruption. - Part Two
Page 5: Heather McFarlane's Page - Some Thoughts by e-mail & snailmail
Page 6: Books Received, in Brief
Page 7: Crarae Garden (Could be slow loading)
Page 8: By Hill and Shore - Part One