Thanks so much for your help! I don't have a German background at all and all of this
was new to me. Very helpful and I shared it all with the inquiring mind that wrote me!
Denise
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Potts <gpotts1(a)nc.rr.com>
Sent: Mar 3, 2004 6:54 PM
To: NCGENWEB-DISCUSS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [NC-DISCUSS] Palatines
I have seen a couple of references to the Palatines settling in New Bern
with DeGraffenreid - here is one account:
The Palatines, driven from their native land on account of religion,
sought refuge in England where they were warmly welcomed. They came in
such numbers, however, that the English government began eagerly looking
for opportunities to provide for some of them elsewhere. One such
opportunity came in 1709 when DeGraffenreid was in London planning to
take a Swiss Colony to Carolina. No other colony received as much
advertising in Switgerland as Carolina. DeGraffenreid was excited and
encouraged by the Duke of Albemarle's accounts of Carolina and was
determined to seek a fortune there. The Lords Proprietors were very much
in favor of this and sold him 17,500 acres on the Neuse river and
granted him very favorable conditions and privileges. Queen Anne of
England contributed 4,000 lbs to DeGraffenreid's enterprise in
consideration of his settling 100 families of the Palatines in Carolina.
The 650 Palatines sailed in January 1710 but DeGraffenreid waited in
England for his colony from Bern, Switzerland. After a
terrible voyage of 13 weeks, during which more than one-half of the
Palatines died, they arrived in North Carolina and settled on the Neuse
and Trent Rivers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Harris" <ncgen(a)mindspring.com>
To: <NCGENWEB-DISCUSS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: [NC-DISCUSS] Paletine People or Church?
>I'm not familiar with a Paletine church, but the immigrants
from the
>Palatinate region of Germany are frequently referred to as Palantine (or
>Palentine, or take your pick on spelling -- darned if I know which one
>is right <g>). I'm afraid I don't know much about the German settlers
>in North Carolina, though. The area around Orangeburg County in SC,
>though, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Swiss-German.
>(Anyone want to take a guess where the German folks in my family settled
><g>?)
>
>Angie
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>>I've received an inquiring from someone looking for Palentine
>>Church or People in NC. Does this mean anything to anyone?
>>
> >Denise
>>
I had a similar question a couple of weeks ago via the NCGenWeb "help
line". What I sent this one was the following :
>I don't know if there's a site specific for NC, but a lot of
>immigrants to western NC came from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania,
>and then south to NC. You can probably find relevant information on
>them on the following pages:
>
>http://olivetreegenealogy.com/pal/index.shtml
>
>http://www.hankjones.com/
>
>http://members.aol.com/ntgen/taylor/palatine.html
>
>http://www.ruckel.com/home3.html
--
Elizabeth Harris
ncgen(a)mindspring.com
NCGenWeb project:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/
Winston-Salem NC area genealogy:
http://www.fmoran.com/
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Family Groupsheet Project page for North Carolina
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Do you have it linked?
==== NCGENWEB-DISCUSS Mailing List ====
Family Groupsheet Project page for North Carolina
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/northcarolina/
Do you have it linked?