Was he perhaps one of the many PEDENs who went across in the five ships chartered by the Reverend William MARTIN to take emigrants from Ulster to Charleston in South Carolina in 1772?
A John PEDEN aboard the James & Mary, the first ship to sail, was allocated lands in Fairfield.
http://boydroots.net/downloads/MartinPassengers.pdf
http://boydroots.net/si_martin.html
My paterenal ancestors have lived in SC in Chester and Fairfield counties since about 1768 so I have heard talk of Reverend Martin and his ships. I am familiar with the surnames of many of the families who lived in the parts of these counties in SC where my ancestors had farms.
I suppose you already know about the following information.
Excerpts from
http://weirfamilyorigins.webs.com/thepurdys.htm : "A son of Thomas Peden, John Peden, 1709-1791, established himself at Broughshane, where he married Margaret McDill, 1715-1788. Their son, Thomas Peden, 1743-1834, married Elizabeth White, who was connected to the White family of Broughshane. They became settlers in South Carolina... Mary Elizabeth McNeill's parents were Andrew McNeill, d. 1891, in Loughconnelly, and Elizabeth White, who was the sister of Field Marshall Sir George White, 1835-1912, Hero of Ladysmith, of Whitehall, Broughshane. Later family members were often taken to view Sir George's ancestral home. His son, Captain Jack White, DSO, 1879-1946, was a founder of the Irish Citizen Army."
"That the White family of Whitehall, Broughshane were of eminent lineage is shown by their close association with the Stewart family, who were of royal descent". See
http://weirfamilyorigins.webs.com/thepurdys.htm .
I know that I belong to the same family as the Stewart kings of Scotland because FTDNA tested my DNA (143035) at the Y-DNA111 level and my test results match those of several ducal descendants of King Charles II.
FTDNA tested the DNA of a descendant of the aforesaid White family of Chester County SC, and he wants to know if his test results match those of other White families whose ancestors came from Broughshane.
You can learn more about this White family at
http://www.hostmybb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2659&mforum=stewart#2659On October 2, 1767 my tritavus James STEWART sailed from Belfast aboard the Earl of Donegal with his wife Rose and her probable White parents and siblings. The Whites lived in Broughshane according to an old genealogy book about this White family. One of my Stewart cousins told me that the aforesaid White and my Stewart family were friends and neighbors before they left Ireland. Both families settled on royal land grants near the border of Chester and Fairfield counties, and have lived in both counties ever since.
Is it a violation of the rules of this forum for me to provide you with the URLs where you can find the inforation that I want you to have? I prefer to communicate via email just in case, so please send me a PM so that we can exchange email address (I think that I am not allowed to reveal my email address in this forum for some strange reason).
