Re: Rlichard Brothers and Deborah Sawyer
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In reply to:
Re: Rlichard Brothers and Deborah Sawyer
H. Jayne Allison 8/26/03
Jayne,
Thank you for your gracious reply. I have a couple of questions for you.
1. Other than the surname what makes you feel that the two Caleb Brothers were probably related? Gaffney and Pasquotank are nearly 300 miles apart as the crow flies. Also, there are the immigration patterns. Pasquotank is in the “tidewater”. Most who settled this area came straight from the old Countries. Gaffney (Cherokee Co.) SC was “back country” settled mainly by Scots-Irish who came later down the Shenendoah Valley from Pennsylvania. This coupled with the name duplication in two born so close to the same time would lead me to the opposite conclusion.
2. The only Brothers heads of households that show up in the Gaffney area in the Census are two females Cloc (or Cloe) in 1790 and a Mary in 1800. It is my theory that these are probably Caleb’s Grandmother and mother. Do you have any other information on this Caleb Brothers parents?