George of Paisley, Scotland, m. Isabel Craig, and they had two sons, George and James, who followed their father's trade of a stocking weaver.
George, b, April 9, 1782; m. April or May. 1807, Margaret, dau. William and Agnes [Miller] Renfrew (b. May 18, 1784; d. 1876.) This Renfrew family and their descendants have lived 300 years on the same farm in Renfrewshire. They lived in Paisley till 1816, when they em- barked for America, reaching Ryegate after ten p. m., Aug. 28. the night of the "great frost," which killed all vegetation and the leaves on the trees. He bought of John Buchanan land afterwards owned by Archibald Whitehill, then lived ten years on what was called the Hall place. Elected an elder, 1817 in the Associate Church. They removed to Greensboro in 1842 and they with their sons, Thomas and John, were set off to become members of a congregation formed at that place, June 5, 1845. He d. in G. in May 16, 1863 ; she d. in Barnet in the winter of 1875.
John, (George, 1) b. Ryegate Jan. 1,1818; m. 1st, Jane Barr of Danville. They had one son, Andrew who went. 2nd, Maria, dau. John Somers. They lived in Greensboro, removed. to Newbury, near the townhouse, and on Jefferson Hill, 1856, '64. They removed to Barnet, then to Texas, where both died.
Children :
Eva Bell, b. Dec. 1850; Esther, b. May, 1852, who died young; John, Morris, Margaret, Lilly Ann.
History of Ryegate, Vermont, from its settlement by the Scotch-American company of farmers to present time; by Miller, Edward, 1826-1900; Wells, Frederic P. (Frederic Palmer), 1850-; Mason, George, 1800-1872; pgs 525 - 530
George, b, April 9, 1782; m. April or May. 1807, Margaret, dau. William and Agnes [Miller] Renfrew (b. May 18, 1784; d. 1876.) This Renfrew family and their descendants have lived 300 years on the same farm in Renfrewshire. They lived in Paisley till 1816, when they em- barked for America, reaching Ryegate after ten p. m., Aug. 28. the night of the "great frost," which killed all vegetation and the leaves on the trees. He bought of John Buchanan land afterwards owned by Archibald Whitehill, then lived ten years on what was called the Hall place. Elected an elder, 1817 in the Associate Church. They removed to Greensboro in 1842 and they with their sons, Thomas and John, were set off to become members of a congregation formed at that place, June 5, 1845. He d. in G. in May 16, 1863 ; she d. in Barnet in the winter of 1875.
John, (George, 1) b. Ryegate Jan. 1,1818; m. 1st, Jane Barr of Danville. They had one son, Andrew who went. 2nd, Maria, dau. John Somers. They lived in Greensboro, removed. to Newbury, near the townhouse, and on Jefferson Hill, 1856, '64. They removed to Barnet, then to Texas, where both died.
Children :
Eva Bell, b. Dec. 1850; Esther, b. May, 1852, who died young; John, Morris, Margaret, Lilly Ann.
History of Ryegate, Vermont, from its settlement by the Scotch-American company of farmers to present time; by Miller, Edward, 1826-1900; Wells, Frederic P. (Frederic Palmer), 1850-; Mason, George, 1800-1872; pgs 525 - 530
George of Paisley, Scotland, m. Isabel Craig, and they had two sons, George and James, who followed their father's trade of a stocking weaver.
George, b, April 9, 1782; m. April or May. 1807, Margaret, dau. William and Agnes [Miller] Renfrew (b. May 18, 1784; d. 1876.) This Renfrew family and their descendants have lived 300 years on the same farm in Renfrewshire. They lived in Paisley till 1816, when they em- barked for America, reaching Ryegate after ten p. m., Aug. 28. the night of the "great frost," which killed all vegetation and the leaves on the trees. He bought of John Buchanan land afterwards owned by Archibald Whitehill, then lived ten years on what was called the Hall place. Elected an elder, 1817 in the Associate Church. They removed to Greensboro in 1842 and they with their sons, Thomas and John, were set off to become members of a congregation formed at that place, June 5, 1845. He d. in G. in May 16, 1863 ; she d. in Barnet in the winter of 1875.
John, (George, 1) b. Ryegate Jan. 1,1818; m. 1st, Jane Barr of Danville. They had one son, Andrew who went. 2nd, Maria, dau. John Somers. They lived in Greensboro, removed. to Newbury, near the townhouse, and on Jefferson Hill, 1856, '64. They removed to Barnet, then to Texas, where both died.
Children :
Eva Bell, b. Dec. 1850; Esther, b. May, 1852, who died young; John, Morris, Margaret, Lilly Ann.
History of Ryegate, Vermont, from its settlement by the Scotch-American company of farmers to present time; by Miller, Edward, 1826-1900; Wells, Frederic P. (Frederic Palmer), 1850-; Mason, George, 1800-1872; pgs 525 - 530
George, b, April 9, 1782; m. April or May. 1807, Margaret, dau. William and Agnes [Miller] Renfrew (b. May 18, 1784; d. 1876.) This Renfrew family and their descendants have lived 300 years on the same farm in Renfrewshire. They lived in Paisley till 1816, when they em- barked for America, reaching Ryegate after ten p. m., Aug. 28. the night of the "great frost," which killed all vegetation and the leaves on the trees. He bought of John Buchanan land afterwards owned by Archibald Whitehill, then lived ten years on what was called the Hall place. Elected an elder, 1817 in the Associate Church. They removed to Greensboro in 1842 and they with their sons, Thomas and John, were set off to become members of a congregation formed at that place, June 5, 1845. He d. in G. in May 16, 1863 ; she d. in Barnet in the winter of 1875.
John, (George, 1) b. Ryegate Jan. 1,1818; m. 1st, Jane Barr of Danville. They had one son, Andrew who went. 2nd, Maria, dau. John Somers. They lived in Greensboro, removed. to Newbury, near the townhouse, and on Jefferson Hill, 1856, '64. They removed to Barnet, then to Texas, where both died.
Children :
Eva Bell, b. Dec. 1850; Esther, b. May, 1852, who died young; John, Morris, Margaret, Lilly Ann.
History of Ryegate, Vermont, from its settlement by the Scotch-American company of farmers to present time; by Miller, Edward, 1826-1900; Wells, Frederic P. (Frederic Palmer), 1850-; Mason, George, 1800-1872; pgs 525 - 530
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