On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:instance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL Oliver's History of Antigua
My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how closely linked many were.
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. For
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on thecommunity can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
Im still a raw amateur.all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it.
Cod
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Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print and not the et
On 17/12/2017, at 5:11 PM, Comcast <lwa101@comcast.net> wrote:Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?instance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL Oliver's History of Antigua
My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how closely linked many were.
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. For
community can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on the
all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it. >>Im still a raw amateur.
Cod
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Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print and not the et
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On 17/12/2017, at 5:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years older than now he says he is! D
Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.On 17/12/2017, at 5:11 PM, Comcast <lwa101@comcast.net> wrote:
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
instance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote: >>>
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL Oliver's History of Antigua
My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how closely linked many were.
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. For
the community can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on
all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it. >>>Im still a raw amateur.
Cod
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Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print and not the et
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On 17/12/2017, at 5:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles
to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years
older than now he says he is! D
On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:closely linked many were.
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL
Oliver's History of Antigua My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. Forinstance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on thecommunity can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
Im still a raw amateur.all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it.
Cod
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Subject: [Carib] Newspapering & emigration
Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print
and not the et
On 17/12/2017, at 5:11 PM, Comcast <lwa101@comcast.net> wrote:Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?instance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL Oliver's History of Antigua
My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how closely linked many were.
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. For
community can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on the
all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it. >>Im still a raw amateur.
Cod
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Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print and not the et
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On 17 Dec 2017, at 20:54, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
I’ve forgotten how to search the archives. D
On 18/12/2017, at 2:29 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:
So David, why did you think me to be 85? Probably not a pretty answer but hey Carib Gen is a tough game...
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My last message was intended to be private. As it has turned out it is not. So here’s me saying sorry to anyone who takes offence. David
On 17/12/2017, at 5:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:sage
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles
to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years
older than now he says he is! D
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On 18/12/2017, at 2:29 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:
So David, why did you think me to be 85? Probably not a pretty answer but hey Carib Gen is a tough game...
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Subject: Re: [Carib] Scots to West Indies
My last message was intended to be private. As it has turned out it is not. So here’s me saying sorry to anyone who takes offence. David
On 17/12/2017, at 5:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:sage
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles
to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years
older than now he says he is! D
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On 18/12/2017, at 10:02 AM, Bland Tree <BlandTree@aol.com> wrote:
I haven’t taken offence at your ‘private’ email, David, but I suspect the entire population of Scotland may have taken offence at being labelled as whisky! But then again, perhaps not!
Posted with tongue in cheek (tasting a fine Scotch)!
Malcolm Bland
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Dec 2017, at 20:54, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
I’ve forgotten how to search the archives. D
On 18/12/2017, at 2:29 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote:
So David, why did you think me to be 85? Probably not a pretty answer but hey Carib Gen is a tough game...
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Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:49 PM
To: Caribbean Rootsweb <caribbean@rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [Carib] Scots to West Indies
My last message was intended to be private. As it has turned out it is not. So here’s me saying sorry to anyone who takes offence. David
On 17/12/2017, at 5:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:sage
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles
to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years
older than now he says he is! D
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On 18/12/2017, at 4:36 AM, lwa101@comcast.net wrote:so the letters used in a surname much depended upon the person wielding the quill. (The Danish probate records from the 1790s also use Gray, as he used in his signature.)
Hi, David,
Glad to be in contact once again.
No question about the name being frequently interchanged, Gray for Grey. The original parish records I saw in Scotland do have it as Gray, going back to around 1660, as do the guild ledgers, but then, “spelling” as we know it hadn’t been invented,
Your Anchitell Grey seems to have been of another line altogether (I have seen that given-name spelling also as Anqueti, etc.). Much as I’d like to claim him, he died without heirs. One of the known Anquetil Greys came over with William in 1066.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchetil_de_Greye, and of course the French origins have it Graieum, Graia.
Not that I always ken to Wikipedia, but here is a link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchetil_de_Greye. There’s also an interesting post from the Medieval genealogy pages — listers might enjoy poking around there. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2005-04/1114032753 and also on the Viking Answer Lady’s site at http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml.
Cheers from a downright cold NC,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 11:39 PM, David Daniell <ddaniell@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Hi Laura,
You once asked about Anquetil Grey and you were not pleased by my answer. Its Grey and not the US-style Gray. Here’s a bit about them in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_(surname)
The only surname with more major English and Scotch and Irish titles to its credit is Hamilton
regards,
David
One recent revelation, I had always understood Chris was 20 years older than now he says he is! D
Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.On 17/12/2017, at 5:11 PM, Comcast <lwa101@comcast.net> wrote:
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
instance Dr Walter Tullideph was very active in keeping track of the comings and goings of Scots in the leewards during his time. His surviving letters are full of chat noting the movements of this person or that and their developing or deteriorating
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Chris Codrington <cmcod@optimum.net> wrote: >>>
Hi Laura
Thanks for your note.
Indeed...I must be a bit hyper vigilant due to a very intrusive case of lumbar stenosis....
So excuse me...I love your contributions to this list!
Ive been reading letters and notes in a digitized version of VL Oliver's History of Antigua
My pattern of study has been to run searches of certain Scots or Irish names and then browse the references, I've had an opportunity to scan many bits of correspondence associated with these folk. It is amazing just how closely linked many were.
Very few are going out to the islands "cold" and a lot of people moved around too. The Kin and business "webs" were the primary means of securing opportunities and there were it seems always a few who were more adept at networking than others. For
the community can yield a clue or two. I wish there were more compendiums of mercantile correspondence from the time as that would yield such goodies.
It's very likely Thomas Grey would have had references and or a letter of recommendation to someone on St Croix. Naturally most of this is invisible to us but traces often survive and sometimes doing a broad reconnoitering of the surviving info on
all those of us who benefit from journalism yet decline to actually support it. >>>Im still a raw amateur.
Cod
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To: Caribbean List <caribbean@rootsweb.com>
Subject: [Carib] Newspapering & emigration
Dear Chris,
I am just reading emails now and your sage response. Heavens, fella, you mustn’t think I would ever set out to purposefully rap knuckles, so the only viable choice is that my missive (missile?) was meant to provoke a bit of thoughtful reflection by
Which reminds me, thank goodness our forefathers got the news in print and not the et
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On Dec 16, 2017, at 8:40 AM, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com wrote:stone mason, came out of Haddington (20 miles east of Edinburgh) and thence to St. Croix.
Could someone suggest good sources to aid my understanding of the Scotland-Caribbean (DWI) connection in the late 1700s, early 1800s? I am looking for economic/cultural reasons for migration from the former to the latter. Looking for why my Thomas Gray,
On Dec 16, 2017, at 10:12 PM, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com wrote:Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
On Dec 16, 2017, at 8:40 AM, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com wrote:stone mason, came out of Haddington (20 miles east of Edinburgh) and thence to St. Croix.
Could someone suggest good sources to aid my understanding of the Scotland-Caribbean (DWI) connection in the late 1700s, early 1800s? I am looking for economic/cultural reasons for migration from the former to the latter. Looking for why my Thomas Gray,
On Dec 16, 2017, at 10:12 PM, caribbean-request@rootsweb.com wrote:Copenhagen, which a fellow traveler was generous enough to photograph. Apparently, they contain all sorts of business transactions. Would adore help in reading them.
Chris, interesting that you mention business correspondence. Should anyone on this list know of someone who can read Danish handwriting, then I have scans of a huge load of documents from the probate of Thomas Gray's estate. These are held in a box in
I was in Edinburgh this June. Where do those letter books reside?
Anyone?
Cheers,
Laura
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