The Scots Who Left

[macwilkin]

I agree. But what about us "Hillbillys",which have been noted for their Irish and Scottish roots? " Between 1715 and 1776 some 250,000 of them arrived, mainly in the Chesapeake Bay region, and settled all along the east coast, particularly in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North and South Carolina and later in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and beyond. A second wave of Scottish immigration came during the late 1800's and most of these Scots settled in the northeastern U.S. in the larger industrial cities, and included such worthies as Andrew Carnegie and Alexander Graham Bell."-from ancestry.com
What is meant by "later"? after 1776? Did they settle along the east coast and later move west? Probably.

But the majority of those folks were Lowlanders and Ulster-Scots. Remember, the Lowlanders and Ulster-Scots had no love for their Highland neighbours. And yes, you are correct about the second wave -- see my family's example that I mentioned in my previous post.

T.