General Notes

North Carolina
the 8th Day of the 8th Month in the year of our Lord 1784
friend Tomas Greer this is to inform thee I and my wife i
s well and my Children is well also my son John  is not mar
ide yet But my sister Alice  keeps house for Ezra  and Thom
as  is married to two daughters of William Marshills . Will
iam  is married to a daughter of William Hunts which have V
isited your Parts sarah  is not yet maried But liveth at ho
me Brother Jesse  is much afflicted with the Rhumatism Pain
s Brother Absolem and his family is well Moses Hammon and h
is family is well we have had very Pearlous times and los
t much But through Devine Providance is Blessed with suffic
ient of the Nessarys of Life father in law  and familey i
s well Except mother in law has been sorley visited with si
ckness for about a year But is now in a likely way of recov
ery uncle William Hinshaw  and familey is well Except Thoma
s which has the gravel friend Thomas Geer Let William Dela
p or his heirs know that William Hinshaw  and mary his wif
e  and son Thomas is yet alive which being the very Lives o
f the lease Readford which I certify william Hinshaw. Joh
n Marshill and familey is well. William Marshill  and famil
ey is well and Like the country very well for it is full a
s good as we heard of. This year there is small flying Bug
s in great numbers which have destroyed a great deal of whe
at and is in a likely way of spoiling some corn.
I have often wrote but have Received no answer father and m
other with friends and neighbors are Either Dead or forgote
n us or els I would expect some of them would have wrote B
e pleased to let father and Mother see this letter if livin
g likewise Brother John Cortney and all enquiring friends a
nd neighbours I expect that thee will also be so kind as t
o write to me and to let me know how it is with thee and th
y familey and with father and mother and with the three you
ng men that lived with thee when I came away and how it i
s with thy brother James and familey Likewise with all frie
nds blonging to grange meeting  and old Neighbours of kill
y Nail I live so I can ride to the furthest of four monthl
y meetings in a Morning against Meeting time Heaving no mor
e at presen to add I remain thy affectionet friend and Brot
her in the truth and Any More thou may be informed by my we
ll asteemed Friend Zechoria Dix
William Hinshaw tha lived in killey Nail formerly
Archive: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast
, Northern Ireland
Reference: D/1044/697
Courtesy of Irish emmigration researcher Evelyn Cardwell
(Research):According to the Marriage Book of Ulster Quarter
ly Meeting, Jesse was from Dunsdead, Parish of Clanfeakill
, County Tyrone, and Abigail was from Grange, County Tyrone
.10 Jesse was from Dundead, parish of Clonfeacle, County Ty
rone, and Abigail was from Grange, parish of Clonfeacle, Co
unty Tyrone. Their marriage certificate was witnessed by Jo
hn Hinshaw.105
Jesse and Abigail emigrated to North Carolina in 1768.1 A
n entry in the  minutes records on 2-5-1768 shows:41
"William Henshaw signified to this meeting that he and hi
s brother Jess, with their families intend to remove from t
his to America and desire our certificate. Thomas Dawson an
d Jas Pillar are desired to make the needful enquiry concer
ning them and return acct. how thay find things to next pre
parative meeting which is appointed to be held the 26th o
f 2nd mo."
On 2-26-1768, a similar entry in the minutes for Jesse's co
usin Absolem  was recorded:41
"Absolem Hinshaw acquainted this meeting that he intends re
moving with his wife and family to America and desires ou
r certificate of removal, and this meeting being informed t
hat Alice Hinshaw also intends removing to America and desi
res our certificate, this meeting therefore desires Thoma
s Dawson and Jas Pillar together with Jas Morton and Jona
s Shaw to make enquiries concerning the above mentioned Fri