Middling folk : three seas, three centuries, one Scots-Irish family / Linda H. Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Linda H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots-Irish--Genealogy.

Scots-Irish.

Virginia--Genealogy.

Virginia.

United States--Genealogy.

United States.

Hamel family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Telling the stories of those who quietly conducted the business and built the livelihoods that made their societies prosper or fail, this account shows how one Scots-Irish American family, the Hammills-millers, wagon makers, and blacksmiths-lived out their lives against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and westward expansion. Spanning three centuries from the shores of Ireland to the Chesapeake Bay Area to the Pacific Northwest, this saga brings to life the early days of the founding of this country.

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; Prologue; PART I THE HAMMILL FAMILY IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND; 1. Origins; 2. A Possibility Opens; 3. Scots-Irish Pioneers, 1606-1641; 4. Hugh and William Hammill and the Siege of Derry; 5. John Hammill the Immigrant; PART II CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND 1725-1778; 6. John Hammill, Tidewater Planter; 7. Sarah Hammill and Her Household - 81; 8. Things Fall Apart; 9. Hugh the Heir; 10. Good-Bye to Charles County; PART III PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1778-1845; 11. Crossing the Potomac; 12. Life and Death on Revolution's Doorstep; 13. Three Stories

14. The Second John Hammill, Citizen of the New Republic 15. Three Stories More; PART IV PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1845-1896; 16. The Second Hugh Hammill, A Keen, Shrewd Man; 17. The Civil War Comes to Prince William County; 18. A Virginian in a Yankee Court; 19. Nothing to Do and Nothing to Do It With - The War's Last Years; 20. Hugh Takes Care of His Children; PART V THE HAMMILL FAMILY IN THE FAR NORTHWEST 1880-1928; 21 A Virginian Weighs His Options; 22. Washington Territory, a Last Frontier; 23. The Mill on Salkum Creek; 24. William and Lucretia Hammill, Pioneer Folk; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-56976-378-X

OCLC:

558536166