Hello All,

This is an offer to swap primary source data on the descendants of
persons listed in this message. If you have a documented connection to
any of these people and are willing to send me the first three or four
generations in America in gedcom format I will provide you with the
complete text of their original Bounty Petition and what other data I
may have on the line if any. All of the people listed  were passengers
on one of the following ships, "The St. Andrew" in 1745, "The  Griffin
"in 1748, "The Neptune" in 1750, "The Snow Rowand" in 1752, "The
Caledonia" in 1752, "The Cunlift" in 1752, and "The Upton" in 1752.
Please note this is an offer to swap documented data and is not an offer
to do lookups. If you need additional information before can reply,
please contact be via private e-mail at the following address without
the quotes "[email protected]".

David Abenshine stated in his bounty petition that he had friends and
relations living in the fork of the Saluda & Broad Rivers. He added he
had a wife & two children as listed below:

1. Mathais    12
2. John Mathais 10

Granted 200 acres on the bounty

George Beker [Becker ??] stated he had a wife and five  children as
listed below:

1. Catherine     21
2. Adam           18
3. Mary             16
4. John               14
5. Barbara          12

Granted  350 acres on the bounty

Daniel Beley stated he had a wife and two children as listed below:

1. John Phillip     14
2. Charlotte          9

Granted 200 acres on the bounty


Michael Bauknecht  [Bouknight] stated he had a wife and one child with
him as listed below:

1. George 11

Granted 150 acres on the bounty. This grant was located near the present
site of the Lake Murray Dam.

Peter Bikkeli [Bickley] stated he had a wife and two children. He also
stated he was a Catholic which made him unable to obtain a bounty grant.
However, after discussing "the errors of the Roman Church" with the Rev.
Zulby, he became a protestant the next day
and was granted 200 acres on the bounty. His named children are listed
below:

1. Tony     5
2. Caspar  2


Alexander Andrew Bowers stated he was alone and request 50 acres in the
fork of the Saluda & Broad Rivers.

Granter 50 acres on the bounty

--
David L. Hamiter
[email protected]
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