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From: Daphne Kilbourn-Jacob <>
Subject: Re: [Scotch-Irish] Duffield
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:30:50 -0500
References: <41200210128172423540@infi.net>


Forwarded to List:
Harvey Scobie wrote:
> There is an old Civil War fort by the name of Fort Duffield, just
> outside West Point, Kentucky. It is on the bluffs between US highway
> 31W and Fort Knox, KY. Perhaps the Mayor of West Point could give you
> some information. Also the Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY may have some
> information about it. Who knows may be named after one of your
> ancestors.
> Anyway, good luck.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daphne Kilbourn-Jacob
> To:
> Sent: 10/28/2002 12:03:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scotch-Irish] Duffield
>
> Dear Mark,
> A search of all 4 of my reference books comes up only with
> DUFFIELD in
> England, beginning in 1190. There is no mention of a Hugenot
> or French
> connection, but the description is brief. They were not
> among the 500
> most common names that Bell uses as a criteria for his
> listings.
> Check Cyndi's List: Rootsweb's main page for Mail lists,
> under links
> go to International Guild of Ships Transcribers (ISTG) for
> passenger
> lists from Ulster by approximate date and port of Arrival as
> well as the
> other suggestions Linda and I gave earlier, incl. the
> Archives.
> Best of Luck,
> Daphne
> >
> > >
> > > I would be interested in learning about the surname
> Duffield, my ancestor of that name having immigrated to
> Pennsylvania from Ulster in colonial times. I have been told
> that they were French Huguenots that came to Ulster after
> the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes; the name supposedly
> was Du Fielde in France. I have never been able to track
> this down.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark Paden
>
>
>
> --- Harvey Scobie
> --- Radcliff, KY
> ---
>

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