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re: Ancestral geneology of SEC people
Posted on 7/25/14 at 1:31 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 7/25/14 at 1:31 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
The South Carolina Lowcountry was/is primarily Anglo-Saxon with a strong French Huguenot influence as well as Scots-Irish. Charleston was a huge port so it was a bit of a melting pot. The Upstate was greatly influenced by the Scots-Irish due to the Great Wagon Road.
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Posted on 7/25/14 at 1:35 pm to crispyUGA
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The South Carolina Lowcountry was/is primarily Anglo-Saxon with a strong French Huguenot influence as well as Scots-Irish. Charleston was a huge port so it was a bit of a melting pot. The Upstate was greatly influenced by the Scots-Irish due to the Great Wagon Road.
Most of the old money names and plantation owners along the SC coast came from England by way of abandoning their plantations in Barbados in the early to mid 1700s.
The Barbados accent is actually very similar to the geechee/gullah accent that is so prominent here along the sea islands.
Charleston's historical link to the Caribbean island of Barbados is fascinating.
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This post was edited on 7/25/14 at 1:37 pm
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