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FOOTNOTES:
[1] E. Melvin Williams, "The Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania," _Americana_,
XVII (1923), 382.
[2] This chart was compiled by making a list of eighty names appearing
in an article on the genealogy of the Fair Play men, Helen Herritt
Russell, "The Documented Story of the Fair Play Men and Their
Government," _The Northumberland County Historical Society Proceedings
and Addresses_, XII (1958), 16-43. Mrs. Russell is genealogist of the
Fort Antes chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Jersey
Shore, Pa. The names were checked in Meginness and Linn for possible
national origin. Approximately one-fourth were verified in these
sources. Although this writer questioned the validity of the geographic
conclusions of Meginness and Linn, both have ample documentation for
their findings regarding genealogy and national origins. These findings
can be validated in the published archives. The entire sample of names
was submitted to Dr. Samuel P. Bayard, a folklore specialist and
professor of English at the Pennsylvania State University, whose
determination was made on the basis of linguistic techniques.
[3] Popular control was an American rather than a Scottish influence
necessitated by the absence of sufficient numbers of ministers. In
Scotland, the minister chose his elders and thus dominated the session;
in America, the selection was made by the congregation. _See_ James G.
Leyburn, _The Scotch-Irish: A Social History_ (Chapel Hill, 1962), p.
150.
[4] Carl Wittke, _We Who Built America_ (Cleveland, 1963), p. 57.
[5] American Council of Learned Societies, "Report of Committee on
Linguistic and National Stocks in the Population of the United States,"
_Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1931_
(Washington, 1932), I, 124.
[6] This summary has been prepared from three main sources: Wayland F.
Dunaway, _The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania_ (Hamden, Conn.,
1962), pp. 89-91; Meginness, _Otzinachson_ (1889), pp. 161-167; and John
B. Linn, _History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania_
(Philadelphia, 1883), pp. 447, 481-482.
[7] Williams, "The Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania," p. 382.
[8] Wayland F. Dunaway, _A History of Pennsylvania_ (Englewood Cliffs,
N. J., 1948), pp. 131-137. According to John Bacon Deans, "The Migration
of the Connecticut Yankees to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River,"
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