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next chapter. 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," _The Northumberland County Historical Society Pr
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