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For more information on our Irish heritage, a book called "New Ireland Remembered" is highly recommended!

In 1610, the British Crown developed a scheme for the settlement of Counties Armagh, Donegal, Cavan, Fermanagh and Londonderry, Ireland. Scot's surnames, found in Weldford, New Brunswick, and also contained on Muster Rolls and Estate Maps of the eight Plantation Counties of Ulster for the period 1607 - 1633, the initial phase of the plantation scheme are:

Adair, Adams, Agnew, Aicken, Allen, Anderson, Arnett, Bailie, Barry, Bell, Brown, Campbell, Carothers, Carson, Davidson, Dewar, Dickie, Dougal, Dunlop, Dunne, Ellis, English, Erving, Ferguson, Filmour, Forester, Frazer, Galloway, Gordon, Granger, Harper, Hutchins, Innes, Johnston, Kelly, Kennedy, Kernes, Lawson, Leitch, Lyon, Mathyson, McCamuel, McClairne, McClelland, McCleery, McCurry, McDonnell, McDougall, McLarnan,  McMullen, McRobert, Millar, Mitchell, Morrison, Morton, Murray, Palmer, Price, Read, Reid, Robb, Ross, Robinson, Roger, Sawyer, Scott, Simpson,  Smith, Somervell, Spence, Stevenson, Stephenson,  Stevin, Stewart, Sutherland, Taylor, Thompson, Thomson, Walker, Wardlaw, Wilson, Wood, Wright, Wylie, Young