Yep, thanks for putting it so well and succinctly, Poppa. Some of mine went to Nova Scotia, some wound up in NY on the St. Lawrence river, some in Virginia, and some made it to PA. The English part came from Barbados to the Carolinas. The Virginians were mostly "Scotch-Irish" as you say.

The only thing I had different in my mind was, I thought there were also clearances in Scotland, by Sutherland, the crofters were sent to live off the sea because their land was desirable, and some of them wound up going to Ulster, not to aid in settling, but to escape the horrible changes in their circumstances. Do I have events mixed up? My gggrandma was a Sutherland in NS.

BTW, thanks to Brendy's recommendation, I read an incredible book about the transport of Irish as slaves to Barbados. You've probably already have read it or know about it. Well worth an eye-opening read for those who haven't, imo: To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland by Sean O'Callaghan.