James Musgrave aged 26 owned a mill in Welton by Lincoln (given by his father), but sold up in 1820 to cross to the USA with his wife and children, together with his wife's sister and her husband Francis Cottam. "My wife was willing to cross the ocean with me, for I believed there was more room for enterprise and growth here (USA) than there (Welton LIN). So I settled up my business affairs, made every necessary arrangement, and we set sail from Liverpool in June 1820, in the ship Jane, Captain Ferguson. We were seven weeks making the voyage, and landed in Philadelphia. The sight of land, after so long confinement on shipboard, was a most welcome sight. At Philadelphia, Cottom and myself purchased horses and wagons to take us on our way westward. Our point of destination, when we left England, was Richland County, Ohio, for we had friends and acquaintances who had come over before us, and had written to their relatives in England concerning the goodly land and pleasant homes they found there. We immediately left Philadelphia, and came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and continuing our journey to Beaver County, in that state, which lies on the Ohio river, we were satisfied with the country and the cheapness of the land. As we were exceedingly tired of travelling, we concluded to make a halt there, which we did. Cottom and I bought 206 acres in partnership at $5.50 an acre on the Ohio river. It was covered with primeval forest. . . we went to work felling the trees, and erected a cabin, and then started to make a clearing on our new purchase. Of course, it was entirely new work to us Englishmen, but we were young and vigorous and determined to hew us out a home in the wilderness . . . " After six months, James bought out his brother-in law who bought more land nearby. After five years he sold his land for $10 an acre and bought the best farm on the river Ohio towards Pittsburgh at $7.4 an acre and lived there for 26 years, before moving on to Scotia Ohio, where he died some time after 1872. Bill Gathercole, York bill@wkgathercole.freeserve.co.uk