tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post7735465872143802271..comments2023-09-10T07:58:32.464-07:00Comments on Nelson's View: An Ulsterman in North CarolinaNelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-73724122133055451902016-03-10T19:33:27.941-08:002016-03-10T19:33:27.941-08:00Dobbs was of English stock on his father's sid...Dobbs was of English stock on his father's side, who had been high sheriff of Antrim I believe. They had settled in Ulster during the Cromwellian period, and it is because of this that Dobbs is more often regarded as Anglo-Irish gentry. But you're quite correct about his less well known Ulster Scots roots; his mother was a Stewart, and his maternal can be traced to the very beginnings of the plantation scheme.eamon kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501170920234197653noreply@blogger.com