I'm trying to find information about a "band of Welsh" that settled in Guilford County, North Carolina. This may be the answer to my brick wall.

In "The History of Guilford County" by Sallie Walker Stockard (1902), page 13,is this paragraph --

"In central Guilford the Scotch-Irish settled: in east Guilford the Germans built their homes; while in west Guilford the English Quakers took up their abode. A band of Welsh also came to this section."

Jediah/Jedediah Aydelott owned land in Guilford County in 1788. (I believe this to be Jediah Sr.) The 1880 Census for his grandson, Joseph, says that his father (Jediah Jr., b.abt 1774) was born in Wales. No one has been able to prove the Wales connection.

Aydelott (variant spellings include Aydelotte, Aydlott, Idlott, Idlett, Hydlott) is a Huguenot surname. This "band of Welsh" may have been a group of Huguenots who emigrated together.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Alice

What time period are we talking about?

Re your band of Welsh being Huguenots - If they were Huguenots, they would have said so. If they were Welsh, it would have said "Welsh." I've never heard that name you are researching as being in born in Wales. Welsh did emigrate to Dublin County in about 1782. Where they came from in Wales, I have no idea. Not even sure they didn't come from somewhere else in the USA first.

Can't really help you unless you give me a date.

Sorry, I did see that you had a date - 19th century. My people left that area of North Carolina in 1827 for Illinois. They were Quakers and didn't approve of slavery. I can't help you with anything that late.

However, the surname is not Welsh. I doubt very much he ever came from Wales. I would look to England for that name, although is Huguenot, you say. Lots of Huguenots came into England and Ireland, for that matter. You may be Welsh but it would be under another name.