Latta Ancestry - Emigration from Ireland to United States to Canada (Stage 1)

Emigration from Ireland began as early as 1603, when people emigrated to areas such as continental Europe, the islands of the Caribbean, the British colonies, and other parts of the British Isles. Emigration increased during periods of civil or religious unrest or famine in Ireland as well as during various gold rushes in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.

Throughout history, the Irish had many reasons for leaving Ireland (refer to the Family Search website under Ireland Emigration and Immigration). It is important to remember, however, that many among those remaining in Ireland would have emigrated but were unable to, due to poverty or impoverishment. Many Irishmen during the Great Famine years who did embark were in such sickened and critically weakened condition that death followed many while traversing the high seas to their new world home. The period of greatest emigration began around 1780 and reached its peak from 1845 to 1855, when between one and two million people left Ireland because of the potato famine (more information is available in an online history paper on Urban America).

 The Latta Family Tree has many branches with origins in Ireland and Scotland. In fact, extensive research has been done on Latta individuals (for example, refer.  to the online Latta Genealogy  at Wiki Tree and online Latta Databases). In addition, more than 50 Latta branches have been researched over the years (refer to the branch migration list on the Latta website at http://www.latta.org/Branches/branches.htm).

Our direct Latta lineage (Branch 13) begins with James Latta who emigrated from Donegal, Londonderry, Ireland in 1768 arrived at Boston, Massachusetts and settled in Albany County, New York, United States. Research indicates that James Latta was born on January 11, 1727 and may have come to America along with three or four of his sons about the time of the Revolutionary War (1776-1783). He settled at Wallkill, New York. James Latta was a merchant at Wallkill and New Windsor, Orange County, New York and a farmer at Seneca Ontario County where he purchased 1200 acres of land at $2.50 in 1789 from Phelps and Gorh. One of his sons, William John Latta also had a son, John William Latta who subsequently emigrated from the United States to Hastings County, Ontario, Canada in 1833.

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The Latta family history unfolds in the life stories that follow in the posting Latta Ancestry - Emigrationfrom Ireland to United States to Canada (Stage 2).

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