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opposed to declaring allegiance to the established
Church of England.
The reasons for the Scotch Irish exodus from
Ireland are numerous and complicated. Loss of the one
hundred year leases they were originally granted by
the King of Ireland, high taxation, fever and sickness
and,
most
importantly,
religious
persecution,
combined to make their adopted homeland a less than
hospitable host. The 18th century witnessed a steady
migration of the Protestant inhabitants of Ulster, and
by estimation a third of the population crossed the
Atlantic.
Samuel Fielding Glass, born in Banbridge,
County Down, Ireland in 1680, immigrated to the
Colony of Virginia before 1750 with his wife, Mary
Gamble, born in 1685 and two generations of
descendants. His son Joseph and his grandson Hiram
were among the family migrants.
Brewed in Scotland
Bottled in Ulster
Uncorked in the USA