tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39024292444344096832024-03-12T17:23:29.402-07:00The Scots-IrishScots-Irish, Scotch-Irish, Ulster Scots, Redshanks, Anglo-Celts, Scots-Irish genetic genealogyBarry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-34321381076641047282019-03-13T11:11:00.000-07:002019-03-13T11:11:07.388-07:00Scottish Heritage Event, Laurinburg NC, 5 through 7 April<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I will be speaking at the 30th Charles
Bascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Weekend. This symposium runs
from April 5 through April 7. The event takes place in Laurinburg, North
Carolina and is sponsored by St Andrews University. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">An excellent slate of speakers will be there. My talk is on the <i>Redshank Migration from Mid Argyll to East Donegal</i>.
This is the story of the Redshanks, or Highland Gaels, that settled in
Portlough Precinct, in the Lagan District, east Donegal, in the 1500s.
It is a romantic, though tragic tale, of the Scottish princess,
Fionnuala Nic Dhónaill, the daughter of Seamus Mac Dónaill, the
taoiseach, or chief, of Clann Dhónaill and how she became a pivotal
figure in the migration of Highland Gaels into west Ulster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Fionnuala Nic Dhónaill is better known in history as Iníon Dubh (said Nee-an Doo), which means 'black haired daughter.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">If you have an interest in Scottish history and lore, do attend. Going to be an enjoyable and interesting event</span>.<br />
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Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-7094942610262678462018-05-26T11:05:00.001-07:002018-05-26T11:05:08.432-07:00McCain's Corner: The Lone Star Flag, part 1<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-lone-star-flag-part-1.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: The Lone Star Flag, part 1</a>: Republic of West Florida 1810-1811 I have a great interest our heritage and people. This includes many different aspects of ...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-38974447525581991302018-05-26T11:04:00.001-07:002018-05-26T11:04:42.544-07:00McCain's Corner: The Lone Star Flag Part II<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-lone-star-flag-part-ii.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: The Lone Star Flag Part II</a>: Mary Long's Long Star Flag 1819 In The Lone Star Flag Part I, we learned that the Lone Star flag dates back to 1810 and events in...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-4404009914169384982018-01-13T15:44:00.001-08:002018-01-13T15:44:34.605-08:00McCain's Corner: Genetic Genealogy When No Paternal Relative Is Ava...<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2018/01/genetic-genealogy-when-no-paternal.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Genetic Genealogy When No Paternal Relative Is Ava...</a>: Genetic Genealogy When No Paternal Relative Is Available County Meath In genetic genealogy surname studies we use the Y chromosome...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-49878417315973049442018-01-06T19:26:00.001-08:002018-01-06T19:26:28.316-08:00McCain's Corner: Old Christmas January 6 2018<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2018/01/old-christmas-january-6-2018.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Old Christmas January 6 2018</a>: The Old Christmas on January 6 Do you remember the Old Christmas, back when Christmas came on January 6? Old Christmas i...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-14217869728571957822017-05-26T11:43:00.000-07:002017-05-26T11:45:08.677-07:00John Wayne, Scots-Irish Icon<span id="odiogo_span_59"><br />
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one interview in the early 1950's John Wayne described himself as
'just a Scotch-Irish little boy.' John Wayne, or as he was known
before his fame, Marion Morrison, was born in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Winterset</span></span>, Iowa. His family emigrated from County <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Antrim</span></span>, Ireland, in 1799. The Morrison family, like many Scots-Irish families in Counties <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Antrim</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Donegal</span></span>, were of Hebridean origin. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Morrisons</span></span> were Scottish Gaels that came to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Antrim</span></span>
from the outer Hebrides. Scottish Highlanders and Hebrideans were
called Redshanks circa 1520 through the 1600s and many of them migrated
to Ulster in the 1500s and 1600s. They also emigrated to the Colonies
very early and became part of the Scots-Irish society there. </span></div>
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Wayne's immigrant ancestor was Robert Morrison born in 1782, son of
John Morrison. The Morrison family were active in the United Irishmen
movement and their decision to emigrate was brought about by a British
warrant issued for the arrest of Robert Morrison.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robert Morrison and his mother arrived in New York City, in 1799. Like so many Scots-Irish the Morrison family had a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tradition</span> of being strong willed, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">opinionated</span>, and carried a well developed sense of right and wrong. Following the path of other Ulster settlers, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Morrisons</span></span>
pulled up stakes many times and followed the frontier west. The first
wave of Ulster settlers headed west and south and people the Southern
Uplands and the hill country of Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
The Morrison were part of a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">second</span>
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Kentucky, Illinois, and Iowa. They became the Mid West Scots-Irish.</span></div>
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Iowa. He was a complex man, his family very Presbyterian, yet John
Wayne often described himself as a 'cardiac Catholic.' He lived his
life as a Christian with noticeable Presbyterian focus and drive, yet
his wife <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Pilar</span></span>
was Roman Catholic, as were all his children. John Wayne himself
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It is easy to participate in the Scots-Irish DNA project. The project's home is with Family Tree DNA of Houston, Texas. It is a Y chromosome project and the goals are to assist participants with their genealogy, family history, and to locate kinfolk that remained in Ireland and Scotland and to find the geographic point of origin of the family. <br />
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The Scots-Irish DNA project uses the Y chromosome paternal test. The Y chromosome is only carried by men and is handed down from father to son. This makes it a powerful tool for paternal line research. While only men carry the Y chromosome, both men and women participate in the project. <br />
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For a male who is in a direct paternal line of a Scots-Irish ancestor the process is easy; join the project, order the test and await the results. An example: a man named Campbell is a direct paternal descendant from an immigrant from Ireland to the Colonies in 1730. His Y chromosome test will reveal his related Campbell family branches, in Ireland, Scotland, and in the Diaspora. </div>
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For women, and men who are researching a non direct paternal line, it is a little more complex. Both groups need to do an autosomal DNA test to locate a male relation that is in a direct paternal line of the family they wish to research. When one is located, that male can proxy test and provide the Y chromosome needed to research that line. The autosomal test is used to confirm kinship with that paternal line. </div>
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An example: A man wanted to research his father's mother's father's family. While he carries their autosomal DNA, he does not carry their Y chromosome. He did the autosomal DNA test, located a female cousin of that line, he then had her brother do the Y chromosome test and in this manner obtained the needed Y chromosome to research the paternal line of that family.</div>
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To join the Scots-Irish DNA project one goes to the project's page and asked permission to join. The project is limited to true Scots-Irish families so a note stating that the participant is 'Scots-Irish' is required. </div>
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For women and men who are researching non direct paternal lines, they will do the autosomal test first; locate a male of direct paternal descent of the family they are researching, have him do a proxy Y chromosome test, then join the Scots-Irish project using that Y chromosome results. </div>
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There is a stereotype of all Scots-Irish being descendants of Ulster Scots that in turn were descendants of Lowland Scots who settled in Ulster during the Ulster Plantation in the seventeenth century. It is true that many were, it is also true that many families that were Scots-Irish have other origins. As many as 35% of the Scots-Irish are of Highland Scots ancestry, usually from mid and northern Argyll or Lennox. There two areas in the Highlands were influenced by the reformed church movement in Scotland at an early date and also had migration to the north of Ireland beginning in the 1500s and continuing into the 1600s. Two of the most numerous 'Scots-Irish' surnames are Campbell and MacDonald, both of Highland Scots origin. </div>
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Other families also became Scots-Irish. In east Donegal and in the Bann valley area, there was many native Irish families that converted to the reformed church and later the Presbyterian faith, and also were part of the Ulster migration to the New World in the 1700s. </div>
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There were also a number of Welsh and English families that were living in Ireland and participated in the Ulster Migration and that became part of the Scots-Irish society in the Colonies. In the Colonies the process continued, with Platt Deutsch, American Indian, and others, marrying into and became allied to and part of the Scots-Irish community here. </div>
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While most Scots-Irish came from the nine counties that make up the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland, some Scots-Irish came from other parts of Ireland. By the 1700s there were families of Scottish origin living in many parts of Ireland and some Scots-Irish have ancestors that migrated to the Colonies from Mayo, Sligo, Dublin, Cork, etc. </div>
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The criteria we use at the Scots-Irish DNA project is, does your family consider themselves 'Scots-Irish.' One of the goals of the project is to collect data on the origins of the Scots-Irish and to add to the information we already have on them. Most of the families that are participating are 'Ulster Scots' and have ancestors from Ulster that immigrated to the Colonies in the 1700s, but as the project grows we are getting families that originate from other parts of Ireland who are very much Scots-Irish. </div>
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The Scots-Irish DNA project has reached 1,000 participating families. This list below shows families participating in the Scots-Irish DNA project. It is NOT a comprehensive list of all Scots-Irish surnames; it is a list of those Scots-Irish families that are participating to date in the Scots-Irish DNA project.</div>
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The families participating show very typical Scots-Irish surnames. The surnames originate from around Scotland, but the majority of the families are from the western Lowlands and the southwest Highlands. The majority of the haplogroups (circa 86%) show most Scots-Irish are the descendants of the Cumbric and Gaelic Celtic people of southern and western Scotland, with about 10% being of Norse or Norman ancestry. </div>
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The majority of the Lowland surnames continue to be from Ayrshire, Wigtown, Kirkcubright, Dumfries, Lanark, and Renfrew (using pre 1975 nomenclature). Many of the families participating in the project are descendants of the first wave of Scottish settlers in Ireland and the surnames of Cunningham, Hamilton, Stewart, Montgomery, Graham, etc., are well represented. </div>
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The Highland families are from the southern Hebrides, Argyll, Lennox, and Dumbartonshire. Two Highland clans that sent many families to Ireland in the mid to late 1500s are Clann Dhónaill and Clann Chaimbeul and both are well represented in the Scots-Irish DNA project participants. Those surnames associated with Clann Dhónaill tend to be from County Antrim and northeast Ulster in general and those associated with Clann Chaimbeul are usually from west Ulster, from Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry. </div>
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While most Scots-Irish families are of 'Ulster Scots' ancestry and are from one of the nine counties of Ulster; Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, in Northern Ireland and Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland. However, there are a number of Scots-Irish families from other parts of Ireland such as County Mayo, Sligo, from urban areas such as Cork, Galway, and Dublin. Most of these families migrated to the New World in the 1700s and became what we now call the Scots-Irish and self identify themselves as being Scots-Irish. </div>
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The Scots-Irish DNA project is run through Family Tree DNA. The goals are to help Scots-Irish families in the Diaspora re-establish contact with their kinspeople in Ireland and Scotland, and to confirm genealogies and recover lost family history using DNA testing. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A wonderful read that covers 40 years of travel in Ireland; it includes stories and insights into the relationship between Diaspora and Homeland and reconnecting with one’s cultural roots; it tells the history of Highland Gaels and their migration to Ireland in the 1500s; it is mystery story solved using Y chromosome DNA testing and an excellent guide for families on how DNA testing to locate their family in Ireland and Scotland and uncover their real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Available on Amazon in time for Christmas: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Finding-McCains-Scots-Irish-Odyssey/dp/0985587644"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Finding the McCains, a Scots Irish Odyssey</span></a></span></div>
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Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-4357113578820139292015-12-10T12:02:00.000-08:002015-12-10T12:02:07.191-08:00Cornbread, a Scotch Irish Icon <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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the 18th Century when many thousands of Ulster's sons and daughters
came to New World to settle on the frontier, they brought with them
their folkways, music, etc., and also their foods and methods of food
preparation. Many of the cooking styles and foods became in time
quintessentially 'American.' Foremost among these would be the humble
and incredibly delicious cornbread. <br /><br />The Ulster settlers brought
with them a tradition of cooking flat oat breads on a griddle,
something that had been done for several thousands years in Ulster.
Now, in the New World these Ulster settlers quickly adapted to the new
foods available to them. In the Ulster settlements oats and wheat
quickly gave way to corn and the traditional griddle cooked oatcake
gave way to one made of corn. This trait of adaptation and borrowing
from other cultures they were exposed to was one of the reasons for
success the Ulstermen had on the frontier.<br /><br />Griddle cooked
cornbread quickly became the bread of the Scotch-Irish communities and
the bread followed them west as they conquered the nation. This
wonderfully simple food is still commonly found in those areas where the
Scotch-Irish settled and it is to this day a staple on the supper table
of the descendants of these Ulster folk, especially in the American
South.<br /><br />The bread is simplicity itself, a little cornmeal, an egg,
some leavening, a pinch of salt, and enough buttermilk to make a
batter. This is poured onto a cast iron hot skillet with bacon grease
or oil in it. In the past the bread was cooked in a skillet next to
the fireplace or anyplace where coals were available. When Dutch ovens
came into use, the cooking of cornbread was often done in them. Later
still, when ovens became a common kitchen appliance, the cornbread
recipes were adapted for the modern oven, where it came into its present
day form. <br /><br />The cooking of cornbread in the South is an art as
well as a science. Many families have special cast iron skillets, often
that have been in the family for generations, in which the cornbread,
also called a corn pone, is cooked. Many women have wooden bowls and
spoons handed down in from past generations, in which the batter is
made. It is served with butter with a meal and can also be served after
a meal with honey or sorghum syrup, as sweet. <br /><br />Cornbread is a wonderful food, simple, tasty, and also part of a many thousand year cultural continuum, from Ulster.</div>
Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-7337774957789887232015-11-29T13:22:00.001-08:002015-11-29T13:22:10.724-08:00McCain's Corner: Irish & Scots Female Ancestor Names in Primary Sou...<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2015/11/irish-scots-female-ancestor-names-in.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Irish & Scots Female Ancestor Names in Primary Sou...</a>: As you progress with your genetic genealogy research you will eventually reach a point where records were not written in modern English. ...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-47997997290008023952015-11-17T12:53:00.000-08:002015-11-17T12:53:03.977-08:00Three Centuries of Life in a Tyrone Parish, A history of Donagheady from 1600 to 1900<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Many of the Scots-Irish that migrated to the Colonies in the 1700s came from the Tyrone parish of Donagheady. This book by Dr. William Rouston is a well done and recommended history of Donagheady. </em></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This book tells the story of the parish of Donagheady and its families over three centuries. Donagheady occupies the most northerly portion of County Tyrone. It is a large parish, stretching from the River Foyle to the Sperrins. In the period covered by this study Donagheady experienced massive changes with the result that the parish in 1900 was a very different place from the one it had been in 1600. Through the Plantation and subsequent waves of migration in the seventeenth century, especially from Scotland, the character of much of the parish was transformed.<br /><br /> The creation and disintegration of the estate system in Donagheady is also charted in this volume and the fate and fortunes of the landowning families and their tenants is explored. The histories of the main religious denominations are covered, as well as the nature of rural society itself. Other chapters in this book examine the impact of the Great Famine on the parish, the development of the village of Dunnamanagh, attempts to improve educational provision, the rise and decline of rural industries, and the relationship between Donagheady and the wider world.<br /><br /> Dr. William Roulston is from the townland of Gortavea in the parish of Donagheady, and was raised on a farm that has been in his family’s possession since 1830. He is the Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation. His other books include <em>The parishes of Leckpatrick and Dunnalong: their place in history (2000), Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors (2005), and Restoration Strabane, 1660-1714 (2007).</em></span></span></div>
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<span></span><span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This e-book is every-word-searchable and includes Griffiths Valuation for the Parish. 390 pages. Price for Ebook download is US 12.95</span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Link: <a href="http://www.ulsterheritage.com/store/index.php?maincat_id=3">Three centuries of life in a Tyrone parish, a history of Donagheady from 1600 to 1900.</a> </span></span>Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-80185623928483153532015-11-17T08:53:00.001-08:002015-11-17T08:53:01.026-08:00McCain's Corner: Y-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available ...<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2015/07/y-dna-test-when-no-paternal-relative-is.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Y-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available ...</a>: This post will again address genetic genealogy for Irish, Scots, and Scots-Irish, when no male relative is available to DNA test. Why is a...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-62749124550335189752015-11-12T12:21:00.002-08:002015-11-12T12:39:52.841-08:00Scots Irish Surnames<div style="text-align: justify;">
Below is a list of families participating in the Scots-Irish DNA Project as of November 2015. There are now over 900 participating families. </div>
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The surnames are very typically 'Scots-Irish.' The Lowland Scottish names draw very heavily from the western seaboard counties of the Lowlands, with many families from Ayrshire, Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, and Renfrew (using the older county names). Most of the Lowland Scottish families migrated to Ireland post 1609. </div>
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Many of the surnames, about 35% are of Highland Scots ancestry. The majority of these are from mid Argyll, Lennox, and the southern Hebrides. Many of the Highland families migrated to Ireland in the mid to late 1500s. Mid Argyll and Lennox were areas influenced by the Reformed faith and this fact influenced their relationship with the Lowland Scots migrating to Ireland in the 1600s. </div>
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The deep ancestry of these Scots-Irish families reveal that a large majority of them descend from the indigenous Celtic tribes of Scotland, over 84%, while the Norse and Norman origins coming in at about 10%. </div>
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The Scots-Irish DNA Project is open to families of Scots-Irish ancestry. The project has several goals, including reconnecting Scots-Irish in the Diaspora with their families that remained behind in Ireland. Another goal is to locate a family's point of origin in Scotland and recover lost or forgotten family history. </div>
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Multiple listings of a surname indicate the number of families with that surname participating. You will see a lot of Highlanders with Campbell and MacDonald the two most numerous. Several of the participating families are descended from famous Scots-Irish men, such as David Crockett (who turned about to be from Ayrshire ancestry, not Huguenot as often report in older history books). </div>
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Families interested in participating can do so by contacting the <strong><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/project-join-request.aspx?group=Scots-Irish">Scots-Irish DNA Project</a></strong>. <br />
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Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-41866258360826163432015-10-26T09:54:00.003-07:002015-10-26T09:54:33.740-07:00William McIntosh Jr 1778-1825<strong>McIntosh and Menawa</strong><br />
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<em>Real history is always more complex and multilayered than the history told by the modern media and even in most basic academic history books. The relationship between the Scots-Irish and certain Indian tribes was complex. The often were are war with one another, yet they also intermarried, made alliances, and lived together and shared the same values; Clan, tradition, blood, a warrior culture, honour, were of paramount importance to both peoples. </em><br />
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William McIntosh Jr.
1778-1825, also known as Tustunnuggee Hutkee (White Warrior), was born
around 1778 in the Lower Creek town of Coweta to Captain William
McIntosh, a Scotsman of Savannah, and Senoya, a Creek woman of the Wind
Clan. He was raised among the Creeks, but he spent enough time in
Savannah to become fluent in English and to move comfortably within both
Indian and white societies.<br />
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He was a leader of the Lower Towns,
the Creek who were adapting European-American ways and tools to
incorporate into their culture. He became a planter who owned slaves and
also had a ferry business. McIntosh was among those who supported the
plans of U.S. Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins to "civilize" the Creeks.
While McIntosh's support of white civilization efforts earned him the
respect of U.S. officials, more traditional Creeks regarded him with
distrust and contempt.<br />
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He was instrumental in the United States
victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. In the wake of that war, the
Creeks suffered famine and deprivation for many years. In 1825
cousins William McIntosh, a Creek leader, and George Troup, the governor
of Georgia, signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which authorized the
sale of Creek lands in the state to the federal government. McIntosh
allied himself with Indian agent David B. Mitchell, Hawkins's successor,
to coordinate the distribution of food and supplies from the U.S.
government to the Creeks. This alliance assured McIntosh's control over
resources and he became a very wealthy man.<br />
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In 1821 the new
Indian agent severed McIntosh's access to resources, weakening
McIntosh's influence among the Creeks, who were then compelled to sell
some of their land to pay debts and acquire food and supplies. However,
for his role in the Treaty of Indian Springs, McIntosh received 1,000
acres of land at Indian Springs and another 640 acres on the Ocmulgee
River. He himself owned two plantations with slaves, Lockchau Talofau
(Acorn Bluff) in present-day Carroll County, and Indian Springs, in
present-day Butts County.<br />
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McIntosh's participation in the 1825
Treaty of Indian Springs cost him his life. According to a Creek law
that McIntosh himself had supported, a sentence of execution awaited any
Creek leader who ceded land to the United States without the full
assent of the entire Creek Nation. Just before dawn on April 30, 1825,
Upper Creek Chief Menawa, accompanied by a large force over 100 Creek
“Law Menders” (warriors), attacked McIntosh at Lockchau Talofau
(McIntosh’s home and plantation overlooking the Chattahoochee River near
Whitesburg, worked by 72 slaves and also served as a tavern and inn,
owing to its location on the Federal Road and a strategic crossing of
the river) to carry out the sentence.<br />
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They set fire to an
outbuilding in order to light up the yard so as to prevent anyone from
escaping. They called to the white guests and women to come out, saying
they would come to no harm. McIntosh's son Chilly and another
mixed-blood escaped from an outbuilding they were sleeping in because
there wasn't room for everybody in the main house.<br />
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Shot in the
front doorway of his home, McIntosh managed to climb the stairs to the
second floor, from which he began shooting at his assailants. Forced to
leave when they set fire to the house, he was shot and dragged some
distance from the house. Raising himself on an elbow, he gave them a
defiant look as he was stabbed in the heart. An eyewitness estimated
that his corpse was shot about 50 times. After destroying what they
could not carry away; slaves, horses, and cattle, produce, the assassins
left.<br />
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Later that day they caught Samuel and Benjamin Hawkins,
his sons-in-law and also signatories to the treaty. They hanged Samuel
and shot Benjamin, but he escaped.<br />
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<strong>Menawa</strong><br /> <br />
Menawa (1765-1836),
was second in command of the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
in 1814, when they were defeated by General Andrew Jackson commanding
militias of Tennessee, Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, as well as
allied Cherokee. More than 800 Red Stick warriors died. Menawa was
wounded seven times during the battle, but he escaped and survived his
wounds. By his own account he lay among the dead until nightfall and
then crawled to the river, climbed into a canoe, and disappeared into
the darkness.<br />
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Some major Creek chiefs passed a resolution to
kill McIntosh, and Menawa headed the assassination party. McIntosh was
surrounded at his tavern on the old Federal Road in Georgia and shot to
death.<br />
By 1836 the Creek Indians had been repressed and were
defeated a second time trying to save their ancestral lands. The U.S.
was planning a general removal of the Nation. Menawa proposed that the
Creek Nation give up their collective rights, though each individual who
wanted to remain be given a plot of land. This proposal was defeated
and the removal was commanded. Menawa had been given an exclusion from
relocating by the U.S. but a local judge ordered him to join the exiles
to the west.<br />
Menawa reportedly stayed up all the night watching
sunset and sunrise over his home Oakfuskee (located on the Tallapoosa
River in present-day Alabama). As he joined his people traveling to an
unknown place he said, "Last evening I saw the sun set for the last time
and its light shine on the treetops and the land and the water, that I
am never to look upon again."<br />
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Heartbroken, Menawa died on his way to the new Creek territory in the west. His burial place is now unknown. Menawa was not only brave and skillful, but was a gentleman in
appearance and manners. Although he was a savage in the field, or in the
revel, he could at any moment assume the dignity and courtesy proper to
his high station. In after years, he regretted his role with the Creek
Law Menders in 1825, saying that he would freely lay down his life, if
by; so doing, he could bring back to life Billy McIntosh.<br />
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(credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.johnstewart1744?fref=photo">John Stewart Longhunter Facebook page</a>) <br />
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Henry McWhorter 1760-1848 was born in New Jersey son of Gilbert McWhorter
(1742 -1767) who was a linen-weaver by trade, hailed from Northern Ireland and
settled in New York. His father died leaving his mother in extreme poverty with
six small sons; James, Henry, John, Thomas, Robert and Gilbert, all born between
1760-1765 and later known as the “The Orange County McWhorter Boys.” Since
times were hard, the children were bound out. Henry was apprenticed to a
millwright. He enlisted as a Minuteman at age 15 to fight in the Revolutionary
War. After his term of service expired, he volunteered six more times in a 22
month time span. His brothers Thomas and James served in the same regiment with
him under Sergeant Hugh McWhorter (1735-1812), their uncle and brother of their
father.<br />
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Afterwards, he lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he married Mary
Fields in 1783. In 1786, the couple moved to Hampshire County, (West) Virginia.
Three years later, Henry sought a home in the wilds of McKinneys Run a branch
of Hackers Creek in Harrison County, (West) Virginia.<br />
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In 1793, the McWhorters moved again, this time building a log house near
West’s Fort on the south bank of the murky Hackers Creek, where they reared
three sons. A mill was erected on the creek near his cabin home, and the place
became known as McWhorter's mill, which is now known as Jane Lew, West
Virginia. To this mill came the settlers from a radius of many miles to get
their corn ground. And it is a traditional fact that at one time the
settlements were suffering from a scarcity of breadstuff, and parties came from
distant settlements and offered him over $1.00 per bushel for all the corn
stored in his mill, which offer he refused, giving as his reason that if he did
so his neighbors and friends would suffer.<br />
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Henry's brother, John, died in 1797 at the age of 35, one month before his
daughter Hannah was born. His widow was left with seven young children. Henry
went by horseback to New Jersey to visit his people and having no daughter of
his own, offered to take Hannah, the little daughter of his dead brother home
with him. He did and raised her as his own.<br />
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Eventually, a saw mill was added on the property as the population in the
West’s Fort area grew. Henry was a Methodist and was a class leader for 50 yrs.
Very often the services were held in his home, as there was no church there at
the time.<br />
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Henry made frequent trips to Fort Pitt in flat boats, via the West Fork and
Monongahela Rivers, exchanging furs, jerked venison, etc., for ammunition and
other home necessities. On one of these trips he was accompanied by Jesse
Hughes, the most noted Indian scout and fighter in Western Virginia.<br />
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Three generations of the McWhorter family were born in their cabin during
the forty years they lived on Hacker’s Creek. The family was forced to leave
the homestead in 1827 and return to McKinney’s Run after a series of security
debts put the family in a bad financial situation. It was there that Henry died
in 1848. Henry was buried on his farm beside his wife, in the quiet country
cemetery where sleep six McWhorter generations.<br />
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His eldest son, John (1784-1880), became a barrister and never married. The
second son Thomas (1785-1815), inherited part of the home farm on McKinney's
Run and was a prosperous farmer, and the third and youngest son, Walter
(1787-1860), inherited with his brother Thomas, the homestead on McKinney's Run
in Harrison County. He was a Major in the militia, a noted athlete and never
met his equal in wrestling, jumping or foot racing. He fathered 17 children.<br />
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The McWhorter log homestead and the mill were sold to Edward Jackson, a
cousin of Stonewall Jackson. The cabin remained in the Jackson family for many
years. In time it became the property a Jackson descendent who decided to turn
the cabin back into the hands of the descendants of the original owner and
builder of the condition that the cabin be removed and preserved. With
leadership provided by Minnie McWhorter, a great-great-granddaughter of the
pioneers, the cabin was moved to Jackson’s Mill and dedicated there on August
14, 1927. The cabin was rededicated by the McWhorter Family Association to the
state of West Virginia on July 24, 1993.<br />
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<em>Source; </em><span class="fwn fcg"><span class="fwb fcg" data-ft="{"tn":"k"}"><a aria-describedby="js_1a" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_19" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=105028869703141&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/www.johnstewart1744?fref=nf" id="js_1b">John Stewart, Longhunter 1744-1770</a></span></span></div>
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Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-89595623160796900352015-10-18T20:27:00.001-07:002015-10-18T20:27:47.580-07:00McCain's Corner: Iníon Dubh<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2015/10/inion-dubh.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Iníon Dubh</a>: Iníon Dubh (said, Nee-an doo) is one of the most remembered and beloved heroines in Irish history. Iníon Dubh was her pet name which means ...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-75514329607081051982015-09-27T10:21:00.001-07:002015-09-27T11:19:18.641-07:00BBC Radio Ulster, Kist o Wurds program<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<strong>(Update.... a Rugby match on BBC is running long, our program rescheduled for </strong><span class="null"> <strong>Wednesday 30th at 19.30 hour UK time and that is 1:30 PM CDT. The show can is archived for a couple of weeks so can be streamed during that time also. But on a brighter note, at least Ireland is winning the rugby match)</strong></span><br />
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My BBC interview will be on today, evening in the UK, at 1:30 PM (13:30) on BBC Ulster Radio. The program is the <em>Kist o Wurds</em> program and I was interviewed by Alister McReynolds, well known writer and personality in Northern Ireland. (and a friend of mine)</div>
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This link should go to the program page from which you can click on a link to live stream the show. <br />
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The Kist o Wurds program focuses on Ulster Scots history, culture, and language. It is a very good program, and a great way to discover an interesting aspect of Irish life and society. This is my second time on the program. I was also interviewed by them when I started my <em>Finding the McCains</em> book project. This interview was done as the book is finished now and out at bookshops and on Amazon. It is always enjoyable to talk with the lads and lassies back in Ireland and Northern Ireland. </div>
Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-51260185683270002112015-09-27T09:56:00.001-07:002015-09-27T09:56:13.485-07:00McCain's Corner: BBC Ulster, the Kist o' Wurds program<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2015/09/bbc-ulster-kist-o-wurds-program.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: BBC Ulster, the Kist o' Wurds program</a>: Barry R McCain on the Thacker Mt Trail My BBC interview will be on today, evening in the UK, at 1:30 PM (13:30) on BBC Ulster Radio. Th...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902429244434409683.post-9006517774211645612015-09-09T10:27:00.001-07:002015-09-09T10:27:43.529-07:00McCain's Corner: Celtic Life Internation Magazine<a href="http://barryrmccain.blogspot.com/2015/09/celtic-life-internation-magazine.html?spref=bl">McCain's Corner: Celtic Life Internation Magazine</a>: A note to one and all; there is a review of my new book Finding the McCains in the October 2015 edition of Celtic Life magazine. Th...Barry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.com0