I left off with...
Thomas II McClellan, Crusader (1520–1597) Born in Kenmore, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland...
Died 13 JUL 1597 in Trabzon, Trabzon, Turkey. Apparently he didn't return from the Crusades.
But since he is listed on my family tree as father of Margaret McClelland MacDougall, I looked closely at her mother. Margaret could not have been her daughter, because she was dead by Margaret's birthday of 1603, both of these supposed parents dying in 1597 according to the records.
So it is likely that Margaret MacDougall may have been a McClelland, but she would not have been Thomas the Crusader or his wife's daughter. Oh well. Now I have to figure out what to do with that fabricated relationship on my tree. For now I think I'll leave it, There are many people listed as their children, including 3 named John. Ah, fortunately someone did write a more accurate history, at least of the royal families, as to who was given which rank and when.
In case you're interested, here is a description of how the MacLellans were actually Irish who settled in Galloway in the beginning of the thirteenth century.
OK, there were important people who were written about. And there were my ancestors also at least some of whom died fighting for what they believed in.
Now to the Battle of Killekrankie Pass
in 1689, a repost.
The
history of the McCord family goes back to Scotland where a Clan
Chieftan, James MacKorda died in the famous Battle of Killekrankie Pass
in 1689, and his son John Duncan MacKorda/McCord (1660-?) who had
married Mary McDougal. Their sons William, Robert, David and John came
to America around 1720-38. Some of them went to Lancaster county PA,
while other McCords also immigrated to New York, South Carolina and
Virginia. (From: http://thewommacks.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/James_MacKorda_Descendants.156162820.pdf
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From: Family Tree - this resource has many generations of James and John McCorda given, but I can't locate mine (yet)
And this document relies upon a source which is considered secondary. A primary source is a birth or death certificate, a will, a marriage record, a journal, letters, a document of property sale, or other legal documents.
So there was a famous battle in Scotland, which I'd never heard about, so I go to trusty internet to search for information about it. Wikipedia says this:
And I don't know much more about the battle than I did before, actually. I'd have to learn a lot more about Scottish/English history before these politics and military forces were understandable for me. I have enough trouble with our American Revolution!
Origin of Name: from the Scottish "MacKorda"
From: Family Tree - this resource has many generations of James and John McCorda given, but I can't locate mine (yet)
And this document relies upon a source which is considered secondary. A primary source is a birth or death certificate, a will, a marriage record, a journal, letters, a document of property sale, or other legal documents.
So there was a famous battle in Scotland, which I'd never heard about, so I go to trusty internet to search for information about it. Wikipedia says this:
The Battle of Killiecrankie (Gaelic: Blàr Choille Chnagaidh) was fought between Highland Scottish clans supporting King James II and VII and troops supporting King William of Orange on 27 July 1689, during the first Jacobite uprising. Although it was a stunning victory for the Jacobites, it had little overall effect on the outcome of the war and left their leader dead. Their forces were scattered at the Battle of Dunkeld the next month.For more details here's the link.
And I don't know much more about the battle than I did before, actually. I'd have to learn a lot more about Scottish/English history before these politics and military forces were understandable for me. I have enough trouble with our American Revolution!
Pass at Killkiecranky |
Clan Name: McCord
Tartan: McCord
Origin of Name: from the Scottish "MacKorda"
McCord, originally spelled MacKorda, was a Highland clan originating on the Isle of Skye on the west coast of Scotland.
Although
John is the first recorded MacKorda, his son James Duncan MacKorda was
the first Clan Chief of the MacKorda Clan. James was born 1620 in
Scotland, and died July 27, 1689 in Killiekrankie Pass, Perhshire,
Scotland, during the last great charge by the Highlanders.
Around
1670 the spelling of the family name was changed to MacCorde. The clan
then emigrated from Scotland in the late 1600's to County Tyrone,
Northern Ireland (Ulster)where, in 1715, the spelling was finally
changed to McCord.
The
McCord's are among the people referred to as Scotch-Irish. The term
Scotch-Irish denotes only that they were in Northern Ireland for a time.
Very little intermarriage occurred between these Scotch and the native
Irish of Ireland. The Scotch and Scotch-Irish peoples, heritage, and
culture were then, and are, entirely separate and distinct from that of
the Irish of Ireland. During the late 1700's and early 1800's many of
the McCords went on to settle in America and Canada. Source: "This was taken from "angelfire.com"
Not exactly a primary source, but information that is interesting!
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Today's Quote:
The
brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated (this
land), far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little
note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced. Abraham Lincoln
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