Macdonell Of Keppoch

**BoldHighlander** · 26th February 08, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Streetcar

Boldhighlander -
It appears we are distant cousins after all!

Here's my partial lineage as it was given to me:

John MacRanald, born about 1570 (John's father was born about 1550)

His son, Alexander MacRanald, born about 1600, (who is supposed to have married Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II Bruce. However I've not been able to verify this, as I thought she married the MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles).

His son is "Johne M. McReynolds or Mc Ranald or Mac Rannald", born before 1639 "of Keppech (sic) area, Scotland".

His son is said to be John McReynolds, who was born Aug 1672 in Keppoch (sic), and died 1760, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.
In 1687 he went to Ireland in the British Army. After the Willamette wars he married and remained in Ireland.

His oldest son, Joseph, was born 1720 in Killyman, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland. He married Sarah Dixion while in Ireland. They had nine children, one of whom was Roland.

Roland moved to North Carolina, and there raised his family.

His youngest son, John McReynolds, married and moved his family of seven to Kentucky. They lived there two years and moved to Posey Co., Indiana.

John’s youngest child, Melvina McReynolds, was orphaned at the age of ten. She married John Cavett, who died in 1879.

Here the McReynolds line separates from my tree.

Ha! Small world afterall isn't it? Distant cousins seperated by a couple hours drive on I-5!

Hey thanks for the additional info on our line, all I had was from 1639 onwards

Have you had any contact with a Capt. Lynn R. McR. Hawkins, Ret, FSA Scot out of Bluff City, Tennessee? He's the one that's been researching our family for the past 40 yrs & is writing the book.

**BoldHighlander** · 26th February 08, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Sorry I'm coming late to this thread. I just wanted to comment on the original post regarding the sett size of the tartans. The thing to remember there is that the sett size is going to be largely dependant upon the weavers. Any tartan can be woven on a larger or smaller scale. Often times the heavier weight cloths are woven on a larger scale (because they are primarily going to be used to make kilts) whereas lighter weight cloths are produced on a smaller scale (to be made into ties, scarves, etc.).

So if you want to know the exact sett size, you need to get a swatch from the mill weaving the cloth.

What you have there are computer generated images, which can tell you [I]relative[I]sett size, because these images are generated assuming a 1:1 ratio.

The current accepted clan tartan is No. 511, which has 218 threads to the repeat. No. 1506 has 388 threads by comparison. I think these two are the only ones you will be able to find without having the cloth custom woven. 511, the standard version, is the one woven by most all mills. House of Edgar also produces 1506.

Aye,
Matt

Thanks Matt, that's what I wanted to know.

**BoldHighlander** · 26th February 08, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

The current accepted clan tartan is No. 511, which has 218 threads to the repeat. No. 1506 has 388 threads by comparison. I think these two are the only ones you will be able to find without having the cloth custom woven. 511, the standard version, is the one woven by most all mills. House of Edgar also produces 1506.

Aye,
Matt

Matt,

does House of Edgar also produce 511? I assume Lochcarron does as well?
Thanks again.

Aye,
Terry

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 27th February 08, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Matt,

does House of Edgar also produce 511? I assume Lochcarron does as well?
Thanks again.

Aye,
Terry

Yes, if you go with 511, you have your choice between Edgar and Locharron, and likely other mills, as well.

Lochcarron does it in a heavy weight in modern and ancient colors. Edgar offers is in a medium weight in modern colors. Strathmore offers it in light weight in modern colors.

**BoldHighlander** · 19th October 08, 07:05 PM

Just a brief note:
for those wishing to see photos taken by Jock Scot of the locations mentioned in earlier posts relating to the McDonells of Keppoch, then go to: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...922/index.html

Thanks again Jock!

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 25th October 08, 07:13 AM

Ah yes, not only was it started in 1797 (by the French) it has continued down to the present day as anyone who has sailed from Ireland to England (merely "passin' thru" Wales) can tell you!

Of course it wasn't a "battle" per se, but a German ship sailed down the English channel and shelled Whitby in 1914...

**Bugbear** · 25th October 08, 11:56 AM

A flock of B 17s *from nearby Williams Air Field* just flew over my house, they do that about once a month, and I thought of this thread. I wonder how the air battles of WW II fit into this discussion... Fought above "mainland British soil," perhaps?

* Sorry, that was off topic. *

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 27th October 08, 10:38 AM

I think for something to qualify as a battle, both sides have to "engage in conflict" which is why the sinking of several British warships in a Scottish port by a lone German submarine, running on the surface, in the opening days of WWII isn't considered a battle. The Royal Navy never got a shot off. An embarrassment, yes. A battle? No.