RGun123 The Convenanter . What I know is not much but here goes.They swung Scotland from Roman Catholic to the reformed faith, and from an alliance with French to one with England. It has to do with the persecutions of the Protestants, they were made martyrs around 1661-1688. I may be wrong but I believe many fled to Ireland at that time. The old stories say once a year they snuck home in Scotland to see kin and many evidentually came to the new world. I have no idea how much later. The battle of CULLODEN happened in 1746 and it was fought near Nairn, Scotland It was the last battle of the Pretender to get the British Throne. Well the Scots lost, the Pretender got lost in France and many men of many clans were sent to GA. and other parts of Canada and the states. So the story goes. We go the the Battle of Culloden, in Culloden GA. every spring. And thats the story the Scots tell. Jean