Hi Dawn, I have just caught up with your message dated 2 November. You are correct about some McQueens being transported to the American Colonies (as they were then), mainly to North and South Carolina and Georgia and a few were also transported to the West Indies but this was after the 1715 uprising. A detachment of McQueens under their leader James McQueen of Corryborough mustered at Leuchars Castle (in Fife) about September 1715 to join Macintosh of Borlum's Regiment which was attached to Earl Mar's army. They were mainly deployed to collect Taxes in Fife, Perth and Kinross. There is a record of Lord Mar on the 13 October 1715 writing to the Parish of Crail (in Fife) saying "..if payment of the money is refused or delayed after three days a party of Highlanders are to be employed to effect payment and what loss will occasion to your Parish you may easily conceive..". Payment must have been refused as on the 13 November 1715 it was reported "..no sermon was preached as the town id being bombarded..". Some of the Highland Army remained there until at least January 1716 trying to enforce Lord Mar's edict. This may have included some of the McQueens who settled in Fife after the rebellion whilst at least nine others were captured at the Battle of Preston, imprisoned in the Preston Parish church and cruelly treated before being 'tried' and sentenced to be deported in mid 1716. There was less support by the McQueens for the cause during the 1745 rebellion and from "The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army" at Culloden I can only find five of them:- Donald McQueen with Pitsligo's Light Horse, Alexander McQueen with the Athol Brigade, John McQueen with the Gordons, William McQueen (from Corryborough!) with the Macintosh's and Alexander McQueen with the McPherson's. All were listed as "taken" with Alexander from the Gordons "taken and died". William McQueen of Corryborough "surrendered". What happened to them is unknown. Your history is not quite accurate about Bonnie Prince Charles (the Young Pretender) loosing the throne at the time of Elizabeth I. It was in fact his grandfather father, James II who lost the throne after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 by Prince William of Orange, who then became William III. James was exiled to France. Supported by a small body of French Troops he attempted an uprising in 1690 in Ireland resulting in his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne. James II's son, James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) started the 1715 Rebellion and his son, Bonnie Prince Charles was responsible for the 1745 Rebellion culminating in the defeat at Culloden and the subsequent slaughter of hundreds of wounded Scots and also the slaying of many innocent civilians (some of whom had only turned up just to watch the battle) by 'Butcher' Cumberland on his rampage through Culloden village and then on to Inverness. These were not wars as such but Rebellions against the Crown and on both occasions many Scots fought for the Crown against the two Pretenders in both 1715 and 1745. Kind regards, Keith in South Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <dawnmacqueen@aol.com> To: <McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:22 AM Subject: [McQUEEN] Re: Was the surname McDUGAL changed to McQUEEN on arrival to US? The Macqueens were followers of the MacDonalds and accompanied an irish chieftain's daughter to Skye when she was to marry the Laird of the Isles. They have strong hebridean background and in general supported Bonnie Prince Charlie in his quest to regain the throne - which had been lost at the time of Queen Elizabeth 1. > The war between Scotland and England