My John McQueen married in Cumberland County, North Carolina, in 1814, to Sarah McMullen, and they had two sons that I know of, named John A. and ANGUS, and one daughter that I know of named Mary. That's not much to go on, Scots named Angus are probably about as common as grits are in Georgia. But, we have one point of commonality there... no, two I guess... a place in common (more or less) and one first name in common. Alexander was a common name in my family but it came down through the Autrys and I don't know if it also coincidentally came down through the McQueens. My 2-great grandmother Mary McQueen married John English Autry. Talk about Johns... John English grew up in a household of at least 3 Johns... his father John Autry and his half brother by his mother Barbara Rebecca McMillan (McMurchey/Murphy the name was changed) Autry, John Murphy. In addition, the tradition is that his father John was the son of John Autry, a Revolutionary War captain in Georgia, and that John, Jr. had another son named John by a previous wife before he married Barbara. A lot of descendants figure that the Autrys were Scottish, but a few favor them having been French at some point or another. All I know is that they sure seemed to marry women of Scottish descent. Richard White Tallahassee, Florida mcwh9945 wrote: >Dawn, >I enjoyed your message. Yes, the naming conventions of Scots does help... >sometime. I have been struggling with my ggfather, Alexander McQueen. >No middle name available nor an initial. To further complicate things, it >seems that >almost every branch on the McQueen tree has an Alexander with no middle >name. >His mother was a Margaret Martin. A widow, she arrived in N. Carolina >around 1802 >with 3 sons, Donald, Alexander, Angus and a daughter, Flora.. >Any suggestions welcome. >Leona >----- Original Message ----- >From: <DAWNMACQUEEN@aol.com> >To: <McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:51 PM >Subject: Re: [McQUEEN] Murdock McQueen and others > > > > >>With regard to Richard's email and the name 'John'. >>Scottish Ancestry is such that the naming protocol of children is >> >> >determined > > >>by their parentage and ancestry and usually follows a very set pattern. >> >> >One > > >>helpful key to sorting out your 'John' would be to look at the middle >> >> >name - > > >>which is frequently the surname of the mother. In my husband's case, he >> >> >is > > >>John Stewart Macqueen - which is his grand father's name and the Stewart >> >> >being > > >>taken from his great grandmother (Elizabeth Stewart). It is the >> >> >simplicity of > > >>the naming conventions which makes Scottish ancestry so easy to do >> >> >(relative > > >>to trying to find english ancestors). >> >>sincerely >> >>Dawn Macqueen, Worcs, England >>Interests: Lowland Scotland - Macqueen, Stewart, Whyte, Hamilton, >> >> >Wallace, > > >>Boyd >> >> >>==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== >>Rootsweb has created a resource page for us, with a number of searches >>and other goodies: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/c/MCQUEEN >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> >> >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >> >> > > > >==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== >List Information: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McQueen-L.htm > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > >