My MAJOR(S) line apparently came from Ireland, probably with the McLEAN and PAISLEY families about 1736-37 and settled northwest of Philadelphia either along or near the Schuykill River area and the area which became Cecil Co. The book "Tennessee Bible Records and Marriage Bonds" notes that Margaret McLean was connected to the William Paisley family, originally from Ulster, Ireland. William came to America about 1736-37, landing at Philadelphia, and his first wife was Eleanor McLean, sister to Margaret McLean. Later, Margaret McLean married Thomas Majors, probably in or near Cecil County, MD, (then Pennsylvania?) and the family moved (I believe with the Nottingham group) to what later became Guilford Co., NC. Thomas Majors is buried in the Alamance Cemetery in Greensboro, NC, and records indicate that he was born 1707 and died 1789. Margaret (McLean) Majors is listed in the same cemetery as born 1715 and died 1779. Margaret (McLean) Majors and Thomas Majors had a daughter, Margaret. She married her cousin, Robert Paisley, son of William Paisley, while the family was still in Pennsylvania/Maryland. A Will for Thomas Major (husband of Margaret McLean) notes that he leaves "to my beloved grandson Thomas Peasley, the sum of ten pounds.....and to my grand daughter Elenor Johnson Peasley, the sum of twenty pounds." It also states "I constitute and appoint my two sons by law (sons in law) Robert Peasley and George Stuart to be Executors....and appoint Col. John Peasley and Marshall McLane (McLean?) to put or cause to be put the above bequeathed money out to aforesaid...before the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety." From this will information, I surmise that Thomas Major(s) and Margaret (McLean) Majors had a daughter Margaret (married to Robert Peasley) and another daughter (married to George Stuart), but his will doesn't mention any sons. Because of other records, I believe my Thomas Majors could also be a son of this Thomas and Margaret (McLean) Majors. My Thomas Majors owned land in Guilford Co., granted to him (perhaps as part of the Nottingham group?), which he later sold after moving to Montgomery and Wythe Co., VA. The land record dated 10 Oct 1787 states "Thomas Majers of Montgomery Co., Virginia, to John Hignut of Guilford Co., North Carolina. Land on South Buffalo, adj Edward Ryan, containing 400 acres, being the tract that Majers obtained from the State of North Carolina. Signed: Thomas Majers, Ann Majers. Wit. Robert Majers, William Sillaven (Sullivan?)." My Thomas Majors married a woman named Anne (maiden name unknown to me), and they had a son Robert (named after Thomas' brother-in-law Robert Paisley?) and a second son named Samuel Majors. Robert married a woman named Milly (maiden name unknown to me), and my Thomas and these two sons appear in tax records starting in 1782 in Captain Love's militia list of residents of Montgomery Co. I'm open to any suggestions to validate this or to any help in finding records in Cecil Co., MD, for marriages, etc. of the MAJOR(S) or PEASLEY (PAISLEY) and McLEAN family members. Kind regards, Mona Sarratt Knight