NEED INFO on JOHN MCVOY/JUAN MAKBOY who emigrated to US from IRELAND or SCOTLAND c.mid 700's. It has been written that he came to the CAROLINAS first in some sources and other sources say that he came to SAVANNAH. There was a JOSEPH MCVOY in LEXINGTON DIST in SC in the later 1700's who married a MARRY KILLIAM. JOHN/JUAN's name was MCAVOY, but spelled it MAKBOY,MACABOY, and he had at least 4 children that I know of, perhaps 6. His wife was ISABEL(YSABELLA)MELSA(MELOS)INDESA MAKBOY(MCAVOY/MCVOY/MACABOY) who was either ENGLISH or SPANISH. (Conflicting sources of info.) THEIR CHILDREN are listed as JOAQUIN,ANN,GUILLERMO(WILLIAM,SR.),DIEGO,SR. OTHERS may have been the JOSEPH of SC listed above (or was he JOHN'S brother?) and ALEXANDER,b.1791. The family eventually moved to PENSACOLA/FL and MOBILE/AL areas of what was then known as SPANISH WEST FLORIDA. THEY CHANGED THE SPELLING OF THEIR SURNAME TO MCVOY and apparently YSABELLA MELSA INDESA had "AMERICANIZED" the spelling of her name to 'ELIZABETH MILLER.' I was told by another source that perhaps MELSA was the name of an occupation,such as a MILLER or farmer in CZECH. Perhaps her name change was simply a translation.???? MCVOYS were still in the CAROLINAS in the 1800's and there were records in the 1900s around Gaston Co. DOES anyone recognize this MCVOY surname and have any info on the above family? Thank you. BONNIE MCVOY TREON gatreon@ctc.net