Linda: I have quite a few early 1700s settlers in what is now Lincoln Co., Maine. Most have Scot surnames and they most probably are Scotch-Irish. I have Cargill, Nickles, Holmes and McKown in that area. Today I did a "google" search for Scotch-Irish settlements in New England and there is a mention of a McCoun that fits my time frame and location. McCoun is phonetically McKown which appears on a family grave marker. Our family also has a McGown marriage in the mid 1700s. The McGowns were from Dresden, Maine. Back to McKown--my ancestor was Capt. Robert McKown, master mariner and son-in-law of Alexander Nickles, the last commander at Fort Frederick, Maine. I inserted Nickles here because there is an old article in a New Brunswick newspaper that relates to them. They were both early fishermen in the Passamaquoddy area of Maine and the story goes on that the Mckown family was at Sheepscot and McKowns father was killed and robert was taken prisoner to Canada. He may have been in Canada for quite awhile. I think that McKowns may have been in Temple's group. Alexander Nickles was also my ancestor. I can put McKown in Maine ca 1720 and I feel they may have entered the country with Temple . thanks, Charles P.S. I also have a Hugh Holmes I haven't had any luck with. Maybe Hugh was descended from Thomas or John Homes from Coleraine, NI. Thomas and John are mentioned in Bolton's book. Linda Merle <merle@fea.net> wrote: Hi Charles, Don't know where you 'are' with this: starting out or ready to write the definitive work on it. Most of us here are waiting for the person who had done all the work to join the list and to post their life work free to us.