This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dezigner98 Surnames: McEachren/MacEachren/McCachren Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/22328/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on James McCachren & Mary Ralston . 1. James McCachren(AKA McEachren) Birth 1736 in Cantyre,Campbelstown ,Scotland (Campbeltown Kintyre Argyll Scotland) Death 22 Sept. 1822 in Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Ralston Birth in Cantyre,Campbelstown ,Scotland Death in Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA According to the "Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyteries. Ca" . Rev. Robert McCachren. 189 The Rev. Robert McCachren was descended from a Scotch ancestry. His great grandfather emigrated from Cantyre, near Campbelstown, Scotland, about 1725. He came with his wife four sons and one daughter to this country and settled in the Forks of the Brandywine, Chester county. Pa. The McCach- ren's have a historical record among the clans of the highlands of Scotland. In the British Encyclopedia, in the article on Cantyre, it is stated that at the beginning of the sixteenth cen- tury, the former inhabitants of the peninsula, prior to its divi- sion, were the McDonald's, McCachren's, McHays'. McMath's and others. James, the grandfather of Robert, was placed soon after their settlement here, in the family of Rev. Wm. Dean, a New Side Presbyterian minister, at the Forks of the Brandywine to earn a livelihood. In this position, while his fare was scanty and the discipline rigid, the general influence upon his character and future life is believed to have been most salutary. He was subsequently married to Mary Ralston, who came, some years later, from the same place in Scotland. To them were born three sons, James, John and Robert. By reason of their industrious and frugal habits, in 1790. James, the grandfather, was able to purchase from the original proprietors, the Penn's, over two hundred acres of land, on the eastern branch of Brandywine creek, about five miles north of Downingtown, Pa. Here he lived, following the occupation of a farmer and reared his family. At the death of his wife, he divided this land between his two older sons, James and John, and made other provision for his youngest son, Robert, the father making his home with his children until his death, which occurred September 22. 1822, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.