Don and Mary Saban wrote: > > Thanks for the letter. > > First of all, my MEIKLE line came to the USA around 1875 from Lanarkshire, > Scotland. My grandmother was a MEIKLE, born in Colorado in 1878, daughter > of the people who came around 1875. > > I have spent a lot of years going backwards on this line. My oldest > confirmed MEIKLE in the line is James MEIKLE, born around 1750, married in > 1777. He was from Lesmahagow, Lanark and he married Janet Taylor in 1777 in > Port of Monteith, Perth. They lived in Lesmahagow until the 1790's when > they moved to Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland. > > I know there were a few MEIKLE names in Stonehouse as far back as 1691 as I > am in the process of studying the Stonehouse Old Parish Register. > > Some years ago I received a letter from a lady in Scotland, saying that the > family originated in the Lanark area but around 1300 or so went to the > Aberdeen area and that the name was a sept of Clan Baird. It was in the > 1600's they began to come down into Lanark. Now I do not know if this is > true or not. Cannot prove it, nor can I disprove it. What I do know is > that the name was written in various ways in the Old Parish Registers. > > If I happen to come across an Alexander Meickle, I will let you know. > > Don and Mary in Wyoming > > >Hi Don and Mary: I understand that you are interested in the MEICKLE > family. > >I am also interested in the origin of that family in Scotland. An > Alexander > >Meickle was imported into East New Jersey in 1684 as an indentured servant > of > >John Campbell. They sailed from Montrose in 1684 on the ship THOMAS AND > >BENJAMIN and landed at Sandy Hook NJ. I am trying to find the places these > >passengers of the Thomas and Benjamin originated. There were 130 passengers > >and most of those I have located came from either the Montrose,Angus or > >Aberdeen areas. Do you know where the Meickle family lived? I can't find an > >Alexander Meickle in LDS records. Jessie, Calif. > > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > >Scottish Universities > >Their Libraries & Archives > >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm > > > >============================== > >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > Scottish Universities > Their Libraries & Archives > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm > > ============================== > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi stop sending please