Thank you, Toni, How much poorer this list would be without your regular contributions! There was indeed a family/clan gathering on Islay that was deliberately timed to follow immediately after "The Return of the Children" in 2004 in the hope that some of those attending might stay on and attend "The Return of the McKerrells to Islay" (deliberate plagiarism!) I was one of the organisers of the latter event which John Hutton attended, as did Charles McKerrell of Hillhouse, Chieftain of the McKerrells. I have not read John's article and so I am unsure on what evidence he bases his view about the first migration to Ayrshire. I am aware of the Carlestoun theory but I do not know whether this has been determined to be conclusive. There is a school of thought that the first migrants may well have travelled directly across the North Channel to Islay, since it is nearer than Ayrshire, and Kintyre is even nearer still. All the bestJim > From: sct-islay-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 11, Issue 7 > To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 01:00:44 -0600 > > > > > If replying with quote to a digest message, quote =ONLY= the relevant portion of the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. ALSO: change the subject of your reply to match the message subject to which you are replying. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in your reply being rejected. > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. McKerrell (Toni) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 13:44:52 +0000 > From: Toni <ToniSinclair@hotmail.com> > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McKerrell > To: Islay <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <BLUPR16MB0514A6EA27364666BC30D8DBD2600@BLUPR16MB0514.namprd16.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi folks, > > The North Carolina Scottish Heritage Society publish their journal (Argyll Colony Plus) three times a year, and a feature article in their Fall/Winter issue (Vol. 29, No. 3) is regarding the McKerrells of Islay, Kintyre, Alabama and Illinois, by John Hutton. It's a well researched and documented with pictures, photos, graphs and especially family charts. He claims the McKerrels first settled in Scotland on the Ayrshire coast to a town called "Carlestoun" (the town of the Cairels), later disbursing north through Kintyre and to Islay where many lost their lives to the epidemic of typhus (Lurabus). Emigration to North America followed - some of the family immigrated to Canada before 1840 (Hugh and Margaret Reid), but most of the article covers those who were found in the States, and their participation in the Civil War in great detail. > > The McKerrells apparently held a reunion on Islay in 2004 (wasn't that when many of us were there for "The Return of the Children"? We might have crossed paths!) > > > I think it's possible to order a copy of the journal, even if you are not a member (although I personally think it's worth it!). You can check with the editor, Anne Landin to see if you can purchase a copy of this issue through their website "The Argyll Colony Plus". It's a great read! > > > Cheers, > > Toni > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-ISLAY list administrator, send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-ISLAY mailing list, send an email to SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 11, Issue 7 > ****************************************