(Research):SOURCES: "Our McGehees, A History of One Branch of the McGehee Family from 1659 to the Present," Elizabeth McGehee Johnson, 1993. English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, Patents, pages 60, 62, 113
From "McGehee Descendants," E. C. W. Grider: "First, let's consider the ancestry of Marian MacDonald whose husband was Patrick MacGregor. According to Sir Gregor MacGregor there were two Patricks and the one who married Lady Marian MacDonald of Slate is NOT our Patrick. Our Patrick married Marian MacDonald of Auchatrichatan, who was possibly a cousin of the MacDonalds of Slate."
From a letter by Sir Gregor MacGregor, 2 February 1970: "There were, in fact, two Patricks living at this time who were distant cousins. The first was Patrick MacGregor of that Ilk, 13th Chief of Clan Gregor, led his Clan under Montrose in 1644 and fought at the battles of Inverlochy and Kilsyth in 1645. . . . The other Patrick MacGregor of Ardchoille (called Aberach after his father), Chieftain of the Children of the Mist and is also said to have fought under Montrose at Kilsyth in 1645. He would, of course have been subordiante to the other patrick who was his Chief. He married Marion MacDonald of Auchatrichatan in Glencoe member of the family of the MacDonalds of Glencoe and, perhaps, a distant relative of the MacDonalds of Sleat. By her, with other children, he had two sons---- Iain, his heir, and James who settled in Virginia and was your ancestor. I am directly descended from his elder brother, Iain, as a matter of interest. In the latter half of the 16th century, this branch of the Clan led such wild and hunted lives in the misty mountains that they became know as MacEagh or "Sons of the Mist." It may be that it is from this Gaelic patronym that James MacGregor took the name MacGehee." William Mackgahye was in Virginia by 1653.
In the latter half of the 16th century, this branch of the Clan led such wild and hunted lives in the misty mountains that they became known as MacEagh or "Sons of the Mist." It may be that it is from this Gaelic patronym that James MacGregor took the name MacGehee.
A William MACKGAHAYE, was transported to Yorke County, Virginia by Mr. William Hoccaday. Mr. Hoccaday received a land patent in 1653 for transporting immigrants. Mr. William Hoccaday, 1000 acres Yorke Co, 14 Apr 1653, page 89. Near the head of Ware Creek, NW by N upon a former devdt. and NW by N towards Waraney Cr. Transporting of 20 persons: Alexander Watson, Wm MACKGAHAYE, Andrew Sharpe, Jane Johnson, Randall ______, Isabell Grace, Mary Reeise, Tomasin Madero (or Maders), mary Graham, James _____, Edward Hodge, Richard Gillman, Willm. Moline, Fra. Peppett, Richard Jones, Michaell Barrow, Richard Moore, Joane Rivers, Ja. Nicholson, Wm. Gowin. Renewed 20 Nov. 1654.
SOURCE: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book 3, page 257
Children of William Macgahye are:
+Thomas MackGehee, b. Abt. 1658, Loch Katrine, Scotland77, d. Aft. July 27, 1727, St. John's Parish, King William County, Virginia77.
William Macgahye (b. Abt. 1618, d. Abt. 1675)
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