Re: John Calvin McFaden, NC
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In reply to:
John Calvin McFaden, NC
Ronda Comer 12/26/01
Hi Cousin Ronda,
I am also a descendant of the McFadyen immigrants being the great-grandson of John and Barbara Ray McFadyen.
What you have been told is correct but is just a portion of the story. Others of the immediate family who made the crossing with John, his father and his brother Archibald (with wife and five children) were sister Mary (with husband Dougald McFadyen and five children) and sister Margaret (with husband James McLachlin and two children). Other relatives in the group were an aunt, Marion McFadyen Darroch (with husband John and seven children) and an uncle, Alexander McMillan (with wife and seven children). Colin Campbell with wife (a sister of Mrs. Archibald McFadyen and Mrs. Alexander McMillan) and one child also came at that time. One child in the group was said to have been lost overboard and another later gave his place of birth as "Atlantic Sea".
All these families were from Islay in the Inner Hebrides. Colin McFadyen and Alexander McMillan were tenants at Cattadale and the others were tenants on crofts nearby.
With the exception of the Darrochs who changed their name to Ray upon their arrival, all settled in upper Richmond County in the Fairgrounds District. Following the deaths of Colin McFadyen and Alexander McMillan they became unsatisfied began to look elsewhere. Most left North Carolina for Ontario in 1829 leaving Dougald and Mary McFadyen, who took their family to Alabama in 1838 and John McFadyen who remained in Richmond County until his death in 1863.
I hope this will help you. Contact me privately and we will discuss this further.
Edward King
Seagrove, NC