KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE(1918-1976)

ERVIN FAMILY HISTORY

TO 1,000 BCE

COMPILED BY William Doyn(Bill) Tiffee (SON OF KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE)

“Deeming it a privilege and duty, I hereby set down what I Know of our Family history and divers facts adjudged important for posterity to cherish. The Ereenins, Erwyns, Irvines, Ervins, trace to antiquity. For this sketch it will suffice to begin with Crynin Irwyn, Abthane of Dule, who held highest title then conferred in Scotland and was the founder of the line of Kings of the name Irvine. He married with the daughter of King Malcolm and so they became ancestors of the Scottish Kings.”

“Now my children – I adjure you, hold fast to your hearts always, your grande and glorious Heritage. Your forbears have laid downe requisite precepts for you to follow. May they be a stimulus to laudable ambition, soe you will make worthy contributions to your country, be a faithful servant to your church and add renown and splendor to the History of the Irvine Family. My blessings rest upon you. May Jehovah be with you and prosper you.”

FROM BIBLE OF COL. JOHN ERVIN (BORN 1754); ANCESTOR OF SENATOR SAM ERVIN OF NORTH CAROLINA

The Ervin family has a long and distinguished history dating back to the first well documented Kings of Ireland from the Irveni tribe (Ervins) c. 300 AD, to the early Kings of Scotland starting with Duncan I, who was infamously murdered by MacBeth in 1040 AD(the source of the Shakespeare play). The Ervins were close associates of  Robert Bruce (the main character opposite William Wallace in the film “Braveheart”), giving him shelter on Ervin land when he fled from the court of the English King Edward I in 1306.

King Robert Bruce (1306-1329) made our ancestor William de Irwin (Ervin) his armor-bearer and Secretary, giving him the Forest of Drum in Aberdeenshire Scotland (1323) for his services(de Irvine also married the granddaughter of Robert I, the start of the two great families in Scotland, Bonshaw and Drum). The Irvine family in Scotland today still retains the lands given them by Robert the Bruce, and the Irvines lived in the famous Drum Castle in Scotland for 24 generations(including 16 generation of the Ervin ancestors of Maxine Ervin Tiffee). The Ervins are also descended from the Stuart line of Scottish kings.

The Crynin Irwyn mentioned by Col. John Ervin is know today as Crinan, the father of Duncan I and the grandson of Duncan Eryvine (considered the first of the Eryvines), who was killed at the battle of Duncrub in 967 AD while commanding  the left flank of the Scottish army. Duncan was directly descended from the Irish King Niall of the Nine Hostage c. 400 AD, who (according to the accounts of 9^th century Irish Monks) was descended from the first King of Ireland, Milesius c. 1000 BCE.

According to Irish Legend, most of the Irish are descendants of Milesius, and Irish monks recorded the line of Irish Kings dating back to Milesius on the basis of oral traditions, myths and legend. While the genealogy of  Irish Kings is generally considered accurate dating to about 400 AD, the lines established by the Irish monks that date to Milesius and beyond may or may not be accurate, particularly those that trace the ancestors of Miilesius to Judah in Egypt and on  to the Biblical patriarchs and Adam and Eve. Interesting stuff nevertheless.

The descendants of the Ervins spread all over the world, and include such notables as Washington Irving (best known for the Rip Van Winkle story), Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, who headed the Watergate hearings that led to the demise of Richard Nixon.

The website Fabled Pedigrees lists the descendants of one of our ancestors, Gilchrist Eryvine (Ervin), the first Earl of Angus in Scotland (b. 1060 AD):

HM George I’s 14-Great Grandfather. U.S. President Obama’s 17-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill’s 21-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana’s 23-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron’s 22-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII’s 18-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton’s 20-Great Grandfather.

The first of the Ervins in our line to emigrate to America was James N. Irvine (Erwin), who was first in line to inherit Drum Castle and become the 16^th Laird of Drum Castle when his father Alexander Irvine passed. But James had met a young Scotch Irish beauty while in Ireland, and when his father disapproved of his proposed bride(favoring an arranged marriage over his son’s choice), young James chose love over family and soon migrated to America (1738)  with his wife’s family and infant son Joseph, our ancestor(they settled in William Penn‘s colony in Pennsylvania). For this act, James was disinherited by his father and listed as dead in family records.

EARLY HISTORY OF THE ERVIN FAMILY

(from “Our Erwin roots” by Donald Erwin)

“The northern part of Ireland was once known as Scotia, and it was from there that bands of Gaelic-speaking Scots, descendants of the early Celts, began raiding across the North Channel beginning early in the third century AD. The early attacks were purely predatory, but over time some settlements were established in the Argyll area. These settlements resulted in a gradual inter-mingling of the cultures of the Scots and the native Pictish tribes.”

“According to ancient Irving/Irvine family traditions in Scotland, the early Erinvine/Eryvine family roots go back to the Irveni tribe in what is now Northern Ireland…One of the Irveni was Echu Mugnedon. He was born between 300 and 320 AD, and was the King of Ireland. He married Inne, and one of their sons was Niall Mor Noigialach. Niall was born in the mid-300s, and died in 406 AD. He became “High King” of both Ireland and Tara. During his active years he and his followers made frequent marauding expeditions into what is now Scotland, and he is thought to be the progenitor of the Duncan (Eryvine-Irvine) family there. He married Laorn. The known children of Niall and Laorn are Conal Mac Neil, who became the King of Meath, and Eoghan Muinrevar, who succeeded his father as King of Ireland.”

“The Erinvine (Eryvine) clan, for the next four hundred years or so, is believed to have lived in the area facing the Firth of Clyde where the town of Irvine now stands. Recorded history of the Eryvines seems to start in the mid-tenth century AD.

It was in 965 AD that Duncan, who was the Earl and Governor of Strathclyde, and who was known as “the first of the Erivine,” was killed at Dancrub while leading an army against a strong rebel force of fellow countrymen. His eldest son, also Duncan, inherited all of his father’s titles, including Abbot of Dunkeld. This Duncan was killed at the Battle of Lancarty, about 990 AD, while commanding the left wing of Scottish forces. He had three sons; Crinan, Grim and Duncan.”

Crinan(Eruini), the eldest brother, inherited his father’s titles as Seneschal of King’s Rents, Abthane of Dule and Abbot of Dunkeld, and stood second in rank only to the King. In 1004 he married Beatrix, the eldest daughter of King Malcolm II (r.1005-1034). Malcolm II was himself the great-great-great grandson of Kenneth I (MacAlpin), who was the first king after the Scottish and Pictish kingdoms were merged by marriage.”

The Irvine line evolved from the Irvings of Bonshaw. The Irvings were not one of the larger border clans, as were the Johnstons and Gordons, but they were well known. Macdonald Fraser, in his book The Steel Bonnets, comments: “…A very tough bunch indeed. The Irvings contributed much to the general disorder, despite their comparatively small numbers.”

THE IRVINGS OF BONSHAW

HISTORY

“According to ancient family traditions (which are largely supported by known historical fact; and which are first recorded in the very short family history, “The Original of the Family of the Irvines or Erinvines’, written in 1678 by Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D., Historiographer Royal of Scotland) the Irvings of Bonshaw are descended from DUNCAN, known in the family as ‘Duncan of Eskdale’, a younger brother of Crinan, the husband of Princess Beatrix and father of King Duncan I of Scotland. The paternal grandfather of Duncan of Eskdale and Crinan was DUNCAN, hereditary Abthane of Dule and lay abbot of Dunkeld. The latter Duncan is now believed to have been a direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, who was high King of Ireland early in the 5th century A.D and progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Europe that are still extant in an unbroken male line.

The Duncan, as Abthane of Dule-an ancient title connected with St. Adamnan’s abbey of Dull, and dating from nearly 200 years before the union of the Scottish and Pictish crowns in 843 A.D.-was of more consequence than any one of the seven Pictish ‘Mormaers’, being second only to the king himself in power and importance. He appears to have been appointed Governor of Strathclyde when that region was conquered by the Saxons and given to Malcolm I of Alban (the early name of Scotland) in 946. His residence in Strathclyde is supposed to have been the old fort of Eryvine, or Orewyn, where the town of Irvine now stands, so we refer to him the ’1st of Eryvine’. Both Duncan and his neighbour Dubdon, Mormaer of Athole, were killed at the battle of Duncrub c. 965 A.D., while leading their forces against a strong rebel army of their fellow countrymen.

DUNCAN, 1st of ERYVINE, was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, also DUNCAN, about whom we know little except that he also seems to have succeeded Dubdon as Mormaer of Athole, as he is called ‘Lord of Athole’. At the battle of Luncarty (of uncertain date), where the Danes were routed, Duncan commanded the left wing of the Scottish forces, under King Kenneth III. This Duncan is the progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Great Britain; the noble family of Dunbar is certainly descended from him, and traditionally so are the noble families of Irving and Home, all in the male line; not to mention the Royal Family and numerous other families by female descent.

DUNCAN, 2ND OF ERYVINE, was succeeded by his eldest son, CRINAN, who married Princess Beatrix (or Bethoc) daughter and heiress of King Malcolm II of Scotland, and by her was father of Duncan I, who reigned as King of Scotland for six years. Crinan was the progenitor in the male line  of all the kings of Scotland down to Alexander III (died 1286), and in the female line of all the sovereigns of Scotland down to the present day, with the sole exception of Macbeth, who murdered his son, King Duncan, in 1040, and reigned for the next seventeen years. Tradition tells us that Crinan maintained a residence at Eryvine, but that he was the last of his family to do so, the fortress being used solely for military purposes thereafter. He was killed by Macbeth’s forces in 1045, while trying to avenge his son’s death and grandson’s deposition.

BRUCE’S CAVE.

The Irvings and Bruces became very close friends and allies. Tradition relates that “The Bruce” was a guest at Bonshaw in 1298, and when he fled from the court of Edward I of England, in 1306, his first night back in Scotland was spent in the security of its fastness. – There is a cave in the Kirtle cliffs at Cove, in which the Irvings are reputed to have hidden Bruce from the English on at least one occasion around this time.”

DRUM CASTLE

                                

DRUM CASTLE near Aberdeen, Scotland

The following article was written by Dennis Ervin:

 Possibly the oldest occupied castle in Scotland, Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire, was home to the Irvine family for more than six and a half centuries, a full twenty-four generations of nearly unbroken succession. The original tower keep, standing seventy feet from base to battlement and fifty feet on a side with walls twelve feet thick at the base is thought to have been built during the reign of Alexander III in the mid-thirteenth century c. 1382. While the architect of the Tower of Drum is unknown the work is generally attributed to Richard Cementarius, the first provost of Aberdeen. Several prominent interior features of the tower are identical to other structures that are known to be the work of Cementarius and so Drum Tower is credited to him as well. The rambling stone mansion and Jacobean house that now surround the original tower were built during the reign of Alexander, the 9th Laird of Drum and completed in 1619.

One branch or another of the Irvine family has been involved in nearly every major event in Scots history over the past 1,000 years. Their story begins with three brothers Erivine – Erinus, Grim and Duncan. They were the grandsons of Duncan ‘the first of the Eryvine’ who was killed at Duncrub in 965A.D. The eldest brother, Erinus, inherited his family’s titles as Seneschal of King’s Rents, Athbane of Dule and Abbot of Dunkeld, and stood second in rank only to the King. As such he was wed to the eldest daughter of King Malcolm II, who was himself the great great great grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, in 1004.

Alexander III was predeceased by all his heirs and with his death, the succession was thrown into wild dispute. No less than thirteen claimants stepped forward to declare their right to the throne, all through some relation to the line of Irvine. John Balliol, the primary claimant, was great great great grandson of David I, while his only serious rival, Robert the Bruce, was great x4.

During his campaign, Robert often sought help and refuge from his kinsmen, the Irvines of Bonshaw. He chose from among them, William de Irwyn as one of his principle aides and companions. As the story goes, at one point King Robert found himself put to flight by his enemies with only his aides around him. Exhausted by the chase, the King was compelled to sleep under a holly tree while William stood guard over him. Holly leaves are a prominent feature in all seven family crests which represent the major branches of the Irvine clan. William stood by King Robert again at Bannockburn in June of 1314 and for his service was awarded the Royal Forest of Oaks in Aberdeenshire and Drum Castle which guards it in 1323. This land had previously belong to John Comyn and Robert, as king, was free to do with is as he pleased. Drum was made into a free barony in 1329.

The 24th and last Laird of Drum, Henry Quentin Forbes Irvine, bequeathed the house and 300 acres of ground to the National Trust for Scotland on his death in November of 1975. It has been open to tours from that time and remains the classic Scottish house.

locacated 8 miles west of Aberdeen, it is a pleasant place to visit with extensive grounds, woodland walks and rose garden. Inside there is lots to see too – portraits, furniture, vaulted ceilings decorated with shields, great hall and much more. Well worth a visit.

FROM WHENCE THE ERVIN NAME

The name Irvine. Erevine, from Celtic. Scythic, Erwine, that is, a stout westland man. (Erin view, or fein, Erin, west (the native name of Ireland, as lying west of Scotland), & vine or fein, a strong, resolute man. Nisbet says when the colonies of the Gauls came from the west coast of Spain and seated themselves on the east coast of Erin and in the west hills and islands of Albyn, the Erevines came to both of these islands.

3,000 YEAR BLOODLINE OF ERVINS

KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE(1918-1976)

                                         

Birth: Apr. 25, 1918

Milton

Le Flore County

Oklahoma, USA

Death: May 29, 1976

Named after her grandmother Katie McClure Wilson, always went by Maxine. Maxine was born in Milton, Leflore, Oklahoma some. She had had 3 brothers Frank Austin, Omer Lee, and Jimmy Doyn. 3 sisters Flossie, Earlene and Janice.

Married James Orville Tiffee they raised 3 sons and a daughter

Family links:

Parents:

Early Columbus Ervin (1882 – 1962)

Jennie May Wilson Ervin (1891 – 1976)

Spouse:

James Orville Tiffee (1915 – 2001)

Children:

Darlene Tiffee Shadwick (b. Dec. 17, 1940)

Joe Lee Tiffee (b. Nov. 16, 1942-1993)

James Robert Tiffee (b. April 14, 1946-)

William Doyn Tiffee (b. Nov. 18, 1951-)

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery

Heavener

Le Flore County

Oklahoma,

SOURCE:

Doug & Marilyn Parman (Doug is the son of Janice Ervin Parman)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26675578

EARLY COLUMBUS ERVIN(1882-1962)

b. Aug. 3, 1882

Booneville

Logan County

Arkansas, USA Death: May 19, 1962

Heavener

Le Flore County

Oklahoma, USA

Son of Francis Lamarion Ervin and Belle Young Ervin.

Earl had 3 sisters, Florence, Medora Ervin Ward, Tennie E. and a brother Arthur.

Earl married Jennie May Wilson on December 25, 1906 in Booneville, Logan County, Arkasnas.

Jennie and Earl made their home in Booneville until around 1916. They move to Oklahoma living in Milton then Cowlington, they moved to Wister, where they raised their family. Then Conser Ave in Poteau, just a few blocks from the cemetery.

Family links:

Parents:

Francis Marion Ervin (1843 – 1908)

Isabella Young Ervin (1852 – 1923)

Spouse:

Jennie May Wilson Ervin (1891 – 1976)*

Children:

Frank Austin Ervin (1908 – 1989)*

Omer Lee Ervin (1910 – 1987)*

Flossie Ervin Holman (1912 – 1983)*

Earline Ervin Williams (1915 – 2004)*

Katie Maxine Tiffee (1918 – 1976)*

Janis Mercedes Ervin Parman (1923 – 1981)*

Jimmie Doyn Ervin (1927 – 2008)

SOURCE

Doug and Marilyn Parhamhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26675578

FRANCIS MARION ERVIN (1843-1908)

Parents:

Jonathan Ervin (1826 – 1912)

Mary Ann Raney Ervin (1825 – 1900)

Spouse:

Isabella Young Ervin (1852 – 1923)

Children:

Medora Ervin Ward (1875 – 1956)*

Arthur Bee Ervin (1878 – 1922)*

Early Columbus Ervin (1882 – 1962)*

JONATHAN ERVIN(1826-1912)

B. Jan. 23^rd 1826; Lincoln Co. Tennessee D. 1912

Married: Mary Ann Rainey, 1842; Lincoln Co.

Father; James Simmons Ervin 1804-1881

Mother; Jemima Merrill 1804-1881

Children

Francis Marion (1843)

Marcus L (1846)

Tennessee (1849)

Sarah Amanda (1857)

James M. (1854)

Louisiana (1857)

Jemima (1863

William T. (1865)

CENSUS 1870 BOON, SCOTT CO. ARK

SOURCE:

http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&ged=PYLANT.GED&tab=0

JAMES SIMMONS ERVIN(1804-1881)

B. JUNE 18^th 1804  NC

D. Nov. 7, 1881   Moore Co. TN

Married: Jemima Merrill, March 8, 1825, Lincoln Co. TN

Father: Hezekiah Ervin (1775-1860)

Mother: Mary Polly Simmons

Children; Jonathan Ervin

SOURCE: http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&ged=PYLANT.GED&tab=0

Hezekiah ERVIN (b. 02 Oct 1775, d. 1860)

Hezekiah ERVIN(son of Joseph ERWIN and Agness REED) was born 02 Oct 1775 in NORTH CAROLINA, and died 1860 in CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI. He married Mary Polly SIMMONS on 1798 in NORTH CAROLINA, daughter of James P. SIMMONS

SON:

James Simmons Ervin ??

Birth 18 June 1804 29 23 — NC

Death: 7 November 1881 ?(Age 77)?– Moore Co, TN SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/a/b/Christopher-scott-Taber-MISSOURI/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html#ERVIN

JOSEPH ERWIN(1738-1793)

(son of James N. ERWIN and Agness PATTERSON) was born 1738 in ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND, and died Aft. 20 Jul 1793 in ROWAN CO., NORTH CAROLINA. He married Agness REED on 1755 in CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of Robert REED and Agness CATHEY.

Father of Hezekiah Ervin.

Family Group Record for Joseph Irvine\Erwin

SOURCE DONALD D. ERWIN

Husband JOSEPH IRVINE\ERW

LDS Ordinance Data

Born 1738 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland B

Christened E

Died August 6, 1793 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NCBuried

Father JAMES N. “of Crimond” IRVINE (1709-1770) SP

Mother Agness Patterson (Abt 1717-1771)

Marriage Abt 1751 Chester Co., PA SS

Wife Agness Reed

Born Abt 1739 B

Christened E

Died After November 3, 1803 Rowan Count

Father Robert Reed ( – ) SP

Mother Agness Cathey ( – )

Children

1 F Isabel Erwin

Born Abt 1758 Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died 1793 Prob. Maury Co., TN SP

BuriedSpouse John Johnston (Abt 1750-1823) SS

Marr. Date December 11, 1771 – Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC

2 F Margret “Peggy” Erwin

Born October 14, 1759 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died After 1806 North Carolina SP

Buried

Spouse James Todd (1757-1814) March 11, 1782 – Rowan Co., NC SS

3 F Agnes Nancy Erwin

Born March 11, 1760 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died North Carolina S

Buried

Spouse Alexander Dobbin (1749-1828) Abt 1776 – Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC SS

4 F Greasel Erwin

AKA Greasel Erwin

Born Abt 1763 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died North Carolina SP

Spouse William Hugh Dobbin (1757-1811) SS

Marr. Date September 8, 1780 – Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC

5 F Mary “Polly” Erwin

Born August 14, 1764 Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died North Carolina SP

Buried

Spouse SS

6 M JOSEPH ERWIN Sr.

Born February 4, 1769 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died 1846 Mayhew, Lowndes Co., MS SP

Buried

Spouse Catherine Nancy Cowan (1774-1839) May 17, 1792 – Rowan Co., NC SS

7 M William Erwin

Born Abt 1772 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died Abt 1860 McNairy Co., TN SP

Buried

Spouse Elizabeth Cowan ( – ) SS

8 M Hezekiah ERWIN (ERVIN)

Born February 20, 1775 Rowan Co., NC B

Christened E

Died 1860 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., MO SPBuried

Spouse Mary Polly Simmons (1781-1850) 1795 – North Carolina SS

General Notes: Husband -Joseph Erwin’s will, dated June 20, 1793, is recorded in Will Book C, pages 279-280, in the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, NC.It was witnessed by Hugh Dobbins and Patrick Barr. It was probated on August 6, 1793 by Hugh Dobbins. Sons William and Joseph Erwin were appointed executors.

General Notes: Wife -

The will of Agnes Erwin, dated August 3, 1803, is recorded in Will Book C, pages 273-278, in the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, NC.

Last Modified: December 1, 2011

SOURCE: Donald Erwin; Erwin family historian; manages Erwin family newsletter on Erwinbagpiper.com.

James N. ERWIN (1709-1770)

James N. ERWIN was born 22 Dec 1709 in ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND, and died 27 Feb 1770 in SECOND CREEK, SALISBURY, ROWAN CO., NORTH CAROLINA. He married Agness PATTERSON on 1738 in SCOTLAND.

Father: Alexander IRVINE b: 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Mother: Isabell THOMPSON b: 1678 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Note:As compiled from the records in Salisbury, N. C., by J. F. McCubbins, C. S. C., February 7, 1903, are given following:

Under the will of James Erwin (February 27, 1770) the legatees were: his wife, Agnes; sons, Alexander, William, James, Joseph and Isaac; and daughters, Agnes, Mary, Isabella, Jane, and Elizabeth. The witnesses to the will were: Alexander McCorkle, Richard King, and Agnes McCorkle.

At James’ death, James Patterson was made guardian of Isabel and Mary Erwin (per records in Genealogy Library in Salisbury, NC).

Early Marriages in Rowan City, NC from USGENWEB:

SON: JOSEPH ERWIN

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

The following is a history of James N Erwin which includes the story of how he turned down being the 17^th Laird of Drum to emigrate to America (Pennsylvania) with his wife and infant son Joseph (the father of Hezekiah Ervin)

Our Immigrant Ancestor

by Donald D. Erwin(WWW.Erwinbagpiper.com)

James N. Irvine was born December 2, 1709 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and was the fourteenth great-grandson of Sir William de Erwin. He died February 27, 1770 on the Second Broad Creek near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. James married Agness Patterson about 1738 in Ulster, Northern Ireland. She was born about 1717 in Ulster and died in 1800 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Irvine family records and traditions seem to indicate that most members of the early generations tended to remain in the general area of the town of Aberdeen, or in Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen County) in Scotland. It was not until the first half of the eighteenth century that adventure and opportunity in the Colonies began to tempt younger members of the family. It was also true that the time was long past when family wealth could support all members of the extended Irvine families. One can only suppose that it was in this type of atmosphere when our immigrant ancestor decided to make a new life for himself and his family in the New World.

 It was about 1737, as religious and political tensions continued to mount in Scotland, which would soon fester and explode in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, that Alexander of Artamford and Crimond – who had recently inherited Drum Castle and had become the 16^th Laird – sent James N. Irvine, one of his sons, to Ulster in Northern Ireland. James had been in some difficulty as a political activist, and he was directed to stay with the Edward Irvine family until his reputation waned somewhat in Aberdeenshire.

 Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, but during his protectorate the economy of Scotland had collapsed. Even though they could now practice Presbyterianism without fear, many thousands of Lowland Scots families, including several Irvine families from around Aberdeen, moved to Ulster. They all tended to maintain their names, customs and religious faith, as well as their Scots identity. Some prospered initially, but the English systematically repressed Irish industry and commerce, and when their hopes and dreams of prosperity failed to materialize they looked to the New World for a new start. Starting about 1729, and for the next fifty years or so, great shiploads of families, Irish as well as Scots-Irish, poured out of Belfast and Londonderry.

 It was in this economic atmosphere, while staying with the Edward Irvine family, that James met Agness Patterson, a young Scots-Irish beauty who immediately turned his head. Their relationship blossomed, and when James learned of Agness’ father’s intention to emigrate to the Colonies he knew he would have to act quickly. James sent a message to his father, requesting permission to marry Agnes. Alexander immediately returned a dispatch indicating that he opposed the marriage, pointing out that it was his responsibility, as the head of the family, to negotiate the best marriage terms and arrangements. He further demanded that James return to Aberdeen at once.

Despite his father’s adamant disapproval, though, James and Agnes were soon married. They had decided that they would join Agness’ family, the Edward Irvine family, and others, and go with them to America. Alexander was furious at his son’s defiance, but he nonetheless soon relented and allowed James and his now pregnant wife to return to the Drum family enclave in Aberdeenshire. After the birth of Joseph, their first child, in 1738, the young family traveled back to the home of Agness’ parents in Northern Ireland to prepare for their impending departure.

James’ father objected to the marriage, but tradition has it that his anger was compounded when he learned that James planned to abdicate his Drum estate responsibilities and emigrate to the Colonies. James was the sixth of nine children, but was the second of three sons. Normally he would not have been in line to inherit any if the lands and titles of his father, but Thomas, the eldest son, had died at three years of age. Thus, under normal conditions, James would have been the one chosen to take on the responsibilities of the estate at some point. He was not, however, listed as the heir apparent of Drum, and subsequent Drum documents seem to insinuate that he was dead. It is probable that James and his father had a huge falling out as a result of his plans, and that he was disinherited. In that era, in England and Scotland—if the anger of the parent was severe enough—being disinherited was the same as being declared dead. On the other hand, James was obviously not penniless, for he was able to book passage to Pennsylvania for himself and his family, as well as purchase land when they arrived there. The old Laird may have softened up enough to give James sufficient cash to get started in the New World, but with the admonishment, “Don’t come back!” James’ named his second child Alexander—undoubtedly in honor of his father—so perhaps he was not angry with his father in return.

It was probably in late 1739, after sixty to seventy days at sea, that James N. Irvine—with wife Agness and infant son Joseph—arrived in William Penn’s colony with the Pattersons and his Irvine relatives. The trip across the Atlantic in a sailing ship, prior to the clipper-ship era, was a miserable experience. Gottlieb Mittelberger, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1750, described his voyage: “…bad drinking water and putrid salted meat, excessive heat and crowding, lice so thick that they could be scraped off the body, seas so rough that hatches were battened down and everyone vomited in the foul air, passengers dying of dysentery, scurvy, typhus, canker and mouth-rot.” Tradition has it, however, that the Patterson and Irvine families arrived in Philadelphia intact. They had survived the scurvy and various diseases that were so common aboard the ships of the era, perhaps by luck, but more likely because they were probably able to afford better accommodations than the average emigrant.

From the start most of the people in Penn’s colony made their living by farming, but—unlike the pioneers in New England—they did not settle in small farming villages. As a result of the generally peaceful nature of the local Indians—except on the western frontier—newcomers tended to build their farm homes on their farms. It was the above described scenario that the Pattersons and Irvines found when their ship tied up in Philadelphia. It was a tremendous relief for the weary travelers to finally get their feet on land again. Philadelphia was a bustling city, with longshoremen unloading and loading the tall ships, and merchants hawking their wares in the crisp autumn air. It must have been an exciting scene for them, and a big contrast to the drollness and poverty of the Old World. After the long sea-voyage the Pattersons and the Irvines families were eager to begin settling in. Winter was just around the corner and there was much to do. Although William Penn had died some twenty years before, and the initial cheap land had become somewhat more expensive, the new pioneers were able to purchase tracts of undeveloped land near the growing Scots-Irish settlement in Chester County.

Even though it is likely that James had no first-hand knowledge of farming it is probable that his Irvine relatives and in-laws helped in the beginning. Even so, farming in colonial Pennsylvania would have been bone-numbing hard work. The first task—assuming that he purchased raw land—was to clear it. Of course he would have cut down a few trees for his log house, but he would ultimately need at least twenty or so acres to raise enough vegetables, corn, and other grains for his family and his animals. As time passed he would have cleared more land in order to raise corn and other grains to sell. He may have started out with just one horse or mule, but a serious farmer would have had at least one team of horses or oxen…

After a time James leased an existing mill and began to earn a modest income from it, in addition to the cash received from his farm surplus. It is not known what type of mill he operated, but it would have been on the bank of a fast-flowing stream or river. It would have been powered by a water wheel, probably an undershot type. Through gears, the revolving shaft of the water wheel drove a vertical spindle that in turn turned the top stone of a pair of stones in the mill above. James’ mill would have ground corn for corn meal—the basic ingredient for mush, a common staple on the frontier—and wheat for flour. By changing the mill stones oats could have been rolled also, both for animal feed and for oat bread and breakfast porridge. He would have processed his own grains, but his cash income would have been generated by custom milling for others.

We know little else about the first ten years or so that James and his family lived in Chester County, but we can only assume that he prospered. By 1750 Philadelphia’s population had increased to 25,000, New York had a total of 15,000 residents, and the new port of Baltimore had nearly 7,000 inhabitants.

James Irvine and Agnes Patterson had a total of eleven children. They were:

Natchez, Adams Co., MS.

Agnes “Nancy” Erwin, b. about 1747, Chester Co., PA; Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.

Isaac Erwin, b. about 1750, Chester Co., PA; died 1810, Copiah, Wesson Co., MS; married Margaret Robinson, 1773, North Carolina.

John Erwin, b. 1752, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died 1840 in Giles Co., NC.

Jane Erwin, b. 1753, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died in North Carolina; married Richard Graham, October 20, 1779, Rowan Co., NC.

Mary Erwin, b. 1758, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died in North Carolina.

Isabel Erwin, b. 1759, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died February 25, 1823, Sandersonville, Washington Co., GA; married John Johnston, December 11, 1771.

Joseph, James and Agness’ his first child, had been born in Scotland, but their next six children—Alexander, Elizabeth, William, James, Jr., Isabelle and Isaac—were born in Pennsylvania. The last four were born in Rowan County, North Carolina.

It is known that Squire Boone, the father of the great hunter and pioneer Daniel Boone, lived near Salisbury on the Yadkin River at Alleman’s Ford. Daniel Boone’s grandfather emigrated from England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1717 with eleven of his nineteen children. In or about 1753 – like James N. Erwin – Squire Boone felt crowded (near Reading Pennsylvania), so with his wife and minor children, he joined the migration south through the forests of Maryland and Virginia and settled on the Yadkin River. It is not known, however, whether the Erwins were acquainted with the Boones.

 With so many families passing through Salis­bury during that time, inns and taverns werereally needed. Travelers wanted suitable lodging for themselves and a place to stable their livestock, and Salisbury innkeepers were quick to fill the need. It is a matter of record that in 1755 James Erwin was issued one of the first licenses to operate an “ordinary,” or public inn. James called his establishment the “Red Raven Inn,” and it was in operation as late as 1772.

As it is with all families, sons and daughters grow up, marry and start their own families. Joseph, the eldest, born at Drum in 1738, traveled with his family from Pennsylvania to Rowan County in 1752, but in 1755 he returned to Chester County, Pennsylvania to marry Agnes Reed, his childhood sweetheart. He brought her back to Rowan County where, it is believed, his father helped him acquire land of his own.

 Alexander, the second son, married Margaret Patton, but not until 1786, well after James had passed on. According to the tone of some of the Rowan County probate records James may have depended on him heavily over the years and was probably his second in charge. William, the third son, married Elizabeth Orde in 1768 in Rowan County; James Erwin, Jr. married Jennett Andrews in 1766; Isaac married Margaret Robinson in 1773; and John Erwin married Jane Brown in 1772.

 Elizabeth, eldest daughter and third-born, married William Dobbins in 1768; Isabelle “Nancy” Erwin married James Patterson; Jane Erwin married Richard Graham in 1779; and Isabel, the last-born, married Jared Erwin, perhaps a cousin. Mary Erwin, the next-to-last-born, may have died young for she is not mentioned in Joseph’s will.

 Although at least three of his younger daughters were probably still in his household when he passed away in 1770, only his second-oldest son remained to help oversee his holdings. In his will he bequeathed 300 acres to son John, 250 acres to Alexander, and 200 acres each to Joseph and Isaac. He bequeathed five pounds to William, and ten pounds to James, Jr.

It is believed that all of his children save two lived and died in North Carolina. James Erwin, Jr. died Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi in 1794, and John Erwin died in Giles County, Tennessee in 1845. There are many Erwins in Giles County today, many of which are probably his descendants.

In his later years James N. Erwin became politically active. Court records indicate that he often served as a juror, and sometimes as a short-term constable when the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was convened. It is recorded that on one occasion James found it necessary to appear in court himself as a plaintiff. It seems that a horse had bitten off the ear of his minor son James Erwin, Jr., and he was suing the owner of the horse for damages. It is unknown what the outcome of the suite was.

 Although James was sympathetic to the revolution he did not have an opportunity to be involved in its outcome. James N. Erwin died in 1770. He left a will dated February 27, 1770, and it is recorded in Will Book A, Pages 26-27 in the courthouse in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Alexander Irvine (b. Abt. 1675, d. 1744)

Alexander Irvine(son of James Irvine II and Margaret Sutherland) was born Abt. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and died 1744 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He married Isabell Thompson.

ID: I04963

Name: Alexander IRVINE

Sex: M

Birth: ABT. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death: 1744 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s data: He is know as Alexander Irvine of Crimond, 16th Laird of Drum from 1737-1744.

Information on children and marriages of Alexander Irvine come from Elson Irwin’s data; “From Whence They Came” by J. Erwin Kemsley; Scottish Ancestral Records (Edinburgh Historical Society); LDS Ancestral Files.

Father: James IRVINE II of Artamford b: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mother: Margaret SUTHERLAND b: 1650 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Marriage 1 Isabell THOMPSON b: ABT. 1678 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Married: 18 AUG 1698 in Aberdeen, Scotlan

Children

Thomas IRVINE b: 1 JUN 1699 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1701 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Isabell IRVINE b: ABT. 1703 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Janet IRVINE b: ABT. 1705 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Ann IRVINE b: 1707 in Aberdeen, Scotland

James N. ERWIN b: 22 DEC 1709 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Alexander IRVINE b: 24 JUN 1711 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Elizabeth IRVINE b: ABT. 1715 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mary IRVINE b: ABT. 1721 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Children of Alexander Irvine and Isabell Thompson include:

James N. Erwin, b. December 22, 1709, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. Bet. February 27 and August 16, 1770, Second Creek, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

 JAMES IRVINE, II of Artamford

Birth: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Father: James IRVINE , I of Artamford b: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mother: Annas KEITH b: 1620 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Marriage 1 Margaret SUTHERLAND b: 1650 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Married: 1673 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Children

Alexander IRVINE b: ABT. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

William IRVINE b: ABT. 1676 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1677 in Aberdeen, Scotland

James IRVINE b: ABT. 1684 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Thomas IRVINE b: 30 SEP 1685 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Richard IRVINE b: 19 AUG 1687 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Charles IRVINE b: ABT. 1693 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Francis IRVINE b: 29 MAR 1695 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Anna IRVINE b: 27 MAY 1697 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1702 in Aberdeen, Scotlan

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

JAMES IRVINE I of Artamford(1615-1675)

 Sex: M

Birth: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Death: 1675 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Note: Information on this family from Elson Irwin’s files and Scottish Church Records, Aberdeen, Scotland; “From Whence They Came” by J. Erwin Kemsley; copy on hand at Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, TX, obtained by Darlene Schnatz on 1/16/97.

Father: John “of Artamford” IRVINE b: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mother: Beatrix IRVINE

Marriage 1 Annas KEITH b: 1620 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Married: ABT. 1640 in Prob Scotland

Children

James IRVINE , II of Artamford b: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland

John IRVINE b: ABT. 1645 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Ann IRVINE b: ABT. 1646 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Beatrix IRVINE b: ABT. 1647 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1653 in Aberdeen, Scotland

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-gu

John Irvine (1575-1663)

JOHN “OF ARTAMFORD”   IRVINE

John Irvine(son of Alexander Irvine VIII and Elizabeth Keith) was born 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and died 1663 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He married Beatrix Irvine on 1597 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Birth: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Death: 1663 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Father: Alexander IRVINE VIII b: ABT. 1527 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland

Mother: Lady Elizabeth KEITH b: ABT. 1535 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Marriage 1 Beatrix IRVINE

Married: 1597 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Children

John Irvine of PITTMURCHIE b: ABT. 1609 in Aberdeen, Scotland

James IRVINE, I of Artamford b: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1625 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Richard IRVINE b: 1626 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Alexander IRVINE b: ABT. 1630 in Aberdeen, Scotland

William IRVINE b: ABT. 1632 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Gilbert Irvine of RACHMOIR b: ABT. 1633 in Aberdeen, Scotland

More About John Irvine and Beatrix Irvine:

Marriage: 1597, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Children of John Irvine and Beatrix Irvine are:

James Irvine I, b. Abt. 1615, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1675, Aberdeen, Scotland.

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

ALEXANDER  IRVINE VIII(1527-1603)

Birth: ABT. 1527 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland

Death: ABT. 1603 in Scotland

Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s files: Alexander was the Eighth Laird of Drum. Alexander Irvine, VIII, held charter under the Great Seal on 2/12/1553 to all the Lands of Drum, Learney and Auchindoch, to himself and his male heirs. He became the Laird in 1553.

This family’s information also from Records at Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

From William Parkin’s webpage: “Alexander IRVINE VIII (b.abt 1527 Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland; d. abt 1603 Scotland) m. Lady Elizabeth KEITH, d/o William KEITH, in 1552 at Aberdeen, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander IRVINE & Elizabeth OGILVY. Alexander VIII was the 8th Laird of Drum, becoming such in 1553 when he held the charter to all the Lands of Drum, Learney, & Auchindoch. He had 9 children.”

 Father: Alexander IRVIN

b: AFT. 1500 in Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth OGILVY

Marriage 1 Lady Elizabeth KEITH b: ABT. 1535 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Married: 1552 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Children

Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1554 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Janet IRVINE b: 1555 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mary IRVINE b: 1556 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1557 in Aberdeen, Scotland

James IRVINE b: 1558 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Elizabeth IRVINE b: ABT. 1562 in Aberdeen, Scotland

William IRVINE b: ABT. 1570 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Sir Alexander IRVINE , IX b: AFT. 1570 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland

John “of Artamford” IRVINE b: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Children of Alexander Irvine VIII and Elizabeth Keith are:

+John Irvine, b. 1575, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1663, Aberdeen, Scotland.

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

ALEXANDER IRVINE(1500-1547)

Alexander Irvine (son of Alexander Irvine VII and Janet Allardyce) was born Aft. 1500 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and died September 09, 1547. He married Elizabeth Ogilvy on 1526 in Scotland.Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s files: Alexander did not inherit the title; it instead went to his son, Alexander, who became the 8th Laird of Drum.

Alexander was killed in the Battle of Pinkie in Scotland.

From William Parkin’s webpage: “Alexander IRVINE (b.aft 1500 in Scotland; d.9 Sep 1547 at Battle of Pinkie in Scotland) m. Elizabeth OGILVY, d/o George OGILVY & Elspeth IRVINE, in 1526 in Scotland. He was the son of Alexander IRVINE VII & Janet ALLRDYCE. He was known as Alexander IRVINE of Forglen and had 9 children.”

Father: Alexander IRVINE VII b: AFT. 1476 in Scotland

Mother: Janet ALLRDYCE

Married: 1526 in Scotland

Children

William IRVINE

Robert IRVINE

Gilbert IRVINE

Sir James IRVINE

John IRVINE

Janet IRVINE

Elizabeth IRVINE

Margaret IRVINE

Alexander IRVINE VIII b: ABT. 1527 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland

Children of Alexander Irvine and Elizabeth Ogilvy are:

Alexander Irvine VIII, b. Abt. 1527, Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland.
SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

ALEXANDER  IRVINE VII(1476-1552)

 Birth: AFT. 1476 in Scotland

Death: AFT. 1552 in Scotland

Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s files: Alexander Irvine, VII was b. ca 1476-80. He was Laird of Drum from 1527 to 1552. Alexander, VII had a charter for the Lands of Forglen from his father dated Sept 10, 1499. He took an active part in events during the minority of Queen Mary. He surrendered Drum Castle and all its land to the Crown in 1552, but obtained a regrant in favor of his grandson on 2/12/1553.

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From William Parkin’s webpage: “Alexander IRVINE VII (b.bet 1476 & 1480 Scotland; d.aft 1552 Scotland) m. Janet ALLRDYCE, d/o John ALLRDYCE. He was the son of Sir Alexander IRVINE VI & Janet KEITH. Alexander VII was Laird of Drum from 1527 to 1552. He took an active role in the minority of Queen Mary & had to surrender Drum Castle & all its land to the Crown in 1552. He did obtain a regrant in favor of his grandson on 12 Feb 1553.”

Father: Sir Alexander IRVINE VI b: ABT. 1455 in Scotland

Mother: Janet KEITH

Marriage 1 Janet ALLARDYCE

Children of Alexander Irvine VII and Janet Allardyce are:

Alexander Irvine, b. Aft. 1500, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. September 09, 1547.

SOURCE

 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html

SIR ALEXANDER IRVINE VI(1455-1527)

 Birth: ABT. 1455 in Scotland

Death: 1527 in Scotland

Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s files: The Sixth Laird was sheriff in Aberdeenshire in 1492 the year Columbus sailed to the New World. He received Lonmay and Cairness from his father in 1475 and succeeded his father at Drum in 1493. He had a charter of Drum from King James IV in February of 1506.

From William Parkin’s webpage: “Sir Alexander IRVINE VI (b.abt 1455 Scotland; d.1527 Scotland) m. Janet KEITH, d/o Sir Gilbert KEITH, after 1475 in Scotland. He was the son of Alexander IRVINE V & Elizabeth FORBES. Sir Alexander was the 6th Laird of Drum and sheriff in Aberdeenshire in 1492. He received Lonmay & Cairness from his father in 1475 & Drum in 1493, with a charter of Drum from King James IV in February 1506. He had 4 children.”

Father: Alexander IRVINE V b: ABT. 1457 in Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth FORBES

Marriage 1 Janet KEITH

Married: AFT. 1475 in Scotland

Children

Margaret IRVINE

Elspeth IRVINE

Henry IRVINE b: AFT. 1450 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland

Alexander IRVINE VII b: AFT. 1476 in Scotland

More About Alexander Irvine VI and Janet Keith:

Marriage: Aft. 1457, Scotland.

Children of Alexander Irvine VI and Janet Keith are:

+Alexander Irvine VII, b. Aft. 1476, Scotland

ALEXANDER IRVINE V (1457-1493)

Birth: ABT. 1457 in Scotland

Death: 1493 in Scotland

Note:

Per Elson Irwin’s files: While serving as Sheriff of County Aberdeen in 1471, Alexander attacked the house of Sir Walter Lindsay of Bewfort with a large force of men. For this, by judgement of the Lords of the Council, he was dismissed from the office of sheriff and sent to prison. How much of a sentence was carried out is not certain.

From William Parkin’s webpage: “Alexander V (b.abt 1457 Scotland; d.1493 Scotland) m. Elizabeth FORBES, d/o Alexander FORBES. He was the son of Robert IRVINE (“Sir Alexander” IV) & Elizabeth De KEITH. While sheriff of County Aberdeen in 1471, he attacked the house of Sir Walter LINDSAY of Bewfort. For this he was dismissed as sheriff & sent to prison. He had 4 children with Elizabeth FORBES & 8 more with his second wife, a LINDSEY. “

Father: Robert “Sir Alexander” IRVINE IV b: ABT. 1385 in Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth DE KEITH b: in Scotland

Marriage 1 Elizabeth FORBES

Children

Richard IRVINE

Henry IRVINE

Agnes IRVINE

Sir Alexander IRVINE VI b: ABT. 1455 in Scotland

Children of Alexander Irvine V are:

+Alexander Irvine VI, b. 1455, Scotland.

Sir Alexander Robert IRVINE IV (b. Abt. 1385, d. date unknown)

Robert IRVINE IV(son of Alexander IRVINE II and Montford Of LONMAY) was born Abt. 1385 in Drum Castle, Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, and died date unknown. He married Elizabeth de KEITH, daughter of Robert KEITH.

Notes for Robert IRVINE IV:

Knighted in 1424 after acting as one of the Commissioners appointed by the Estates of Scotland in 1423 concerning the ransom of King James I, and from 1440 to 1442 was Captian and Governor of the burgh of Aberdeen. He was given as Tocher (Dower) the lands of Strachin in Kincardine by Charter dated Oct 16, 1411. – http://www.justcallbob.com/irvine.html

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Per Elson Irwin’s files: Robert was actually the brother of Sir Alexander de Irwyn and assumed the name Alexander when his brother and nephew, Alexander, were killed in 1411 at Battle of Harclaw.

He was born probably late 1300s, possibly 1385 or a little later.

From William Parkin’s webpage: “Robert IRVINE (“Sir Alexander” IV) (b.abt 1385 Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) m. Elizabeth De KEITH, d/o Robert KEITH. The marriage was arranged to end a violent feud between the KEITHs & IRVINEs. Robert was the son of Alexander De IRWYNE II & Lady MONTFORD. Robert became the 4th Laird of Drum and assumed the name “Alexander” when his brother & nephew were killed at the Battle of Harclaw in 1411. “

 Title: World Connect Project, Nanci Presley-Holley

Text: Robert was actually the brother of Sir Alexander de Irwyn and assumed the name Alexander when his brother and nephew, Alexander, were killed in 1411 at Battle of Harclaw

 “Alexander, Third of Drum, marched away to lead the forces of Aberdeenshire with his cousin the Earl of Mar to meet the invaders from the Hebrides. This was the battle of Harlaw in 1411 before which Alexander made his brother swear that should he be killed, Robert should assume his baronial right at Drum. During that battle, Alexander encountered the ferocious Chief of the MacLeans of Duart in Mull, known as Red Hector of the Battles. After ‘noble and notable single combat’ the two of them lay dead upon the field, killed by mortal blows struck one upon the other.

Younger brother Robert took the oath he swore to his dead brother quite seriously, changed his name to Alexander and married his elder brother’s fiance, Elizabeth de Keith. Sometime later he led the delegation which negotiated the release of James I from the hands of the English for which he was knighted.” (BY DENNIS ERVIN).

WILLIAM (THOMAS) DE IRVINE II (b. 1317, d. 1390).

WILLIAM IRVINE II(son of Alexander IRVINE I and Marotte BERNARD) was born 1317 in Drum Castle, Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, and died 1390 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He married Montford Of LONMAY, daughter of Thomas MONFORD of Lonmay.

More About WILLIAM IRVINE II:

William de (2nd Laird of Drum) Irwin, born Abt. 1317; died Abt. 1390.

Notes for William de (2nd Laird of Drum) Irwin: William de Irvine (sometimes known as Sir Thomas de Irwyn), 2nd Laird of Drum, appears among the list of  Barons during the reign of King David II. Member of Parliament held at Perth in 1369. Born ca 1317, married daughter of Sir Thomas Montford of Lonmay, died ca 1390. Succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Irwyn, 3rd Laird of Drum, who accompanied his cousin, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, to Flanders, and joined the army ofthe Duke of Bergundy, 1409. He was knighted on the morning of the Battle of Leige, and returned to Scotland in 1410. On July 24, 1411 he had command of the Lowland army under Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, at the Battle of Harlaw, in which encountered Eachin Raudh nan Cath MacLean 3rd of Dowart, with whom he fought hand-to-had until both were killed. Succeeded by his brother Robert.

Children of Alexander IRVINE II and Montford Of LONMAY are:

Robert IRVINE IV, b. Abt. 1385, Drum Castle, Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, d. date unknown.

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html

Alexander IRVINE I (b. Abt. 1260, d. date unknown)

Alexander IRVINE I(son of William IRWYN) was born Abt. 1260, and died date unknown. He married Marotte BERNARD.

Notes for Alexander IRVINE I:

William took the name Alexander I although his name was William de Irwin when he was armor bearer for Robert The Bruce, future king of Scotland. William de Irwin was presented the deed to Drum Castle and the surrounding hunting forests in 1323 A.D. The castle near Aberdeen, Scotland has been in existence since 1286 A.D. and was in Irwin hands until 1975 when it was turned over to the National Trust of Scotland.

- World Connect ProjectVA Carolina GA FL Families, David Hunter Brown

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&dbÚvidhunterbrown&id=I5120

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Per Elson Irwin’s files: William de Irvine (Thomas de Irwyn). FIRST Laird of Drum. William took the name Alexander I although his name was William de Irwin when he was armor bearer for Robert The Bruce, future king of Scotland. William de Irwin was presented the deed to Drum Castle and the surrounding hunting forests in 1323 A.D. The castle near Aberdeen, Scotland has been in existence since 1286 A.D. and was in Irwin hands until 1975 when it was turned over to the National Trust of Scotland.

Robert I of Scotland. Also called Robert the Bruce. Born 1274, died 1329. King of Scotland 1306-29. King Robert Bruce made Sir William de Irvine his armor-bearer and secretary. Sir William de Irvine married a granddaughter of Bruce, who was the daughter of Robert Douglas, Earl of Buchan (?). King gave him forest of Drum, which was then part of Royal Forest in Aberdeenshire. And from this union was derived the two great families of Bonshaw and Drum (in Scotland).

SOURCE

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html

William de Irvine , 1st Laird of Drum

“William de Irwyn was born about 1280 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and died in 1333 at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father was Alexander de Irwyn. Little is known of Alexander. We do not, at this time, know the names of his parents or that of his wife. It is believed that he was a brother of William, Laird of Bonshaw, and that he was the Irving\Irvine clan chief during the late 1200s and early 1300s. Alexander is reputed to have been an early supporter of Robert the Bruce in Bruce’s quest to free Scotland from the grip of Edward I of England. It is thought that Alexander was with Bruce at Greyfriar’s Church in Dumfries on February 13, 1306 when Bruce confronted John Comyn the Red, the only other serious contender for the Scottish Crown. It was a stormy meeting and tempers flared. Daggers were drawn, but Bruce got his blow in first and Comyn was killed. Alexander was among the small group of supporters that helped Bruce escape the Comyn followers.”

SOURCE; DONALD ERWIN

NOTE; SOME SOURCES LIST ALEXANDER AS THE FATHER OF WILLIAM DE IRWYN,  OTHERS SAY WILLIAM IRWYN.

William IRWYN (d. date unknown)

William IRWYN(son of William (Gilbert) ERYVINE) died date unknown.

Notes for William IRWYN:

 He was known as William Irwyn of Bonshaw. Laird and leader of the border clan in Dumfries, near Lockerbie, Scotland. Bonshaw Castle dates back to 1022 A.D. and is still in ownership of the Irwin (Irving) family.

 Per Elson Irwin’s files:

 Irvine: 1. Scots: habitation name from Irvine in Strathclyde or from Irving in Dumfries and Galloway region. The two names have become confused and are impossible to disentangle. Both are derived from a Celtic river name probably composed of elements ir=green fresh vin=water. There are two major Scottish families called Irvine. They share a common ancestor, Duncan, known as the first of Eryvine. He was killed at the Battle of Duncrub in 965. But these Scots were of Irish origin, descended from Cimeal Connell, a member of the O’Neil Clan. The two Scottish branches were established at Bonshaw in Dumfriesshire, and at Castle Drum in Aberdeenshire.

William (Gilbert) ERYVINE

(son of GILCHRIST of ANGUS and MAJORY of SCOTLAND) died date unknown.

Children of William (Gilbert) ERYVINE are:

William IRWYN, d. date unknown.

NOTE: THE FATHER OF WILLIAM IRWYN IS NOT WELL ESTABLISHED, SOME SOURCES LIST Dunegal\Duncan Eryvine b: ABT 0988, OTHERS GILCHRIST, FOURTH EARL OF ANGUS.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bferris&id=I41368

GILCHRIST of ANGUS (b. Abt. 1154, d. Bet. 1207 – 1211)

 Birthdate: circa 1156 Birthplace: Powrie, Forfarshire, Scotland Death: Died 1231 in Ogilvie, Scotland

GILCHRIST of ANGUS was born Abt. 1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland, and died Bet. 1207 – 1211. He married  MAJORY of SCOTLAND on Abt. 1169, daughter of Henry of HUNTINGDON and Adelaid de WARENNE.

More About GILCHRIST of ANGUS:

Occupation: 2nd Earl of Angus.

Children of GILCHRIST of ANGUS and MAJORY of SCOTLAND are:

William (Gilbert) ERYVINE, d. date unknown

MAJORY of SCOTLAND (b. 1152, d. Abt. 1213

MAJORY of SCOTLAN (daughter of Henry of HUNTINGDON and Adelaid de WARENNE) was born 1152 in England, and died Abt. 1213. She married GILCHRIST of ANGUS on Abt. 1169.

More About MAJORY of SCOTLAND:

Occupation: Princess of Scotland.

Children of MAJORY of SCOTLAND and GILCHRIST of ANGUS are:

William (Gilbert) ERYVINE, d. date unknown.

The PEDIGREE of Gilchrist (4th Earl) of ANGUS

poss. aka Gilchrist OGILVIE

Born: abt. 1142 Died: aft. 1207

HM George I’s 13-Great Grandfather. U.S. President’s 16-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill’s 20-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana’s 22-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron’s 21-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII’s 17-Great Grandfather. HM Umberto II’s 21-Great Grandfather. `

Gilla Críst of Angus, ruled until 1206 as Mormaer of Angus. He was a son of Gille Brigte of Angus and younger brother of Adam of AngusAlmost nothing is known of him, except that he married Marjorie of Huntingdon, the daughter of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, and that he was succeeded by his son Donnchad before 1206. His daughter Bethóc (Beatrix) was married to Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and was mother to Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_Cr%C3%ADst,_Earl_of_Angus

About Gilbert Ogilvy, brother of Gilchrist

Gilbert Ogilvy, 3rd son of Gilibride; assumed the surname Ogilvy from lands of that name in his possession, of which, with Powrie and Kyneithein in Angus, he had a charter 1172. [Burke's Peerage] The lands of Ogilvy are in Angus. The name derives from the Gaelic, Ocel-fa meaning high plain. Angus was a kingdom in Pictish times ruled by a mormaer, one of the ancient Celtic nobles of Scotland. Originally a mormaer, literally a great steward, was a semi-independent sub-king. After the feudalising of Scotland in the time of King David, mormaers came to be called earls. In those day of course there were no dukes or marquesses, so earl was the highest rank in the nobility. Gillebride, Earl of Angus in the time of King David I, gave the lands of Ogilvy to his third son, Gilbert, some time before 1172, when Gilbert had a charter of Ogilvy, Powrie and Kyneithen, all in Angus. His grandson, Sir Patrick de Ogilvy of Wester Powrie appears on the Ragman Roll of nobles swearing fealty toEdward I of England in 1296.

GILLBRIDE(BORN BFR 1128)

 son of  Dufagan [d. 1187]

 Earl of Angus

[1135]. David I King of Scotland granted protection to the clerics of Deer by undated charter witnessed by “Donchado comite de Fib et Malmori d´Athotla et Ggillebrite comite d´Engus et Ghgillcomded Mac Aed…”

 He fought at the battle of the Standard 22 Aug 1138

The Complete Peerage says that Gillbride “seems to have married a daughter of Gospatrick Earl of Dunbar”

Source

Scotland Earls

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#GilchristAngus

(Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit’, more often Americanized as McBride. The name Brighid (modern Brigit) almost certainly means ‘exalted’. Brighid was probably originally a pagan fire goddess, many of whose attributes became attached to the historical figure of St. Brigit of Kildare (452–523), founder of the first Irish convent.

About Gille Brigte mac Dufugan, 2nd Earl Of Angus

He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire.1 In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].

Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus was born before 1128. He was the son of Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus. He married, firstly, unnamed daughter of Gospatrick, daughter of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar. He married, secondly, unnamed daughter of Erik Slagbrellir (?) and Ingigerd (?). He died circa 1187.

Gillbride succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Angus. He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire. In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].

Child of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus and unnamed daughter (?)

* Magnus, Jarl of Orkney+ d. 12391

Children of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus

* Adam, 3rd Earl of Angus b. b 1164, d. b 11981

* Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus+ b. b 1187, d. bt 1207 – 12111

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 642. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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Gille Brigte of Angus is the one of the earliest attested Mormaers of Angus. He was possibly a descendant of Dubacan of Angus.

Gille Brigte is recorded as a witness to a charter dating to 1150. He probably fathered both Adam and Gille Críst. He was dead by 1189, when his son Adam was the Mormaer.

* Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53-4

The PEDIGREE of Gilbert (Gilebride) (2nd Earl) of ANGUS

(Gilibride Gillbride Gilbride); (OGILVIE ?)

Born: ? Died: by 1187

HM George I’s 14-Great Grandfather. U.S. President Obama’s 17-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill’s 21-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana’s 23-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron’s 22-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII’s 18-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton’s 20-Great Grandfather.

SOURCE
http://fabpedigree.com/s032/f700321.htm

Dufugan or Gilchrist Angus , 1st Earl of Angus; Birth: ABT 1054Father:

Eruni b: ABT 1020

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

Gillibrede , 2nd Earl of Angus b: ABT 1094 in Angus, Scotland

Dufugan Earl of Angus

born about 1090 Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland.There is doubt on the existence of this Gilchrist/Dufagan. Some sources report that Gilbert/Gillebride was the first to be formally recognised as Earl of Angus. It is possible that Gilbert and/or Gilchrist/Dufagan were descended from the ancient Celtic Mormaers of Angus but this has not been confirmed.

children

1. Gilbert or Gillebride, 2nd Earl of Angus (d c1187) ”

From Stirnet Genealogy at

http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/aa/azmisc01.htm

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerag.

Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus was created 1st Earl of Angus [Scotland] circa 1115.1

He was probably a descendant of Dubucan, a Mormaer of Angus in the 10th century.1

Child of Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus

Citations

1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage

Eruini Eryvine-Irwyn(born about 1020 AD)

 “Duncan, the third brother, was the ancestor of the Bonshaw Irvings. He moved to the borderlands in 1018 as Governor of Cumbria. His eldest son Eruini, born circa 1020, married Beatrice, an heiress of the ancient British royal line of Coel Hen. Eruini and Beatrice took up residence at her ancestral home, the ancient hill-fort of Dumbretton. Soon afterward, however, a new castle was built about two miles east of the present site of Bonshaw, and they named it Irwyn. The inheritance of Beatrice also included the lands between the Kirtle and the Esk Rivers southeast of Lockerbie. These lands included the area where the current Bonshaw Tower now stands, and would become the ancient home of the Eryvine (Irving, de Irwyn, Irvine) clan.”(Donald Erwin)

BRITISH ROYAL LINE OF COEL HEN

King Cole

Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus;^[3] c. 27 February 272^[2] – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine,^[4] was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity,^{[notes 4]} Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all religions throughout the empire.

The foremost general of his time, Constantine defeated the emperors Maxentius and Licinius during civil wars. He also fought successfully against the Franks, Alamanni, Visigoths, and Sarmatians during his reign – even resettling parts of Dacia which had been abandoned during the previous century. Constantine built a new imperial residence in place of Byzantium, naming it Constantinople, which would later be the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for over one thousand years. He is thought of as the founder of the Eastern Roman Empir

Dunegal or Duncan of Eskdale (d. 1040 AD)

 Governor of Cumbria

HISTORY

“According to ancient family traditions (which are largely supported by known historical fact; and which are first recorded in the very short family history, “The Original of the Family of the Irvines or Erinvines’, written in 1678 by Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D., Historiographer Royal of Scotland) the Irvings of Bonshaw are descended from DUNCAN, known in the family as ‘Duncan of Eskdale’, a younger brother of Crinan, the husband of Princess Beatrix and father of King Duncan I of Scotland.

The paternal grandfather of Duncan of Eskdale and Crinan was DUNCAN, hereditary Abthane of Dule and lay abbot of Dunkeld. The latter Duncan is now believed to have been a direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, who was high King of Ireland early in the 5th century A.D and progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Europe that are still extant in an unbroken male line.

The Duncan, as Abthane of Dule-an ancient title connected with St. Adamnan’s abbey of Dull, and dating from nearly 200 years before the union of the Scottish and Pictish crowns in 843 A.D.-was of more consequence than any one of the seven Pictish ‘Mormaers’, being second only to the king himself in power and importance. He appears to have been appointed Governor of Strathclyde when that region was conquered by the Saxons and given to Malcolm I of Alban.”

SOURCE

The Irvings of Bonshaw

http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php

Duncan (Thane) of ATHOLL

(son of the ‘first of Eryvine’)

Killed at the Battle of Lancarty c. 990 AD.

Abbot of Dunkeld

Seneschal of King’s Rents, Abthane of Dule

Sons: Duncan, crinan

Father: Duncan Eryvine

ATHOLL

Atholl was one of the seven original province of Scotland, associated with Gowry, covering the north eastern parts of what was later the county of Perth. The rulers were styled Mormaers in the 10th century. The last recorded Mormaer of Atholl was Maddad, grandson of Duncan I King of Scotland, who was one of the six rulers to be referred to as “comes” in the [1114/15] charter for Scone. Members of his family succeeded him as Earls of Atholl until the earldom was inherited by the Strathbogie family in the mid-13th century.

A. MORMAERS of ATHOLL

1. DUNCAN, son of — (-killed 965). Abthane of Dule, lay abbot of Dunkeld. From the house of the Kings of Ireland. Governor of Strathclyde. The Annals of Ulster record that “Donnchad the abbot of Dún Caillen” was killed in 965 in “a battle between the men of Scotland themselves“

 The 10th century Pictish Chronicle Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum records that “Niger filius Maelcolaim” defeated “Caniculum super Dorsum Crup“, in which battle “Duchad abbas Duncalden et Dubdon satrapas Athochlach” were killed, after which Niger was expelled and “Caniculus” reigned for a short time.

2. CRINAN “the Thane”, son of — (-killed in battle 1045). Abthane of Dule. Lay abbot of Dunkeld. Steward of the Western Isles. Mormaer of Atholl. He was killed fighting King Macbeth. m ([1000]

NOTE

Sources such as Wikipedia’s list of Scottish kings and Royalblood.com.UK vary as to who is the father of Duncan. Family histories of the Irvines going back 400 years list Duncan Eryvine, killed at Duncrub in 965 AD. Wikipedia and Royalblood.com list Duncan as the third son of King Malcolm I of Scotland, directly descended from King Kenneth Alpine, the first King of the Scots c. 850 AD.

 Wiki list of Scottish monararchs

 “Duncan succeeded to the throne as the maternal grandson of Malcolm II (he was also the heir-general of Malcolm I, as his paternal grandfather, Duncan of Atholl was the third son of Malcolm I  (http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1380/I1380686.html). The House of Dunkeld was therefore a continuation of the House of Alpine.”

Crinan was Head of the Sacred Kindred of Saint Columba, so is presumably a descendant of Fergus Cennfota, but the details shown here are a conjecture by David Hughes.

External page: David Hughes’ comprehensive book of ancient British genealogy

External page: Links to genealogical pages by David Hughes

Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL) ‘the first of the Eryvine’

 killed at Duncrub in 965 A.D.

Earl and Governor of Strathclyde

Abbot of Dunkeld

‘Lord of Athole’

Direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, King of Ireland c. 400 AD.

“This Duncan is the progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Great Britain; the noble family of Dunbar is certainly descended from him, and traditionally so are the noble families of Irving and Home, all in the male line; not to mention the Royal Family and numerous other families by female descent.”

SOURCE The Irvings of Bonshaw

http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php

Note by Donald Erwin:

“It was in 965 AD that Duncan, who was the Earl and Governor of Strathclyde, and who was known as “the first of the Erivine,” was killed at Dancrub while leading an army against a strong rebel force of fellow countrymen. His eldest son, also Duncan, inherited all of his father’s titles, including Abbot of Dunkeld. This Duncan was killed at the Battle of Lancarty, about 990 AD, while commanding the left wing of Scottish forces. He had three sons; Crinan, Grim and Duncan.”

Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL)

Earl of STRATHCLYDE; Lay Abbot of Dunkeld

Born: abt. 920 Died: abt. 965

HM George I’s 20-Great Grandfather. HRE Fedinand I’s 16-Great Grandfather. U.S. President’s 22-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill’s 27-Great Grandfather. HM Margret the II’s 27-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton’s 25-Great Grandfather

DUNCAN (THANE/PRIEST OF DULE)

The PEDIGREE of Duncan (Thane/Priest) of DULL

 Wife/Partner:(missing)

Child:

Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL)

Note:

HM George I’s 21-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 17-Great Grandfather. U.S. President’s 23-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill’s 28-Great Grandfather. HM Margret II’s 28-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton’s 26-Great Grandfather.

“According to ancient Irving/Irvine family traditions in Scotland, the early Erinvine/Eryvine family roots go back to the Irveni tribe in what is now Northern Ireland. Some believe that the family actually originated in Spain. Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D. of Edinburgh, Physician-General and Historiographer of Scotland to King Charles II, wrote in his book The Origins of the Irvines or Erinvines, published in 1678, “The clans of the Gaelick nations came from the west-coast of Spain and seated themselves in the east coast of Erin and the isles of Albin that is now called Cuninghame (Cunningham)…” Dr. Irvine further wrote, “…The Erinvienes or Erinfienes, came to these islands them, and they gave their name to the river and to their palace, which is now called the town of Irvine (The River Irvine empties into the Firth of Clyde just south of Irvine)…”

One of the Irveni was Echu Mugnedon. He was born between 300 and 320 AD, and was the King of Ireland. He married Inne, and one of their sons was Niall Mor Noigialach. Niall was born in the mid-300s, and died in 406 AD. He became “High King” of both Ireland and Tara. During his active years he and his followers made frequent marauding expeditions into what is now Scotland, and he is thought to be the progenitor of the Duncan (Eryvine-Irvine) family there. He married Laorn. The known children of Niall and Laorn are Conal Mac Neil, who became the King of Meath, and Eoghan Muinrevar, who succeeded his father as King of Ireland.

Ercc Dalriada was a son of Eoghan Muinrevar, and a First Knight of Ireland and Dalriada. He married Marca, and one of their children was Fergus Mor Mac Errc Dalriada, who was born about 495. Fergus is credited as having been the first true King of Scots. At the time, however, the Scottish Kingdom encompassed only the general area of Argyll. All Scottish kings for the next several hundred years would claim to be descendants of Fergus.

The Erinvine (Eryvine) clan, for the next four hundred years or so, is believed to have lived in the area facing the Firth of Clyde where the town of Irvine now stands. Some of the neighboring clans were Montgomery, Cunningham, Wallace, Boyd, Campbell and Maxwell. But in the ninth century the MacAlpin kings induced most of the Erinvine clan, and parts of some of the others, to move south to the border area to help defend the kingdom. Starting about 848 AD the Duncan chief became the hereditary abbot of the old Celtic Monastery in Dunkeld, which exists today as the Dunkeld Cathedral.”

 SOURCE; DONALD D ERWIN

ancestry of Crinan “The Thane”, Earl of Athole

01. Niall (Nel) “Mor” &/or “Noigiallach”, reck’d 1st King of Ireland

[the Medieval kingdom] 396-423

02. Conall “Gulban” (d465)

03. Fergus “Cendfota”

04. Fedlim

05. Eoghan, bro of St. Columba (d597)

06. Donchad, descendants called the “Clanna Donachadha” (600)

07. Cuillum (Colla)

08. Eathach “Feighlioch”

09. Cartain, Lord of the Isles [Hebrides]

10. Eirc, Lord of the Isles

11. Crimthanne, Lord of the Isles [not to be confused with the

Crimthanne of the "Colla-Uais Pedigree]

12. Eirc, Lord of the Isles

13. Fergus, Lord of the Isles

14. Gofraidh (Goffra), Lord of the Isles (827)

15. Maine, Lord of the Isles

16. Niallghus, Lord of the Isles

17. Suibne, Lord of the Isles, his bro was Seadhne, Priest of Dul

18. Maolbruidhe, Lord of the Isles

19. Solaimh, Lord of the Isles [not to be confused with Solaimh, son

of Imergi [Jehmarc], of the “Somerled Pedigree”]

20. Gilladomnan, Lord of the Isles

21. Duncan, Priest of Dull

22. Duncan MacDonachad (d965), Thane of Dull

23. Duncan, Abbot of Dunkeld (1000).

The PEDIGREE of

Gilladomnan (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 18-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President’s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Churchill’s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. Otto von Bismarck’s 26-Great Grandfather.

possible Child:

Duncan (Thane/Priest) of DULE

Solaimh (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 19-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President’s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Churchill’s 28-Great Grandfather

Child:

Gilladomnan (Lord) of the ISLES

Maolbruidhe (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 20-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President’s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. Otto von Bismarck’s 28-Great Grandfathe

Children:

Solaimh (Lord) of the ISLES ; Seadhne (Priest of Dul)

Suibne (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 21-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President’s 27-Great Grandfather

Child:

Maolbruidhe (Lord) of the ISLES

Niallghus (Lord) of the ISLES

 Poss. HM George I’s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President’s 28-Great Grandfather

Child:

Suibne (Lord) of the ISLES

Maine (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. Wife/Partner: (missing)

Child:

Niallghus (Lord) of the ISLES

Gofraidh (Goffra) (Lord) of the ISLES

Born: ? Died: aft. 827

Poss. HM George I’s 28-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI’s 28-Great Grandfathe.

Child:

Maine (Lord) of the ISLES

Fergus (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 29-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 25-Great Grandfather.

Child:

(Gofraidh offra) (Lord) of the ISLES

The PEDIGREE of

Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 30-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 31-Great Grandfather

Child:

Fergus (Lord) of the ISLES

The PEDIGREE of

Crimthanne (Lord) of the ISLES

Poss. HM George I’s 31-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 27-Great Grandfather. Wife/Partner: (missing)

Child:

Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES

The PEDIGREE of

Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES

 Poss. HM George I’s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 28-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 33-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Crimthanne (Lord) of the ISLES

The PEDIGREE of

Cartain (Lord) of the ISLEs

Poss. HM George I’s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 29-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 34-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES

The PEDIGREE of

Eathach Feighlioch

Poss. HM George I’s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 30-Great Grandfather. Wife/Partner: (missing)

Child:

Cartain (Lord) of the ISLE

The PEDIGREE of

Cuillum (Colla)

Poss. HM George I’s 35-Great Grandfather. Poss. RE Ferdinand I’s 31-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 36-Great Grandfather

Child:

Eathach Feighlioch

The PEDIGREE of

Donchad

eponym of Clanna Donachadha

Born: ? Died: aft. 600

Poss. HM George I’s 36-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 37-Great Grandfather

Children:

Cuillum (Colla) ; Clanna Donachadha

The PEDIGREE of

Eogan (Eoghan) MacFEIDEILMI

 Poss. HM George I’s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 38-Great Grandfather.

Children:

Donchad ; NN (ancestor of O’Firghill & O’Freel)

The PEDIGREE o

Feidhlimidh (Fedlim) MacFEARGUSA

Heir of CENEL CONAILL

 Poss. HM George I’s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 39-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Eithne (Princess) of LEINSTER

Children: Eogan (Eoghan) MacFEIDEILMID ; Columba Cilla (Saint) of IONA

The PEDIGREE of

Fergus Cennfota MacCONAILL

 (3rd husband of Erca); descendants were MONARCH; aka Fearghus Cendfota (`Long-Head’)

Nicknames:	“Fergus Cennfota MacConail Ó Neill”
Birthdate:	440
Birthplace:	Ireland
Death:	Died                                          478                                                          in         Tirconaill, County Donegal, Eire

HM George I’s 34-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 33-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 40-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Earca ingen LOAIRN (Princess) of DALRIADA ; Snedghusa ; Rignach ingen MEADAIB ; Indiu ingen LUGDACH

Children: Setna (Seadhna Setnae) MacFEARGUSA ; Feidhlimidh (Fedlim) MacFEARGUSA ; Ninnidh (poss. father of 139th M : poss. grandfather of 142nd M)

NOTE: CRININ ERYVINE, FATHER OF KING DUNCAN 1

The PEDIGREE of

Conall Gulban MacNEILL

Enna Bogaine (ancestor of Sechnasach); King of TIR-CONALL; g-grandson was poss. MONARCH

 Born: ? Died: abt. 464

HM George I’s 35-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Children:

Fergus Cennfota MacCONAILL ; Dui/Daoi (ancestor of the Cenel Duach : grandfather of Baetan mac Ninnid who was poss. 139th M)

Conall Gulban Mac Neill (died c. 464)

He is important in the history of Irish Christianity as he was the first nobleman baptised by St.Patrick, thus opening the way for the conversion of the ruling classes of Ireland.

Conall Gulban

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Conall Gulban (died c. 464) was an Irish king who founded the kingdom of Tír Conaill in the 5th century, comprising much of what is now County Donegal. He was the son of Niall Noígiallach.[1] His byname Gulban derives from Benn Gulban (the mountain of Benbulban) in Co.Sligo, from which center the sons of Niall set out upon their conquest of the north.[2] King Conall Gulban was murdered by the Masraige at Magh Slécht (Co.Cavan) in 464. He was buried by Saint Caillin at Fenagh, Co.Leitrim.[3] He is important in the history of Irish Christianity as he was the first nobleman baptised by St.Patrick, thus opening the way for the conversion of the ruling classes of Ireland.

He was apparently very close to his brother Eógan mac Néill who died of grief over his brother’s death the next year.[4]His sons included Fergus Cendfota, Dauí (founder of the Cenél nDuach) and Énna Bogaine (founder of the Cenél mBogaine

 Descendants

His descendants were known as the Cenél Conaill.The Peninsula of Inishowen in Donegal was fought for by the Dochartaigh clan (known modernly as Doherty, Daugherty, Docherty, Dougherty, etc.) who were then given the title of Princes of Donegal. This family also descends from Conall (see Clann Ua Dochartaig).

The Cenél nEógain, descended from his brother Eoghan, became the other premier Uí Néillsept in In Fochla (also known as In Tuisceart). Their kingdom was known as Tír Eógain. Modern day County Tyrone shares both its name and much of its territory. Its respective royal dynasties, the Kings of Tir Connaill and the Kings of Tír Eógain. Its last de jure native rulers fled abroad in the episode known as the Flight of the Earls but, as with all the major Irish kingships, the line of descent continues into the present day.

 Notes

^ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 1

^ Byrne, pg.84

^ Annals of the Four Masters, M464.3

^ Annals of the Four Masters, M465.

The PEDIGREE of

Niall Noigiallach MacECHACH

aka Nial Mor NAOIGHIALLACH `of the Nine Hostages’; 1st King (but reckoned 126th MONARCH) of IRELAND;

 

conquered nine countries (incl. part of France)

Born: ? Died: abt. 405 Boulogne k. by Prince of Leinster

HM George I’s 35-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 33-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Rignach ingen MEADAIB ; Indiu ingen LUGDACH ; Ine ingen DUBTHAIG ; Indiu ingen LUGDACH

Children: Conall (I) Cremthainne MacNEILL ; Laeghaire (Leary) (128th MONARCH) of IRELAND ; Fiacha MacNEILL ; Eoghan (Eogan Owen) Find MacNEILL ; Conall Gulban MacNEILL ; Cairpre MacNEILL

Niall of the Nine Hostages

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Niall Noígíallach (Irish pronunciation:['ni??l no?'?i??l?x], Old Irish “having nine hostages“),[1] or in English, Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eochaid Mugmedón, was an Irish king, the eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill kindred who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century. The rise of the Uí Néill dynasties and their conquests in Ulster and Leinster are not reliably recorded but have been the subject of considerable study and attempts to reconstruct them.

Although generally supposed to be a historical personage, very little can confidently be said of Niall’s life. The sources for the details of Niall’s life are genealogies of historical kings, the “Roll of Kings” section of the Lebor Gabála Érenn, Irish annals such as the Annals of the Four Masters, chronicles such as Geoffrey Keating‘s Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, and legendary tales like “The Adventure of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon” and “The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages”. These sources date from long after Niall’s time and their value as history is limited at best.

Niall is placed in the traditional list of High Kings of Ireland. His reign dated to the late 4th and early 5th centuries. The Annals of the Four Masters dates his accession to 378 and death to 405.[2] The chronology of Keating’s Foras Feasa ar Éirinn broadly agrees, dating his reign from 368-395, and associating his raiding activities in Britain with the kidnapping of Saint Patrick (ca. 390-461).[3] However, the traditional roll of kings and its chronology is now recognised as artificial. The High Kingship did not become a reality until the 9th century, and Niall’s legendary status has been inflated in line with the political importance of the dynasty he founded. Based on Uí Néill genealogies and the dates given for his supposed sons and grandsons, modern historians believe he is likely to have lived some 50 years later than the traditional dates, dying circa 450.[4]Legendary biography

 Early life

A legendary account of Niall’s birth and early life is given in the 11th century saga Echtra mac nEchach Muimedóin (“The adventure of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón”). In it, Eochaid Mugmedón, the High King of Ireland, has five sons, four, Brión, Ailill, Fiachrae and Fergus, by his first wife Mongfind, sister of the king of Munster, Crimthann mac Fidaig, and a fifth, Niall, by his second wife Cairenn Chasdub, daughter of Sachell Balb, king of the Saxons. While Cairenn is pregnant with Niall, the jealous Mongfind forces her to do heavy work, hoping to make her miscarry. She gives birth as she is drawing water, but out of fear of Mongfind, she leaves the child on the ground, exposed to the birds. The baby is rescued and brought up by a poet called Torna. When Niall grows up he returns to Tara and rescues his mother from her labour.[5]

Although it is anachronistic for Niall’s mother to have been a Saxon, O’Rahilly argues that the name Cairenn is derived from the Latin name Carina, and that it is plausible that she might have been a Romano-Briton.[6] Indeed, Keating describes her not as a Saxon but as the “daughter of the king of Britain“.[3] Mongfind appears to have been a supernatural personage: the saga “The Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig” says the festival of Samhain was commonly called the “Festival of Mongfind”, and prayers were offered to her on Samhain eve.[

Accession

Seeing Niall's popularity among the nobles, Mongfind demands that Eochaid name a successor, hoping it will be one of her sons. Eochaid gives the task to a druid, Sithchenn, who devises a contest between the brothers, shutting them in a burning forge, telling them to save what they can, and judging them based on which objects they choose to save. Niall, who emerges carrying an anvil, is deemed greater than Brión, with a sledgehammer, Fiachrae with bellows and a pail of beer, Ailill with a chest of weapons, and Fergus with a bundle of wood. Mongfind refuses to accept the decision.

Sithchenn takes the brothers to the smith, who makes them weapons, and sends them out hunting. Each brother in turn goes looking for water, and finds  well guarded by a hideous hag who demands a kiss in return for water. Fergus and Ailill refuse and return empty-handed. Fiachrae gives her a quick peck, but not enough to satisfy her. Only Niall kisses her properly, and she is revealed as a beautiful maiden, the Sovereignty of Ireland. She grants Niall not only water but the kingship for many generations - twenty-six of his descendants will be High Kings of Ireland. Fiachrae is granted a minor royal line - two of his descendants, Nath Í and Ailill Molt, will be High Kings.[5]

This ” loathly lady” motif appears in myth and folklore throughout the world. Variations of this story are told of the earlier Irish high king Lugaid Loígde, in Arthurian legend — one of the most famous versions appears in both Geoffrey Chaucer‘s The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the related Gawain romance, The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell — and in John Gower‘s Middle English poem Confessio Amantis.[8]

In another story, the succession is not settled when Eochaid dies, and Mongfind’s brother Crimthann takes the high kingship. But while he is away on a tour of his lands in Scotland, Mongfind’s sons seize Ireland. Crimthann returns to Ireland intending to give battle. Mongfind, purporting to make peace between her brother and her sons, holds a feast, at which she serves Crimthann a poisoned drink. Crimthann refuses to drink it unless she does too; they both drink, and both die. Niall succeeds to the High Kingship, and Brión becomes his second in command.

[7] Another version has Mongfind try to poison Niall, but she takes the poison herself by mistake.[9]While Niall is high king, his brothers establish themselves as local kings. Brión rules the province of Connacht, but Fiachrae makes war against him. Brión defeats Fiachrae and hands him over as a prisoner to Niall, but Fiachrae’s son Nath Í continues the war and eventually kills Brión. Niall releases Fiachrae, who becomes king of Connacht and Niall’s right hand man. Fiachrae and Ailill then make war against Crimthann’s son Eochaid, king of Munster. They defeat him and win great spoil, but Fiachrae is wounded in the battle and dies of his wounds shortly afterwards. The Munstermen renew the battle, capture Ailill and cut him to pieces, and war continues between Munster and Connacht for many years.

 Death

The Lebor Gabála Érenn says there was war between Niall and Énnae Cennsalach, king of Leinster, over the bórama or cow-tribute first imposed on Leinster by Tuathal Techtmar.[10] Énna’s son Eochaid is named as Niall’s killer in all sources, although the circumstances vary. All sources agree he died outside Ireland. The earliest version of the Lebor Gabála says Eochaid killed him on the English Channel, later versions adding that Niall was invading Brittany when this happened. Keating, quoting a Latin Life of Saint Patrick, says that Niall led Irish raids on Roman Britain, and in one of those raids Patrick and his sisters were abducted. Keating associates these raids with those mentioned by Gildas and Bede, and deduces that, since some Irish sources say Patrick was abducted from Brittany, that Niall’s raids must have extended to continental Europe as well.[3]

 In the saga “The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages”, Eochaid’s enmity with Niall begins when he is refused hospitality by Niall’s poet, Laidcenn mac Bairchid. He makes war and destroys the poet’s stronghold, killing his son Leat[11] (Keating has it that Laidchenn was a druid, and that Eochaid killed his son after he used defamatory language towards him).[3] Laidchenn responds by satirising Leinster so that no corn, grass or leaves grow there for a year. Then Niall makes war against Leinster, and peace is concluded on the condition that Eochaid is handed over. Niall chains Eochaid to a standing stone, and sends nine warriors to execute him, but Eochaid breaks his chain and kills all nine of them with it. He then kills Laidchenn by throwing a stone which lodges in his forehead. Niall exiles him to Scotland. The story then becomes confused. Niall makes war in Europe as far as the Alps, and the Romans send an ambassador to parlay with him. Abruptly, the tale then has Niall appearing before an assembly of Pictish bards in Scotland, where he is killed by an arrow shot by Eochaid from the other side of the valley. Keating has Eochaid shoot Niall from the opposite bank of the river Loire during his European campaign. His men carry his body home, fighting seven battles on the way, and his foster-father Torna dies of grief. His body is said to have been buried at Ochann, now known as Faughan Hill at Jordanstown, a few miles west of Navan in County Meath.[9] He is succeeded by his nephew Nath Í.

Byrne suggests that Niall’s death took place during a raid on Roman Britain. Irish tradition had forgotten that the Romans once ruled Britain, and relocated his remembered confrontations with the Empire to continental Europe, with Alba, the ancient name for Britain, being confused with Elpa, the Alps, or being understood with its later meaning of Scotland.

[4] A poem by the 11th century poet Cináed Ua Hartacáin in the Book of Leinster credits Niall with seven raids on Britain, on the last of which he was killed by Eochaid “above the surf of the Ictian Sea”;[4][12] a poem attributed to the same poet in Lebor na hUidre credits him with going to the Alps seven times.[6]

 Family and descendants

Keating credits Niall with two wives: Inne, daughter of Lugaid, who bore him one son,Fiachu; and Rignach, who bore him seven sons, Lóegaire, Éndae, Maine, Eógan, Conall Gulban, Conall Cremthainne and Coirpre.[3] These sons are the eponymous ancestors of the various Uí Néill dynasties: Eógan of the Cenél nEógain and Conall Gulban of the Cenél Conaill, making up the northern Uí Néill; Fiachu of the Cenél Fiachach dynasty, Lóegaire (the king who Saint Patrick is said to have converted) of the Cenél Lóegaire, Maine of the Uí Maine, Eógan of the Cenél nEógain, Conall Gulban of the Cenél Conaill, Conall Cremthainne of the Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁedo Sláine, and Coirpre of the Cenél Coirpri, making up the southern Uí Néill.[4] Famous descendants include Niall’s great-great grandson Saint Columba, Saint Máel Ruba, the Kings of Ailech, the Kings of Tir Eogain, and the Kings of Tír Conaill.[13]

In January 2006, geneticists at Trinity College, Dublin suggested that Niall may have been the most fecund male in Irish history. The findings of the study showed that within the north-west of Ireland as many as 21% of men (8% in the general male population) were concluded to have a common male-line ancestor who lived roughly 1,700 years ago. The geneticists estimated that there are about 2-3 million males alive today who descend in the male-line from Niall.[14] However, more recently some reservations have been expressed, as the subclade, which is defined by the presence of the marker R-M222, is found in a belt from Northern Ireland across southern Scotland and is not exclusively associated with the Uí Néill. It is now more commonly referred to as the Northwest Irish/Lowland Scots variety.[15] Although his remains have never been found, this is speculation.

 Origin of his epithet

There are various versions of how Niall gained his epithet Noígíallach. The saga “The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages” says that he received five hostages from the five provinces of Ireland (Ulster, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Meath), and one each from Scotland, the Saxons, the Britons and the Franks.[11] Keating says that he received five from the five provinces of Ireland, and four from Scotland.[3] O’Rahilly suggests that the nine hostages were from the kingdom of the Airgialla (literally “hostage-givers”), a satellite state founded by the Ui Néill’s conquests in Ulster, noting that the early Irish legal text Lebor na gCeart (“The Book of Rights”) says that the only duty of the Airgialla to the King of Ireland was to give him nine hostages.[6]

[*Several sources attribute the naming of Scotland to Nial of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland; for example:"Nial Naoighiallach, youngest and only son of Eochaidh by the second wife, as aforesaid, succeeded Criomthainn and was the 126th monarch of Ireland. Was a stout, wise and warlike prince and fortunate in all his conquests and achievements and therefore called great; He was also called Niall Naoighiallach, i.e., Nial of the Nine Hostages, from the hostages taken from the nine several counties by him subdued and made tributary . ... He was the first that gave the name of Scotia Minor to Scotland and ordained it to be called so ever after, till then (and still by the Irish) called Albion."

Irish mythology - the legendary descent of the Irish Clans—The Lebor Gabala Erren (The Book of the Taking of Ireland, Book of Leinster, 1150 A.D.), from Irish History on the Webb (Univeristy of Texas). See also The Milesian Legends on the superior website, McLaughlin of Donegal.

Many authors testify that Scota was the name of Ireland, and that it was the Irish who were called the Scotic race. Thus does Jonas the abbot, in the second chapter, treating of Columcille, speak: 'Colman,' he says, who is called Colum, was born in Hibernia, which is inhabited by the Scotic race.' Beda also in the first chapter of the first book of the History of Sacsa, says that Ireland was the native land of the Scots. He speaks thus: 'Hibernia is the true fatherland of the Scots.' The same author, writing about the saints, makes a remark which agrees with this: 'It was from Hibernia, the island of the Scots, that St. Kilian and his two companions came.' From this it is to be inferred that the Irish were called the Scotic race in the time of Beda, who lived 700 years after Christ. ... The truth of this matter will be seen from the words of Capgrave, writing of St. Colum; he speaks thus: 'Scotia was an ancient name of Ireland, whence came the Scotic race, who inhabit that part of Alba which lies nearest to greater Britain; and that Alba is now for this reason, called Scotia from Ireland, from which they derive their origin, and whence they immediately came.'" (book I, section XLVIII). [Compare O'Mahony's translation, volume 1, page 375, of the Irish Genealogical Foundation's publication.]

Niall Noigiallach (“of the Nine Hostages”) aka Niall Mor (“the Great”) 127th King of Ireland 380-405AD, in whose time the Royal House of Tara asserted a nominal suzerainty over the whole island. Niall succeeded his father over his 3 older brothers (of his 1st wife). Niall was killed by Eocha, Prince of Leinster while in Gaul (France) in a ford of the river Leon (now called Lianne) that spot is now called the Ford of Niall near Boulogue-sur-mer. Niall was the first to refer to Alba (Scotland) as “Scotia Minor” and Inis Ealga (Ireland) as “Scotia Major”. It is said Niall is responsible for having captured the young boy, later to be St. Patrick, along with his 2 sisters during a raid along the coast of Britain. Niall had no children with his first wife and 12 sons with his second.

Eochaid (Eochu) Mugmedon of IRELAND

 aka Eochaid (XII) `Slave Lord’ Muighmheadhoin (Mugmemdon); 124th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: 365 d. a natural death

HM George I’s 36-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Mong Finn (FIONN) ingen FIODHAIG ; Eyvindr (Princess) of MUMHAN ; Cairenn (Carinna) Chasdubh of BRITAIN ; Eyvindr of MUMHAN

Children: Fiachra Foltsnaithech MacECHACH ; Coirpthe ingen ECHACH ; Brion MacECHACH of IRELAND ; Niall Noigiallach MacECHACH

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Eochaid Mugmedon

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Eochaid Mugmedón (“slave-lord”, pronounced

['?x?ð 'm??v??ð?n]), Irish king.

Biography

According to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, Eochaid was a High King of Ireland, best known as the father of Niall of the Nine Hostages and ancestor of the Uí Néill and Connachta dynasties. He is not mentioned in the list of kings of Tara in the Baile Chuind (The Ecstasy of Conn), but is included in the synthetic lists of High Kings in the Lebor Gabála Érenn, the Irish annals, Geoffrey Keating‘s history, and the Laud Synchronisms.

According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn[1] and its derivative works, Eochaid was the son of the former High King Muiredach Tírech, a descendant of Conn Cétchathach. Muiredach was overthrown and killed by Cáelbad son of Cronn Bradruí, an Ulster king, but Cálbad only ruled one year before Eochaid killed him and took the throne. The Lebor Gabála says he extracted the bórama or cow-tribute from Leinster without a battle. However, Keating records that he was defeated in the Battle of Cruachan Claonta by the Leinster king Énnae Cennsalach.[2]

According to the saga “The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon”,[3] he is said to have had two wives: Mongfind, daughter of Fidach, who bore him four sons, Brion, Ailill, Fiachrae and Fergus; and Cairenn Chasdub, daughter of Sachell Balb, king of the Saxons, who bore him his most famous son, Niall. Mongfind is said to have hated Cairenn, and forced her to expose her child, but the baby was rescued and raised by a poet called Torna. When Niall grew up he returned to Tara and rescued his mother from the servitude Mongfind had placed her under. Mongfind appears to have originally been a supernatural personage: the saga “The Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig” says the festival of Samhain was commonly called the “Festival of Mongfind”, and prayers were offered to her on Samhain eve.[4] Although it is probably anachronistic for Eochaid to have had a Saxon wife, T. F. O’Rahilly argues that the name Cairenn is derived from the Latin name Carina, and that it is plausible that she might have been a Romano-Briton.[5] Indeed, Keating describes her not as a Saxon but as the “daughter of the king of Britain”.[6]

After ruling for seven or eight years, Eochaid died of an illness at Tara, and was succeeded by Mongfind’s brother Crimthann mac Fidaig, king of Munster. Keating dates his reign to 344-351, the Annals of the Four Masters to 357-365.[7] Daniel P. McCarthy, based on the Irish annals, dates his death to 362.[8]

Muireadeach (II) Tirech MacFIACHACH

aka Muireadhach Tireach; 122nd MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: 357 k. at Battle of Dubhall

HM George I’s 37-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 35-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Wife/Partner:

Muireann ingen FIACHAIDH

Child: Eochaid (Eochu) Mugmedon of IRELAND

Muiredach Tirech

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Muiredach Tirech, son of Fiacha Sraibhtine, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the fourth century. He gained power by exiling the three Collas, who had killed his father. The Collas later returned and tried to provoke him into trying to kill them. When he didn’t, they entered his service and led his armies. He was overthrown by Cáelbad. “In the beginning of the fourth century, Muiredeach Tireach, High King of Ireland, directed his nephews, the three Collas, to face north and win sword land for themselves. On the ruins of the old kingdom of Uladh they founded a new kingdom — of Airgíalla — which was henceforth for nearly a thousand years to play an important part in the history of Ireland, and which was possessed afterwards by their descendants, the MacMahons, O’Hanlons, O’Carrolls, and Maguires.” Story of the Irish Race, Seumus MacManus

Preceded by Colla Uais

High King of Ireland

AFM 326-356

FFE 310-34

Fiachaidh (V) Sraibhthine (Scrabhtaine) of IRELAND

aka Fiachu Sraiptine (Fiacha Srabhteine) MacCAIRPRE LIPHECHAIR; aka Fiacha Sraibhthine MacCAIRBRE LITHFEACHAIR; King of Connaught & 120th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 322 k. by the three Collas, q.v.

HM George I’s 38-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 36-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 36-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 44-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Aife (Aoife) of GALL GAEDAL

Children: Muireadeach (II) Tirech MacFIACHACH ; Domnall MacFIACHACH

Fíacha Sroiptine

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 Fiacha Sraibhtine, son of Cairbre Lifechair, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. On his father’s death, Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, sons of Lugaid mac Con, had taken the throne jointly, but within the year Fothad Airgthech killed his brother. Fíacha and the fianna then defeated and killed Fothad in the Battle of Ollarba.

Fíacha’s son, Muiredach Tirech, commanded his armies, as the king himself was not allowed to go into battle. Once, Muiredach led a victorious expedition to Munster. The three Collas — Colla Uais, Colla Fo Chri and Colla Menn, sons of Fíacha’s brother Eochaid Doimlén — gave battle to Fíacha while Muiredach and his army were still in Munster. Fíacha’s druid, Dubchomar, prophesied that if Fíacha was to defeat the Collas, none of his descendants would ever rule Ireland, and likewise, if the Collas won, none of their descendants would be king after them. Fíacha was defeated and killed in what became known as the Battle of Dubchomar.

Fíacha had ruled for 31, 33, 36 or 37 years. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating‘s Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 273–306, the Annals of the Four Masters to 285-322.[1][2][3]

Cairbre Lifiochair (Lifechar) MacCORMAIC

aka Cairbrelifefeachaire; 117th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: 284 k. at Battle of Gabhra (Gawra)

HM George I’s 38-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 36-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Aine ingen FINN ; Hvarfiadh (Princess) of IRELAND

Children: Eochaid Domplen (Dubhlen) MacCAIRPRE LIPHECHAIR ; Fiachaidh (V) Sraibhthine (Scrabhtaine) of IRELAND

Cairbre Lifechair

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Cairbre Lifechair (“lover of the Liffey“), son of Cormac mac Airt, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He came to the throne after the death of Eochaid Gonnat. During his time Bresal Belach was king of Leinster, and refused to pay the bórama or cow-tribute to the High King, but Cairbre defeated him in the Battle of Dubchomar, and from then on exacted the bórama without a battle

 Reign

According to the 8th-century text known as The Expulsion of the Déisi, Cairbre takes the throne when his father Cormac is blinded by Óengus Gaíbúaibthech of the Déisi, it being against the law for the king to have any physical blemish. The chronicles indicate that Eochaid Gonnat succeeded Cormac, but was soon succeeded by Cairbre following his death in battle.

According to Cath Gabhra (The Battle of Gabhra), a narrative of the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, Cairbre married Aine, daughter of Fionn mac Cumhaill. During his reign, his sons Fiacha Sraibhtine and Eochaid Doimlen killed Óengus Gaíbúaibthech. To make peace, Cairbre betroths his daughter, Sgiam Sholais, to a Déisi prince. However, the fianna demand a tribute of twenty gold bars, which they claimed was customarily paid on such occasions. Cairbre decides the fianna have become too powerful, and raises a huge army from Ulster, Connacht and Leinster against them. They are joined by Goll mac Morna and his followers, who turn against their comrades in the fianna, but Munster and the Déisi side with the fianna. Cairbre’s army wins in the Battle of Gabhra, but Cairbre himself falls in single combat against Fionn’s grandson Oscar, who dies of his wounds shortly afterwards. Fionn himself either dies in the battle, or had been killed on the River Boyne the previous year. The only survivors of the fianna are Caílte mac Rónáin and Fionn’s son Oisín.

Cairbre had ruled for seventeen, twenty-six or twenty-seven years. He was succeeded by Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, sons of Lugaid mac Con, ruling jointly. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating‘s Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 245-272, the Annals of the Four Masters to 267-284.[1][2][3][4]

Cormac Ulfhada (Ulfhota; `Longbeard’) MacAIRT

115th (and wisest) MONARCH of IRELAND; converted to Christianity

Born: ? Died: 266 d. choking on fish bone (by Druid sorcery)

HM George I’s 39-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Eithne Ollamhdha ; Landabaria na LEINSTER

Children:

Ailbhe ingen CORMAC ; Cairbre Lifiochair (Lifechar) MacCORMAIC ; Gratne (1st wife of Finn MacCumail (q.v.))

nicknames: “Cormas Ulthada”, “Ulfhada”, “Cormac Uifhada”, “Cormac Ulfhada”, “Mac Art”, “Mac Airt”, “Longbeard”, “Long Beard”, “Cormae Usada” Birthdate: circa 190 Birthplace: Leinster, Dublin, Ireland Death: Died 266 in Cleitach on the Boyne Occupation: 115th High King of Ireland, 115th Monarch

Airt `the Solitary’ Aoinfhear MacCONN

112th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Art (III) Aonthir; aka Art-Ean-Fhear Eanfhear Aenfher

Born: ? Died: abt. 195 k. in Battle at Galway

HM George I’s 40-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 33-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 46-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Maedhbh (Meidydh Leathdearg) ; Dubgilla, daughter of Nia Corb ; Eachtach

Child: Cormac Ulfhada (Ulfhota; `Longbeard’) MacAIRT

Nicknames: “the Solitary”, “Aonfhir”, “Art Aonfhir”, “Art Aonshir”, “Art Aoinfhear” Birthdate: 157 Birthplace: Tara Seat of Kings Tuath Amrois near Teamhair or Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland Death: Died 195 in Battle of Magh Mucruimhe, Gallway, Ireland Occupation: 112th High King of Ireland

Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID

110th MONARCH of IRELAND; `of the Hundred Battles’

Born: ? Died: abt. 157 k. by 50 ruffians dressed as women at order of King of Ulster

HM George I’s 40-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 34-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 46-Great Grandfather.

Wives/Partners:

Landabaria na LEINSTER ; Eithue (Eithne) ; Aoife of SCOTLAND

Children: Sarad (Serad) ingen CONN ; Maen ingen CONN ; Airt `the Solitary’ Aoinfhear MacCONN ; Sadb (Sabd Sabina Sadhbh) ingen CONN

Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID

Born: -

Marr: -

Died: ABT 0157 -

Father: Felim Rachtmar MacTUATHAL

Mother:

Felim Rachtmar `the Lawgiver’ MacTUATHAL

108th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, Fedlimid Rechtmar; aka Feidhlimdidh Reachtnar

Born: ? Died: abt. 120 d. of thirst

HM George I’s 41-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 39-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 35-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 47-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Ughna (Ughua Aghna) OLLCHROTHACH (Princess) of DENMARK ; Gormfleda

Children: Fiachu Suidge MacFEIDEILMID ; Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID

Teachtman (Teachtmar) , Justhal (Tuatal,Tuathal)

[aka: 106th King of Ireland]

b. 0076 Ireland

d. 0106

Gender: Male

Parents:

Father:

Leachtman , Fiachadh (Fiacha,Fionnla) II

Mother: Alba , Eithne (Eighne)

Family:

Spouse: Scal , Baine (Balbh) Ingen

Parents:

Father:

Balbh , Sgaile (Sscal)

Mother: Scal

Children:

Teachman (Rachtmar) “The Lawgiver” , Feidblinbidth (Fedhlimidh,felim,mac Tuathal)

Tuathail , Fedelm Derg Ingen

Tuathal (I) Techtmar (TEACHTMAR) (MacFIACHACH)

106th (& first certainly historical) MONARCH of IRELAND; fought numerous battles to conquer Ireland; established capital district in Meath

Born: Scotland Died: abt. 106 slain by Mal (107th Monarch)

HM George I’s 42-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 36-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 48-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Baine ingen SCAL

Children: Fedelm Derg ingen TUATHAIL ; Felim Rachtmar `the Lawgiver’ MacTUATHAL

Túathal Techtmar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi

túathal Techtmar (“the legitimate”),

[1] son of Fíachu Finnolach, was a High King of Ireland, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition. He is said to be the ancestor of the Uí Néill and Connachta dynasties through his grandson Conn of the Hundred Battles. The name may also have originally referred to an eponymous deity.[2]

Legend

Túathal was the son of a former High King deposed by an uprising of “subject peoples” who returned at the head of an army to reclaim his father’s throne. The oldest source for Túathal’s story, a 9th century poem by Mael Mura of Othain, says that his father, Fíacha Finnolach, was overthrown by the four provincial kings, Elim mac Conrach of Ulster, Sanb (son of Cet mac Mágach) of Connacht, Foirbre of Munster and Eochaid Ainchenn of Leinster, and that it was Elim who took the High Kingship. During his rule Ireland suffered famine as God punished this rejection of legitimate kingship. Túathal, aided by the brothers Fiacha Cassán and Findmall and their 600 men, marched on Tara and defeated Elim in battle at the hill of Achall. He then won battles against the Ligmuini, the Gailióin, the Fir Bolg, the Fir Domnann, the Ulaid, the Muma, the Fir Ól nÉcmacht and the Érainn, and assembled the Irish nobility at Tara to make them swear allegiance to him and his descendants.[3][4]

Later versions of the story suppress the involvement of the provincial nobility in the revolt, making the “subject peoples” the peasants of Ireland. The Lebor Gabála Érenn[5] adds the detail of Túathal’s exile. His mother, Eithne Imgel, daughter of the king of Alba (originally meaning Britain, later Scotland), was pregnant when Fíachu was overthrown, and fled to her homeland where she gave birth to Túathal. Twenty years later Túathal and his mother returned to Ireland, joined up with Fiacha Cassán and Findmall, and marched on Tara to take the kingship.

The Annals of the Four Masters[6] features a similar revolt a few generations earlier, led by Cairbre Cinnchait, against the High King Crimthann Nia Náir. On this occasion Crimthann’s son Feradach Finnfechtnach is the future king who escaped in his mother’s womb, although the Annals claim he returned to reclaim his throne only five years later. The story repeats itself a few generations later with Elim’s revolt against Fíachu, and the exile and return of Túathal. Geoffrey Keating[7] harmonises the two revolts into one. He has Crimthann hand the throne directly to his son, Feradach, and makes Cairbre Cinnchait, whose ancestry he traces to the Fir Bolg, the leader of the revolt that overthrew Fíachu, killing him at a feast. The pregnant Eithne flees as in the other sources. Cairbre rules for five years, dies of plague and is succeeded by Elim. After Elim had ruled for twenty years, the 20- or 25-year-old Túathal was prevailed upon to return. He landed with his forces at Inber Domnainn (Malahide Bay). Joining up with Fiacha Cassán and Findmall and their marauders, he marched on Tara where he was declared king. Elim gave battle at the hill of Achall near Tara, but was defeated and killed.

Túathal fought 25 battles against Ulster, 25 against Leinster, 25 against Connacht and 35 against Munster. The whole country subdued, he convened a conference at Tara, where he established laws and annexed territory from each of the four provinces to create the central province of Míde (Meath) around Tara as the High King’s territory. He built four fortresses in Meath: Tlachtga, where the druids sacrificed on the eve of Samhain, on land taken from Munster; Uisneach, where the festival of Beltaine was celebrated, on land from Connacht; Tailtiu, where Lughnasadh was celebrated, on land from Ulster; and Tara, on land from Leinster.

He went on to make war on Leinster, burning the stronghold of Aillen (Knockaulin) and imposing the bórama, a heavy tribute of cattle, on the province. One story says this was because the king of Leinster, Eochaid Ainchenn, had married Túathal’s daughter Dairine, but told Túathal she had died and so was given his other daughter, Fithir. When Fithir discovered Dairine was still alive she died of shame, and when Dairine saw Fithir dead she died of grief.

Túathal, or his wife Baine, is reputed to have built Ráth Mór, an Iron Agehillfort in the earthwork complex at Clogher, County Tyrone. He died in battle against Mal mac Rochride, king of Ulster, at Mag Line (Moylinny near Larne, County Antrim). His son, Fedlimid Rechtmar, later avenged him

 Historical context

 Dates

The Annals of the Four Masters gives the date of Túathal’s exile as AD 56, his return as 76 and his death as 106. Geoffrey Keating‘s Foras Feasa ar Érinn broadly agrees, dating his exile to 55, his return to 80 and his death to 100. The Lebor Gabála Érenn places him a little later, synchronising his exile with the reign of the Roman emperorDomitian (81-96), his return early in the reign of Hadrian (122-138) and his death in the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161

 The first of the Goidels?

The scholar T. F. O’Rahilly suggested that, as in many such “returned exile” stories, Túathal represented an entirely foreign invasion which established a dynasty in Ireland, whose dynastic propagandists fabricated an Irish origin for him to give him some spurious legitimacy. In fact, he proposed that Túathal’s story, pushed back to the 1st or 2nd century BC, represented the invasion of the Goidels, who established themselves over the earlier populations and introduced the Q-Celtic language that would become Irish, and that their genealogists incorporated all Irish dynasties, Goidelic or otherwise, and their ancestor deities into a pedigree stretching back over a thousand years to the fictitious Míl Espáine.[8]

 Romans in Ireland?

Taking the native dating as broadly accurate, another theory has emerged. The Roman historian Tacitus mentions that Agricola, while governor of Roman Britain (AD 78 – 84), entertained an exiled Irish prince, thinking to use him as a pretext for a possible conquest of Ireland.[9] Neither Agricola nor his successors ever conquered Ireland, but in recent years archaeology has challenged the belief that the Romans never set foot on the island. Roman and Romano-British artefacts have been found primarily in Leinster, notably a fortified site on the promontory of Drumanagh, fifteen miles north of Dublin, and burials on the nearby island of Lambay, both close to where Túathal is supposed to have landed, and other sites associated with Túathal such as Tara and Clogher. However, whether this is evidence of trade, diplomacy or military activity is a matter of controversy. It is possible that the Romans may have given support to Túathal, or someone like him, to regain his throne in the interests of having a friendly neighbour who could restrain Irish raiding.[4][10] The 2nd century Roman poet Juvenal, who may have served in Britain under Agricola, wrote that “arms had been taken beyond the shores of Ireland”,[11] and the coincidence of dates is striking.

Fiache II (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFEREDAIG

`White Oxen’; 104th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 56 (or 171?) massacred by plebians

HM George I’s 43-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Wife/Partner:

Eithne Nar of ALBA

Children:

Fafertach (Princess) of IRELAND ; Tuathal (I) Techtmar (TEACHTMAR) (MacFIACHACH)

Fíachu Finnolach

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fiacha Finnolach

[1] son of Feradach Finnfechtnach, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after killing his predecessor, Fíatach Finn. He ruled for fifteen, seventeen, or twenty-seven years, depending on the source consulted, after which he, and the freemen of Ireland, were killed in an uprising of aithech-tuatha or “subject peoples”, led, according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn and the Annals of the Four Masters, by Elim mac Conrach, or by Cairbre Cinnchait according to Geoffrey Keating. His wife Eithne, daughter of the king of Alba (Scotland), who was pregnant, fled home to Alba, where she gave birth to Fíachu’s son, Tuathal Techtmar, who would ultimately return to Ireland to claim the throne. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperorNerva (AD 96-98).[2] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating‘s Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to AD 28-55,[3] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to AD 39-56.[4]

Feredac `the True’ MacCRIMTHAINAN NIA NAIRE

102nd MONARCH of IRELAND; (Fearadach Fionn Feachtnach)

Born: ? Died: abt. 36

HM George I’s 44-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Child:

Fiache II (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFEREDAIG

Feredac `the True’ MacCrimthainan Nia Naire (Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts¹) died 36 AD in Teamhair, Ireland.

Child of Feredac `the True’ MacCrimthainan Nia Naire is:

+

 

Fiache (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFeredaig II. died 56.

Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann; II) `Niadh-Nar’ MacLUGAID

the HEROIC; 100th MONARCH of IRELAND; Nia Naire

d. from a horse fall

HM George I’s 45-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 43-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Wife/Partner:

Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the PICTS

Child: Feredac `the True’ MacCRIMTHAINAN NIA NAIRE

Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts. She married Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann) `Niadh-Nar’ MacLugaid II., son of Lewy `of the Red Circles’ of Ireland and Clothra (Clotherne) ingen Echach. He died 9.

Child of Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts and Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann) `Niadh-Nar’ MacLugaid II. is:

+

Feredac `the True’ MacCrimthainan Nia Naire died 36 AD in Teamhair, Ireland.

Lewy `of the Red Circles’ of IRELAND

98th MONARCH of IRELAND

; aka Lughaid (V) Sriabh-N Dearg

Born: ? Died: 8? BC k. self

HM George I’s 46-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 44-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 40-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 52-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH

Child: Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann; II) `Niadh-Nar’ MacLUGAID

Lughaid-Sriabh-n Dearg (also known as Lewy “of the Red Circles”) 98th King of Ireland (34 – 8 BC) Killed himself by falling on his sword.

Breas & Nar & Lothar

aka Bress-Nar-Lothar; “Three brothers to have been on their own sister begot …”

k. at Battle of Dromchriadh

HM George I’s 47-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 45-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Wife/Partner:

Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH

Child: Lewy `of the Red Circles’ of IRELAND

Breas, Nar, and Lothar MacEochaidh ‘The Three Brothers’ All Were

Prince Of Ireland

Born [date unknown] in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland

Son of  Eochaidh Feidhlioch mac Fionn, 93rd High King Of Ireland and Clothfionn Feidlioch Croidheirg Uchtleathan Queen Of Ireland

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Clothra verch Eochaid Feidlech Of Ireland— married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Lugaidh Sriabh nDearg, mac Breas, 98th High King Of Ireland

Died[date unknown] in Slain at the battle of Dromchriadh, Galway, Connaught, Irelan

Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (FEIDHLIOCH) MacFINN

aka Eochaid `the Steadfast’; `Constant Sighing’; 93rd MONARCH of IRELAND; slew Tachna Tathlioch

Born: ? Died: abt. 130 BC

HM George I’s 47-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 45-Great Grandfather. Poss.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Cloth Fionn ingen EOCHAIDH ACHTICATHAN ; Cruathan CROTHEARG

Children: Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH ; Breas & Nar & Lothar ; Maeve (Queen) of CONNACHT ; Mew (Princess) of IRELAND

Eochaidh Feidhlioch mac Fionn, 93rd

High King Of Ireland

Born [date unknown] in Tara, Meath, Leinster, Ireland

Son of Fionn, mac Fionnloch O’Henna, 92nd High King of Ireland and Benta Beniaor nar Creombthan of Ireland

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Clothfionn Feidlioch Croidheirg Uchtleathan Queen Of Ireland— married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Breas, Nar, and Lothar MacEochaidh ‘The Three Brothers’ All Were Prince Of Ireland

Died

[date unknown] in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Irela

Fionn MacFIONNLOGH (Prince) in/of IRELAND

aka Finn MacFINDLOCH

HM George I’s 48-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 46-Great Grandfather. Poss. .

Wife/Partner:

Benia ingen CRIMTHANN

Children: Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (FEIDHLIOCH) MacFINN ; Eochaid Airem MacFINN

Fionnlogh (Finnlaoch) (Prince) in IRELAND

aka Findloch MacROGEN; aka Finnlogha MacROIGHNEIN

HM George I’s 49-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 47-Great Grandfather.

Children:

Fionn MacFIONNLOGH (Prince) in/of IRELAND ; Snedghusa

Roignen `the Red’ Ruadh (Prince) of IRELAND

aka Rogen (Roighnein) Ruad MacESSAMAIN

HM George I’s 50-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 48-Great Grandfather. .

Child:

Fionnlogh (Finnlaoch) (Prince) in IRELAND

Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND

aka Assaman (Esamon Easamhuin) Eamhna (Eamnadh)

HM George I’s 51-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 49-Great Grandfather.

Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND

aka Assaman (Esamon Easamhuin) Eamhna (Eamnadh)

HM George I’s 51-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 49-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Magach (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Roignen `the Red’ Ruadh (Prince) of IRELAND

Blatact (Blathachtach)

Poss. HM George I’s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 39-Great Grandfather.

Possible Child:

Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND

Alternative Father of Possible Child: Beotach (Beothachtach)

Beotach (Beothachtach)

Poss. HM George I’s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss.

Possible Children:

Blatact (Blathachtach)  ; Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND

Alternative Fathers of Possible Children: Lava `the Fierce’ Luire (Lorc) ; Blatact (Blathachtach)

Lava `the Fierce’ Luire (Lorc)

aka Labhraid (Lavra Labhra) King of IRELAND

HM George I’s 54-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 52-Great Grandfather.

Sabilla (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Beotach (Beothachtach)

Possible Child:

Blatact (Blathachtach)

Alternative Father of Possible Child: Beotach (Beothachtach)

Enna Aignech `the Hospitable’ MacAENGUSA

84th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Eanna (Enda; Eadhna; III) Airghtheach

Born: ? Died: abt. 292 BC k. by Criomthann Cusgrach

HM George I’s 55-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 53-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Lava `the Fierce’ Luire (Lorc)

Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND

aka Aonghus Tuirmech (MacFER ?); 81st MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 324 BC slain at Tara

Poss. HM George I’s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 35-Great Grandfather.

Wives/Partners:

Magach ingen FEARGHUS (Princess) of IRELAND ; (Miss) ingen AENGUSA

Possible Children: Enna Aignech `the Hospitable’ MacAENGUSA ; Iar MacOENGUS ; Fiachu Firmara MacAENGUSA ; (Miss) ingen AENGUSA

Alternative Father of Possible Children: Aengus Tuirbheach Teamhrach MacFER

Eochaidh (VIII) Ailtleathair of IRELAND

79th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Eochaid `Broad Blade’ MacAILILL

slain by 80th Monarch

Poss. HM George I’s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 36-Great Grandfather.

Possible Child:

Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND

Alternative Father of Possible Child: Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND

Eochaidh (VIII) Ailtleathair of IRELAND

79th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Eochaid `Broad Blade’ MacAILILL

slain by 80th Monarch

Poss. HM George I’s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 36-Great Grandfather.

Possible Child:

Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND

Alternative Father of Possible Child: Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND

Connla (Conly Connla) Cruiaidhchealgach CAEM

aka Conla Caomb; aka Conlaus Caomh; 76th MONARCH of IRELAND

d. of natural causes

Poss. HM George I’s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 38-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Sabhdh ingen LUGHAIDH (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND

Irereo Fathach `the Wise’ of IRELAND

aka Iaran Gleofathach, Iarngleo (Iarraingleo Jaran); 74th MONARCH of IRELAND

k. by Fearchorb

Poss. HM George I’s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 39-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Connla (Conly Connla) Cruiaidhchealgach CAEM

Melghe (Meig) Molbthach (71st MONARCH) of IRELAND

aka Melga (Meilge) Molfach `the Praiseworthy’ MacCOLETHACH

k. by Maoib

Poss. HM George I’s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I’s 40-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Irereo Fathach `the Wise’ of IRELAND

Cobthach Caol BREAGH (69th MONARCH) of IRELAND

aka Caobthach (Covac) Coel `Lean’ BROEG; aka Cobhacus CAOL-BHREAGH; (his death commemorated in oldest Irish poem)

Born: ? Died: abt. 541 BC murdered by nephew, Labhraidh Loingseach Mae mac Oiliolla Aine

HM George I’s 58-Great Uncle. HRE Ferdinand I’s 56-Great Uncle. Poss.

Child:

Melghe (Meig) Molbthach (71st MONARCH) of IRELAND

Augaine Mor MacECHACH

66th MONARCH of IRELAND; Ugaine (Ughaine Ugainy) MOR; aka Hugony (Hugonius) `the Great’; sailed to and attacked Africa & Sicily

murdered by brother Badbchadh (67th Monarch)

HM George I’s 58-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 56-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Caesir (Cessair) Cruthach (Princess) of FRANKS ; Caesir (Cessair) Cruthach (Princess) of GAULS

Children: Loegaire Lorc MacAUGAINE MAIR ; Cobthach Caol BREAGH (69th MONARCH) of IRELAND

Eochy Buadech MacDUACH

aka Eochaid Buiglaig (Buaid); Achaius Beidhach; last King of the FIRBOLG; Ugaine’s natural father: Ugaine’s foster-father was 63rd Monarch, grandson of Argatmar MacSirlaim, q.v.; son Badhbhchadh reigned as MONARCH for just three hours

HM George I’s 59-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 57-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Tamar Tephi ha-DAVID

Children: Augaine Mor MacECHACH ; Badhbhchadh (67th M)

Eochy Buadech MacDUACH

aka Eochaid Buiglaig (Buaid); Achaius Beidhach; last King of the FIRBOLG; Ugaine’s natural father: Ugaine’s foster-father was 63rd Monarch, grandson of Argatmar MacSirlaim, q.v.; son Badhbhchadh reigned as MONARCH for just three hours

HM George I’s 59-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 57-Great Grandfather. .

Wife/Partner:

Tamar Tephi ha-DAVID

Children: Augaine Mor MacECHACH ; Badhbhchadh (67th M)

Fiacha (Fiachaidh) TOLGRACH

55th MONARCH of IRELAND

k. by 56th Monarch at Battle of Borin

HM George I’s 61-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 59-Great Grandfather. .

Child:

Duach (II) Ladhghrach (LADRACH)

Murchad (Muireadhach; I) Balgrach MacSIMON

aka Muiredach Bolgrach (Bolgach); 46th MONARCH of IRELAND; 3 grandsons were MONARCH

k. by 47th Monarch

HM George I’s 62-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 60-Great Grandfather.

Children:

Fiacha (Fiachaidh) TOLGRACH ; Dui Teamrach (father of 51st M & 53rd M)

Simon (Siomon) BREACH

44th MONARCH of IRELAND; killed 43rd Monarch; aka Simeon Breac

Born: ? k. by 45th Monarch

HM George I’s 63-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 61-Great Grandfather.

Wives/Partners:

(NN) ; First Speaker of Old Irish

Child: Murchad (Muireadhach; I) Balgrach MacSIMON

Aedham (Aodhan) GLAS (MacNUADHAT)

Prince of IRELAND

HM George I’s 64-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 62-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Simon (Siomon) BREACH

Nuahhas (Nuadha) FIONN FAIL

aka Nuadhat I; aka Nuadhar Finnfail `the Fair’; aka Nuodhas Fionn Fail; 39th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 745 BC k. by 40th Monarch, q.v.

HM George I’s 65-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 63-Great Grandfather

Children:

Aedham (Aodhan) GLAS (MacNUADHAT) ; Dubha (Princess) of IRELAND ; Eyvindr of IRELAND

Giallchadh of IRELAND

aka Giallchaidh (Gialchadh) MacAILIOLL; 37th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 787 BC k. by 38th Monarch

HM George I’s 66-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 64-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Nuahhas (Nuadha) FIONN FAIL

Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND

aka Ailill Oalchlaen (Aolcheoin) MacSIRNA; aka Oilioll Aolchleon

HM George I’s 67-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 65-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Giallchadh of IRELAND

Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND

aka Ailill Oalchlaen (Aolcheoin) MacSIRNA; aka Oilioll Aolchleon

HM George I’s 67-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 65-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Giallchadh of IRELAND

Sirna Sirsaeglach `the Long Lived’ MacDIAN

34th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Siorna Saogalach

k. by 35th Monarch

HM George I’s 68-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 66-Great Grandfather. Child:

Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND

Deman (Dian Dein Den Drin) MacROTHECTAID

Prince of IRELAND

HM George I’s 69-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 67-Great Grandfather.

Possible Child:

Sirna Sirsaeglach `the Long Lived’ MacDIAN

Alternative Father of Possible Child: Dian (Deman’s son)

Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMOEN

aka Rotheachtach (Rothachtach); 22nd MONARCH of IRELAND

k. by 23rd Monarch

HM George I’s 70-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 68-Great Grandfather.

Children:

Deman (Dian Dein Den Drin) MacROTHECTAID ; Feargusa of IRELAND

Maen MacAENGUSA (Prince) of IRELAND

(Maoin Maon Mavin Main Moan)

HM George I’s 71-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 69-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Hvarfiad (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMOEN

Aeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh MacFIACHACH

aka Aongus Olmucach (Olmuccaid Olmaead); 20th/21st MONARCH of IRELAND; fought 30 battles in Scotland

Born: ? Died: abt. 1043 BC k. at Battle of Carman by 21st/22nd Monarch

HM George I’s 72-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 70-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Maen MacAENGUSA (Prince) of IRELAND

Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha LABHRIN) MacSMIRGOLL

18th MONARCH of IRELAND; aka Fiachaidh Labhrainne; aka Fiocha Labrainn

k. by 19th Monarch at Battle of Belgadain

HM George I’s 73-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 71-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

(Miss) ingen MUGAETH

Child: Aeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh MacFIACHACH

Smiorgall MacENBOTH (Prince) of IRELAND

(Smirgoll Smionghall Smiringhall)

HM George I’s 74-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 72-Great Grandfather.

Children:

Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha LABHRIN) MacSMIRGOLL ; Mew of IRELAND

Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND

(Eiobiothad Enboth Enboath Eanbhoth Eanbhethath)

Born: ? Died: abt. 673 BC

HM George I’s 75-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 73-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Smiorgall MacENBOTH (Prince) of IRELAND

Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND

(Tighearnmas Tigernmas); 13th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 692 BC or ? – 1543? BC

HM George I’s 76-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 74-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Sinusa (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND

Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND

(Tighearnmas Tigernmas); 13th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: ? Died: abt. 692 BC or ? – 1543? BC

HM George I’s 76-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 74-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner:

Sinusa (Princess) of IRELAND

Child: Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND

Follagh MacETHREL (Prince) of IRELAND

(Follac Follach Foll-Aich Follain)

Born: abt. 751 BC Died: abt. 702 BC

HM George I’s 77-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 75-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND

Ethrial MacIAREL FAITH of IRELAND

aka Eithrial (Eitreol Ethrel); 11th MONARCH of IRELAND

Born: abt. 769 BC Died: abt. 711 BC k. at Battle of Soirrean by 10th Monarch

HM George I’s 78-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 76-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Follagh MacETHREL (Prince) of IRELAND

Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEREMOIN

10th MONARCH of IRELAND

; could foretell the future

Born: abt. 784 BC Died: abt. 741 BC

HM George I’s 79-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 77-Great Grandfather.

Child:

Ethrial MacIAREL FAITH of IRELAND

Heremon (2nd MONARCH) of IRELAND

aka Eremon (Eermon Eremoin Ereamhon) MacMILED; aka Ghedhe the Ereamhon; father of 4 Monarchs

Note:

The dates of the first Milesian Kings are inconsistent with their genealogical links. But it seems futile to ask which is “right” — dates and links are both mythical. (Part of confusion may be conflation with Briton Kings of similar names.)

Born: abt. 824 BC Died: abt. 796 BC or ? – 1699+ BC

HM George I’s 80-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 78-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Tamar (TEPHI) of JUDAH ; Tea ingen LUGDACH

Children: Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEREMOIN ; Muimhne (3rd M) ; Luighine (4th M) ; Laighean (5th M)

Gallamh `Milesius’ (King) in SPAIN

aka Mil (Mileadh) Espane MacBILE; numerous fantastic exploits; aka Galamh MIL’ESPAINE; eponym of MILESIAN Dynasty

HM George I’s 77-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I’s 75-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris’s 50-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie’ Brown’s 83-Great Grandfather.

poss. Wives/Partners:

Scota Tephi (Princess) of EGYPT ; Seang (Princess of SYTHIA) ; sister-in-law of Solomon ben DAVID ; Scota Tephi

Children: Heremon (2nd MONARCH) of IRELAND ; Ir (na IRENA) MacMILED ; Fial ; Eber Finn MacMILED ; Anbergis ; Amergin (Amairgin) Misr the Druid ; Colpa na Gotia ; Arneus (poss. Airioch Feabhruadh) ; Dila ; Donn de Galicia ; etc.

Milesius is said to have come to Ireland with his sons at the time of the building of Solomon’s Temple in Israel around 1000 BC. Mageoghegan, in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, states that the sons of Milesius came to Ireland on May 17th 1029 BC.

Crimthan Naidhnar is said to have been King of Ireland at the birth of Christ. Although there are some contradictions to this claim, the bottom line is that somebody is right and somebody is wrong.

Personally, I uphold the theory that Milesius came to Ireland around 1000 BC and that Crimthan Naidnar was King of Ireland at thebirth of Christ. When you compare the number of generations that are supposed to fit between those two dates, it all works out quite feasibly.

From Medievil Project web page: http://www.iwindow.com/medieval:

The Ancestry of Millesius

“Legends claim that Millesius of Spain was a descendant of Zarah, son of Judah, the twin brother of Pharez.

The Hyskos, who ruled in Egypt for 500 years, were known as the Shepherd Kings. It was under the Hyskos that the Hebrews settled in Goshen. Daniel Walsh suggests that the Hyskos were Hebrews themselves. When Joseph’s family came to live with him in Egypt, he asked Pharaoh to let them stay in Goshen as they were shepherds, “for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians” Gen 46:34.

Having originally been sold to Egypt as a slave, Joseph had found favor in Pharaohs site and Pharaoh set Joseph ruler over all the land of Egypt. During the famine, Joseph bought all the Egyptians land for Pharaoh and the people became slaves to the Pharaoh. (Gen 47:13-25)

Joseph’s father, Jacob, gave his children a blessing before he died while they were all still living in Egypt. Jacob set Judah to be the rulers and promised that “The septre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come;” (Gen 49:8-10). King David and Solomon were of the line of Judah as were all the kings of Israel down to king Zedekiah. Jesus himself was born of this royal house.

When Judah fathered twins by Tamar, Zarah was technically the firstborn. (Gen 38:27-30) Daniel Walsh suggests that it was Zarah and his descendants that formed the new government in Egypt to succeed Joseph. It is through Pharez that David and Solomon trace their lineage. Little is known about the descendants of Zarah. After the death of Jacob, the Bible is silent on the matter until prior to the exodus when we read: “Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.” (Ex 1:8) It goes on to describe the subsequent Hebrew enslavement.

The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (80-20 BC) mentions more than one Hebrew exodus from Egypt in his series of books called the Library of History. In one reference, (Bk 40.3) Diodorus states that: “the aliens were driven from the country” (of Egypt) and that some of them “were cast ashore in Greece and certain other regions”. That “their leaders were notable men, chief among them being Danus and Cadmus.” But that the “greater number were driven into what is now called Judea,” and that “colony was headed by a man called Moses.”

Jonathan (160-143 BC) was a high priest and ruler of Judea. 1 Maccabees 12:5-23 records the correspondence between Jonathan and the Lacedemonians. “Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, greeting: It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham:” (1 Maccabees 12:20-21)

According to the Roman historian Tacitus (AD 55-120), Crete also had a link to the Jews. In his Histories (Bk 5) Tacitus sates, “The Jews are said to have been refugees from the island of Crete”. The Roman poet Vergil (70-19 BC) wrote in the Aeneid, in which the Trojan Aeneas leads a band of escapees from the fall of Troy to “Crete … the land of our fathers!” Seemingly the Trojans were of Hebrew origin.

Geoffrey of Monmouth’s twelfth century work The History of the Kings of Britain records correspondence between King Cassivelaunus and Julias Caesar. It quotes Julias Caesar as stating “Those Britons come from the same race as we do, for we Romans, too, are descended from Trojan stock. After the destruction of Troy, Aeneas was our first ancestor, just as theirs was Brutus, that same Brutus whose father was Silvius, the son of Ascanius, himself the son of Aeneas.” (pg. 107)

Vincenzio Galilei was the father of the famous astronomer Galileo. In his book titled Dialogo della Musica Antica (AD 1581), Vincenzio comments on the Irish harp: “This most ancient instrument was brought to us from Ireland where such are most excellently worked… and they paint and engrave it on their public and private buildings and on their hill: stating as their reason for so doing that they have descended from the Royal Prophet David.”

Complete Milesian Genealogy of Meanmach, founder of Clan Mac Meanmain

Legend has it that the most of the Irish are descendants of Milesius. After the arrival of the monasteries in Ireland, the monks attempted to record all of the pedigrees and legends that had previously been passed down by word of mouth.

St Patrick was one of the people appointed to review these records and remove any errors from all the chronicles, genealogies, and records of the Kingdom.

The numbers on the list below are supposed to be the generations of descendants from the first man, Adam. This list begins with Milesius, but monks are thought to have extended this back to Adam. It is generally accepted that Irish pedigrees are fairly accurate back to the 6th or possibly the 5th century.

Researched and provided by

Ted McMenomy <mcme0013@tc.umn.edu>

Surnames

:

Mac Meanmain, Mac Meanman, McMenomy, McMenomey, McMenamy, McMenamin.

Please realize the lineage from Nos.1 to 12 are based on the bible (Genesis), Nos. 13 to 85 are based on myth and legend. Genealogist do not accept any names prior to No. 86- Niall “of the Nine Hostages” circa 400AD. This lineage is based on information recorded by the “Four Masters” in the “Annals of the History of Ireland” (typically referred to as The Annals of the Four Masters) compiled well into the 2nd millenium AD and so is considered by most to be unreliable. The final portion is based on Irish Pedigrees, among other varied sources, and family records as recorded in Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (104th Ed.). There have been some reported discrepancies in published genealogies by Burke’s (and others), but they are as reported by families and accepted by the Chief Herald of Ireland.

(The following is as per Genesis – assuming no gaps in the list of Genesis 5 and 11)

Adam & Eve created by God on the 6th day of the creation of the world. Born in the year of the world 0. Adam died at age 930.

Seth born in the 130th year of his father (year of the world 130) and died at 912 years of age (year of the world 1042)

Enos born in the 105th year of his father (year of the world 235) and died at 905 years of age (year of the world 1140)

Cainan born in the 90th year of his father (year of the world 325) and died at 910 years of age (year of the world 1235)

Mahalaleel born in the 70th year of his father (year of the world 395) and died at 895 years of age (year of the world 1290)

Jared born in the 65th year of his father (year of the world 460) and died at 962 years of age (year of the world 1422)

Enoch born in the 162nd year of his father (year of the world 662) and died at the age of 365 (year of the world 987)

Methuselah born in the 65th year of his father (year of the world 687) and died at the age of 969 (year of the world 1656)

Lamech born in the 187th year of his father (year of the world 874) and died at the age of 777 (year of the world 1651)

Noah “the Father of all Humanity” (of “the Great Flood” fame) born in the 182nd year of his father and died at the age of 950 (year of the world 2006). Noah was said to be a sailor (before the building and sailing of the Ark) and is credited with having invented “ale”. He was 600 years old at the time of the “Great Flood” (which would have been in the year of the world 1656).

Japhet is said to have been 100 years of age at the time of the “Great Flood”, or born in the 500th year of his father (year of the world 1556)

Gomer

12. Magog

Madai

Javan

Thubal

Mosoch

Tiras

Magog

(The following is as per myth and legend)

Baoth

Phenius Pharsa (also written as Phoenuisa Farsaidh) “the Antiquary”, King of Sythia circa 1800BC. Married to Scota of Egypt, daughter of Cinqueris, Pharaoh of Egypt. It is believed by some that the Scots take their name from her.

Niul after whom some say the river Nile is named (but not very likely). It is said he led his people to Egypt where they were hired as mercenaries of the Pharaoh.

Gaodhal Glas (aka Gael) the namesake of the Gaels or Gaelic race. As a child he was said to have been cured of a deadly serpent bite by Moses (of biblical fame). The “Ilse of Destiny” was revealed to the family as seen in a vision by Moses. This would place this generation in Egypt at the time of the Exodus of the Jews/Israelites.

Asruth believed to have migrated to Crete.

Herber Scot (also written Eimhir Scot)

Beman (also written Beouman)

Ogaman

Tait

Agnon

Lamhflonn which is a very interesting name if it has been transcribed properly, especially if taken in the context of the legend of the Red Hand of the O’Neills. Lamh = hand, and Flonn = blood red. Lamhflonnwould not have been in Ireland, but if the name is correct the story could have been about him. It is very likely the name was transcribed incorrectly…it is more probable that the “l” in flonn should be an “i” which would make it Lamhfionn which means “fair handed”.

Note: according to “The Annals of the Four Master” the name should be Lamhfionn

Heger (or Eimhir) Gunflonn (possibly another transcription error ? )

Note: according to “The Annals of the Four Master” the name should beEimhir Gunfionn

Agnan Fion (or Fionn)

Febric Glas

Nenal (also written Nenuall)

Nuadhat (also written as Nuadhad)

Alladh (also written as Allodh)

Dea (or Deag) who led a colony from Scythia to Galacia in Spain

Brath

Breogan (Brian)

Gallamh (aka Mils or Milesius – latin influence) King of Spain (or regions of what was to be called Spain). His people were known as the Milesians

. His wife was Scota Tephi, a daughter of Nectaebus, Pharoh of Eqypt and a sister of King Solomon’s Queen. The similar name “Scota” (wife of No. 14) has created some confusion in which “Scota” the Scots take their name from. The Annals of the Four Masters suggest the time period to be circa 1700BC but historians date it at 350-450 BC. Other sources suggest the time period was 1200BC. Mils had 8 sons:

Donn who succeeded his father as King of Spain (or regions of what was to be known as Spain)

Arec

Amergin “White Knee” (the druid)

Herber Fionn who became King of Southern Ireland and whose 4 sons became the 6th,7th, 8th and 9th Kings of Ireland

Colpu

Ir (after whom it is said Ireland is named: “land of Ir”) who died while boat racing with his cousin when first arriving to Ireland

Erannan, and

Eermon (or Hermon), 1st (Milesian) King of Ireland (circa 1698BC per the “Four Masters”)

Eermon (Hermon) “of the Horses” – He, his brothers and followers arrived in Inis Elga (Ireland) aboard 35 ships in the year of the world 3500 or 1699BC (per the “Four Masters”). Upon conquering Ireland from the Tuatha de Danann, Eermon was proclaimed King of Northern Ireland. After the ensuing battle with his brother (King of the south) over possession of the Hills of Tara, Eermon became the 1st (Milesian) King of Ireland….”the Land of Destiny” as foretold by Moses. Hermon had 4 sons:

Muimhne the 3rd King of Ireland

Luighine 4th King of Ireland

Laighean 5th King of Ireland, and

Irial Fiadh 10th King of Ireland

Irial Faidh (also written Irial Fiah) 10th King of Ireland after defeating his cousins.

Ethrial (also written Eithraial) 11th King of Ireland, killed by his cousin

Follac (or Foll-Aicch) Prince of Ireland

Tigernmas 13th King of Ireland

Eiobiothad (or Enbotha) Prince of Ireland

Smiorgall Prince of Ireland

Flacha Labhrain 18th King of Ireland

Aeneas Olmaead 20th King of Ireland

Maen (or Main) Prince of Ireland

Roitheaehtaigh (or Rothactach) 22nd King of Ireland

Deman (or Dian) Prince of Ireland

Sirna (or Siorna) Saoghaileach (“the Long Lived”) 34th King of Ireland

Olioll Olchain Prince of Ireland

Gialchadh or Gillachaidh 37th King of Ireland

Nuahhas Fionnfail 39th King of Ireland

Aedham Glas Prince of Ireland

Simon Breach 44th King of Ireland ( 909-903 BC)

Murchad Bolgrach 46th King of Ireland

Duach Teamharch Prince of Ireland

Eochaidh Framhuine 51st King of Ireland

Conang Beag-Eaghach 53rd King of Ireland

Fiacha Tolgrach

Fiacha Tolgrach 55th King of Ireland

Duach Ladrach 59th King of Ireland

Eochy Buadach

Ugaine Mor (or Ugaine Magnus) “the Great” responsible for creating the 25 divisions of Ireland for his children of which only two were sons.

Laeghaire Lore 68th King of Ireland

Cobthach Caol Breagh

Cobthach Caol Breagh 69th King of Ireland (591-541 BC)

Melghe Molbthach 71st King of Ireland

Irereo (also written Iaran Gleofathach) 74th King of Ireland

Conly Caem 76th King of Ireland

Olioll Cas-Fiaclach (“of the Crooked Teeth”) 79th King of Ireland

Aengus Tuirmeach-Teamhrach 81st King of Ireland (384-324BC)

Fiacha Firmara ancestor of the Kings of Dalriada and Argyle in Scotland

Enna Aighneach

Enna Aighneach (“the Hospitable”) 84th King of Ireland (312-292 BC)

Lavra “the Fierce”

Beotach

Blatact

Esamon also written Assaman Eamhna (“of Emania”)

Roignen Ruadh (“the Red”)

Fionnlogh or Finn “of Emania”

Fionn

Eochaid Aireamh 94th King of Ireland

Eochaidh Feidhlioch

Eochaidh Feidhlioch 93rd King of Ireland (142-130BC). Established the 5 provinces of Ireland in place of the 25 divisions

Bres Nar Lothar

Lughaid-Sriabh-nDearg (also known as Lewy “of the Red Circles”) 98th King of Ireland (34 – 8 BC) Killed himself by falling on his sword.

Criffan Crimthann Niadh Nor 100th King of Ireland (7 – 9 AD) married Naira daughter of Loich the son of Dareletuis of Northern Picts

Feredac (or Fearadac Fionn-Fearchtach) 102nd King of Ireland (14 -36 AD)

Fiachc II (or Fiacha Fionn Ola) 104th King of Ireland (39 -56 AD)

Tuathal Teachtmar 106th King of Ireland (when he came of age). He was raised by his mother and grandfather in Alba (Scotland). He restored the true royal blood and heirs to their kingdoms and created the kingdom of Midhe (or Meath) = the middle kingdom.

Felim Rachtmar (“the Law Giver”) 108th King of Ireland (110 – 119 AD)

Eochaidh Fionn Fohart

Meann

Aongas

Cormac

Caibre Niadh

Art Corb

Conla

Den

Bresal

Demri

Dubtach

St. Brigid of Kildare

Fiacha Suidhe

Conn Cead Cathach

Conn Cead Cathach (“of the Hundred Battles” or “the Hundred Fighter”) 110th King of Ireland (123 – 157 AD)

Conla Ruadh (“the Red”) killed by his uncles

Crionna killed by his uncles

Airt Eanfhear

Airt Eanfhear (Art “the Lonely” or “the Solitary”) 112th King of Ireland (165 – 195 AD) so named because he mourned the death of his brothers. From Airt are descended the kings of Scotland from Fergus Mor MacEarcu (5th century) to the Stuarts.

Cormac MacAirt (also called Cormac MacNessa and Cormac Ulfada – “Longbeard” and “the Magnificent”) 115th King of Ireland said to be the wisest and most learned of the descendants of Eermon. Cormac was considered a god king by some and recorded to be a christian by others. He died choking on a salmon bone.

Carby Lifeachain (“the Liffey”) 117th King of Ireland (267 – 284 AD) named “the Liffey” because he was nursed on the banks of the river Liffey (which was named after Eermon’s horse). He was killed in the battle of Gabhra.

Eochaidh Dubhlinn (“the Dublin”) named “the Dublin” because he was nursed in Dublin. Married Aechia the daughter of Updar, King of Alba and had three sons called “the Three Collas”

Colla Da Chriod (also called Muireadach)

Colla Uasal (“the Nobel” also called Carioll) 121st King of Ireland (322 – 326 AD) and was forced into exile to Alba. Some say he took the name Scot to Alba and hence it became known as Scotland

Colla Meadhan (“the Famous”)

Eocho

Rochadh

Deach Dorn

Labhradh ancestor of the Laury Clan

Brian ancestor of the O’Briens of Arcaill

Fiach (also called Feig)

Fiacha Scrubhtaine King of Connaught

Fiacha Scrubhtaine or Fiacha III 120th King of Ireland

Muireadeach Tireach or Muredach II 122nd King of Ireland. Defeated King Colla and banished him from Ireland.

Eochu Mugmemdon or Muigh Meadhoin (“Slaves Lord”) King of Tara living 360AD, earned his nickname by slave raids on Roman Britain. In one raid he carried off and married (2nd wife) the Princess Cartha Cais Dubh or Carinna (mother of No. 86), who was despised by his 1st wife, Mong Fionn, who bore him his first three and last (5th) sons.

Brian ancestor of the O’Connors of Connaught

Fiachra

Oillioll

Daithi 127th King of Ireland (405 – 426 AD)

Oilioll Molt 129th King of Ireland (459 – 479 AD)

Niall Noigiallach

 

Fergus

Niall Noigiallach (“of the Nine Hostages”) aka Niall Mor (“the Great”)

127th King of Ireland 380-405AD, in whose time the Royal House of Tara asserted a nominal suzerainty over the whole island. Niall succeeded his father over his 3 older brothers (of his 1st wife). Niall was killed by Eocha, Prince of Leinster while in Gaul (France) in a ford of the river Leon (now called Lianne) that spot is now called the Ford of Niall near Boulogue-sur-mer. Niall was the first to refer to Alba (Scotland) as “Scotia Minor” and Inis Ealga (Ireland) as “Scotia Major”. It is said Niall is responsible for having captured the young boy, later to be St. Patrick, along with his 2 sisters during a raid along the coast of Britain. Niall had no children with his first wife and 12 sons with his second.

Leogaire or Leaghaire (Lewy) 128th King of Ireland 428-458AD in whose time St.Patrick was Chief Apostle of Ireland. Leogaire remained a pagan because of a promise to his father. He was buried (as was the custom) standing, with his weapons, at the rampart of Tara facing towards his enemies in Leinster. His descendants are the family O’Coindealbhain, now Kindellan or Quinlan who held the territory in Meath until 1690AD.

Conall Cremhtoinn King of Meath, died 480AD ancestor of the Kings of Brega and the Kings of Uinech (Ulster) who formed the principal branch of the southern Ui Niall (children of Niall) that alternated with the northern Ui Niall as Kings of Ireland. From him descended 17 Kings of Ireland including King Maelsechlainn Mor (died 1022AD) whose line were Kings of Meath until 1173AD. They were known as the Clann Colmain and their chieftains took the name O’Maelsechlainn, anglicised to O’Melaghlin and later McLoughlin

Maine died 440AD ancestor of the O’Catharnaigh (of Meath). A descendant, Tadg (died 1084AD) was nicknamed Sionnach (“the Fox”) which the family adopted as the surname (Fox). The present chieftain, styled “The Fox”, resides in Australia.

Eogan King of Ailech, from whom the O’Neills descended

Conall Gulban King of Tir Conaill (“Land of Conall” or Tryconnell in Donegall) which was his share of the families conquests in north-west Ulster after 425AD. His descendants were known as the Cenel Conaill, formed one of the the principal branches of the northern Ui Niall, members of this branch were Abbotts of Iona, Abbotts of Dunkeld, and Kings of Scots from Duncan I (slain by MacBeth 1040AD) to Alexander III (died of a fall from his horse 1285/86AD). Conall Gulban was slain by the Fibolgs before 465AD

Doi, ancestor of the Cenel Duach

Ninnid

Baetan, King of Ireland 572-569AD

Fergus Cennfada (“Long-Head”) married Eirc, dau. of Loarn Mor King of the Scots who settled in Argyll

Setna

Ainmire, King of Ireland 566-569AD

Aedh, King of Ireland 592-598AD who avenged his father’s death by Fergus MacNelline and also invaded Leinster to avenge his amorous son’s death but, even though protected by a wall of shields, was unhorsed and beheaded by Bran Dubh (“the Black”) King of Leinster. Aedh was ancestor to 7 other Kings of Ireland up to 734AD and ancestor of the families O’Gallachubair (O’Gallagher), O’Canannan and O’Maeldoraidh (O’Muldory of Loch Erne)

Colum, ancestor of St.Adaman, Abbot of Iona 679-704AD

Lugaid, ancestor of the families O’Domhnaill (O’Donnell) Kings of Tir Conaill until the 17th century (“Flight of the Earls”)

Feidhlimidh married Eithne, dau. of a cadet of the Royal House of Leinster

St. Columba His real name was Crimthann (“Fox”), his monastinic nickname was Colmcille (“Dove of the Church”) and was later latinized to Columba. Born 7th December 521AD, died 9th June 597AD. Apostle of the northern Picts (Picti = painted people). Caused a war with his kinsmen and defeated Diarmaid, King of Ireland (southern Ui Niall) in 561 (over the right to copy a psalm book). Went into voluntary exile and founded the abbey of Iona where he continued to copy religious books in peace. Converted Bruide, King of the Picts and inaugurated his own cousin Aidan (female line ancestor to Queen Victoria) as King of the Scots of Dalraida in 574AD

Eogan, ancestor to the family of O’Firghill or O’Freel

Eatach

St. Barrfhionn, Bishop of Drumcallen

Fiacha

Cairbre

Fegus founder of the Cineal Fergusa (Kindred of Fergus) and ancestor of the O’Hagans, O’Quinns and O’Mallans among others

Eanna or Enda

Aongus

Ualdhearg

Fergus alt-Leathan

Eogan (Eoghan or Owen) King of Ailech, founder of the Cennal Eogan (kindred of Eogan) was personnally baptised by St. Patrick and nicknamed “the Lion” Eogan MacNiall by St. Patrick (circa 442AD). His mother was Ine, dau. of Dubtach, son of Moindach, King of Ulster. Established his own kingdom in the peninsula still called after him, Innishowen (“Eogan’s Isle”). Died in 465AD, buried at Eskaheen. His descendants known as the Cenel Eoghain became the principal branch of the northern Ui Niall. Married a foreign princess, Indorb Finn (“the White”).

Muiredach

Eochaid Binnigh (“the Tuneful”) ancestor of St.Maelrubha 642-722AD, founder of Applecross Abbey in Pictland, 673AD

Fergus

Fiachra, Bishop of Cenel Eoghain circa 500AD

Muiredach, King of Ailech died circa 480. Eloped with Earca or Eirc, wife of a British King called Saran and dau. of Loarn “the Great” a King of the Scots in Argyll (“Scotia Minor”)

Muircheartach Mor MacEarca

Moen, ancestor of Cenel Moen including Domnall O’Gairmleadhaigh, King of Cenel Eoghain 1143-1145AD

Feradach, ancestor of Cenel Fearadhaigh

Sibhe Menn “the Little”, King of Ireland 615-628AD, “the valourous sage”. Slew his kinsman Maelcobha, King of Ireland 615AD (head of the Cenel Conaill) and took his place on the throne whereafter the Cenel Eoghain and Cenel Conaill were rivals for Kingship of Ireland.

Eraine, King of Ailech (630 – 636 AD)

Eogan

Ronan

Feradach

St. Mura (Muran), Abbot of Fahan, Derry (west of Innishowen) Born in Donegal, died circa 645AD. Patron saint of the O’Neills. His pastoral staff and bell still exist today. A handful of sand from near his tomb is believed to protect the holder from drowning. St. Mura’s Feast Day is celebrated on March 12th.

Columan

Faelan

Endadaidh

Scralach

Crean

Gairmliach

Donal

Crean Oge

Lochlann

Dalbach

Maoldun

Maolmaodhog

Cathmaol

Gairmliach

Maccraith

Meanmach Pronounced “Menamax.” This name is the adjective form of the noun “Meanma,” which conjugates to “Mac Meanmain,” anglicized to McMenomy, McMenamin, and other variations. All members of the clan Mac Meanmain are descended from this Meanmach.