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From: "J.D.McEachin" <>
Subject: RE:South And West From Carolina
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:49:56 -0700

Sorry for not responding sooner, Barb.

At 05:49 AM 8/7/00 +0000, wrote:

>I have Grahams and McEachins from Robeson County, NC, in
>my family line. Would love to hear from you. What year
>did John M.'s trip take place?

I would guess between 1805 & 1815, when a lot of Scots were leaving North Carolina and heading south & west.


>Also, you said that he
>was the second son of Para Ban. Who is Para Ban?

Patrick McEachin was affectionately known as Para Ban (Gaelic for Blonde/Fair-haired Pat). He and his brother John McEachin emigrated from Kintyre, Scotland to NC sometime before the Revolutionary War, settling in the part of Bladen Co. that became Robeson Co., on Drowning Creek close to where ShoeHeel Creek comes in on the Richmond (now Scotland) Co. side.

As far as I can tell, all the Scottish McEachins in the area are descended from John & Patrick, though there aren't many left, as most have moved away. Families their children intermarried w/ include the Fairleys, McNeills, McLeans (Gov. McLean's grandmother was a McEachin), McQueens, Graham, Lytch, Carmichael, and others (lots of McCallums, McKinnons, & McRimmons, along w/ some McInnises, McLeods, McNairs, & McRaes in collateral lines). They're the same McEachins mentioned in "Lumber River Scots" and "The MacQueens Of Queensdale".

I have a webpage on them at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mceachin/johnpara.html

This has several family histories, and links to the John & Patrick's WorldConnect entries. Anyone with ties to the aforementioned families should take a look at my WorldConnect tree and drop me a line if you make a connection.

Jeffrey

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