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[TSL] Ships from Ireland to New Castle, DE (1710-1715)
"William H. McMicken" <whmcmicken@gmail.com> on 07/05/2010

My earliest arriving ancestor in North America apparently was William
McMechen, born 1688 in Karnmoney (or Carnmoney), Antrim, Ireland. His father
was James McMechen (1660-?) who remained in Ireland.

 

William apparently emigrated from Ireland to Mill Creek, New Castle,
Delaware. His sons Joseph b. 1695, James b. 1704 and Andrew b. 1706
apparently accompanied him. A son, William was born 1715 in Delaware, so the
family had to have arrived there prior to 1715, perhaps as early as 1710.
William Sr. and Andrew were buying and selling land in Delaware by 1726.
>From New Castle, Delaware, branches of the family spread directly to
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, and across the
southern States to Texas and beyond.

 

The senior William was married to Jannet Claypoole (1676-1734). I have the
date of marriage as 1704, which, if true, means her birth place was not
Delaware, as recorded in the Ancestry.com Family Trees I have seen, and she
may have accompanied him from Ireland. Another discrepancy is that the "son"
Joseph, was born in 1695, prior to that marriage date, at a time when Jannet
would have been 19 years old and the senior William only 7 years old if his
birth date is correct. Perhaps Joseph was a brother, not a son?

 

I would be curious to know in what ship or ships members of this family may
have arrived in Delaware from Ireland. The names are William, Joseph, James,
and Andrew McMechen, and possibly Jannet Claypoole McMechen

 

This family surname has been spelled variously as McMechen, McMakin,
McMickin, McMicken, McMeekin, McMican, McMackin, Makin et. al. over the past
several hundred years.

 

William H. McMicken

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