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Boldhighlander -
It appears we are distant cousins after all!

Here's my partial lineage as it was given to me:

John MacRanald, born about 1570 (John's father was born about 1550)

His son, Alexander MacRanald, born about 1600, (who is supposed to have married Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II Bruce. However I've not been able to verify this, as I thought she married the MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles).

His son is "Johne M. McReynolds or Mc Ranald or Mac Rannald", born before 1639 "of Keppech (sic) area, Scotland".

His son is said to be John McReynolds, who was born Aug 1672 in Keppoch (sic), and died 1760, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.
In 1687 he went to Ireland in the British Army. After the Willamette wars he married and remained in Ireland.

His oldest son, Joseph, was born 1720 in Killyman, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland. He married Sarah Dixion while in Ireland. They had nine children, one of whom was Roland.

Roland moved to North Carolina, and there raised his family.

His youngest son, John McReynolds, married and moved his family of seven to Kentucky. They lived there two years and moved to Posey Co., Indiana.

John’s youngest child, Melvina McReynolds, was orphaned at the age of ten. She married John Cavett, who died in 1879.

Here the McReynolds line separates from my tree.
Ha! Small world afterall isn't it? Distant cousins seperated by a couple hours drive on I-5!

Hey thanks for the additional info on our line, all I had was from 1639 onwards

Have you had any contact with a Capt. Lynn R. McR. Hawkins, Ret, FSA Scot out of Bluff City, Tennessee? He's the one that's been researching our family for the past 40 yrs & is writing the book.