Mississippi, 1858: Probate Court, DeSoto County, MS, 6 Dec. 1858, James F. Walker

appointed Guardian to Alpheus McAninch, Erastus McAninch, Laura McAninch and

Z. T. McAninch; Guardian bonds Book 5 pg 63 [children of William McAninch, b.1805

Kentucky, grand-children of William McAninch, Casey County, Kentucky, died 1813]


New England: Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, list of the

John and Sarah of London, John Greene [master], bound for New England:

... Daniell Macknith, Semell Mackneth, Neile Macketh, Patricke Macknith, Daniell

Macknith [2nd listing] [one man? or two?], James Mackreith, David Macketh, ...;

in Passengers To America, Michael Tepper Ed., pg. 148, Gen. Pub. Co., 1980.


Pennsylvania, 1790 Census: McNinch, John, a weaver, in Philadelphia County,

and NcNinch, Patrick, Northumberland County. [First Census of the U.S.]


Pennsylvania, 1800 Census: Two in Northumberland County -- McNinch, Samuel,

Chillisquaque Twp (pg. 699), and NcNinch, Patrick, Derry Twp (pg. 782).

[Second Census of the U.S., 1800, National Archives, film M32, roll 37]


Pennsylvania, 1801: James McInench [sic], in list of letters remaining in the

Pittsburgh Post Office, Jan. 1, 1801; Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts, Vol.II, 1797-1803,

pg 259, Clara E. Duer, pub. Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania.


Scotland, Isle of Skye: By 1733, the Skye estates had been restored to the

Macdonalds and were under the proprietorship of Sir Alexander, 14th Chief of Sleat.

The Macdonalds had two major operations on Skye; one at Trotternish, the other at

Sleat. Trotternish, under the factorship of Martin Martin[sic] of Kingsburrow

[Kingsburgh], was divided into 49 income producing farms. Sleat, under the factorship

of Alexander Macdonald, also of Kingsburrow, divided into 33 income producing farms.

In 1733, a historically-significant event occurred that provides some insight into the

operation of the Macdonald estates as well as sparse genealogical information on the

people who lived there. This event was the set or allocation of the farms on the

estates, as described in a document entitled "The Judicial Rental of Skye, 1733"

. . . 127 pages of depositions taken for the Rent Roll of 1733, . . . more than 400

people, six were taken in the Scots tongue [footnoted "Language of the Lowlanders"],

two were taken in English, and the rest were taken in the Irish (Gaelic) tongue.

"Extracts from the 1733 Rent Roll for Sleat" includes these seven:

1. "Donald McGinnish", in "Tormore" estate;

2. "Donald McKinish", and

3. "Finlay McKinish", both in "Tokavaig" estate;

4. "John McInish", in "Aird" estate;

5. "Lauchlan McInnish", in "Knock, Borraig and Castil" estate;

6. "Katherine McDonald relic of Angus McKinish", [“relic”, widow],

7. and "Malcolm McInish", both in "Tarskvagmore" estate.

[From the book The MacGillivrays of Skye, by Col. Harold A. Steiner, USAF (Ret.) and

Doris McGilvary Steiner, 1985, Haldor Co., Las Vegas, Nevada; pgs.112-116; 929.241

M175s, Family History Library, Salt Lake City; pg.114 refers to "The Past and Present

Position of the Skye Crofters", Lachlan Macdonald (Glasgow: Bell & Bain, 1886), sh.XII]


Texas, 1862: McAnnich[sic], Elias B.: Enlisted, age 33, Mar. 22, 1862, Milam County,

Texas; paroled, Appomattox (April 12, 1865), in Hood's Texas Brigade, 5th Regiment,

Co. G, Private, wounded at Second Manassas; in the book Unveiling and Dedication of

Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade On The Capitol Grounds at Austin, Texas, Oct. 27,

1910, pgs. 68 and 223; pub. F.B. Chilton, 2513 Louisiana St., Houston, Texas, 1911.


McAninch Family History Newsletter Vol. II No. 4 December 1994 pg.1 page 1994-36

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