Robert Bain, Sr. is the son of Daniel Bean and Margaret (Templeton) Bean. [1] (Robert Bain has no recorded connection to Daniel Bean or Margaret Templeton; Davis 42181)
In 1760, in Scotland, Robert married Martha McDonald. [2] In 1775, Robert and Martha immigrated to America via the port of New York, New York. [3] (There are no records showing when or where Robert Bain and Martha Mcdonald were married; Davis 42181)
Robert and Martha probably lived first in Virgnia, but definitely lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and in Cabarrus County, North Carolina after its formation in 1792 (There are no records showing when Robert Immigrated to the Americas or where he lived prior to living in Mecklenburg County and then Cabarrus County, NC; Davis 42181)
The family of Robert Bain/Bean was listed in the 1790 Mecklenburg County Census and the 1800 Cabarrus County Census. The children of Robert and Martha are as follows: [4]
ALL of the descendants of both Robert Bean, Sr. and his brother William Bean, Sr. changed the spelling of their surname to "B-A-I-N" in the very early 1800s. (There is no proof that Robert Bain changed the spelling of his surname, it is more likely that it was a variation or misspelled. Robert may have been illiterate and didn't know how to spell his name when he came to NC; Davis 42181)
Robert is the oldest of three McBane/McBean from the marriage of Jenat Harvie and Daniel McBane/McBean.[5]
(This record shows a Robert Mcbean born in 1692, I'm not sure why it is attached; Davis 42181)
BURIAL Philadelphia Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA[6]
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Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB98-S9C : 10 February 2018), Robert Mcbean, 25 Apr 1738; citing INVERNESS,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,666, 990,667