Location: County Down
Surname/tag: Tullycairn, Magill, McGill
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Background
Many North American Magill family trees claim a connection to the Magills of Tullycarn (also spelled Tullycairn), County Down, Ireland, near Dromore. There was an adjacent Magill Estate in County Down called "Gillhall Estate" [1] There have been several families that have migrated from Tullycairn to North America.
- The most researched branch is associated with Augusta (and Rockingham) County, Virginia. Several of the publications below mention a connection to Tullycairn. William Magill (abt.1690-abt.1749) was the patriarch of this family. The family settled in Augusta County, Virginia.
- The family of his son James Magill (abt.1724-1804) is covered in Greener Pastures
- William Magill (abt.1725-1806) and family moved to Greene County, Tennesse and is covered in Magill Family Record.
- The family of his son John Magill (abt.1720-1816) is described in John McGill Jr. (1759-1842) John Magill 1838 Letter to Nephew Caleb
- Winchester, VA branch, Charles Magill (1760-1827), 1838 Letter mentions a that he is related to the Wincester, VA Magill family.
- Bucks County, PA Branch: William Magill Sr. (abt.1710-abt.1802),
- Cumberland County, PA: Charles McGill (1710-1779)
- Another family from Tullycairn migrated to Connecticut (see Ziebarth Direct Connections), John Magill (abt.1700-1792)
Several of members of this family served in the American Revolution, McGill in the American Revolution including:
- Charles Magill (1760-1827) of Wincester, VA
- Alexander McGill (abt.1758-1830) of Augusta Co., VA
- John McGill Jr. (1759-1842) of Augusta Co., VA
- William Magill (abt.1725-1806) of Augusta Co., VA
- James Magill (abt.1756-1840)
Link to Tullycairn House Page.
Tullycairn associated McGill family history publications
- Robert McCorkle Magill, Magill Family Record, (Richmond, VA: R. E. Magill Publisher, 1907). Google Books Free Download
- The author, Robert McCorkle Magill (1842-1914), descends from William Magill (abt.1690-abt.1749), William Magill (abt.1725-1806), James Magill (abt.1756-1840), and Robert Magill (1792-1858)
- Weldon Wayne Rogers, Greener Pastures from the Tidewater to Texas and Beyond, 1996. FamilySearch Free Download
- Family tree diagram of the Augusta Co., VA Magill family on page 149. He concentrates on the families of William Magill (abt.1690-abt.1749) > James Magill (abt.1724-1804) > Alexander McGill (abt.1758-1830)
- Lyman Chaulkey, Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia, Lyman , 1912. Multiple Volumes. Google Books Free Download
- AC Magill, The Magill Family History, 1950. FamilySearch Free Download
- The author's family family, William Magill (abt.1760-abt.1847), is closely associated with that mentioned in the publication Robert M. Magill Magill Family Record
- Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, Volume I, (Chattanooga, Tennessee: Lookout Publishing, 1918-1933). Google Books Free Download
- Zella Armstrong, Janie French, Preston Collup. Notable Southern Families, Volume II. (United States: Lookout Publishing Company, 1922). Google Books Free Download Chapter XV, pages 231-240 is the Magill chapter.
- Willard Rouse Jillson, Chronology of John Magill. (Standard Printing Company, 1938).
- John McGill Jr. (1759-1842), grandson of William I, immigrant from Tullycairn. This book is mentioned as a source in "Greener Pastures".
- John McGill, The pioneer to the Kentucky emigrant: a brief topographical and historical description of the state of Kentucky, to which are added some original verses (Frankfurt Kentucky, published by J.B. Marshall , 1832). This book is mentioned as a source in "Greener Pastures". Digital version.
- John McGill Jr. (1759-1842), grandson of William I, immigrant from Tullycairn. Does not discusses his ancestry.
- John Allen Magill, et al., Westward Ho: The Genealogy of John Magill, 1759-1975 (Compiled 1975). Free download at familysearch.org.
- John McGill Jr. (1759-1842) and his descendants
- John Magill 1838 Letter to Nephew Caleb
- The author, John McGill Jr. (1759-1842), descends from William Magill (abt.1690-abt.1749) > John Magill (abt.1720-1816)
- W. E. Ziebarth & J. W. Ziebarth, Direct connections: Ziebarth-Magill ancestry. (New York: Ziemag Pub. 1997).
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 December 2023), "Record of William Magill", Ancestor # A073100. William Magill (abt.1725-1806)
- Hazel Parker Jones. Descendants of James Boyd Magill, 1799-1880, emigrant from Ireland to Chester co., S. C. in 1823 : a biographical and historical genealogy, including allied families. 1965. FamilySearch Free Download.
- Note- The subject of this book, James Boyd Magill (1799-1880), is from County Antrim, near Ballymena. This family is associated with First Presbyterian Church of Broughshane. This family also claims a connection to Makgills of Oxenfiurd. Relationships to Montgomery and Rawdon familes. Chapter 32 is an extract of a Magill Family Register written around 1839 (not the Magill Family Record book by Robert M. Magill) by Rev. George Magill of Donagheady Presbyterian Church. It was based on an earlier handwritten Register of Rev. Robert Magill, Minister of Millrow Presbyterian Church, Antrim. "The original, fuller Magill Family Register by Rev. Robert Magill is in the possession of descendants in Ireland."
- Susie Blaylock McDaniel, Official history of Catoosa County, Georgia, 1853-1953 (Dalton, GA: Gregory Printing and Office Supply, 1953, pp. 128-129). familysearch.org download
- This publication includes some Magills who came from Greene Co., TN.
- Lucile M. Bates, Walter McGill Preacher and Penman (San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company, 1971).
- Walter Marshall McGill (abt.1808-1878) is the subject of this publication. The original publication states that the family moved from Augusta Co., VA to Greene Co., TN shortly after the War of Independence. A note from the author dated 1994 states that newer research indicates that this family is probably not the same family that came from Augusta Co., VA and probably never lived in Greene Co., TN. She believes Walter's grandparents came to America in 1794.
- Lovell Jason Morris, A settlement at King's Creek in Lincoln Co., North Carolina in the early 18th century : including the families of Beatty, Blackwood, Dickey, Dickson, Falls, Graham, McGill, Oats, Plonk and Weer (Signal Mountain, Tennessee, Mountain Press). Download at familysearch.org
- William McGill (bef.1750-), Elizabeth (Bell) McGill (abt.1748-), William McGill (1775-1868), John McGill (abt.1768-abt.1819) This McGill family is believed to have come from County Tyrone.
- Dayton Reed Taylor, The Alexander Sheldon Vaughan family, 1817 to 1983
- Hubert Evans Magill (1869-1946) This is a Texas family that descends from the Augusta Co., VA Magills.
Non-Tullycairn associated McGill family history publications
- Augustus McGill, The McGills, Celts, Scots, Ulsterman and American Pioneers: History, Heraldry and Tradition, (United States: McGill-Warner Company, 1910).
- Note: The author's ancestors were Roland McGill (abt.1720-) and Margaret (Dillon) McGill (abt.1720-). Their home was along Belfast Bay, between Belfast and Carrickfergus in County Antrim. They had 9 sons and 1 daughter. Arthur and Patrick came to Baltimore on their brother Henry's ship, "The Good Intent", around 1770. Governor Andrew Ryan McGill (1840-1905) 10th Governor of Minnesota descends from this family.
- John McGill, The Macgill-McGill Family of Maryland; A Genealogical Record of over 400 years Beginning 1537, ending 1948, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, LLC: Salem, Mass., 1948. Hathitrust Free Download.
- The patriarch of this family, Reverend James Macgill (1701-1779) came from Scotland to the Colonies in 1728. Hathitrust Free Download This manuscript shows a pretty well documented connection to the Makgill of Oxenfuird families.
- Eunice Parr McGill, The Magill-McGill genealogy from the 1700's. (Sterling, Kan: Mrs. R.T.M. McGill, 1963). "Eunice"
- The family of Hugh R Magill (abt.1730-1805), Presbyterian minister, who came to Western Pennsylvania from County Down approximately 1750.
- Harold Lawrence, The Tucker Band: Tuckers and related families (Burtons and MaGills) (Boyd Publishing Company, 1992, pp 265-334).
- The history of a James William Magill (1797-abt.1853) and his wife Margaret (McFall) Magill (abt.1799-1877) from Larne, County Antrim who settled in Abbeville county, South Carolina in 1842.
- Jack T. Ericson, Charles Magill the immigrant, (Westfield, NY 1995). Free download on familysearch.org
- The story of Charles Magill and Jane Buchanan Magill of Warren County, Pennsylvania. (To do: create wikitree pages for them). Arthur Magill Sr (1764-1847) is their son.
- Sarah Warren Faudskar, et al, The descendants of Zachariah McAlister and Mary Magill McAlister of Washington County, Indiana (Privately printed). Free download available on familysearch.org.
- Myrtle Ethyl Packwood, Genealogy of the Magills, McAllisters, and the Rodmans (Salem, Indiana, 1966). This publication is indexed at familysearch, but not available online.
- Sally Magill Stout, The Magill Family of Cross Creek, Pennsylvania (Los Altos Hills, California, 1985). Free download on familysearch.org
- Samuel Magill Find A Grave: Memorial #19492733 and Elanor Magill Find A Grave: Memorial #89128956
- Virginia Carter Graham, The McGills of South Carolina and Mississippi (Self published, unknown date). Free Download at familysearch.org
- Honor Victoria Meece Knowles, Family histories of Henry Crockett Meece, Sr. 1912-1983 (McGill and Meece) and Nona Belle O’Byrnes (1914-2010) (O’Byrnes and Hobson) (Self published, 2020). View at familysearch.org. Chapter 2, pages 42-51 covers this McGill family from Tennessee.
- Jerome McGill (1891-1959) is mentioned in this manuscript. His father is Find A Grave: Memorial #24006404
- Samuel Davis McGill, Narrative of reminiscences in Williamsburg County (Kingstree, SC, Kingstree Lithographic Company, 1952). View on familysearch.org
- Gerald McGuire, Sweet sixteen : the history, trials and joys of a Nebraska farm family as it comes through and beyond the Great Depression! (Self published, late 1990s or early 2000s).
- The family of Richard Sarsfield McGuire (1885-1948) and Mary Elizabeth (McGill) McGuire (abt.1885-1964) of Wisner, Cuming County, Nebraska.
- Elizabeth Bly Fleming McGill, A Grandmother Looks Back (Self published, approximately 1982).
- The author, Elizabeth (Fleming) McGill (1914-2008), tells the story of her husband's Wisner, Nebraska family, starting with John Magill (abt.1818-1891) and Mary (Keefe) McGill (abt.1841-1889)
- Paul Magill, The Magills of the Meetinghouse Cairncastle: Discovering the Story of an Irish Family. (Shanway Press, 2010).
- The story of the James Magill (abt.1793-bef.1865) family of Cairncastle parish, County Antrim.
- Felix McKillop, Townlands, People and Traditions. (Ulster Tatler Publications, 2006).
- The stories of many families from the southern Glens of Antrim, where the name Magill is very common.
- Brian S. Turner, Family names in the Glens of Antrim, (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2021)
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