DESCENDANTS OF JOHN McIVER
The information on the first four generations of MacIvers, John, Kenneth, Duncan and Kenneth came from the book, Malcolm Kelly Family of Moore County, NC, Ancestry and Descendants by Douglas Floyd Kelly, June 17, 1978. In his book, written in 1964, McIver Family of North Carolina by Kenneth L. Kelly, Mr. Kelly begins his book with Kenneth MacIver.
Kenneth Kelly writes in his foreword, that "the descendants of Kenneth McIver, emigrated to North Carolina between the years 1772 and 1802 and settled principally in Chatham and Moore counties."
"Clan McIver is a very old name in the history of Scotland and is found in records as far back as the early 1100's. For many centuries, the McIvers lived in Argyllshire where they were keepers of the castle of Inverary and from which one branch migrated up into Rosshire and thence over to the Isle of Lewes."
"Families of the Ness or Gress branch emigrated from the Isle of Lewes to North Carolina and then to Tennessee, while others from Lewes and Skye settled in and around Chatham and Moore Counties. There are a number of gravestones in the churchyard of the old Union Presbyterian Church in Moore County that bear the name the Parish of Sleat of the Isle of Skye."
This history is submitted by Cornelia Holmes and posted by Myrtle Bridges. 12/10/99
Generation No. 11. JOHN1 MACIVER was born Abt. 1570 in Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died in Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
More about John MacIver:
Fact 1: Progenitor of Ness Branch of McIvers
Child of JOHN MACIVER is:
2. i. KENNETH2 MACIVER, b. Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Generation No. 22. KENNETH2 MACIVER (JOHN1) was born in Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died in Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Child of KENNETH MACIVER is:
3. i. DUNCAN3 MACIVER, b. Upper Carloway, Isle of Lewis.
Generation No. 33. DUNCAN3 MACIVER (KENNETH2, JOHN1) was born in Upper Carloway, Isle of Lewis.
More About DUNCAN MACIVER:
Fact 1: 1680, Wrote letters in "Delvin Papers"
Child of DUNCAN MACIVER is:
4. i. KENNETH4 MCIVER, b. Abt. 1700, Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland; d. Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Generation No. 44. KENNETH4 MCIVER (DUNCAN3 MACIVER, KENNETH2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1700 in Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland, and died in Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
More About KENNETH MACIVER:
Fact 1: Medical doctor (Marischall College)
Fact 2: 1715, In Seaforth Highlanders
Children of KENNETH MCIVER are:
i. DUNCAN5 MCIVER, b. Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland; d. 1811, Moore County, NC; m. FLORAH MCIVER.
More About DUNCAN MCIVER:
Fact 1: 1772, Emigrated to North Carolina
ii. NANCY MCIVER, b. 1725, Parish of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland; d. 1797, (Longstreet Presbyterian Cemetery, Ft.Bragg, N.C.) Moore County, N.C.; m. DONALD MURDOCK MCSWEEN, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
More About NANCY MCIVER:
Fact 1: Lived two miles west of the present Eureka Community.
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