My Family Tree

Very likely a descendant of the "original immigrant" Thomas Mackgehee (Clan McGregor).

He served with his brother, William, in the French & Indian Wars and received a warrant for a land bounty as a result of this service.

subj: Re: [MCGEHEE-L] Re: MCGEHEE-D Digest V99 #7
Date: 1/17/99 9:01:09 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: lmegehee@@datastar.net (Louis D. Megehee, Jr.)
To: MCGEHEE-L@@rootsweb.com

All you have to do is listen to "MacGregor" pronounced in Gaelic. It
sounds phonetically very much like "MackGahaye." That is prececely what was
written on the records in Yorke Co. VA in the 1650s, by the semi-lettered
clerk of court.

I presume the first of our family, William MackGahaye, was not "lettered,"
as were most of the young men who came to early Virginia. By the time
there were members of the family who were "lettered" the name had been
spelled "PHONETICALLY IN ENGLISH" about the same for 100 years....so the
family left the spelling as alone! [If anyone can spell it correctly!].

My grandfather, Alfred Pinkney Megehee, KNEW that the family name was
MacGregor, although he did not know how the name came to be changed. His
explanation was: "my great great grandfather got caught stealing horses and
had to change his name."

Once I heard "MacGregor" pronounced in Gaelic, I was sure that my
grandfather KNEW OF WHICH HE SPOKE!

What I cannot explain is: Knowing that the family was MacGregor, why did
they not change it back after the procription was lifted? Could it have
had anything to do with the American Revolution?

I am well aware that our CLAIM to be MacGregors is not provable! At least
not provable the way one has to prove descent from a Revolutionary War
Ancestor. But the American Clan Gregor accepts me and I thoroughly enjoy
attending the annual Gathering of the Clan.

THERE: I've added my two cents to the MCGEHEE/MACGREGOR RELATIONSHIP
QUESTION.

Have at it.

Dan Megehee (see I can't even spell McGehee!)
(Source: http://zajac3.webjump.com/mcghee.txt)