My Family Tree

from Terry McRoberts db:
John and Mary (McCormack) came from Kirkinner Parish, Wigtownshire,Co. Galloway, Scotland. Relocated to Windsor Co., Vermont in the mid 1770's. Members of this family eventually settled in New York, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

Noted by Jeannie (McRobert) Brookshire:
John or (James) McRoberts ancestors probably used the surname of "MacRobert" and were members of the Scottish Clan Robertson. James and Polly came from Kirkinner, Wigtown Co., Scotland, on Wigtown Bay (about 75 miles due south of Glasgow). Mary "Polly" (McCormack) McRobert and several of her children came to America about 1773-74, settled in Springfield, Vermont. John (James) and Mary had at least 8 children and 52 Grandchildren.

Email from Gregory Bender (gab777@webtv.net) who uses Vonnie McRoberts Wilson as a reference: James was a tenant farmer at Knockferrick Farmhouse and Steading and North Clutag farmhouse, both in Wigtownshire; married circa 1755 to Mary McCornock (McCormack) b. 1739 Scotland, died Feb.1,1813 in either Addison or Rutland Counties Vermont. Vonnie's source was a woman in Rantoul, Illinois, now deceased. Notes about High Outage (High Clutag), Little Clutag, Kirkinner and Wm M'Robert, tenant in Clatag 1772-could be a brother? Internet source "Wills of Wigtownshire" William M'Robert, tenant in Clatag, 1772.

On pg 298 and several pages after are stories about the wise witch of Kirkinner: "Mall McRobert lived in a wee house at the foot of Kirkinner Village..."
https://archive.org/stream/gallowaygossips00trotgoog#page/n298/mode/2up/search/mcrobert
[The stories were told about 1800, but probably occurred much earlier. The last wtich burning in Scotland was 1727.]

A reference to Clutach in Kirkinner found in "Lands and Their Owners in Galloway" by Peter McKerlie
"We have still to give another charter which was granted by William, brother of Robert, Lord Leytoun, in favour of Sir Patrick Vaus, of all and haill the five merk land of Clauchrie, and half merk land of Clutach, parish of Kirkinner, dated 10th August 1590"
and again, later,
"In 1668, he [John Vans] disponed to his brother Alexander, of Barquhannie, the lands of Barnbarroch and Barglas, etc., Kildarroch, Capenoch, Clutog, Knocknow, Drumjargon, Knockeffrick, Blairmakin, Slewhibbert, Mill Little Airies, Barvnnock, and other lands in the parish of Glasserton."
and now grandson,
"On the 24th March, 1758, he [John Vans] had sasine of Clutag and Knockferrick, etc."