Hi Jack: I am like you! I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and have lots of visitors on and off. A new group is coming in at the end of the month. So have had to arrange there stays to coincide with my time off or at least my time in Las Vegas. I am a corporate trainer and retired High School Math teacher. This training job I have had for the last couple of years has kept off the genealogy. Various groups have invited me to talk about these Scots, Including lately the Utah Genealogical Society and have turned down most because of my job. Any ways, the Fuenty Acres seemed to be the name of the farm in Gallin, parish Fortingall, Perthshire. The 1851 census states that Farquhar Mckercher’s occupation is famer of Fuenty Acres. It is an odd name and yesterday I went to our local Morman Library and asked if they had any reference to this term. We could find none! So I have no idea where it came from. My source of the 1851 Census was http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851Scotland%2c&rank=0&gsfn=FAR which probably won’t open since its a subscribtion based. I down loaded it at the Morman Library. I tried different spellings for Gallin. The Glenlyon History Society gave different spellings over the years: 2001--Gallin, 1867---Guallan, 1783 --Geallin and 1610 Ghealduy(?). I have tried searhing all of these but found no other reference to Fuenty Acres. I have been searching my brain and think there is a farm in the Caledonia, N.Y. area name Fuenty Acres—but need to do more research on it! It seems to me that Fercher b. abt 1750 could be your Farquhar’s father. For Farquhar to land in New York City and travel to Michigan he would have had to travel through the York-Caledonia area of New York State. I find no record of Fercher’s birth in Scotland. I would be honored to have you use my work. I would appreciate a footnote referencing me/and or my work with the Caledonia Highlanders. I have had many people copy a lot of my work and offer it has there original material with no reference and when they copy mistakes of mine—material that needs more research I recognize it right away. As you know this research takes hundreds of hours—oh to be retired again—so that I can have the time! You have provided some reallly nice information and history. I really appreciate the efforts you have put forth in your research. As you know many of the Scots in the York-Caledonia area left for Michigan. So I think they were all of the same clan. The Chief of Clan McIntyre moved to the New York area he was somewhat of a recluse so for many years the Clan McIntyre Reunion was held in the Caledonia, New York area. Many would come in from Michigan to attend and these reunions often reached several hundred. I am flying to Nashville in business this week and get back in time for our local St. Patrick’s Day parade. I have been active in the Sons of Erin and the St. Andrew’s for several years as well as Allexperts.com and the STAR project at the University of Edin., Scotand—who would also love for me to write some papers—Oh if we only had time! Hope to hear from you soon! --That is when we can spare it! Tom McIntyre ---- Jack MacKercher wrote: > Hi Tom, > Sorry for this delayed response, but living in Florida attracts lots of relatives and friends from the North. I was very interested in learning so many of us Mac/McKerchers migrated to NY. My grandfather Farquhar McKercher visited in NYC, but then pushed on inland and settled in Michigan. Lucky for me. I took a good luck at the list. Many of the first names differed from the Ferchers, Malcolms, Duncans, Donald’s so often given to our septs in Glen Lyon. Also they seemed to have emigrated from Scotland earlier than those in my particular family. I think you know that some of name belong to the Lamont Clan whereas most were of the Farquarson Clan who originally lived up near Braemar and Inverey in Aberdeenshire. As loyalist to the Scottish crown, they were jacobites and recruited in the mid 1640’s by the Earl of Montrolse who chased the Duke of Argyll and his Campbell Clan all over the highlands. If it’s okay with you, I’d like to share those names from your site on my family web site. It attracts several folks who are interested in attempting to link up with our Scots of yore. You surprised me with Farquhar McKercher in Fortingall. I’ve never heard of Fuenty Acres in that or any other area .. which by no means indicates it’s there. I made notes on Glen Lyon’s Census of 1841, ‘51 and ‘61. In 1851, my great grandfather Farquhar McKercher lived at Gallin Cottage which is where the Factor of the Meggernie Castle and Estate resided. The census indicates the following resided at Gallin: John McIntyre, 21, servant; Duncan McLaren, 26, servant; Donald McFarlane, 23, farmer’s servant; Janet Robertson, 20, servant; and Elizabeth McNaugton, 67, general servant .. born in Argylshire. > As the Factor, sometimes called Bailiff, Farquhar was 53. He supervised operations at Meggernie for Robert Menzies, owner and full time resident in the castle. Betsy his wife originally came from Appin, Argylshire and I’m reasonably certain brought McNaugton to Glen Lyon. The Castle was built by a Campbell who planned and conducted the Glenco massacre of the MacDonald Clan. People still remember that in the Glen and most of the Highlands as well. > If you look over the site, I have several photos of Meggernie, Gallin and the Glen as well. It remains a beautiful place. > Let’s keep in touch. Warm regards, > Jack > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thomas McIntyre > To: lejacle@tampabay.rr.com > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:28 PM > Subject: New York—McKerchers > > > Hi John: > > I am not sure if we ever touched bases before but I have some McKerchers in my family tree. Please check CALEDONIA HIGHLANDERS, at www.gencircles.com/users/oatkamac/1 I have been recently looking into the Mckerchers so I thought I would check out your work. You have a very nice site but don’t mention any of your family buried in New York. You have many relatives from York, Livingston County, buried in what is now called Old Scotch Cemetery. Please check out www.yorkhistorical.org At this site you will find a list of McKerchers including Fercher McKercher and his (I believe) second wife Mary Campbell who before was married to a Campbell and had at least one son, Archibald Campbell who settled in Albany, New York. > > According to the 1851 Scotland Census, Farquhar McKercher was a farmer in Fuenty Acres in Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland. In his household there were some Campbell’s, McIntyre’s, McNaughton’s McFarlane’s, Mclaren’s and Robertson’s. Many seemed to have settled around the Caledonia, New York area. The souce of my work and my family. Any help as to how and when these families immigrated to New York would be greatly appreciated. > > Looking forward to talking with you! > > Sincerely; > > Thomas McIntyre > Caledonia Highlanders > oatkamac@cox.net