Irish to Jamaica - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T06:19:34Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topics/irish-to-jamaica?feed=yes&xn_auth=noTurns out, this is not correc…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2022-02-25:6442157:Comment:2988032022-02-25T20:28:09.046ZGene R Rankinhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/GeneRRankin
<p>Turns out, this is not correct. John Rankin (1699, Glasgow) married Margaret Tailyefeir (1707, also Glasgow/Lanark) emigrated to Jamaica. Thereafter: his offspring John Rankin (1742) married Rachel Maria Mckenzie and they begat John Samuel, and then John Thomas, and were all born in Jamaica. The last emigrated to the US and is my ancestor. Clearly we are not Scotch-Irish at all. Presumably the Scots in Jamaica were overseers of slaves in the sugar plantations.</p>
<p>Turns out, this is not correct. John Rankin (1699, Glasgow) married Margaret Tailyefeir (1707, also Glasgow/Lanark) emigrated to Jamaica. Thereafter: his offspring John Rankin (1742) married Rachel Maria Mckenzie and they begat John Samuel, and then John Thomas, and were all born in Jamaica. The last emigrated to the US and is my ancestor. Clearly we are not Scotch-Irish at all. Presumably the Scots in Jamaica were overseers of slaves in the sugar plantations.</p>