Looking for the 1st Caranthan or Kernaghans who came to America
The name was spell many different ways. I am looking for the 1st Caranthan or Kernaghans who came to America.
Here is a little history: "The Scottish surname Carnathan, Carnoch and Carnahan are anglicized forma of the Irish Gaelic "O Cearnachain", introduced to Scotland by early Irish settlers. It is patromumic in origin, indicating "descendant of Cearnachain", diminutive of "cearnach" meaning "victorious". Today, this surname is still found in Galloway, usually as Carnachan and occasionally as Carnathan. One John A. Carnechan from Portinkylle is listed as a follower of the Campbell of Lundy in 1541 and six persons by this surname are recored in Kirkudbright in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. This surname was introduced in the U.S. by Scottish immigrants and one William Carnathan is recorded as becoming a naturalizedAmerican in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1847. In Ireland the surname O Cearnachain is usually anglicized as Kernaghan and Kernohan and it is today predominantly found in northern Ireland in counties Armagh and Antrim. The territory of the Irish O Cearnachains was originally located in Co. Donegal where the sept belonged to Clan Coniall which was also the clan name of the O'Donnels, princes of Donegal. The septs belonging to Clan Coniall claim descent from Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages and it is said the Conall was converted to Christianity by St. Patrick himself. There is no recorded listing of a coat of arms having been granted to either the Scottish Carnathans or the Irish Kernaghans. The Scottish Carnathans were vassals and followers of the Campbells clan."
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Vickie
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