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Another question. The MacKalls of Maryland, could they be the Makgill family of Ranquelor in Scotland? It would make more sense for a marriage between a daughter of James Graham of Montrose and one of the Makgills.
James Makgill of Ranquellor: He was Provost (Mayor) of Edinburgh and Ambassador to England. He died in 1579. His son was James Makgill who married Jean Wemyss, dau of David Wemyss, in 1578. David's sister was Euphame Wemyss whom I mentioned before. David and Euphame both were step children of Janet Traill, daughter of Alexander Traill MP from the Blebo family. Euphame was the mother of David Carnegie the 1st of Southesk whose daughter Magdalene married James Graham of Montrose, leader of the King's army. Their daughter Mary Graham was said to be married to James MacKall immigrant to Maryland. If the Makgills were the same as MacKalls in Maryland then both sides of the James MacKall and Mary Graham union had a tie back to Janet Traill and the Alexander Traill MP family.
A further thing I found was that James Makgill (married 1578), well, his grandson John Makgill b ca 1621 was called "of Kemback". Kemback was an estate north of Blebo in the next parish, also called Kemback. (It had belonged to the Shreve family previously and Agnes Traill from Blebo was the wife of John Sheves 4th of Kemback.) This John Makgill b 1621 was married first (25.05.1647) to Helen Forbes. She was the daughter of James Forbes of Kilmany. This James of Kilmany was given the life-rent contract of the wife of John Traill the Younger of Blebo who died at 27 in 1612 probably from the plague rampant in Fife at that time, His father also died then. So the Traill estate went to the very young son of John under the care of his uncle Alexander. Eventually they lost that large barony, at one point holding 900 acres it is said. William Murray of Clairmont and Catherine Forbes his wife were involved in the finances of saving Blebo and eventually owned it for awhile then gave it to their daughter, so perhaps the life rent contract was given to James Forbes for some aid he had given, as Catherine was probably his relative. All that to say the Forbes (and by extension John Mackall who married Janet Forbes) were involved with the Traill situation early in the 1600s. (John's second marriage was to Jean Bruce, Daughter of Sir John Bruce of Airth).
Anyway, John Makgill was a minister at Cupar, the town to the west of Kemback. He and Helen Forbes had a family which included Arthur Makgill b 1652, who married Janet Ramsay in 1675. She was the daughter of John Ramsay of Brackmont. Her mother was Capt James Bruce of Newburn. (The Brackmont Ramsays had Traill wives in the past.) Arthur and Janet's son John who inherited their estate plus Fingask in Angus had a son John Makgill "of Jamaica" born in 1715 among others. Arthur's son David was listed as "David Makgill of Maryland (b 20.04.1686). Also this Makgill family had a James born in 1680 with no information on him. But that is too late to be James MacKall of Calvert County.
One further note is that Else recently found that the David Traill who married Janet Coupar in St. Andrews and was father of James 1643 lived at Ladernie, Kemback Parish. That puts the 'prime' David near Makgills in Kemback. They would have known each other. Then David may have moved to Kinnell or somewhere else to avoid the civil war about 1644 as no more children are christened there in St. Andrews. One further comment is that James 1643 in Kinnell had a daughter named Helen Traill born about 1666 who married John Forbes and had James Forbes 1684, plus probably a David and John.
I hope this is not too much overload...
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