Found proof of origins of James Mackerwithey
In the NEHGS Library is a Kimball family newsletter.I looked at it because Bethia Mackerwethe (James2 James1)married a Joseph Kimball.They removed to Preston, New London Co., CT.
In the Sept. 1898 newsletter (p.153) is a published letter written in January, 1839 by Elder Roswell Kimball, who is a grandson of Joseph and Bethia.He notes that Joseph his father, i.e. the son of Joseph & Bethia, died in 1822, aged nearly 91. He continues "My father's mother was descended from a Scottish Highlander of the name of 'Maceraithy' who fought against Cromwell at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester in the sixteenth (sic) century, and two of her connections fell at the fatal battle of Culloden, fighting in the ranks of the Pretender Prince Charles."
Everyone has long thought this to be the case, but I was very very happy to see it verified.
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