The McNabb Family

In tracing the line to Frances Mildred McNabb Gray, we will start with Patrick McNabb, who was born in Stirling, Scotland about 1708. This is as far back as we can go at present. (See the Frances Mildred McNabb Gray Ancestor Chart which goes back eight generations and includes Patrick McNabb as #M128.)

The first of Frances's line to come to America was Patrick's great grandson. John McNabb III was born in Menstrie or Falkirk in Perthshire. His future wife Margaret Morrison was born in Southend in Argyllshire. The two came to the United States at different times and met in Ohio where they married in 1842. Two of their children founded the town of McNabb, Illinois. (They were John Morrison McNabb and James Archibald McNabb.)

To trace the McNabbs from Scotland to the United States and their activities there, follow these links which include biographies:

    Patrick McNabb and Elizabeth McDonald

    John McNabb I and Jennett Brown

   John McNabb II and Jane Drysdale

    John McNabb III and Margaret Morrison

   Daniel McNabb and Mary Frances George

    George Daniel McNabb and Bertha Elsie Stanford

    Donald Oliver McNabb and Elsie Gladys Lundquist

"Tracings"

A document of particular interest to this branch of the McNabb family is called John (1) McNabb. Tracings from Reccolections [sic] of John (2) McNabb, his son now seventy nine years old past, taken by J. (3) McNabb in March 1872.

This document was written by John Morrison McNabb, one of the founders of McNabb, Illinois, and son of John McNabb III and Margaret Morrison.  The document begins with the birth of John McNabb II in 1768 and reveals interesting information about some of the family. It is transcribed from a handwritten document, most of which was written by John Morrison McNabb, but some of which was added later.

Links to McNabbs, and Other Scottish Research For the origin of the McNabb family, coming from Scotland, please go to the Clan Macnab Society Web Site. Also go to The Clan MacNab. These two sites give the history of the McNabbs, display the motto, tartan, and other interesting early history of this clan. The first site is the official Clan Macnab Society, Inc. and includes a color illustration of The Macnab, Francis, the 16th chief. It also displays the McNabb tartan. The second site also gives you an opportunity to register as one of the "MacNabs on the Net."

Scottish Names Research. This is a good Scottish Research Website to visit. Plenty of great links to help you with your Scottish Family Research. Researchers are very welcome to add other research links to this and also to help others with their Scottish Family Research. Contains an excellent tool to research more than 9,000 names. Links you to hundreds of web sites. The McNabb name is represented and our site (this page) is included in the links under the United States section.

A Thousand Genealogy Links. This site includes links to individual ships carrying emmigrants from Scotland to USA. (It also covers those from Canada, Australia and New Zealand.) Each URL lists the passengers giving names of families, including parents and children (sometimes with ages), dates of departure and port of entry.

Another McNabb Web site of interest is  "electric scotland." This site shows the motto and badge and explains the tartan It also links to other McNabb sites including a brief history of the clan.

Still another site Clan MacNab has many links. (It is not the same one listed above.)

The McNabb name, coat of arms and family crest.

Another helpful site is that of James McNabb Bumgarner who has done some research on the McNabbs. He also has posted his vast collection of McNabb and other lines on the Family Tree Maker's Family Archives World Family Tree Volume 6. Surnames of interest to us on this disk  include McNabb, Currie, Drysdale, George, Morrison, Stanford, and Laughlin. Information on ordering disks can be found at Family Tree Maker. Bumgarner's e-mail address is <jimbum@bumgarner.org>

URL: http://www.inkmania.com/scotlandshistory.htm
TITLE: Best Links to Scotland's History
DESCRIPTION: History sites on Scotland, it's Monarchs, People, Battles,
Clans, Culture and Geneology with both Articles and Photographs.

Scottish Documents. See http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp

The McNabb, McNab, McKnab Family of America. This site is not related to us either, but you will find it interesting.

Researching Your Scottish Family History. Five pages of links to Scottish research on the web.

Scottish Culture. Site includes traditional Scottish songs, Scottish Weekly News, Scottish Humor, Scottish Calendar, Scottish Castles index, Famous Scots, places to visit, clan news (includes Morrison but not McNabbs), and a newsletter you may sign up for.

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