Show ContentsMacKerell Surname History

Early Origins of the MacKerell family

The surname MacKerell was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland.

Early History of the MacKerell family

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MacKerell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mackerell, MacKerrel, MacKerrell, Mackirrell and many more.

Early Notables of the MacKerell family

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United States MacKerell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

MacKerell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Elizabeth Mackerell, who settled in Virginia in 1655
  • Peter Mackerell, who landed in Virginia in 1658 1
  • John Mackerell, who arrived in Maryland in 1674 1
  • Daniel Mackerell, who arrived in Maryland in 1674 1
  • Giles Mackerell, who landed in Maryland in 1679 1
MacKerell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Sarah Mackerell, who settled in Boston in 1820
  • Henry, James, and Robert Mackerell, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1860


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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