| ![Show Contents]() McKeachie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Scotland Ireland The Hebrides islands and the west coast of Scotland are the ancestral home of the McKeachie family. Their name comes from /the personal names Eachan and Eochaidh. The Gaelic form of the name is usually Mac Eachainn, meaning son of Eachan. However, The surnames MacGeachie, MacGeachy, and MacKeachie are derived from the Irish surname Mag Eachaidh, an Ulster variant of Mag Eochadha, which means son of Eochaidh. 1 Early Origins of the McKeachie familyThe surname McKeachie was first found in Knoydart, where they were a sept of the MacDonalds, descended from Hector (Gaelic Eachann,) second son of Roderick MacDonald, 3rd of Moydart and Clanranald. 2 Early History of the McKeachie familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our McKeachie research. Another 94 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1686, 1694, 1711, 1715, 1745 and 1890 are included under the topic Early McKeachie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. McKeachie Spelling VariationsMedieval translation of Gaelic names could not be referred to as an accurate process. Spelling was not yet standardized, and names in documents from that era are riddled with spelling variations. McKeachie has been written as McEachan, McGeachan, McKechnie, McGeachie and many more. Early Notables of the McKeachie familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early McKeachie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the McKeachie family to Ireland
Some of the McKeachie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| McKeachie migration to the United States | + |
Ancestors of many of the Dalriadan families who crossed the Atlantic still live along the east coast of the United States and Canada. Some Scottish settlers arrived in Canada during the American War of Independence as United Empire Loyalists, while others stayed south to fight for a new nation. The descendants of Scottish settlers in both countries began to rediscover their heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries through Clan societies and highland games. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name McKeachie or a variant listed above:
McKeachie Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Thomas McKeachie, who landed in America in 1797 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name McKeachie (post 1700) | + |
- Wilbert McKeachie, American Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan
- Alexander McKeachie Notman (b. 1979), Scottish football player
- MacLysaght, Edward, Supplement to Irish Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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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McKeachie migration to the United States 
