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Origins Available: Irish, Scottish Where did the Irish MacMeekin family come from? What is the Irish MacMeekin family crest and coat of arms? When did the MacMeekin family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the MacMeekin family history? The Irish surname MacMeekin was originally O Miadhachain in Irish Gaelic, which is derived from the word "miadhach," meaning "honorable."The scribes who created documents long before either the Gaelic or English language resembled their standardized versions of today recorded words as they sounded. Consequently, in the Middle Ages the names of many people were recorded under different spellings each time they were written down. Research on the MacMeekin family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including O'Meehan, Meighan, MacMeehan, MacMeekin, MacMeekan,MacMehan, MacMehon and many more. First found in County Leitrim, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacMeekin research. Another 236 words(17 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacMeekin History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early MacMeekin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Under the rule of England, land ownership in Ireland changed dramatically, and many native Irish families found themselves renting out land to farm from absentee owners. This was one of the prime reasons that immigration to North America began in the late 18th century: Irish farmers dreamed of owning their own parcel of land to work for themselves. At this point, the immigrants were at least of modest means for the passage across the Atlantic was often quite dear. In the 1840s the Great Potato Famine created an exodus of people of quite different means. These people were most often destitute: they either sold anything they had to gain a passage or they were sponsored by philanthropic societies. Many of these immigrants were sick from disease and starvation: as a result many did not survive the long transatlantic journey. Although those settlers that did survive were often despised and discriminated against by people already established in these nations, they were critical to rapid development of the powerful industrial nations of the United States and the country that would later become known as Canada. An examination of immigration and passenger lists shows many persons bearing the name of MacMeekin or one of its variants: Owen McMehan, who settled in Philadelphia in 1845; Juda and Felix McMean settled in Boston in 1768.
The MacMeekin Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacMeekin Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:50. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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