Sheyne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Sheyne family

Early History of the Sheyne family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sheyne research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1750 is included under the topic Early Sheyne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sheyne Spelling Variations

The archives that survive today demonstrate the difficulty experienced by the scribes of this period in their attempts to record these names in writing. Spelling variations of the name Sheyne dating from that time include McShane, McShain, McShaen, MacShane, MacShain, MacShaen, MacCheyne, McCheyne, McSheyne, MacSheyne, McCheine, McChain, MacCheine, MacChain, McChein, McShaney, McShanie and many more.

Early Notables of the Sheyne family

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Migration of the Sheyne family

Thousands of Irish left in their homeland in the 18th and 19th centuries to escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, and in the search of a plot of land to call their own. These immigrants arrived at the eastern shores of North America, early on settling and breaking the land, and, later, building the bridges, canals, and railroads essential to the emerging nations of United States and Canada. Many others would toil for low wages in the dangerous factories of the day. Although there had been a steady migration of Irish to North America over these years, the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Sheyne or a variant listed above: John and Joseph McShain settled in Philadelphia in 1860.