First found in living on the Islands of Skye and of Lewis, where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. On Skye, ancestors of the Kachel Clan occupied the district of "Rubha an Dunain, " where the ruins of the family residence may seen to this day.

Many settled along the east coast of what would become the United States and Canada. As the American War of Independence broke out, those who remained loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these hardy Dalriadan-Scottish settlers began to recover their collective history in the 20th century with the advent of the vibrant culture fostered by highland games and clan societies in North America. Highland games, clan societies, and other organizations generated much renewed interest in Scottish heritage in the 20th century. The Kachel were among the earliest of the Scottish settlers as immigration passenger lists have shown: Kenneth MacAskill, who arrived in North Carolina in 1750.

Motto Translated: By hope.

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