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My Kilpatrick Family Line |
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My Kilpatrick Family in U.S. History |
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My Kilpatrick Family Photos |
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Kilpatrick Biographies |
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Family Heritage |
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Online Kilpatrick Genealogy Research Resources |
I am a Kilpatrick from both sides of my family. On my mother's side of the family I am the great-grandson of Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick (1822-1899) of Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. On my father's side of the family, I am the great-great-grandson of William Reed Kilpatrick (1844-1923), also of Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee and later of Belleview, Florida. William's and Reed's fathers were brothers. Both are descendants of Andrew Kilpatrick of Iredell County, North Carolina. Check out the list of descendants for William and Reed Kilpatrick, and if you find a relative in any of these lists, get in touch with me. I'd love to here from you. If you are descendants of either Reed or William, send me a run down on your family line so that I can add it to my database.
jpkilpat@hiwaay.net
Children and Grandchildren of Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick Children and Grandchildren of William Reed Kilpatrick Those Buried in the Kilpatrick Cemetery in Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee Also Check out the My Kilpatrick Family in U.S. History Section if you haven't already for more information.
James Porter Kilpatrick (three consecutive pages) Robert Floyd Kilpatrick (PDF format)
Scottish
Heritage:
The Kilpatricks/Kirkpatricks have played a big role in Scotland's history. Roger de Kilpatrick/Kirkpatrick fought side-by-side with William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in Scotland's War for Independence.
There are two lines of thought on the origin of the Kilpatrick name: 1)The Kilpatrick's descended from the Gilpatricks or MacGillapatricks which came from Ireland. The original MacGillapatricks were named due to their devotion to Saint Patrick (Did you know that Saint Patrick was not Irish? He was born in Scotland and his father was a Brit that claimed Roman Citizenship). 2)More likely is that the Kilpatricks are descendants of people who took on the name Kilpatrick because of the geographical location in which they lived. There are two parishes in Dunbartonshire named Kilpatrick and there are a range of Hills called the Kilpatrick Hills near Dumbarton and Glasgow. These people may have been descendants of the Norman Conquerors. A good example of someone that took on the name of his geographic location was Humphrey de Kilpatrick who received a grant of the lands of Colquhoun from Malcom, Earl of Lennox during the reign of Alexander II (around 1241). Humphrey and his son, Ingram, took on the name Colquhoun and thus you have the Colquhoun Clan.
The Kilpatrick family
was a major sept of the Colquhoun Clan of Dunbartonshire. They were
also a sept of the Douglas Clan of Lanarkshire, Galloway, and Dumfrieshire.
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Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
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Kilpatrick Hills |
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Clan Colquhoun Society |
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Rossdhu - Home of the Chiefs of the Clan Colquhoun |
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Clan Douglas Society of North America |
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Clan Douglas |
Irish
Heritage:
Many Kilpatricks
came to America from Ireland instead of Scotland. One source says
my 5th-great-grandfather, Andrew Kilpatrick, was born in Scotland while
another says he was born in Ulster Ireland. So how did the Kilpatricks
come to be in Ireland? There are three lines of thought on this:
1)The Kilpatrick's descended from the Gilpatricks or MacGillapatricks.
2)The Kilpatricks are descendants of people who took on the name Kilpatrick
because of the geographical location in which they lived. There are 26
locations in Ireland with the name Kilpatrick. 3)Most likely, for
my family anyway, they were immigrants from Scotland. In the 1600's,
during the reign of James I, many Scots immigrated (some forced) to Northern
Ireland (Ulster) and settled onto land confiscated from some of the Irish
Chiefs at the end of the Nine Year War. These people came to be known
as Ulster-Scots or Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were Presbyterian/Protestant
people living on land confiscated from Irish folk, so you can imagine that
there was friction between them and their Catholic Native-Irish neighbors
(this friction still exists today). By the 1700's, this friction,
plus persecution by the Church of England, and famine caused another mass
immigration, this time to the New World.
To learn more about
the Ulster-Scots, follow these links:
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Scots-Irish And the Clearances |
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The Scots-Irish Immigration of the 1700's |
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The U.S. and Scots-Irish |
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Our Scotch-Irish Heritage - Actually the term is Scots-Irish. Scotch is a whisky. It's still an informative site. |
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