Volume 11 , Issue 37

The McGill Name

The McGill name, meaning the son of a stranger or lowlander, is a Scottish name that originated in Galloway, Scotland. During the reign of King James I of England (1566-1625) the Scottish people were oppressed for being Presbyterian and refusing to submit to the Church of England.

This persecution forced many to seek shelter in Ireland, but the situation was not any better there, because the Scots and the Irish were divided along cultural and religious lines.

Many Scots again migrated, this time to America. They first resided in Pennsylvania, where William Penn operated a colony free from religious persecution. After a time, they crossed the Alleghenies and entered North Carolina and Virginia. Some time after they migrated to Tennessee and Kentucky.
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