John McEchny

1715 - Abt 1748  (33 years)

• Name	John McEchny
  Birth	1715	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland
  Christening	17 Jun 1715	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Name:     John Mcechnie Gender: Male Christening Date:     17 Jun 1715 Christening Place: Bonhill, Dunbarton, Scotland Father's Name: John Mcechnie Mother's Name: Jenat Ewine Family Search First name(s)John Last nameMcEchnie SexMale Birth year1715 Baptism year1715 Baptism date17 Jun 1715 Baptism placeBONHILL,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND Father's first name(s)John Father's last nameMcEchnie Mother's first name(s)Jenat Mother's last nameEwine PlaceBonhill CountyDunbartonshire CountryScotland Record setScotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929 CategoryBirth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records SubcategoryParish Baptisms Collections fromGreat Britain, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	K83Q-H7N
  Name	John McEchny
  _UID	A1E2416773DD4661A0515E7DF18BAEC8E084
  Death	Abt 1748	Scotland
  Notes	(Research):Clan MacFarlane On 23rd July 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, son of James 'The Old Pretender' landed on the Isle of Eriskay off the west coast of Scotland. This was the start of the 'Forty-Five' Jacobite Rebellion. The following events culminated in the last major battle to be fought on British soil? Culloden. 1688     Nov     'The Glorious Revolution'. Following the invasion from Holland by William of Orange, James II, the Catholic King of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, flees to France. 1689     27 July     Battle of Killliekrankie. Supporters of James II, the Jacobites, led by Viscount Dundee defeat a Protestant Covenanter army. 21 Aug     Jacobites attempt a rising at Dunkeld, Scotland. 1690     1 July     William of Orange defeats James II and his Jacobite supporters at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. 1691     12 July     Irish Jacobites defeated at the Battle of Aughrim. Aug     William of Orange (pictured below) offers a pardon to all Jacobites in the Scottish Highlands who swear allegiance by year-end. William of Orange WKPD 1692     Jan     King William III issues an order to discipline the Highland Scots. 13 Feb     The Glencoe Massacre. After the MacDonald chief was late talking his oath to King William, members of the Campbell clan killed 38 members of the MacDonald clan at Glencoe. 1696     Feb     A Jacobite plot to murder King William III was uncovered. March     Jacobite invasion scare. 1701     12 June     Act of Settlement passed by Parliament, ensured that if William III and Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) should die without heirs, the succession to the throne should pass to Sophia of Hanover, granddaughter of James I, and to her heirs, if they were Protestants. The house of Hanover, which ruled Great Britain from 1714, owes its claim to this act. 6 Sept     Death of the deposed James II. Louis XIV of France recognises his son as James III, later known as the 'Old Pretender'. 1708     23 March     A French naval squadron attempted unsuccessfully to land the Old Pretender on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. 1715     6 Sept     Start of 'the Fifteen'. Following the accession of King George I, a Jacobite rebellion started in Braemar in Scotland. 13 Nov     The Scottish Jacobites were defeated at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Jacobite rebels HUK 14 Nov     A Scottish and English Jacobite force was defeated near Preston in northwest England. 22 Dec     The Old Pretender lands at Peterhead in northeast Scotland, joining Jacobites at Perth before returning to France on 4 Feb 1716. 1722     24 Sept     The Atterbury Plot. The Bishop of Rochester, Francis Atterbury, a Jacobite leader was arrested and later exiled. 1745     23 July     Start of the 'Forty-Five'. Prince Charles Edward, son of James and also known as the 'Young Pretender' (pictured below), landed on Eriskay Island off the west coast of Scotland. Bonnie Prince Charlie WKPD 19 Aug     With support from some of the Catholic MacDonalds, Charles 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was able to gather his men at Glenfinnan. There the standard was raised and his father was proclaimed King James III and VIII. 11 Sept     Jacobites capture Edinburgh. 21 Sept     Jacobites defeat a British force at the Batlle of Prestonpans and move south into England. Jacobite with Flag HUK 4 Dec     Jacobites reach Derby, just 150 miles from London. Due to lack of support Lord George Murray and the other chiefs advise Charles to return to Scotland and wait for French help. 18 Dec     Arguably the last 'battle' to take place on English soil, the Clifton Moor Skirmish saw the retreating Jacobites meet the Duke of Cumberland's forces at Clifton in Penrith. Twelve Jacobites and fourteen of the Duke's men were killed, with the English being buried in the Clifton churchyard and the Scots under an oak tree (known locally as the Rebel Tree), where a plaque still remains. Jacobite Battle HUK 1746     17 Jan     Back in Scotland the Jacobites fail to capture Stirling Castle, but then defeat General Henry Hawley's army at the Battle of Falkirk Muir. 18 Feb     Withdrawing ever further north, the Jacobites capture Inverness. They stay there for 2 months. Meanwhile a government army, led by the king's younger son, Prince William Duke of Cumberland, was catching them up. 16 April     Against the advice of his chiefs, Charles lined up the Jacobite army ?  hungry and tired ?  on the flat moor of Culloden. It was to be the last major battle fought on British soil. In less than an hour Cumberland's cannon destroyed the military threat of Jacobitism. 20 Sept     Charles fled Culloden Moor with a reward of ?30,000 on his head and after many adventures, he eventually escaped on a ship to France. 1766     1st Jan     Death of the Old Pretender. 1788     31 Jan     Death of the Young Pretender. 1807     13 July     Death of Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, younger brother of the Young Pretender and the last Stuart in the male line.
  Person ID	I22658	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John McEchnie,   b. 1678, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jonnet Ewine,   b. 1679, Kilbarchan Parish, East Renfrew, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	14 May 1709	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland
  Family ID	F12087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jenat Cunninghame,   b. 1712   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 Apr 1736	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland   [3]
  	MCECHNY JOHN JENAT CUNNINGHAME/ 22/04/1736 493 10 / 388 Bonhill
  Children	1. John McEchny,   b. 1737, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret McEchny,   c. 5 Feb 1737/38, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. William McEchny,   b. 1741, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   4. James McEchny,   b. 1744, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Isobel Lindsay 2   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Mar 1740/41	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland   [4]
  	MCECHNY JOHN ISOBEL LINDSAY/ 12/03/1741 493 10 / 391 Bonhill
  Children	1. Janet McEchny,   b. Sep 1744, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alexander McEchny,   b. Apr 1747, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret McEchny,   b. May 1748, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Jenat Garner,   b. 1726, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	25 May 1746	Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland   [5]
  	MCECHNY JOHN JENAT GARNER/ 25/05/1746 493 10 / 395 Bonhill
  Children	1. Margaret McEchny, 2,   b. 1747, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Donald McEchny, 2,   b. 1749, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1715 - Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland Christening - 17 Jun 1715 - Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland Marriage - 22 Apr 1736 - Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland Marriage - 12 Mar 1740/41 - Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland Marriage - 25 May 1746 - Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland Death - Abt 1748 - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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