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The McLaughlin Family

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This branch of the McLaughlin family has been traced back to 19th Century County Derry in Ireland.

This branch is most likely to stretch back to the 11th Century in Ireland at least by one of two possible lines of descent:

The Irish Clan McLaughlin of the Donegal/Derry area based their surname on an ancestor named Lochlan, who lived about 1020 A.D. His grandson was Domhnall MacLochlainn, the High King of Ireland, who died in 1121 A.D. This Domhnall MacLochlainn is referred to in the "Annals of Ireland" as both "Domhnall Ua Lochlan" and "Domhnall Ua Neill," indicating he may have been the first of this line to assume the surname MacLochlainn.

But if our line came from Scotland, perhaps via the settlement of Scottish gallowglasses or 17th Century Planters, then the line may descend from Aodh Athlaman Ua Neill (O'Neill), the King of Aileach who died in 1033 A.D., ancestor of the O'Neills of Ulster, in later centuries Princes of Tyrone and Lords of Clandeboy. According to legend his younger son, Aodh Anrathan, left Ireland to campaign in Scotland, never to return.

The following are known to be ancestors of Calum:

Thomas McLaughlin (18?? - 18??) married (Unknown)

Elizabeth McLaughlin (18?? - ????) married William Watton

For an absolutely brilliant website on the Clan McLaughlin in Ulster, visit the McLaughlin of Donegal website.

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Thomas McLaughlin

18?? - ????

Thomas was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great great grandfather.

Little is known of Thomas, except that in 1867 he was listed as a farmer on his daughter Eliza's wedding entry in the marriage register. He may have been based in Killowen, where his daughter was based at the time. It is not yet known who Thomas' wife was.

(Another person is listed on the form who is believed to be a relative, although the relationship is not clear - this is a William McLaughlin, perhaps a brother or uncle to Eliza.)

CHILDREN of THOMAS McLAGHLIN and (UNKNOWN):

Eliza McLaughlin

b: 18?? d: ????

Eliza was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great grandmother - see below.

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Elizabeth McLaughlin

18?? - ????

Elizabeth was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great grandmother.

Little is known of Elizabeth except that she married William Watton in Ballysally, Coleraine, County Derry, Ireland, in the parish of Ballyaghry, at some stage prior to 1872.

CHILDREN of ELIZABETH McLAUGHLIN and WILLIAM WATTON:

Cochrane McLaughlin Watton

b: 13/11/1872 d: 19??

Calum's and Jamie's great great great grandfather - see Watton page.

Eliza Watton

b: 1875 d: 1946

Helena Watton

b: 1881 d: 19??

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Connecting to Calum and Jamie

Elizabeth McLaughlin married William Watton prior to 1872.

Son, Cochrane McLaughlin Watton, married Elizabeth Holmes in 1900.

Daughter, Annie Evelyn Leslie Watton married William McKeever Smyth in 1920.

Daughter, Martha Jane Elisabeth Watton Smyth, married Ernest Graham in 1943

Daughter, Charlotte Harper Graham, married Colin Paton in 1969

Son, Christopher Mark Paton, married Claire Patricia Giles in 2000

Sons, Calum Graham Paton and Jamie Christopher Paton

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