McCaw Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Roy Devereux, great-grandson of the roadbuilder, in a letter to the press says: 'During my researches for the biography of my ancestor which I am now writing I have found no evidence whatever in support of the tradition that the McAdams are descended from the McGregors.'" Įmigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. In fact, "The Macadams of Waterhead, Ayrshire, of whom John Loudon Macadam the famous road-builder was a member, claim to be descended from a Macgregor of the first half of the sixteenth century who fled to Ayrshire. However, our research has shown the family existed far before Adam Macgregror as we shall soon show. century, from Macgregor to Macadam, in consequence of political troubles." Īnother source agrees with the postulation: "The family are descended from Adam Macgregor, grandson of Gregor Macgregor, chief of the clan Gregor." Ayr, claim descent from the head of the Clan Macgregor but the name was changed, early in the XVI. The name is derived from the given name Adam, which is itself derived from the Latin name Adamus which means earth. In ancient Scotland, the ancestors of the first people to use the name McCaw were part of a tribe known as the Strathclyde Britons. Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI $14.50$7.25
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