MacASKILL
(See also MacAsgill, MacKaskill, McCaskill, MacCaskie, Kasky, MaKasky, and Taskill)
A sept of MacLeod of Lewis according to "Scots Kith & Kin".
Black's "The Surnames of Scotland" says the MacAsgills are kown as Clann t-Asgaill (pg 45). Black also lists spellings and states that Taskill is also a derivitive of MacAsgill (pg 763). The name is Gaelic (MacAsgaill) derived from the personal name of Askell (sacrificial vessel of the gods).
McCaskill was in Ebost in the 16th century, M'Askle was in the Reay Fencibles in 1795, MacAskill in Lewis in 1863 and in Bernera earlier.
"The Soay of our Forefathers" by Laurence Reid states that the McCaskills were fugitives to the Hebrides and occupied Rubh an Dunain which the MacLeods had gotten through marriage. This is on a peninsula on the southwest coast of the Isle of Skye in an area known as Loch Brittle. The McCaskills held land first in exchange for watch duties for the MacLeods in defense of their coastline, but then were later charged rent. In the 1700s, the McCaskills had seven farms - all called by different names, but totaling 27,000 acres, including the Isle of Soay. (Note: one of these farms was Bolinture, the ancestral home of the North Carolina McCaskills).
Reid continues: the first immigrants were sons of Finley McCaskill who left in 1771 for North Carolina. In about 1802, another group of McCaskills, related to the first, came to North Carolina and then to South Carolina. In 1825, MacLeods took over lands again for sheep raising, and many McCaskills went to Canada.
A sept of MacLeod of Lewis according to "Scots Kith & Kin".
Black's "The Surnames of Scotland" says the MacAsgills are kown as Clann t-Asgaill (pg 45). Black also lists spellings and states that Taskill is also a derivitive of MacAsgill (pg 763). The name is Gaelic (MacAsgaill) derived from the personal name of Askell (sacrificial vessel of the gods).
McCaskill was in Ebost in the 16th century, M'Askle was in the Reay Fencibles in 1795, MacAskill in Lewis in 1863 and in Bernera earlier.
"The Soay of our Forefathers" by Laurence Reid states that the McCaskills were fugitives to the Hebrides and occupied Rubh an Dunain which the MacLeods had gotten through marriage. This is on a peninsula on the southwest coast of the Isle of Skye in an area known as Loch Brittle. The McCaskills held land first in exchange for watch duties for the MacLeods in defense of their coastline, but then were later charged rent. In the 1700s, the McCaskills had seven farms - all called by different names, but totaling 27,000 acres, including the Isle of Soay. (Note: one of these farms was Bolinture, the ancestral home of the North Carolina McCaskills).
Reid continues: the first immigrants were sons of Finley McCaskill who left in 1771 for North Carolina. In about 1802, another group of McCaskills, related to the first, came to North Carolina and then to South Carolina. In 1825, MacLeods took over lands again for sheep raising, and many McCaskills went to Canada.
So cool Don! Great work.
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