The Scottish
Clans and their Tartans, give the source of our name as follows: MacQueen
(Gaelic) MacCuire for MacShuibbne, from N.Sweyn. Gaelic MacSwan. In Syke
MacQueens. The MacQueens
are of Norse origin, from Iweyn or Suyne, rendered in Gaelic MacCuine or
McShuibhne. A Sween McQueen signed the Clan Chattan Bond of 1609. Although
latterly regarded as a sept of the Clan Chattes, they are more likely to
be of the Clan Ronald origin. In the thirteenth century a family of
MacSweens held lands in Kinteze, especially Castle Sween. In Syke we find
the Gaelic name McSwain taking form of MacSweens, MacSwan and Swan in
English.
Although originally but an offshot of the Hebridean MacQueens who owed
allegiance to the Lord of the Isles, the MacQueens of Corrybrough, who
settled in Strathdearn, may be said to have occupied the positions of the
"Head of the haill (whole) name."
The MacQueens were known as Clan Rovan, the circumstance which the
MacQueens left the West Coast and setteld in Strathdearn are stated to be
as follows: Early in the Fifteenth century Malcolm Beg MacKintosh (10th of
MacKintosh) married Mora MacDonald of Moidart and with the bride came, as
was the custom, several of her kinsmen, who took up their abode near her
new home. Among the followers were Revan MacMulmon MacAntus, of whom the
Clan Revan are descended, and Dolan MacGillandrisch of whom the Clan Revan
is descended.
Roderick Dee Revan MacQueen is said to have fought under MacKintosh at the
battle of Harlaw in 1411. This was secured from England by Harry Sterling
Queen at a cost of $25.00.
The Early History of the Family Tree
The immediate branch of the McQueen Family was a citizen of Tipperrary
County of Ireland, and Charles McQueen was a private in the English Army
and an honored magistrate of his native County, but accoding to the ruling
of the English Parliment, no one of Scotch or Irish name could rank as a
Commissioned Officer. So in order to receive this commission, Charles
McQueen had to drop the prefix Mc from his original name, and became an
English officer under the name of just CHARLES QUEEN. He was said to be a
man of commanding presence and courage and discretion in the execution of
his Official Trust, and by virtue of his New Official Position, and by an
act of the English Parliment, he was entitled to enter free of cost (1400)
acres of land in the Virginia Colony of America, while a private citizen
or soldier of England, could only enter (400) acres. Now this is how, we
as a people got the name of just QUEEN.
We find there are quite a number of emigrants coming to America from
Ireland by the name of McQueen and McQuinn, and they tell us there are no
people in Ireland by the name of just QUEEN. Now it was for this purpose
of availing himself of entering the (1400) acres of land in America that
caused CHARLES QUEEN and his young wife come to America in or near (1750),
and they wended their way into this section of the Virginia Colony, in
Harrison County of America, and located a homestead on the waters of
Gnatty Creek at the mouth of Peeltree, a stream of (4) miles in length and
selected land, later owned by old Judge Edwin S. Dunkin and at present
owned by Porter Maxwell, and Ira Post heirs.
Whether CHARLES QUEEN entered the full (1400) acres of land or not, is not
known. If he took out a Patten for the (1400) acres of land, it should
have been recorded in the Clerk's Office (for Pattens), in Richmond,
Virginia, and this all came about before the Revolutionary War.
There was a son born in 1752 to CHARLES QUEEN and his young wife while
they were here in America, and was given the name of CHARLES QUEEN, JR.,
and they did not remain here for long in America, but returned to England,
and CHARLES QUEEN, SR., soon died, and as it was the law of that country
that the parents of children had to give their sons a trade of some kind,
the mother of CHARLES QUEEN,JR., bound him out to the weaver's trade, and
when he had served his time at his trade, he then had to serve time in the
English army, so when he had reached his majority, and was a free man, he
longed and desired to see the land of his birth, in America, so the son,
CHARLES QUEEN, JR., returned to America in or near the year (1770), and
took possession of the old homestead on Gnatty Creek at the mouth of
Peeltree. At this time he was not married, but soon did marry Miss May
Haley in 1773, a native of that country, and to this union (9) children
were born.
CHARLES QUEEN,JR., died and was buried in the old homestead in an orchard,
east of Clarksburg and Buckhannon Highway, opposite the Ira Post Mansion.
Of course after 1863 this land is now in the state of West Virginia, and
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