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Alexander McCambridge of Ireland

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Re: Mc Cambridge

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 9:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Jan 2012 9:21AM GMT
Surnames: Chambers McCambridge MacAmbrose
My Chambers family was originally named McCambridge (originally MacAmbrose in Kintyre and Islay). The name was changed in Antrim when they came over with the McDonnels. You are the first related person I've seen that knows when the family came over from the Argylles. There are many Chambers patrilineal lines for the surname. I took a y-DNA test to sort it out. I'm in haplogroup R1a1a which is Norse Viking. There's another marker that confirms this. Two McCambridge tests I've seen were haplogroup "I1a", also Viking stock.
I'm hoping that more McCambridges join the McCambridge DNA Project. Please encourage a male family member to do so.
Other Chambers came over to Ireland during the Plantation. They were Lowland Scots and Anglo/Norman English. They were protestant and English-speaking as required by the Crown (government). My family, like the McCambridges, were Irish-speaking and Catholic. That made a difficult life for them in Northern Ireland. Cromwell forced my family to Connaught (County Mayo) Wikipedia has good articles on the Plantation.
Regards,
Tim
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Maribeth Kasi... 18 Dec 1999 12:47AM GMT 
peajayach 17 Mar 2000 10:49PM GMT 
Starr McCambridge 19 Aug 2000 2:38PM GMT 
Maribeth Kasi... 22 Aug 2000 11:06AM GMT 
Starr McCambridge 23 Aug 2000 11:14AM GMT 
Sallyann Pocklington 26 Aug 2000 3:31AM GMT 
Starr 27 Aug 2000 1:42PM GMT 
Sallyann Pocklington 28 Aug 2000 1:47AM GMT 
timothychambe... 22 Jan 2012 4:20PM GMT 
auntcathyky 5 Feb 2002 9:15PM GMT 
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