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With these secret
intimations of mortality should perhaps be classed the family death warnings
which are plentiful in Ireland and not unknown in England and other
countries. No Manx family, so far as I
am aware, possesses a typical banshee, but some of the Kaighins of Kirk
Michael and Kirk German, who say they were "the Horsemen of
Manannan," were—perhaps still are—liable to be warned of impending
misfortune to members of their clan by the sound of the hoofs of invisible
galloping horses. No one who is not of
the Kaighin blood, even if in the company of a Kaighin at the time, is able
to hear it. Some light may be cast on
this tradition by the derivation of the name Kaighin from McEaeharn or
McEachan, i.e. Each-tighearn, "Horse - master." The McEacharns (a Kintyre surname) were
said in Scottish tradition to be "Manannan's Horsemen." Kintyre was associated with horses nearly
2,000 years ago, when the name of its inhabitants, recorded by Ptolemy from a
previous authority, was Epidii, "The Horse-people" – probably a
Pictish word which was replaced by the Gaelic name Echdi for the same tribe. Gill, W. Walter. “Second Sight and Associated Faculties” A
Second Manx Scrapbook, 1932, pp. 30 |
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Introduction *** If we have previously
corresponded, please contact me again with any new
Birth/Marriage/Divorce/Death info so I can update the database*** Welcome to
Manannan’s Horsemen, the Kaighin genealogy web forum and repository. This is a one name study of the Manx
derivatives of the Celtic surname MacEachan. Please keep in mind that this one name study is a work in
progress and as such, there are errors and omissions both known and unknown
contained in the database and on the charts on this website. Do not assume accuracy! This is a collaborative effort by many
Kaighins and descendants of Kaighins all over the world and it is for that
effort that I share this information. I respond to every email I receive, typically within 2-3
days. If you have attempted to contact
me in the past and have not received a reply, please email me again. On these pages,
I use the spelling “Kaighin” when speaking in general terms since the
majority of Kaighins alive today retain this spelling. So, feel free to
browse around and if you have any questions or would like to submit anything
concerning Kaighin family genealogy, please email me at kaighin@iname.com What do I need
from you?
Greg Kaighin First, Some
Words About Pronunciation… The name has
three very different pronunciations, depending on where you are. In the
Isle of Man, it is still pronounced the old Manx way, like "Cack'n", with the "ck" mashed together
like the "ch" sound in Scottish "loch". You can
hear the late Dr. Brian Stowell on Manx Radio discussing this here. Also,
the learnmanx.com website has another example here. The New
Jersey Kaighns descend from John Kaighin who emigrated to America as an
indentured servant in 1683. At some point about two generations on, the
family dropped the second "i" and it thus
became spelled as "Kaighn", which they pronounce like
"Cain". This pronunciation has been in effect since at least
1775, when future U.S. President John Adams wrote this
letter to his wife Abigail. The rest of the family
(Kaighins, Keighins, Kaighans and Kaighens) pronounce it anglicized as
"Reagan". This pronunciation is consistent worldwide with the
two exceptions noted above. …Spelling Our name is
derived from MacEachan which is a Gaelic Celtic patronymic surname meaning
“son of Hector”. In Gaelic, Eachan or
Eachainn was a common given name in Scotland and Ireland, and a contraction
of Each donne, which meant either “brown horse” or “horse lord”
depending on interpretation. The
surname sprung up independently across the Gaelic speaking world many times
over as the use of patronymics in surnames took hold around 1000 years ago
and is still reflected in many extant modern equivalents such as MacCaughan,
MacGahen, McCoin, and McKaughan. When
our MacEachan ancestor arrived in the Isle of Man around 700 years ago, the
few scribes of the day would have spelled it however they saw fit. In the first known written record of our
surname in 1422, it was spelled McCaighen.
The next time it can be found was in circa 1490, where Johan (John)
McCaghyn and his son Richard were recorded as tenant landholders of our
ancestral quarterland property of Ballakaighin.
Johan McCaghyn et fil Ricd (John McCaghyn and son
Richard) from Lib Vast entry for
Kirk German parish, circa 1490 (Click to view full
image) From then until
about 1580, it was spelled in various records as McCaighen or McKaighin or
similar. In the period between 1560
and 1580, most “Mac” names in the Isle of Man underwent a transformation
whereby the “Ma” part was dropped, leaving the phonetic “K” stump, so today
nearly all former Manx “Mac” names start with “C”, “K” and “Q”. Even in those early days, our name was almost
exclusively spelled with a K, although there are a few examples of Caighens
in the record. Until literacy took
hold on a wide scale in the mid-19th century, the spelling was
generally up to the parish clerk to determine. And where that clerk held office for many
years, the spelling for the Kaighins in his parish would remain consistent in
his records during his term of office (which often was for the remainder of
his life). But once a new clerk took
office, the spelling would reflect that new clerk’s preference. Once literacy took hold between about 1830
and 1850, the spelling generally was settled to what we all have today: Kaighin,
Kaighen and Kaighan. There
are two notable exceptions. Those with
the spelling Keighin are descended from David Keighin who emigrated to
America in 1850. David bought property
in Tennessee in a small town on the Mississippi River. The clerk recording this transaction
misspelled his name and he carried that spelling forward for the rest of his
life. Now all his numerous descendants
in America spell their name that way.
Also, as mentioned above, the descendants of John Kaighin of New
Jersey spell their name Kaighn. …and Origins June 23, 2026 My hypothesis,
which is based on years of rigorous research and y-DNA analysis, is that our
earliest ancestors on the male line originated in Scandinavia and settled in
Normandy after the Viking chief Rollo’s treaty with Charles the Simple at
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 AD. The
line followed William the Conqueror’s invasion of Britain in 1066 and likely
settled in Yorkshire, then eventually made it up to Southwest Scotland in the
area of Ayrshire (formerly Carrick).
Our first Manx ancestor likely arrived in the Isle of Man as a
retainer of Robert the Bruce during his invasion of the island in 1313 and
was rewarded with land in Kirk German, which would later be known as
Ballakaighin. A full discussion can be
found here: I also wrote a
semi-fictional story about this (click to view)
Data Sources
and Interest Items I am
no longer maintaining the Kaighin Family Photo Album. Please instead, share your photos on the Kaighin
Family History Discussion Group on Facebook. All
photos, past and present are always welcome.
If you would like to share your photos, but they are not in digital
format, please email me for my address.
All photos will be scanned and promptly returned. Kaighin Family Photo Album (old) Updated
June 29th, 2008 A list of
Kaighin researchers.
Any new contacts are added to this list and I’ve attempted to group
the contacts by branch (I stopped updating this in 2008). Kaighin Researchers
(old) April
9th, 2007 I’ve
consolidated several indexes of burials, deaths and wills for Kaighins in the
Isle of Man in an easy-to-use table.
About 60 Kaighin wills are also included. Kaighin
burials, deaths and wills January 13th, 2006 The Kaighin census project is now complete. 142 Kaighin families are represented in 481
census images covering the period of 1841-1930 May 3rd, 2005 Handwritten
notes compiled by the late Philip Allen of Kaighins found in the parish
registers of Bride and Jurby and the town of Ramsey, Isle of Man. Also contains a re-transcription with
remarks and a cross reference to the family numbers in my database. There are 341 transcribed records. April
4th, 2005 Kaighins
found in City Directories in England 1870-1915. March
31st, 2005 Kaighins
found in Manx Directories between 1823~1895.
These
can be found at A Manx Notebook Kaighins
in Directories
(Sorted by Name) Kaighins
in Directories
(Sorted by Parish) Kaighins
in Directories
(Sorted by Year) March
27th, 2005 All
Kaighins found in various BMD (Birth, Marriage, Death) sites in the Kaighins in UK (Sorted by Name) Kaighins in UK (Sorted by Date) Kaighins
in UK
(Sorted by Where Registered) March
20th, 2005 Records
of Kaighins collected from various sources.
Organized by US State or Canadian Province. January
19th 2005 American
Kaighins found in ship’s manifests.
Most of these can be found at the Ellis
Island
website. November 20th
2004 The
International Genealogical Index (IGI) for all Kaighins in the International Genealogical Index -
Kaighin November 16th
2004 A statistical
analysis of the surname Kaighin as found in the International Genealogical
Index (IGI) for the March 9th,
2015 Can the Kaighin
family claim a Coat of Arms? A discussion on
the Manx Genealogy Bulletin Board regarding the dropping of “Mac/Mc and Ine”
from Manx surnames prior to between 1560 and 1580. September 29th,
2004 Brian Stowell on
Manx Radio in the Kaighin (audio
link) Kaighins
extracted from Rolls and Property Records from Kirk German Parish between
1680 and 1869. I plan to go through
this and attempt to document land ownership and cross to the families in the
database. Thanks to Frances Coakley. February 19th 2022 Kaighins from the Manorial Rolls of 1511 and 1515 in the Isle of Man. Thanks to Frances Coakley for transcribing. The trial of two
women, Alice Cowley and Isabel Gawn who were accused of witchcraft in
1712. They are not Kaighins but it
makes for interesting reading. There
was one Kaighin, a Bahee (Corjeage) Kaighin who was accused and acquitted of
witchcraft after a heifer she touched died shortly thereafter. Thomas Kelly was
one of the early Manx immigrants to The diary of
Manxman Thomas Taggart. A very
descriptive account of Manx life in 1877.
Not a Kaighin. Cousin
Calculator (This is an
offsite link) The A genealogical
study of the Kaighins in the Isle of Man by Mormon genealogist Archibald F.
Bennett in 1956. I have studied Mr.
Bennett’s work and have concluded that there are too many errors to consider
this a valid source. In fact, every
single family is improperly attributed to their respective parent family. This study was very poorly researched, yet
others still consider it a viable source on which to base their family tree. I am posting this here with these comments as
a warning to not rely on research that does not abide by standard research
protocols. The Kaighin Family of Kirk Michael and Kirk German Parishes, and town of Peel, Isle of Man England (Web version) The Kaighin Family of Kirk Michael and Kirk German Parishes, and Town of Peel, Isle of Man, England (PDF Version – Printable) |
Updated December 28th, 2024
Click to view tree The Kaighin Y-DNA Project is complete. The Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) for
all living Kaighins was Gilchrist McCaighen and was born about 1511 at
Ballakaighin, Kirk German, Isle of Man.
Our earliest known ancestor traceable in the records is Gilchrist’s
grandfather John McCaghyn who was born about 1439. The structure of the tree is now correct. The two different types of Y-DNA tests
(SNPs and STRs) as shown in the chart both agree with the genealogy. So, if you have downloaded a previous
version (or have a printed copy), please discard. For those with a printed copy, I will be
sending out replacements in due course.
Our Kaighin cluster is now on the YFull
tree under I1 / Z140 / A196 / A1395 / A5554. A5554 is the SNP identified as belonging to
Gilchrist McCaighen, so all living male Kaighins carry this SNP. A comprehensive report of the results of the Y-DNA
testing is forthcoming. I will also be
writing reports for each branch of the family. How to Find
Your Kaighin Ancestors I have been able to identify all living Kaighins
worldwide. Every living Kaighin fits
into one of 11 branches. Each branch
can be found in the database and in the charts below. While the charts are updated often, they
may contain stale data, so the most current (and correct) data can always be
found in the Kaighin Genealogy Database.
When you open the database, you will see a list of all people born
with the surname Kaighin. Find
yourself or an ancestor and click on the “Family Number” link in the
left-hand column. This will bring up a
form that will show all the data for that family. You can then navigate up and down the
generations using the “Parent Family” and “Child Family” links. If you can’t use the database, then select one of
links below for the chart of your branch.
If you do not know which branch you are in, please email me at
kaighin@iname.com and I will direct you to the proper branch chart. The Kaighin
Genealogy Database Updated June 7th, 2026 The following link
is the database being compiled of all Kaighins found in records from circa
1490 A.D. to the present. There are
currently 3872 Kaighins listed in 835 unique families, including 592 known living individuals who
either were born with the name Kaighin (or variant) or married into the
Kaighin family. Microsoft Access must
be installed on your computer to view it.
The database is updated frequently, so check back often. Due
to sensitive data of living individuals contained within, I will need to
verify your identity before allowing you to view the data in the database, so
a password is required to view it.
Please email me for the password at kaighin@iname.com. If you do not have Microsoft Access, please
contact me and I will send you the information you need.
The Kaighin
Branches All branch charts updated October 3rd, 2020 The
following links will open charts for each branch. The links will open a PDF file of the chart
within your browser. Due to the size
of these charts, it is recommended to download the PDF and open it in your
computer’s native PDF viewer (like Adobe Acrobat), then zoom and pan to make
it readable. To download the PDF
chart, open the link in your browser, then click on the download button as
shown here:
The charts
posted below do not contain private data of living individuals. If you would like the full chart that does
not obscure private data, you may download that here (updated June 22, 2026). This is a
password protected file. Please send
password requests to kaighin@iname.com. This chart is also available in our Facebook discussion group. ~Current spellings: Kaighin and Kaighan ~Current living members: 18 ~Found in: England, Isle of Man, and California and
Texas, USA ~Descendants of Richard McCaighen who, with his
father John, owned the entirety of the quarterland of Ballakaighin from
before 1490. All branches below are
sub-branches of the Ballakaighin Kaighin branch. ~Location of Ballakaighin, Kirk German ~Current
spelling: Kaighn ~Current
living members: 11 (although there are 248 living Kaighns descended
from Elias Kaighn/Cain - see notes under “New Jersey Kaighns” below.) ~
Found in: Oklahoma, USA ~Descended
from John Kaighin who purchased a 2/3 share of the estate of Ballacregga, Kirk
Michael in 1603. John’s Great Grandson
John, the son of John Kaighin and Jane Cannell of Ballacregga emigrated to
America in 1682 and became an indentured servant. Following his indenture, he became a very
successful linener, carpenter and landowner and owned approximately one third
of what is now Camden, New Jersey.
They spell their name Kaighn and pronounce it “Cain.” Today, there is only one family descended
from the immigrant John Kaighin, and that is the family of Bill Kaighn in Norman,
Oklahoma. All other Kaighns alive
today are descended from Elias Kaighn / Cain of the New Jersey Kaighns (see
below). ~Location of Ballacregga, Kirk Michael A letter from February 22nd, 2006 The following link contains the chapter “John
Kaighin and Some of His Descendants” from A
Historical Sketch of Camden written in 1909 by Howard M. Cooper and
edited in 1931 by Emily Cooper Johnson (Camden, N.J.: Printed by Haddon
Craftsmen, Inc. 1931) – Submitted by Rob Kaighn. One note to mention; on pages 109-110 the
author concludes that John’s Great Grandson Joseph was responsible for
dropping the second i in Kaighin for this branch. This is incorrect. The name was spelt this way as early as
1775 and probably earlier (refer to John Adams’ letter above.) March 21st, 2006 From History
of History
of Camden County New Jersey In 1920 Charles
S. Boyer wrote a detailed study of the New Jersey Kaighns. Please note that his conclusions regarding
Elias Kaighn Sr. and his descendants were incorrect as discussed elsewhere on
this website. John Kaighn and
His Descendants (Web
version) John
Kaighn and His Descendants
(PDF version -
Printable) ~Current spellings: Kaighin
and Kaighan ~Current
living members: 38 ~Found
in: Canada and Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England ~Descendants
of Robert Kaighin and Margaret Savage who married in 1657. Y-DNA testing results prove that this
branch is a sub-branch of the Ballacregga Kaighn Branch and is connected to
the Ramsey Kaighen Branch. Read about
that here. Robert was the son of John Kaighin who purchased a 2/3 share of Ballacregga, Kirk Michael in 1603. ~Former
location of y Phurt, Kirk Michael (lost to coastal erosion) April
23rd, 2005 A
discussion page for Sue Rankin and Sue Sides of Barrow in August 9th
2004 A submission by
Ron Kaighin and Leslie Erdman ~Current spellings:
Kaighen and Kaighin ~Current living members: 81 ~Found in: Isle of Man, England, Scotland,
Australia, Honduras and Texas, USA ~Descendants of Thomas Kaighin and Catharine Gawne
who married 13 Jul 1819 in Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man. Thomas and Catherine resided in the town of
Ramsey as do many of his descendants even today. In 2025, I solved the mystery of who Thomas
Kaighin’s parents were. You can read
about that here. ~Location
of the town of Ramsey
~Current spelling:
Kaighin ~Current living members: 30 ~Found in: Isle of Man and England ~Descendants of John Kaighin and Eleanor Cowley who
married 12 Oct 1745 in Kirk Onchan, Isle of Man. Their son Thomas Kaighin farmed at
Lhergydhoo, Kirk German. This branch is a sub-branch
of the Scaresdale Kaighin Branch. ~Location of Lhergydhoo, Kirk German
~Current spellings: Kaighin
and Keighin ~Current
living members: 87 ~Found
in: Scotland, Australia, Canada and Illinois and Colorado, USA. Nearly all Kaighins in Australia come from
this branch and are descended from immigrants Thomas Kaighin and Jane Caine
who arrived in Victoria in 1852. All
Keighins who spell their name this way are likewise descended from David
Keighin and Mary Anne Cowley who emigrated to America in 1850. David was the brother of Thomas. ~Descendants
of William Kaighin and Joney Mylrea who married about 1583. William purchased
a half share of the quarterland of Scaresdale, Kirk German in 1592. ~Read
about how the mystery of John Kaighin (Family 7600) was solved here. ~The
Curragh, Corvalley, Kerrowglass and Lhergydhoo Kaighin branches are
sub-branches of the Scaresdale Kaighin branch. ~Location of Scaresdale, Kirk German April 17th, 2006 A biographical sketch of John Richard Kaighin,
author of Bygone ~Current spelling: Kaighin ~Current
living members: 52 ~Found
in: Texas County, Missouri and Longview, Washington, USA ~Descendants
of John Kaighin and Eleanor Kaighin who married 15 April 1729 in Kirk
Michael, Isle of Man. Their 3G Grandson John Beddow Kaighin was born in
Chicago in 1884. All Kaighins alive
today that come from this branch are descendants of John Beddow Kaighin and
his wife Annie Mary Castleman.
Ancestors in this branch resided at the farm of Lower Ballakaighin and
farmed Corvalley in Kirk German, Isle of Man. This branch is a sub-branch of
the Scaresdale Kaighin Branch. ~Location of Corvalley, Kirk German February 15th, 2006 During a visit
to the Isle of Man in 1999, I received from Ann and Jack Kaighin of the Isle of
Man Family History Society 11 letters written by sisters Lizzie and Nessy
Kaighin to their brother John who emigrated to Yukon, Missouri. Ann and Jack had received the letters from
Roger Holder, great grandson of John Kaighin. They are families 15200 and
18600 in my database. Many Kaighins
now living in Letters
from Lizzie and Nessy Kaighin Some of the letters to John were addressed to ~Current spellings: Kaighen and Kaighin ~Current living members: 115 ~Found in: Isle of Man, England, Wales, Australia,
Spain and Macon Co., Missouri and Michigan, USA ~Descendants of Hugh Kaighin and Catharine Killey
who married 5 Jul 1787 in Kirk Michael, Isle of Man. Hugh purchased a parcel of the quarterland
of Kerrowglass, Kirk Michael (Lower Kerrowglass) and passed this on to his
eldest son Charles. This branch is a sub-branch
of the Corvalley Kaighin Branch. ~Location of Kerrowglass, Kirk Michael ~Current spellings: Kaighin
and Kaighan ~Current
living members: 39 ~Found
in: Isle of Man, England and Kansas, USA ~Descendants
of John Kaighin and Joney Kelly who married about 1706 and whose son Thomas
resided at the Curragh, Jurby. This
branch is a sub-branch of the Scaresdale Branch. ~Location of the Curragh, Jurby A Manx language
sample of John Thomas Kaighin, recorded in 1950. John Thomas was the oldest of 14. He was born in Kirk Bride, ~Current
spelling: Kaighin ~Current
living members: 108 ~Found
in: Sweden, Bahamas, and Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, USA (but widely
dispersed from there) ~Descendants
of Thomas Kaighin and Eleanor Cannell who married about 1610. Thomas was the tenant of Ballaquine farm on
the northern border of Kirk German parish.
Their GG Grandson John Kaighin married Elizabeth “Bessy” Nichol 18 Jan
1766 in Kirk Michael, Isle of Man. Two of their sons emigrated to the
US. They were John and Charles. John married Eleanor Cannell and emigrated
to New York in 1826 with seven of their 13 children. Charles emigrated in 1855 following his son
Charles who had emigrated in 1852.
This family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. I am from this line. This branch is a sub-branch of the
Ballakaighin Kaighin Branch. ~Location of Ballaquine, Kirk German August
7th, 2026 This
article examines an 1841 letter written by my third-great-grandfather,
Charles Kaighin in the Isle of Man to his nephew Charles Kaighin in New York
City. For me, and for anyone descended from the Ballaquine branch of the
Kaighin family, the letter is far more than a genealogical record; it is a
rare opportunity to hear an ancestor speak in his own words about his family,
his daily life, and the relatives who had already crossed the Atlantic or were
considering doing so. It provides a remarkably personal connection to the
people whose lives shaped the Ballaquine Kaighin branch of the family and
preserves a moment when that family was beginning to extend from the Isle of
Man to America. June 18th 2007 A problem that has dogged my research since I started this
project was the mystery of my Great Great
Grandmother, Margaret (nee Christian) Kaighin. I had not been able to connect her to any
family in the Isle of Man. Margaret Kaighin
(nee Christian) – Web version Margaret Kaighin
(nee Christian) – Printable PDF version I’ve twice now
heard that my GG Grandmother, Margaret (als Christian) Kaighin was somehow connected to Fletcher Christian of HMS Bounty
fame. The prevailing family
rumor is that she was a direct descendant. The following link is
a Christian family chart drawn exclusively from A.W. Moore’s Manx Families, “Christian’s of
Milntown, Isle of Man and Ewanrigg Hall, Cumberland.” Based
on the above piece, I still cannot link Margaret with Fletcher Christian. A submission
from Jim Kaighin in The Bahamas which he received from Florence Lyon on some
of the descendants of John Kaighin and Elizabeth “Bessy” Nichol. August
25th, 2006 William
Kaighin of Orange, California, son of Arthur Gale Kaighin provided several
items regarding the Ballaquine Kaighin Branch. He also sent me a copy of Florence Lyon’s
genealogy chart. This chart is too big
to post to this website, but all of the data is incorporated into the
database above. January
15th 2005 Records
of Kaighins buried in A page created
for a discussion with my first cousin (once removed) Kay (Pintner) November 10th
2004 Monumental
Inscription and Census Records for my 3 Great Grandparents Charles Kaighin
and Ellen Killey and their family. May 22, 2004 My Great
Grandfather Charles W. Kaighin published a piece of devotional literature, Paradise Restored. The following link contains a discussion of
some of the clues in the piece: May 28, 2004
(updated January 4, 2016) A full
transcript of Paradise Restored. A discussion
with two members of the Pacific Garden Mission regarding Paradise Restored A timeline of events
for Charles W. Kaighin Data from
various sources of descendants of Charles Kaighin and Margaret Kaighin A song written
by my Great Grandfather, Charles W. Kaighin: Article written
in The Cleveland Plain Dealer in
1935 Re Charles W. Kaighin March
22nd, 2005 The
Cuyahoga County ( Cuyahoga
County Land Records (Sorted by date) Cuyahoga
County Land Records (Sorted by name) Cuyahoga
County Land Records (Sorted by legal description) ~Current spelling: Kaighin ~Current living members: 13 ~Found in: England and South Africa ~Descendants of Henry Kaighin and Margaret Tear who
married about 1713 in the Isle of Man and resided in the village of
Ballasalla in Kirk Malew. This branch
is a sub-branch of the Ballaquine Kaighin Branch. ~Location
of the Parish of Kirk Malew January 30th, 2006 A discussion
page for Brian Kaighin in
~Current
spelling: Kaighn ~Current
living members: 248 ~
Found in: ~Descended
from Elias Cain / Kaighn Sr. and Mary Shillingford. ~We
have found that the Y-DNA of the descendants of Elias Kaighn do not match the
rest of the Kaighin family. We have
done extensive research and have now concluded that Elias Kaighn (b. 1768, d.
1830) was not actually a Kaighn, and that he was born a CAIN. Due to illiteracy, and his proximity to
actual Kaighns in Gloucester, New Jersey, record keepers began spelling his
name Kaighn and by the time his 13 children became literate, the spelling had
stuck. ~There
is an ong0ing Y-DNA project with the goal of finding Elias Kaighn’s
parents. I am looking for volunteers to take over this research since it is
outside the scope of my project.
Read about that here: New Jersey Kaighn Y-DNA Project ~I
have written up a summary of findings to guide further research into the
ancestry of Elias Kaighn and into the Non-Paternal Events (NPEs) identified
during DNA testing. ~There
is also a Facebook Group for this discussion: January 15th, 2006 Raymond Pimlott Kaighn of the New Jersey Kaighns
played in the first ever basketball game.
The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith and was first played in
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