From the distant corners of the world, Manx people everywhere have proudly retained their connections to the past. And so it is with us Kaighins, us "Manannan's Horsemen." We are a far-flung bunch with a rich and colorful history and a common origin.

The surname Kaighin and its derivatives were considered by Manx antiquarian and etymologist A. W. Moore to be of aboriginal origin. However, contemporary research suggests that the first Kaighin family may have come to the Isle of Man from the area of Galloway in Scotland as MacEachans in the year 1092 at the beginning of the reign of Magnus Barelegs. The farm of BallaKaighin in Kirk German is thought to have been granted to these early settlers during this period, possibly as compensation for helping build the roof of Peel Castle. The earliest of our ancestors to show up in the record was one Finlo McCacken who had the ill-fortune of being separated from his head and limbs for his part in an insurrection in 1422.

From that inauspicious event to the present, the Kaighins have been party to both fortune and misfortune. In the Isle of Man we were farmers, laborers, fisherman and carpenters. In most cases, we were forced by economic hardships to seek a better life elsewhere. So we set off to America, to Canada, to Australia, to wherever prosperity beckoned. We have since fought and died in wars, administered our laws and governments, prospered in business, ministered our faith and cultivated our lands. We can now be found in the ranks of police, doctors, lawyers and politicians. There now an estimated 800 of us that still retain the surname Kaighin, Kaighen, Kaighan, Keighin or Kaighn. Whatever our lot and wherever we live, whether our Kaighin ancestors stayed on the Isle of Man or brought us to distant lands, we all seek a connection to our past; an understanding of our Manx heritage and our shared Kaighin family history.

While I am compiling data for this research, the pages inside this website will serve as a repository for that data. This will likely take several years to compile. It is my plan to provide a comprehensive, detailed study of the Kaighin family from as early as records are available up to the present day. I can not do this alone however. If you are a Kaighin, I need your help. Please contact me if you can contribute any information about your branch so I can add it to my research. I am interested in collecting pictures, anecdotes, official records or any research you or someone in your branch of Kaighins has already done. Also, please send a link of this page to any Kaighin you know. In the meantime, please have a look around. If you would like to comment, make a correction, or just say hello, please email me. I would love to know your story.

Greg Kaighin

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Michael Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Esther Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

William Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

John Kaighin

Gilbert Kaighin

Robert Kaighin

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Eleanor Ellin Kaighen

Robert Kaighen

Joney Kaighen

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Thomas Kaighin

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Catherine Kaighin

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Patrick Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

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Thomas Kaighin

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Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

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Thomas Kaighin

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Catherine Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Lenora Kaighin

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Jane Kaighin

Joney Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

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Eleanor Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Patrick Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Lenora Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

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Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

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Thomas Kaighin

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Joney Kaighin

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Henry Kaighin

Dorothy Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

David Kaighin

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Charles Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

Joney Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

William Kaighin

John Kaighin

Patrick Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

William Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Lenora Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

John Kaighin

Lenora Kaighin

Joney Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Alice Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Daniel Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

William Kaighin

James Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

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John Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

William Kaighin

Joney Kaighin

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Joney Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

John Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Christian Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Isabel Kaighin

Patrick Kaighin

William Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

James Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Lenora Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Susannah Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

John Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

William Kaighin

William Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Isabel Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

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Margaret Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

Isabel Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

William Kaighin

James Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

John Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Hugh Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

William Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Esther Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

John Kaighin

Patrick Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Edward Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

John Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

James Kaighin

Robert Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Jane Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

James Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Hugh Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

James Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

Isabel Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

William Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Isabella Kaighin

James Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

John Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Charlotte Kaighin

Elizabeth Betsie Kaighin

John Kaighin

Eleanor Ellen Kaighin

William Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Elizabeth Margaret Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

James Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

William Kaighin

John Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

William Kaighin

Esther Kaighin

John Kaighin

Anna Margaretta Kaighin

Maria Kaighin

William Kaighin

William Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

John Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Anne Killey

Elizabeth Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Mary Ann Kaighin

John Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Henry Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Jane Leonora Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

William James Kaighin

David Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Isabella Kaighin

John Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

William Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

William Kaighin

John Kaighin

Robert Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

James Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Humphrey Kaighin

William Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

Mary Kaighin

John Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

James Crellin Kaighin

William Thomas Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Robert Joseph Kaighin

John Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

William Kaighin

Edward Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

John Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Philip Kaighin

John Kaighin

Charles Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

William Henry Kaighin

John Kaighin

Eleanor Christian Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Margaret Kaighin

Thomas

Hugh Kaighin

John Kaighin

Charles Albert Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Catherine Kitty Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Elizabeth Betsy Kaighin

Christian Kaighin

Edward Kagherdy

Jane Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

James Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Charlotte Kaighin

Catherine Kaighin or Carn

Anne Kaighin or Carn

Joseph Kaighin or Carn

Eleanor Kaighin or Carn

Susannah Kaighin or Carn

James Kaighin or Carn

William Kaighin or Carn

Charles Kaighin or Carn

Elizabeth Kaighin

Philip Joghan

Jane Kaighin

William Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Thomas Kaighin

Robert Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

Eleanor Kaighin

John Kaighin

William Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin

Thomas Charles Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

James Kaighin

Anne Kaighin

John Kaighin

John Kaighin

Jane Kaighin

Elizabeth Kaighin