Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Agnew (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Ireland, France, Scotland, and possibly Italy. The Agnews were a bardic sept of both the O'Neill and Douglas Clans in Scotland. Agnews were the hereditary sheriffs of Galloway, the keepers of Locknaw Castle until the position was abolished in the 1700s. Some focus is on several key ancestors. One was Niven Agnew, who immigrated to North America in the 1600s. Another was Sir Andrew Agnew of Locknaw, Kircudbright, and Wistonshire. A third was Sir Patrick Agnew who, in 1426 married Lady Mary Kennedy, the granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland. Another was Georgia Agnews, who came through the children of Elijah and Susannah Nix Agnew, i.e. Daniel Harrison, William Carlisle, George McDuffy, Elizabeth Jane, and Ludlow P. Agnew. Agnews were prominent in southwestern Scotland (in the Rhinns of Galloway) and in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Chateaux d'Agneaux in Agneau (near St. Lô), France is associated with the Angew family, as is the Kilwaughter Castle in County Antrim. In the 1600-1800s, some Angews settled in Prince Edward Island (Canada), Australia, New Zealand, and in Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Later descendants also lived in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario (Canada), Brazil, England, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, and in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and elsewhere.