From Scotland to America






This website is dedicated to sharing information about our Scottish heritage and family genealogies for both sides of the Atlantic.

When my father and I began researching our family surname Bain (of the Clan MacBain) in 2000 we soon realized that many other Scottish families were closely related to ours through marriage. We felt it was appropriate to catalogue information for these families since they are part of our heritage as well. 

We began with simple information that older living relatives gave us and along with the growing genealogical web community and access to microfilms at the local LDS Family History Center we began collecting information from Scottish censuses, church records and other sources.

Of course genealogy never ends so we continue to research and look forward to sharing information with others.

We present the family tree data here which is correct to the best of our abilities.

The following links represent the eldest known ancestor for each line.


Bain, John of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Moffat, John of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Richardson, John of Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Barr, Allan of Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ferris, Richard of Edinburgh, Midlothianshire, Scotland 

White, Andrew of Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Retson, Thomas of Kendal, Westmoreland, England



The following links represent ancestors from our maternal lines.


Spicer, Thomas of Sileby, Leicestershire, England

Taylor, Abraham of Belper, Derbyshire and Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England

George Turner of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

George Caulton of Leicestershire, England

Charles Rider of Bedminster, Bristol, England

Thomas Bates of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

Horace Cutler of Limerick, York, Maine

Samuel Cole of Saco, York, Maine

Joshua Cole of Porter, Oxford, Maine

Jeremiah D. Evans of Kennebunk, York, Maine

Richard McGrath of Biddeford, York, Maine




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