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Ewing Family Journal Volume 17 – Number 1 February 2011 ISSN: 1948-1187 Published by: Ewing Family Association www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org ISSN: 1948-1187 Ewing Family Association 17721 Road 123 Cecil, Ohio 45821 www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org CHANCELLOR David Neal Ewing DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com PAST CHANCELLORS 2004; 2006 George William Ewing GeoEwing at aol dot com 1998; 2004 Joseph Neff Ewing Jr. JoeNEwing at aol dot com 1995; 1998 Margaret Ewing Fife 1993; 1995 Rev. Ellsworth Samuel Ewing OFFICERS Board Chair Treasurer Secretary Wallace K. Ewing Jane Ewing Weippert Beth Ewing Toscos WKEwing at charter dot net EwingFamily at windstream dot net 1lyngarden at frontier dot com BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karen Avery Daniel C. Ewing David Neal Ewing BKAvery2 at comcast dot net D.C.Ewing at att dot net DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com George William Ewing Melvin A. Ewing, Jr. GeoEwing at aol dot com EwingAndAssocs at psyber dot com Wallace K. Ewing, Chair William Ewing Riddle Eleanor Ewing Swineford WKEwing at charter dot net Riddle at WmERiddle dot com louruton at futura dot net Beth Ewing Toscos Jane Ewing Weippert 1lyngarden at frontier dot com EwingFamily at windstream dot net ACTIVITY COORDINATORS Archivist EGD Project Genealogist Mary Gosline Esther Johnson William Ewing Riddle Karen Avery Mary at Gosline dot net EJohnson30 at verizon dot net Riddle at WmERiddle dot com BKAvery2 at comcast dot net Journal Editor Membership Merchandise William Ewing Riddle Jill Ewing Spitler Virginia Ewing Okie Riddle at WmERiddle dot com JEwingSpit at aol dot com VOkie at digital dot net Webmaster Y-DNA Project Martin S. Ewing William Ewing Riddle David Neal Ewing M.Ewing at snet dot net Riddle at WmERiddle dot com DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com Ewing Family Journal Volume 17 Number 1 February 2011 Published by: Ewing Family Association, 17721 Road 123, Cecil, Ohio 45821. Web site: www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org. The Ewing Family Journal is published quarterly. Members of the Ewing Family Association receive the Journal as part of their membership. Copies of previous issues are $5.00 each, and copies of previous volumes are $20.00 ($25.00 for overseas mailings). For copies of previous issues or volumes, contact William E. Riddle (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com). Through 2008, this publication was titled Journal of Clan Ewing. The name was changed in January 2009 to reflect a change in the name of the publishing organization from Clan Ewing in America to Ewing Family Association. All contributions are subject to editing. Ewing Family Association does not assume liability for statements of fact or opinion by contributors, but proven errors will be corrected. In addition, the opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of Ewing Family Association or its officers, board members or activity coordinators. ISSN: 1948-1187 © 2011, Ewing Family Association. All rights reserved. From the Editor William E. Riddle, Journal Editor (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com) Contributions and Messages This issue has a normal complement of contributed articles and officer/coordinator messages. Many concern an issue that has been extensively debated via a Google Group.1 The issue concerns the appointment of an official chief of Clan Ewen. The last officially appointed Clan Ewen chief was Swene McEwen who died in 1493. Lord Lyon in Scotland – the final arbiter, the provider of legitimacy – has decided to organize a Family Convention to determine whether the chiefship of Clan Ewen should now be re-established and perhaps to appoint a chief, although it is uncertain whether or when this Family Convention will be held. The debate began in mid-January and has involved about a dozen messages per week, some of them rather lengthy. David Neal Ewing has provided a synopsis of the debate in the form of a sequence of extracted messages from the debate – A Chief for Clan Ewen? (page 6). He has also discussed the issue in terms of the results of the Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project – Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project Status Report (page 15). And in their messages, Chancellor David Neal Ewing (page 49) and Board Chair Wallace K. Ewing (page 52) directly and indirectly address the issue from their personal points of view. These articles and messages will help interested members get a 'fix' on the issue. Caught Up ... Well ... Almost For several reasons, I had to 'leave behind' a large number of Ewing Digital Library and Information Sought and Available items that should have been included in last year's (Vol. 16's) issues No. 2 and No. 3/4. The current issue includes these items, making it abnormally long. I still have about a dozen left-behind items. They were too lengthy to include in this issue and will be included in the next, May 2011, issue. Use the Index In addition to being large, this issue is complex! There are too many person citations for readers to scan/skim through the issue and find people relevant to their lineage and research. The Index for this Issue (page 103) helps solve the problem. It takes a lot of time for me to create this Index, but I spend this time precisely so that readers can easily find where 'interested parties' are mentioned in the material. Please note that women are indexed by both their maiden and married names; for example, Margaret (Walker) Ewing is indexed under both Walker (as Margaret) and Ewing (as Margaret (Walker)). Many Thanks to My Proof Readers I read each issue seven-to-ten times. Sometimes I'm looking for typos and grammar errors. Sometimes I'm looking for formatting problems. Sometimes I'm looking for material that I have difficulty reading or understanding so I can edit it using the principle: If I have trouble reading or understanding the material, then so will the issue's readers. I always ask authors and contributors to review the results of my editing to make sure I've made no bloopers and to ask them to provide suggestions for further improvement. But my eyes, and the eyes of the authors and contributors, don't always see problems (and spell/grammar checkers are often easily tripped up). So I've come to rely on two proof readers: Eva Ewing and Karen Avery. They respond quickly and do an incredibly good and valuable job. I'm always slightly amazed to see the problems they notice and I, the authors and the contributors missed. I sincerely thank them for their very valuable help. Wm E. Riddle 1 groups.google.com/group/clanewen?hl=en&pli=1 ii Ewing Family Journal Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2011) Ewing Family Journal Volume 17 Number 1 February 2011 From the Editor ...................................................................................................................................... ii Contributions and Messages .............................................................................................................. ii Caught Up ... Well ... Almost .............................................................................................................. ii Use the Index ..................................................................................................................................... ii Many Thanks to My Proof Readers .................................................................................................... ii CONTRIBUTIONS Robert Patterson Correspondence to his Wife Amy Hunter Ewing, Part 1 ............................................. 1 Orr-Ewing Information in Burke’s Landed Gentry ................................................................................... 3 A Chief for Clan Ewen? .......................................................................................................................... 6 Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project Status Report ..................................................................................... 15 2010 Gathering Tidbits ......................................................................................................................... 19 A Trip to America .............................................................................................................................. 19 Virginia Okie's Pointerhope .............................................................................................................. 22 Thor Ewing's Presentation ................................................................................................................ 23 Ewing Judges ................................................................................................................................... 23 Gathering Scrapbook ....................................................................................................................... 24 Ewing Digital Library ............................................................................................................................. 26 Ewings in Ireland .............................................................................................................................. 26 Ewings in Elders Ridge (Ridgeview) Cemetery, Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania .. 26 Chatham T. Ewing ............................................................................................................................ 28 Elmer E. and Mary B. Ewing ............................................................................................................ 28 George Samuel Ewing, War of 1812 Cabin Boy .............................................................................. 28 Harry Marshall Ewing (1926-2009) ..................................................................................................