Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 – Number 3 August 2007 Published by: Clan Ewing in America 513 Cherokee Drive Erie, Pennsylvania 16505 www.ClanEwing.org Clan Ewing in America 513 Cherokee Drive Erie, Pennsylvania 16505 www.ClanEwing.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 Chair Treasurer Secretary Mary Ewing Gosline Robert Hunter Johnson Eleanor Ewing Swineford R.Gosline at worldnet.att dot net ClanEwing at verizon dot net louruton at futura dot net BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Neal Ewing George William Ewing James Gilbert Ewing DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com GeoEwing at aol dot com JGEwing at valkyrie dot net Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr. Mary Ewing Gosline JoeNEwing at aol dot com R.Gosline at worldnet.att dot net Robert Hunter Johnson James R. McMichael William Ewing Riddle ClanEwing at verizon dot net JimMcMcl at gmail dot com Riddle at WmERiddle dot com Jill Ewing Spitler Beth Ewing Toscos JEwingSpit at aol dot com 1lyngarden at verizon dot net ACTIVITY COORDINATORS Archivist Editor Genealogist Betty Ewing Whitmer William Ewing Riddle James R. McMichael AirReservations at hotmail dot com Riddle at WmERiddle dot com JimMcMcl at gmail dot com Membership Merchandise Web Master Jill Ewing Spitler Robert Hunter Johnson William Ewing Riddle JEwingSpit at aol dot com ClanEwing at verizon dot net Riddle at WmERiddle dot com Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 Number 3 August 2007 Published by: Clan Ewing in America, 513 Cherokee Drive, Erie, Pennsylvania 16505. Web Site: www.ClanEwing.org. The Journal of Clan Ewing is published quarterly. Members of Clan Ewing in America receive the Journal as part of their membership. For members: copies of previous issues, $4.00 each, and copies of previous volumes, $12.00 ($18.00 for overseas mailings). For copies of previous issues or volumes, contact William E. Riddle (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com). All contributions are subject to editing. Clan Ewing in America does not assume liability for statements of fact or of opinion made by contributors but proven errors will be corrected. In addition, the opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of Clan Ewing in America or its officers, board members or activity coordinators. © 2007, Clan Ewing in America. All rights reserved. Editor's Note William E. Riddle, Editor (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com) The value of a network is proportional to the number of other people attached to it. Robert Metcalfe, Computing Entrepreneur This issue of the Journal highlights networking in support of genealogical research. Jill Spitler's Membership News message solicits suggestions for expanding the Clan Ewing network by bringing its activities to the attention of potential members. David Ewing's Chancellor's Message identifies members who are transcribing and scanning materials, and solicits additional volunteers, in order to enhance the communication across the network from members who have prepared valuable genealogical material to members who are trying to solve their genealogical puzzles. My Web Site News message provides advice about how best to browse through materials provided via the Internet network. Clan Ewing's biannual gatherings offer premiere opportunities for concentrated, face-to-face networking among Ewing cousins and researchers. The Chair's Message from Mary Gosline reveals additional details about the plans for the upcoming 2008 Gathering. And, additional context for this gathering's focus on the Ewing settlement of Shenandoah Valley is provided by two articles: one by Jean McClure on the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, and one by Evelyn Ewing on the Ewings who settled the Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia, area. This gathering is shaping up to be one of the best in terms of your ability to prepare specific questions and specific data in advance and use these questions and data to focus and guide your networking with other attendees during the gathering. In his eleventh Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project article, David Ewing focuses on the connections that might exist to several other Clans as indicated by Y-DNA evidence. My third article on the Ewing settlers of Southwestern Pennsylvania focuses on the contribution of Squire James Ewing (1733-1825) to establishing Presbyterianism in rural Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the late eighteenth century. The records of the Montours Presbyterian Church founded by Squire James and his neighbors in 1788 identify inter-marriage connections among some forty-five-plus settler families. Both articles serve to enlarge the network by identifying collateral families. Genealogies for these families may lead to information valuable in filling in gaps in Ewing genealogical data, solving genealogical puzzles, and resolving conflicts and issues revealed by other data and information. David Ewing's article and my article offer an interesting example of the value of broadcasting information across the network. Independently, we each included information about potential collateral families. David Ewing lists three-dozen surnames of families from the Scottish Borders. I identify ten- dozen surnames of families who supported the call from the Montours and Raccoon Presbyterian congregations for ministerial support. There is a noticeable overlap between these two lists; about a dozen surnames appear in both lists. By highlighting possible connections among families, this overlap can be used to focus David Ewing's search for Y-DNA evidence and my search for understanding the spousal connections among the settlers of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Wm E. Riddle ii Journal of Clan Ewing Vol. 13, No. 3 (August 2007) Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 Number 3 August 2007 CONTENTS Editor's Note .............................................................................................................................. ii Chancellor's Message ...............................................................................................................1 Chair's Message ........................................................................................................................3 Membership News.....................................................................................................................6 Deaths.................................................................................................................................................7 Web Site News ..........................................................................................................................8 Searching the Clan Ewing Web Site ..............................................................................................8 Wikipedia..........................................................................................................................................11 Searching the Results of the Ewing Genealogy Documentation (EGD) Project ...................12 Recent Changes and Additions ....................................................................................................12 Future Changes and Additions .....................................................................................................13 Echoes of the Shenandoah: Tenth Gathering of Clan Ewing in America...................14 Great Philadelphia Wagon Road ..................................................................................................15 Ewings of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (Part 1).........................................................................21 Vol. 13, No. 3 (August 2007) Journal of Clan Ewing iii Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project – Article 11 ........................................................................... 27 The Ewing Homeland .................................................................................................................... 27 Clan McEwan of Otter ................................................................................................................... 29 Ewen of Strathclyde....................................................................................................................... 34 Network Analysis............................................................................................................................ 40 The Answer ..................................................................................................................................... 41 To Join or Get More Information .................................................................................................. 43 Ewing Settlers of Southwestern Pennsylvania (Part 3: James Ewing and the Founding of the Montours Presbyterian Church) .............................................................................................. 44 James Ewing's Settlement Near the Church.............................................................................. 45 Establishing the Church ................................................................................................................ 48 Ewings in the Montours Cemetery............................................................................................... 50 Information Available and Sought ........................................................................................... 52 Upcoming Events ...................................................................................................................