Following the McIlvaines [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McElveen-8]

Clan McBean

Uploaded is the tartan for Clan McBean according to "Scots Kith & Kin A comprehensive A-Z guide to the surnames of Scotland, the clans and their tartans published by Collins London & Glasgow". There is a benefit tartans bring to descendants as they identify religion as Highlanders as differentiated from Lowlander loyalists, Border Scots, and the ancient families farther north by the Northern Sea. Highlanders kept close ties with their Celtic language and customs, and legacy for the descendants of their ancestral home as they were scattered all over the world. This was a true diaspora, especially as Highlander Scots were forced from their homes. Those that ended up in Ireland stayed only for a generation before their children moved on. These were called Scots Irish by Americans, even as they clanned together and rarely married outside their clans. But this held strong, even after they settled in both the northern and southern ports of the colonies.

In Scotland, the McElveens married into the Cunningham family who were also affiliated with the Bruces, one of the Scottish Kings. These families are examples of those that were a part of Clan McBean. We recognize us even here in the southern colonies as we entered Charleston and migrated out and beyond.

According to resources (FS) Adam's parents, John McIlvane and his wife Janet were born in Lochgoilhead and Kilmorich, Argyllshire, Scotland and had 5 children. [1] But that county was not named that until 1801. What was the area called before 1801?

Adam's grandparents, John and Sarah Clark migrated to County Tyrone from Ayrshire. John and Sarah's son John came with them and 2 siblings. That means Adam's uncle, Robert was a younger brother born in Northern Ireland. Adam would be outside of the genealogy published online by Jean Leeper in 1998 [See https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/genealogy/McIlvain.html]

There was a colony that came from Ulster where John, Robert's brother, married Janet and had children, one boy, Adam, the rest girls.

Adam is in Charleston (County?) before 1764

Family and Property

• Only son, Adam born 1725.
  • Adam's son, William Emanuel McIlveen born abt 1745? I believe from first marriage in Williamburg County.
• James McIlveen [2]
  • Probably a 2nd marriage from Charleston County. She's probably a McKnight whose family went to Sumpter because of second wife's family
  • We see 2 children but we maybe more: 1) John McKnight McElveen 2) William M (Mcknight?) McElveen

Research Notes

• McElveens intermarried with the House of Cunningham [3]
• Adam who came with his family to South Carolina with a colony of Highlanders that left Northern Ireland and landed in South Carolina (presumably Charleston). Adam's uncle, Robert sold his farm in New Jersey to join them in 1727. Adam's father, John received a Land Grant for Williamsburg before 1737
• They were Presbyterian Highlanders loyal to the Scottish not English crown which would originally make them Catholic. If that were true, are there compelling reasons for a family to change its religion?
• There would be doubt of their connection to House of Cunningham as on the surface their family seems to have been Presbyterian (will find McElveen Cemetery in Williamsburg as a source) but this may be because a Catholic Church did not exist in Williamsburg nor was it welcome when Adam and his family came to South Carolina. [4]. This was true since being protestant was important to the colonies they were attempting to settle in. There were few rights to those that weren't protestants.
• These McElveens did not come through Northern Ireland as we see their Land Grant of 1737 precludes being the part of Sarah Clark's family who left with the House of Grimmet for County Down and settled there. An excellent History of the McElveens and The House of Grimmet [5]
• Perhaps there was cultural "predilection" for Highlanders to form into Clans: though families are often close, the fact that there was much importance on naming children to perhaps keep families connected even as they ventured away from Williamsburg and Sumter, particularly after the War at the end of the 18th Century. But this is also extremely important to Highlanders that naturally form around clans than Norman based Lowlanders. (I'm not sure how necessary it is to add an article here making my statement more factual. I will add a good one in the near future.Moyer-780 16:45, 6 September 2021 (UTC))
• FS says he married Margaret Ballesally Sansbury McCrea in South Caronlina. . I believe as we're not sure who the wives were, they were used to mark the origins of the family. Ballesally was where the Prebyterian McElveens settled and in fact died in Northern Ireland. There are graves marking their home in the area. It would not have been possible for that family to have settled in Williamsburg in 1737 and be buried there.

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Name: Adam Charles McElveen. [18] [19]

Residence 1780 East Side of the Wateree, Camden District, South Carolina, United States. [19] 1778
No Township Listed, Camden District, SC. [18]

Sources

FamilySearch See Adam(https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-T3Q)6 Sep 2021

#36 James (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/genealogy/McIlvain.html) Not Robert's brother but son of Adam who settled in North Carolina?

1. (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cuningham-45)
2. No Catholic Churches in Williamsburg (https://catholicnewsherald.com/archives/anniversary/97-news/anniver...)
3. House of Grimmet (http://www.hartforth.com/grimmet.html) 11 Sep 2021
4. McElveen Cemetery (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2314891/mcelveen-cemetery)
5. See (https://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_highland_s...)
6. "South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W171-J42M : 12 March 2020), Adam McElvene, 2 Jan 1764; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, S213032, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.; Inventory dated 12 May 1769 "South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W17V-HQ3Z : 12 March 2020), A J McElveen, 12 May 1769; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, L10137, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
7. Williamsburg Co., SC Will Book A (1802-1826) www.southcarolinalioneers.net (https://georgiapioneers.com/restricted/SC/scprobate/williamsburg/wm...) 31 Aug 2021 << Requires login to site
8. . Sumter District 14 Oct 1837 (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92065563/1837-10-14/ed-1/?sp=3&r=-0.... Volz
9. Rhoda m. William M. (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-R1H)
10. William M. (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-RBD)
11. Rhoda m. William M. (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-R1H)
12. Family Search Mary Elizabeth (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVX2-K86)
13. John McKnight McElveen (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-T4L
14. Wikitree John McKnight McElveen (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McElveen-10)
15. Also See Children of William McElveen Sr.
16. 18.0 18.1 Source: S1008
17. 19.0 19.1 Source: S430 Document: Jury Lists, 1778, Acts #1078 [at SC Archives]; Page Number: 8; Family Number: 541 See Also:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDQV-T3Q
Source: S1008 Ancestry.com South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;
Source: S430 Ancestry.com U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011

Adam was born after the family fled Scotland. They moved to the area in or around Ballycarry, County Antrim, Ireland. Adam was most likely born in that area before immigrating to America around 1767.

From notes listed on FamilySearch:
Immigration
1767?
Williamsburg, South Carolina, United States
Moved from County Tyrone, Ireland to Williamsburg, SC. First landed in Charleston, SC. Had an uncle named Robert that lived on a farm in NJ but he sold the land and moved down to be with the family. Adam's son, William, was born 8 years after moving to the US.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McElveen-247#_note-6