James Mackall

Seen as born Enterkin, Dumfieshire, Scotland without supporting evidence.

Was he related to George Mackall ?

Bowie, Walter Worthington. The Bowies and their Kindred. p. 76

Her [Priscilla Mackall's] father was an officer of the militia, and one of the foremost men of his county during the Revolutionary period, representing Calvert at nearly all the meetings and conventions in Annapolis during that exciting period. He was born November 29, 1717, and married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Hance. He was the son of Col. John and Susanah Mackall, and grandson of James Mackall, "of the Cliffs," Calvert County. James Mackall was born in Scotland about 1630, and, after his marriage with a Miss Graham, emigrated to Calvert County, Maryland, where he received a grant of thirty thousand acres of laud, and died in 1693. He has a large number of descendants in Maryland, Virginia, and Georgetown, D. C.

---------------------------------------------------------------

The Mackall Family of Calvert County was founded by James Mackall, who arrived in Maryland not later than 1666. It is not improbable that, like Ninian Beall and Alexander Magruder, he came to Maryland as a Scottish prisoner of war. James Mackall soon became one of the important landowners of Calvert County. He settled on the Calvert Cliffs, below Parker's Creek. He acquired plantations in this area such as Sharp's Outlet, Neglect, part of Lower Bennett, and Mackall's Desire. He purchased the famous plantation, The Cage, on the lower Patuxent River. James Mackall "of the Cliffs" died in 1693, and left his dwelling plantation (not named) to his son John. He divided Sharp's Outlet and The Cage between his sons James and Benjamin. The three sons of James Mackall established branches of the Mackall Family which contributed so many outstanding fiqures to Maryland history...and were among the greatest land owners and office holders of Calvert County.

Charles Stein, A History of Calvert County Maryland,1976

• ****

Stein goes on to point out that James Mackall was the most important of the Scotsmen to remain in Calvert County. Ninian Beall, Alexander Magruder and their descendents more closely associated with Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, MD. By 1663 James Mackall had probably settled at the Cliffs. Early land grants associate James Mackall with Thomas Sterling, a Scot, one of the largest land owners of the Upper Cliffs and possibly a Quaker. It seems probable that James Mackall made his residence at Lower Bennett.

• **** JAMES MACKALL, b. in Scotland, 1630, emigrated to America, and settled at "The Clifts," of Calvert County, Md., before 1666; his will was probated 11th December, 1693; m. Mary GRAHAME, b. 1649; d. 1717; said to have been a GRAHAME of the "House of Claverhouse," Scotland. Their children were all minors at the time of their father's death.

Colonial families of the United States of America: Volume 1 Lineage AncestryImage

• **** James Mackall, the Pioneer, was born in Scotland in 1630 and came to this country about 1655. He settled in Calvert County, Maryland at what was known as "The Cliffs" and married Mary Grahame, a connection of the Claverhouse family of the Earldom of Dundee. It has been stated that she was a descendant of Earl Grahame of Montrose, or the Earl Grahame of Lennox. The Grahames of Lennox and Montrose are believed to have been of the same clan.

Louis C. Mackall, A Short History the Mackall Family,1946

• ****

THE PIONEER James Mackall was born in Scotland in 1630 and came to this country in 1655, settling at "The Cliffs" in Calvert County, Colony of Maryland, situated on the east shore of the Patuxtant River several miles above Hunting Creek. The plantation consisted of less than four hundred acres. On 6 March 1675, James Mackall received a grant of fifty acres of land and at the same time purchased an additional fifty acres from Thomas Sterling. In 1681, a tract of land known as "Mackall's Desire" was surveyed for him. In Maryland at that time it was customary for the Governor to grant fifty acres of land to each person in a family including children and servants.

Mary Grahame Mackall, wife of James Mackall whom he married after his arrival in this country, was born in England in 1639. It is said that she was of the Grahames of Montrose, a connection of the Clavendish Family of the Earl of Dundee.

James Mackall died at "The Cliffs" in 1693, his will dated 30 November 1693 and proven 11 December 1693. He provided for his wife and five children: Ann Mackall Skinner; Elizabeth Mackall Skinner; Col. John Mackall,I; James Mackall,Jr; and Benjamin Mackall,I, leaving the bulk of his estate to his eldest son Col. John Mackall,I-executor of the will.

Mary Grahame Mackall died at "The Cliffs" in 1718. Her will dated 25 June 1718 and proven 15 May 1718 mentioned her five children and the following grandchildren: Mary Mackall, daughter of James Mackall,Jr; Mary Skinner, daughter of Elizabeth Mackall Skinner; and Ann Skinner, daughter of Ann Mackall Skinner.

Jess R. Finley, A Mackall Family In America,1996

Links

• http://rmackall.home.mindspring.com/Mackall/Notes.html#James%20Mack...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterkinfoot
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mackall/7/
• “ THE MACKALL FAMILY OF CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND”
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0025...