On my Father's side, the family has been traced to Eastern Shore MD in 1688-89. Lots of Celtic lasses were married in the ensuing generations, Ross, Leslie, Doherty, O'Shannonhan, to name the ones that came to mind. On my Mother's side; She was born in Tobermory, Mull in 1900, her Mother was second generation French, but her Paternal Grandmother was a Boyd, as was my Mother's Father's Mother. (Confused? if not why not, I am! She (my Mother) is the reason I took the MacLaine of Lochbuie tartan. Ain't it a hoot? Even if you run into a blank, keep trying. Sometimes it is due to the misreading of a name. Old script can be confusing. Elijah looks a lot like Elisha, for instance.