Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Birth1610, Belliclone, Perthshire, Scotland
Immigration1651, Exiled by Cromwell to Maryland Age: 41
Death25 Jul 1677, Prince George’s County, Maryland Age: 67
OccupationColonel in Royal Army, Captured by Cromwell 1651, exiled to Maryland
FatherAlexander Magruder (1569-)
MotherMargaret Campbell (1571-)
Notes for Alexander Magruder
Descendant of Charlemagne (742-814 AD)
Descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin (810-858) first king of Scotland
In direct line from the Laird of the Clan MacGregor who in turn was a direct descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin, First King of the Scots (810-858 AD)
Magruder Sources posted on Ancestry
ALSO:
https://magruderslandingdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kurz1.pdf
https://magruderslanding.com/bibliographies/magruders/
MAGRUDER'S LANDING
Magruders/McGruthers in Scotland & America
Bowie, Effie Gwynn. Across the Years in Prince George’s County: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Some Prince George’s County, Maryland and Allied Families. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, nd. A good starting place to figure out who married whom, who were neighbors to whom, etc. One caveat: this is a genteel book by a genteel woman, so scandalous family members are often simply edited out. In one case I’ve looked into, a son who made a scandalous marriage (in Maryland) then died young is said to have “gone west”!
Emerson, Sue. Wha’s Like Us: Magruders in America. Self-published, 2007.CD. 12-13, 263, 269, 464-65, 473. A genealogy of all known descendants of Alexander Magruder. For availability see note below.
Ewell, Alice Maude. A Virginia Scene, or Life in Old Prince William. Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Co, 1931. Repr. Prince William County Historical Commission, n.d. An excerpt about her grandmother was published as “Ellen MacGregor Ewell,” Yearbook of the ACGS (1915) 39-44. (See link at right.) Ellen MacGregor Ewell was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, the only daughter of John Smith “Captain Jack” Magruder, (who in 1820 changed all his children’s names to MacGregor). Roderick and Nathaniel McGregor, mentioned elsewhere on this site, were two of her brothers.
Kurz, Charles G. McGruder Lineage in Scotland to Magruder Family in America. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society LXIII (1979) 53-72. Kurz2 Kurz is generally very useful, though he repeats the ACGS line on Magruder descent from Clan Gregor. The “Gillespie the Cruiter” theory has never been backed up by a shred of evidence. Get past that and this is a very useful source.
Kurz, Charles G. Margaret Campbell of Keithick. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society LXII (1978) 55-65. Kurz1
Kurz, Charles G. Research notebooks. American Clan Gregor Society Collection, Series IX, Box 10. University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library Special Collections.
MacGregor, Gordan A.C. The Red Book of Perthshire. Rev. edition. Privately printed, 2008. Electronic book. 491-492. A genealogy of every family that held land in Perthshire up to the 19th c., along with cadet branches including thousands of individuals–well researched and documented. Available for purchase from the author.
MacGregor, John. The McGrouthers of Meigor in Glenartney. The Genealogist XXXV (Jan 1919). 65-81. Also available as a pamphlet reprint. McGrouthers of Meigor. A very good source, though recent researchers find fault with a few details.
Magruder, C.C. Colonel Ninian Beall. Washington: Historical Papers of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, No. 6 (1911). [pamphlet] Bealls and Magruders intermarried for at least ten generations in Maryland.
Magruder, Caleb Clarke Jr. Nathaniel Magruder of “Dunblane.” Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society, 1917 (gathering of 1916). 20-46. Based on a survey of wills through several generations, this is a highly useful article, though it should not be relied on in every detail. You should check the original sources for the accuracy of any detail that’s important to you. Includes Nathaniel’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and some great-great grandchildren–a list that encompasses the Magruder/McGregors, the Hamiltons and Watterstons, and the Bowies who descended from Nathaniel’s granddaughter, Ursula Burgess.
Magruder, Henry Latham. Correspondence. ACGS Series IX, Box 10. University of Baltimore Special Collections. Henry Latham Magruder corr 1 Henry Latham Magruder corr 1 Henry Latham Magruder originated the “Gillespie the Cruiter” theory, but offers no evidence in his letters. In fact, he argued for an American Magruder association, rather than a MacGregor association.
McGruther, Don. Wha’s Like Us: MacGrouthers in Scotland before 1855. Self-published, 2007. 14-17, 46-53, 73-86. For availability see note below. Don searched public records for all early references to MacGrouthers (in many spellings!). This book compiles his findings and is the best source of information on our family’s origins.
Sarson, Steven. “Yoeman Farmers in a Planters’ Republic: Socioeconomic Conditions and Relations in Early National Prince George’s County, Maryland.” Journal of the Early Republic 29 (Spring 2009). 63-99. George and Sarah Magruder of Anchovie Hills (described as “an economically average small yeoman family”), are detailed on pp. 79-81. Now available as a pdf from Knowing Our History: African American Slavery and the University of Maryland. (Thanks to Jill Gatwood for finding that link.)
* * * *
The Emerson and McGruther titles were released together, under the joint title Wha’s Like Us? For purchase of one or both, contact the authors via the Magruder/McGruder genealogy forum.
See also: American Clan Gregor Society Yearbooks, linked at right. Yearbooks of the first few decades include many historical sketches and family reminiscences. See my posts on the subject of Clan Gregor and the ACGS.
Descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin (810-858) first king of Scotland
In direct line from the Laird of the Clan MacGregor who in turn was a direct descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin, First King of the Scots (810-858 AD)
Magruder Sources posted on Ancestry
ALSO:
https://magruderslandingdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kurz1.pdf
https://magruderslanding.com/bibliographies/magruders/
MAGRUDER'S LANDING
Magruders/McGruthers in Scotland & America
Bowie, Effie Gwynn. Across the Years in Prince George’s County: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Some Prince George’s County, Maryland and Allied Families. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, nd. A good starting place to figure out who married whom, who were neighbors to whom, etc. One caveat: this is a genteel book by a genteel woman, so scandalous family members are often simply edited out. In one case I’ve looked into, a son who made a scandalous marriage (in Maryland) then died young is said to have “gone west”!
Emerson, Sue. Wha’s Like Us: Magruders in America. Self-published, 2007.CD. 12-13, 263, 269, 464-65, 473. A genealogy of all known descendants of Alexander Magruder. For availability see note below.
Ewell, Alice Maude. A Virginia Scene, or Life in Old Prince William. Lynchburg: J.P. Bell Co, 1931. Repr. Prince William County Historical Commission, n.d. An excerpt about her grandmother was published as “Ellen MacGregor Ewell,” Yearbook of the ACGS (1915) 39-44. (See link at right.) Ellen MacGregor Ewell was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, the only daughter of John Smith “Captain Jack” Magruder, (who in 1820 changed all his children’s names to MacGregor). Roderick and Nathaniel McGregor, mentioned elsewhere on this site, were two of her brothers.
Kurz, Charles G. McGruder Lineage in Scotland to Magruder Family in America. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society LXIII (1979) 53-72. Kurz2 Kurz is generally very useful, though he repeats the ACGS line on Magruder descent from Clan Gregor. The “Gillespie the Cruiter” theory has never been backed up by a shred of evidence. Get past that and this is a very useful source.
Kurz, Charles G. Margaret Campbell of Keithick. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society LXII (1978) 55-65. Kurz1
Kurz, Charles G. Research notebooks. American Clan Gregor Society Collection, Series IX, Box 10. University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library Special Collections.
MacGregor, Gordan A.C. The Red Book of Perthshire. Rev. edition. Privately printed, 2008. Electronic book. 491-492. A genealogy of every family that held land in Perthshire up to the 19th c., along with cadet branches including thousands of individuals–well researched and documented. Available for purchase from the author.
MacGregor, John. The McGrouthers of Meigor in Glenartney. The Genealogist XXXV (Jan 1919). 65-81. Also available as a pamphlet reprint. McGrouthers of Meigor. A very good source, though recent researchers find fault with a few details.
Magruder, C.C. Colonel Ninian Beall. Washington: Historical Papers of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, No. 6 (1911). [pamphlet] Bealls and Magruders intermarried for at least ten generations in Maryland.
Magruder, Caleb Clarke Jr. Nathaniel Magruder of “Dunblane.” Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society, 1917 (gathering of 1916). 20-46. Based on a survey of wills through several generations, this is a highly useful article, though it should not be relied on in every detail. You should check the original sources for the accuracy of any detail that’s important to you. Includes Nathaniel’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and some great-great grandchildren–a list that encompasses the Magruder/McGregors, the Hamiltons and Watterstons, and the Bowies who descended from Nathaniel’s granddaughter, Ursula Burgess.
Magruder, Henry Latham. Correspondence. ACGS Series IX, Box 10. University of Baltimore Special Collections. Henry Latham Magruder corr 1 Henry Latham Magruder corr 1 Henry Latham Magruder originated the “Gillespie the Cruiter” theory, but offers no evidence in his letters. In fact, he argued for an American Magruder association, rather than a MacGregor association.
McGruther, Don. Wha’s Like Us: MacGrouthers in Scotland before 1855. Self-published, 2007. 14-17, 46-53, 73-86. For availability see note below. Don searched public records for all early references to MacGrouthers (in many spellings!). This book compiles his findings and is the best source of information on our family’s origins.
Sarson, Steven. “Yoeman Farmers in a Planters’ Republic: Socioeconomic Conditions and Relations in Early National Prince George’s County, Maryland.” Journal of the Early Republic 29 (Spring 2009). 63-99. George and Sarah Magruder of Anchovie Hills (described as “an economically average small yeoman family”), are detailed on pp. 79-81. Now available as a pdf from Knowing Our History: African American Slavery and the University of Maryland. (Thanks to Jill Gatwood for finding that link.)
* * * *
The Emerson and McGruther titles were released together, under the joint title Wha’s Like Us? For purchase of one or both, contact the authors via the Magruder/McGruder genealogy forum.
See also: American Clan Gregor Society Yearbooks, linked at right. Yearbooks of the first few decades include many historical sketches and family reminiscences. See my posts on the subject of Clan Gregor and the ACGS.