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KILMAHEW
The Early American Napiers who came to Virginia are descendants of the Kilmahew Napiers. Dr. Patrick Napier,
born in England, came to Virginia and married Elisabeth Booth. They are my ancestors.
The Merchiston Napiers are progenitors of the family of John Napier, the noted alchemist and mathemetician.
Kilmahew castle was built upon the lands granted to the Napiers by Malcolm, the Earl of Lennox around the
year 1290. The castle itself was built sometime in the 16th century by the Napier family, who owned it for the next 18 generations.
The Napiers who owned Kilmahew are notable for being the progenitors of most of the Napiers in North America, as well as some
of their members who had notable contributions in the field of engineering, such as Robert Napier, the "Father of Clyde Shipbuilding,"
and David, James and Montague Napier, who owned the engineering company of Napier & Son.
The estate was inherited by George Maxwell of Newark and Tealing (1678-1744) in 1694, when he assumed the
name of his maternal grandfather, John Napier of Kilmahew. The estate was sold to Alexander Sharp in 1820 . In 1839, the estate
was acquired by James Burns.
The ruins were acquired by the Archdiocese of Glasgow, along with the surrounding estate, in 1948.
More about John Napier, inventor of Logarithms
Back to my Homepage "Virginia Roots!"
Outline of my Napier Family in Virginia
Sources: Files of Vava Knepp, Sharon Halliday, Wikipedia
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