All of my great-great-grandparents are listed below. It's taken about 5 years for me to identify them all. We knew next to nothing of our origins, at least not until I started my research in 1999. Their immediate ancestry is denoted by a flag (American, English, Irish or Scottish). The surnames after which I am named are bolded.

   via    PORTEOUS, George and STEWART, Margaret

      REID, Joseph and HARRISON, Isabella

      BELL, Archibald and MCLEAN, Mary

      MCCUAIG, Henry and HUNTER, Anne

      MCARTHUR, Peter and BANNATYNE, Mary

      DOUGLAS, Alexander and POWELL, Harriet

      ARTHURS, Thomas and HALE, Jane

      GODSON, Joseph and JARRETT, Sophia