When Robert McFate was born on 3 June 1705, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, his father, Samuel McFate, was 31 and his mother, Mary Dunlop, was 27. He married Elizabeth Brown about 1724, in Droim Fraoigh, County Donegal, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1775, in County Donegal, Ireland, at the age of 71, and was buried in County Donegal, Ireland.
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Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phaid, a patronymicfrom a pet form of the Gaelic form of the personal name Patrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn writing the history of the McFate family the writer did not attempt to follow all the families down to the present time. Of the three sons of Robert McFate, who came from Scotland to Ireland, I h …
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