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I'm a Mackie whose family has lived in and around Worcestershire since at least the 1770s, and possibly before, so have often wondered if we may be a leftover from the battle. Especially as so many Mackays/ Mackeys fought.    At least two Mackey/Mackies were deported to the new world but I wonder if any stayed on. I'm descended from Robert Mackie/ Mackey born Worcester c.1788, who is probably the son of Robert Mackey/ Mackie who lived in Worcester from the 1760s. He in turn is probably the son of John and Rachel Mackey who were living in Worcester c.1740. There is a Samuel Mackay s/o John and Betty christened in 1735 in Droitwich too. I've exhausted most parish registers, as did my grandfather before me. Part of the problem might be that if they were descended from the Covenanters they would have probably belonged to the Dissenting churches and the records for them aren't so good.