james kinghorn was born in inverness, scotland to abraham and margaret (mcnab) there was william born in 1813 the oldest, james , anne/ann and betsey or elizabeth all born in scotland they emigrated in 1837 all but william and the father abraham, must have died, i am not sure when james was born, but he married before he came out, in strath inverness, ann married roderick mclean in 1824 in strath inverness and had 4 children before they came out