SANDCASTLES

The lives of our ancestors are like SANDCASTLES, scattered in history. By remembering our past, the good grains of sand become the building material of future generations... There are numerous lines of Ewings in America, each of whom contributed greatly to the early development of our country. The purpose of this site is to share information about the descendants of the immigrant Thomas Ewing Sr., born 1690 near Londonderry, Ireland, and his wife, Mary Maskell, born 1701 in Greenwich, New Jersey. Of Scottish descent, Thomas Ewing Sr. emigrated from his home in Northern Ireland to Southampton, Long Island in 1718. Mary Maskell's family emigrated from England in the mid-1600's and settled in Connecticut. Thomas and Mary were married on March 27, 1720 and reared their family of ten children in Greenwich, New Jersey. Please feel free to wander around, copy information for your Ewing family files, and allow some American History to come alive through the stories of our ancestors... The..