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Looking for any connections to my GG Grandfather who was born about 1833 in Cornwall, England.  Don't know what date he emigrated.  He was married to Catherine Rofe (nee Johnson) also apparently from Cornwall in 1866. Only child I know of was Catherine Charlotte born May 1867.  He was a carpenter and later became a building contractor.  Lived at Redbank, Victoria.  Looking for any other descendants or siblings etc.

My branch of the Irish McKechnie's set up a laundry business in Cork, it is still going as a contract cleaning business. Here are some names - Robert McKechnie born abt 1890, died 1937. Father John McKechnie (born Glasgow?), mother Anges Swan (born Abt 1870, Edinburgh?). Robert married Amy Clayton (c1890-c1955). Any further info about this branch most welcome..

One of my distant ancestors is reputed to have come to Ireland with William of Orange's army and been a "commander" at the Battle of the Boyne.  He was reputedly then granted some land in Co Cavan as a "reward".  I can find nothing about him in relation to either.  Can anyone tell me whether there is any research or contemporary sources that might give the names of participants in the Battle.  I think he was originally from France and unlikely to have been in an English Regiment.  I also wondered whether the story about the land is credible.  I know that large estates were doled out to various members of the establishment but did they partition it? or was there some arrangement whereby less important people were given land?

Thank you for your information. 
The Searights I am interested in are from the Newry/Down area,  I know that they must have been there for some time as the name is around for a few generations but I don't know how they are related.  My ancestor is on the latter day saints site but her "parents" would be in their 50's or 60's when she was born so it seems that someone has just cobbled together all the Searight names in the area and tried to relate them.  I know she also had some connection with Liverpool merchants Beath and William Searight as they put up the bond for her daughter to go to India.  All her daughters seem to have married officers in the Indian army/East India company or people connected with India in some way. 
For obvious reasons I think it is likely they originated from a planter family, again by inference from Scotland.  I think there might be more than one origin of the name and I think some other websites (rootsweb?) discuss the name origin in some detail and have a lot of information on the US Searights/Seawrights,as well as the book you refer to.