Hi Carol,
I've been working on a branch of Kaighins recently that originated in K. Malew. You mention in this post from 2001 that Margaret Kaighin (7 Apr 1723) was the daughter of Henry Kaighin and Joney Costean, and that Henry was born about 1686 in K. German. Is all of this from the IGI or do you have other information to support this?

I came to the same conclusion but I'm having doubts. Firstly, there two children of a Henry Kaighin listed in the IGI in K. Malew; Charles, c. 9 Oct 1720 and the Margaret you mention. The problem with these entries is there is no mention of a mother. So I'm basing my conclusion that their mother was Joney Costean only on an assumption since there were no other Kaighins in K. Malew before that Henry.

I'm concerned because there was a nine year gap between the marriage of Henry Kaighin and Joney Costean (1711) and the birth of Charles (1720). Also, Joney's burial is recorded in K. German 21 Mar 1740. Not that either of these two facts are enough to dispel our conclusion, but they both add to the uncertainty.

Another Kaighin who descends from that branch had a note in his research mentioning that Charles' mother's name was Margaret Tear. I cannot corroborate this.

Greg Kaighin