Passage of the Ruby Ring

Bain and Alana MacMillan with their five-year-old child, Catriona, left Scotland in1738 aboard a ship bound for America, carrying with them very little other than their meager belongings. The one and only valuable possession they owned was a beautiful ruby ring handed down to Bain MacMillan from his mother.

So many Scots were on the ship that day, and among them was Robert Wardlaw with his wife and...