Gavine family genealogy
Of Langton, County Berwick
Arms: Ar. a sword in pale az. ensigned with a mullet gu. surmounted by a saltire couped sa. Crest: In a sea a two masted ship in full sail ppr. Motto: By industry we prosper.
This family name has been modernized Gavin, Gevin, Givin, and Given. We have traced the Givin branch of the family to Robert Givin, who was born at Lisconnan, near Deerock, county Antrim, who died in 1793, and was buried in Derrykeighan. His grandfather settled in Ireland at the time of the “Ulster Plantation,” temp. King James I. This Robert married, and had:
- John, of whom presently.
- Samuel (d. circa 1812), from whom are the Given family of Ballymoney and Coleraine.
2. John: the eldest son of Robert; died in 1825, and was also buried in Derrykeighan. He married, and had:
3. John (d. and buried in the same place in 1880), m. and had:
4. John Givin, of Des Moines, Iowa, U. S. A.; Superintendent of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway (Iowa and Keokuh and Des Moines Divisions); and living in 1887.