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sills family history

William R. Sills married Lucy McCabe who was born in 1816 and died 14-Jan-1897 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Napanee, Ontario
    Ibri (Ibi) B. Sills born 8- Mar-1841 in Ontario and died in 1925 and is buried at Riverside
    Cemetery, Napanee, Ontario. Others listed in household with Ibri at 1881 census: Rebecca
    McKim, school teacher (widow) born 1847. Ibri married Almira Adaline Scott born 1837 in
    Ontario (Scottish descent).
        Ida L. Sills born 1863 in Richmond, Lennox And Addington, Ontario.
        William Merle (Mearl) Sills born 9-Sep-1865 in Napanee, Lennox And Addington, Ontario and
        died in 1949. Married Patience Almira Lucas on 1-Sep-1886 in Moscow, Ontario. Patience
        was born 29-Sep-1861 in (Camden, ON) Moscow, Lennox & Addington, Ontario and died 15-
        Jan-1957
            Otta Mabel Sills born 25-Aug-1887 Richmond, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario and
                died 4-Jul-1915. Married Chester Burton McDougall (photo) who was born in 1872 and
                died July 1915 (second marriage for Chester)
            Nellie Augusta Sills born 23-Aug-1890 Richmond, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario
                married ?
            Ibri Lucas Sills born 11-Dec-1896 Napanee, Lennox & Addington, Ontario and died 20-Jul-
            1959. Married Beatrice Mary Wilson on 4-Jul-1927 in Renfrew, Ontario.
        Cora E. Sills - born 1871
    Hiram Nathan Sills born 1848 (others listed in household with Hiram at 1881 census: Newton
    Sills born 1855; Louisa Sills (widow) born 1832) married Elizabeth Jane Sharp on 24-May-1879
    in South Fredericksburg, Ontario. Elizabeth born 1854 in Honigton, Ontario (parents Andrew &
    Delilah Sharp).
        Nellie B. Sills - born 1880 South Fredericksburg, Ontario

origin of the surname maughan

There are a number of different theories on the origin of the Maughan surname. In medieval documents the Welsh village of Machen (near Caerphilly in south Wales) was written as Maughan. This spelling shows the "gh" substitution for the Welsh "ch" as noted in other examples. Although there may be one, I am not aware of another Machen outside of Wales so it would seem that the modern name Maughan has a Welsh origin.
Also in Monmouthshire (southeast Wales) St. Maughan, St. Maughan's Green and references in Cornwall at St. Mawgan-in-Pyder.