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I have been researching Mabin/Mayben/Maban/ Meban, etc. for a number of years. I am familiar with the origin of these surnames. The root surname was Mabon/Maban which is an old Welsh name formed by the Welsh "MAB" (meaning son)and the suffixes "ON" and "AN". Later "EN", "IN", and "YN" were used producing MABON, MABAN, MABIN, MABEN, MABYN. Often the letters "a" and "e" were used interchangably producing MEBAN, MEBEN, MEBIN. The root name MABAN was originally pronounced "MAY ben". Some individuals used this spelling and some used its variation MAYBIN. In my research I have found over 50 spellings. People with variations of this name resided primarily in the Scottish Lowlands from 1500's on. In the 1600's many of these Scots immigrated to No. Ireland and in the 1700's their descendants immigrated to Colonial America. These people are identified in history as the Scotch-Irish. My ancestors settled in Colonial PA and their sons went to NC. Other people with this name went to SC and their descendants went to KY and IL. There were also people of this name who left from Scotland for America. I would be interested in hearing from anyone with further info on these families in No. Ireland. Robert Mebane, Alexandria, VA
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