This book includes the descendents of Thomas Clarke McBride and Mary Elizabeth Mast. It more importantly gives the history of their ancestors from the earliest colonial times until the mid 1800's with both original research and existing material. Anyone interested in McBride, Mast, Farthing, Baird, Smith, Wilson, Green, Eggers, Harmon families with connection to the Watauga County area of North Carolina will be interested in this book. With today's interest in DNA and family trees this book may provide answers to who we are, where we came from, and why.

This book is about the Charles Eacott and his wife Estella Reynolds families, their ancestors and descendants. Included are McCabe, Street, Willis, and other family lines. An effort is made to include details about the lives of the people who are part of the family history so that it goes beyond a listing of birth, marriage and death. This is a companion the the McBride Mast records of my mother's ancestors. It is also a companion to The Eacott History that explores the Eacott name and multiple lineages worldwide from antiquity. In contrast this volume's focus is on the known Reynolds and Eacott relatives connected to Charles and Stella Eacott.

"This book is a Name history. The history of those who use the surname Eycott, Eacott, Eakett, Ecott and several other variations is included ... Individual branch family stories have been researched and included from all over the world."--Back cover

This well-known history of Watauga County, North Carolina, is considered one of the best ever written. From Watauga County's 'Yankee Ancestry' to its role in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, nothing is overlooked.