The establishment of the Argyll Colony in the Cape Fear valley of the Carolinas in 1739 was an important event in the history of Scotland and America. It was for some time the largest settlement of Scottish Highlanders anywhere outside of Scotland. Why did people leave their native homes in Scotland for an unknown land?Continue reading “The History of Highland Settlements of the Cape Fear in the Carolinas”
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Canonbie United Parish Churchyard
“Canonbie Churchyard, on the north or left bank of the Esk, is one of the largest parish burying grounds in Scotland, and is kept in such good order as to be an example to many others. A few years ago my worthy friend the present minister wisely made arrangements for gathering together the fallen gravestones.Continue reading “Canonbie United Parish Churchyard”
THE PEOPLE WITH NO NAME: IRELAND’S ULSTER SCOTS, AMERICA’S SCOTS IRISH, AND THE CREATION OF A BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD, 1689-1764
More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name isContinue reading “THE PEOPLE WITH NO NAME: IRELAND’S ULSTER SCOTS, AMERICA’S SCOTS IRISH, AND THE CREATION OF A BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD, 1689-1764”
Border-Reivers-The-Clay-Biggin & Border-Reivers-Pele-Tower-as-a-Refuge
To the left is a little map of the Border Marches on each side of the English Scottish Border from the Solway Firth in the west to the North Sea in the east. This is the area that dominated the national history of England and Scotland from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. These Marches were theContinue reading “Border-Reivers-The-Clay-Biggin & Border-Reivers-Pele-Tower-as-a-Refuge”
Border-Reivers-Langholm-Castle
Near the confluence of the rivers of Ewes and Esk stand the forlorn remains of Langholm Castle. Confluence-of-the-Rivers-of-Ewes-and-Esk-at-Langholm Today there is little to be seen. The south wall of a tower still stands to six metres high and smaller remains of the east and west walls. But walk the ground and its obvious that theContinue reading “Border-Reivers-Langholm-Castle”
Border-Reivers-The-Scottish-Border-Clans-Bond-against-Liddesdale
In 1569 the clans of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles pledged themselves to repel and disown the clans of Liddesdale. The regent of Scotland, Moray, suggested that they should unite their efforts to subdue the inhabitants of the valley of Liddesdale, especially the Armstrong’s and Elliot’s thereof. Liddesdale, often referred to as the ‘Cockpit ofContinue reading “Border-Reivers-The-Scottish-Border-Clans-Bond-against-Liddesdale”
BORDER REIVERS PACIFICATION
In 1603, James V1 of Scotland became king of England when Elizabeth1 of England died without issue. He was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots who was the grand-daughter of James 1V of Scotland and his wife Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry V111, king of England. The blood of the English Tudors then ranContinue reading “BORDER REIVERS PACIFICATION”
‘LYNE KIRK’…. NOT LYNE KIRKLAND
Lyne Church occupies the brow of a small, pronounced ridge a hundred yards north of the A72 at a point a little under five miles west of Peebles. Access is along an extremely minor road that leaves the A72 a little to the west of the church and encounters a locked gate where it begins to curveContinue reading “‘LYNE KIRK’…. NOT LYNE KIRKLAND”
Clan Carruthers: The Battle of Arkinholm (Langholm)
October 7, 2018Clan Carruthers The Battle of Erkinholme was fought on the 1st of May, 1455. Red Douglas. Black Douglas (Supporters of James II) (Rebel forces) George Douglas Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus Earl of Moray Hugh Douglas Laird of Johnston. Earl of Ormonde John Douglas Lord of Balvenie The Battle of Erkinholme isContinue reading “Clan Carruthers: The Battle of Arkinholm (Langholm)”
Clan Carruthers: Scottish Clans & Families, what are they?
October 2, 2018Clan Carruthers Courtesy of Mercury News There seems to be a great deal of confusion by some with regards, amongst other things, what a Scottish Clan or family is, what it isn’t and who can use the collective term. The first thing that needs to be said, which seems to be very obviousContinue reading “Clan Carruthers: Scottish Clans & Families, what are they?”
CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (USA) 