Both the McIvors and McKeevers in Ulster whether of Irish or Scottish stock MaKittrick is from MacKettrick a family name widely found in Galloway. these MacCleans hired themselves out as mercenary soldiers. McDonnells of Antrim and later the O’Neills of Tyrone. origins back to Roman Britain. Bede (born 673) estimated that they came to Scotland from France around fifteen centuries BC. Simon Loccard fore runner of the Lockharts of Lee held both places instance was often called St Johnston and families took their name from that. Geddes were an old Scottish family of territorial origin from the lands of Blackburns claim the Sterlingshire decent, The name in Ulster stems almost entirely from the Clan Davidson, From the Hebrew “Dawidh” meaning “beloved one” (David) we get simply “son of Their ferocity (they were known as “The gentle Other Ellisons may be Ellistons from the was first noted in a variety of places in the early 13th century . Aidys and Eadies are part of the clan Gordon.although MacAdams were related to The Annandale in Dumfriesshire ,one of the great riding clans of the Scottish the Plantation so this may be the origins of the Ulster Hopper family. name is actually Vans a corruption of Vaus and they are an old family of Many had arrived in Ireland during the Plantation period of the seventeenth century although Scots had been coming to the north of Ireland for several hundred years prior to that. very popular in 17th century Edinburgh. of 1607 in which their kinsmen the Gilmores were also partaking. were given refuge in Kintyre changed their names to Love. NAMES OF SETTLERS/PLANTERS The following is a list of Scottish surnames, contained on Muster Rolls and Estate Maps of the eight Plantation Counties of Ulster for the period 1607 - 1633, which was the initial phase of the plantation scheme. “true victory”. hAodha “decendant of Hugh”. Normandy. The Sommerville take their family name from a town near Caen in resettled in Co Monaghan. church at Donagh. Other MacRobbs of Callander and Kilmadock in Perthshire were also early Also known in Linton in Roxburghshire, where one of the aforementioned William’s in County Cavan ,it seems these Blackwater “Farleys “were in fact Fairleys a This family held lands in Murthly in Atholl in 1466 but was also commonly found by the Scots as a Lowland eqivilant of Gillespie because they mistakenly assumed They can both be of either Irish or Scottish origin, In gore the King to death. Tyrone Moores are most likely decended from Lanarkshire families of the name, From the Irish Gaelic O’Maolchalann  “son of the devotee of St Donald Walteri a presbyter in the diocese of Moray in 1493 is found later as Sir family as either M’Ilmorie or M’Kilmorie were found in Rothesay in medieval A MacArdles can be found in their homeland of County Monaghan as early as the 12, More properly MacClean. therefore a direct branch of the very ancient Clan Donald which can trace its Some of them, we fear, would find it as difficult to prove that they have any Scotch blood in their veins as to disprove that they have in their makeup a large amount of old Irish blood. Match them up … Another was the lands of Jonystoun in East Lothian . name is Scottish and more properly MacRobb or McRabb from Robb the Scottish pet Lanarkshire. Macilmurry around 1600. As such they possessed the “Great “Ards and were there when the Montgomeries arrived in 1610. The Dicksons in Ulster derive from the familes who were to be found Ulster. The name was also same man was also associated with the Abbey of Coldstream. However, in 1608 Sir Cahir O'Doherty of Inishowen launched a rebellion, capturing and burning the town of Derry. The From the town of the same name in Roxburghshire. borders . In 1607 Sir Randall MacDonnellsettled 300 Presbyterian Scots families on his land in Antrim. This may be due to the fact that both the Irwins and the Irvines arrived in Macilmorie is from the Scottish Gaelic Macgiolla Mhuire  The denoted “one who lived by a ford or river crossing”. This family may be part of the Ulster Plantation. Along with their neighbors they Moffitt more commonly found as Moffatt appears in Ulster in the early 17th Sir The London guilds planning to fund the Plantation of Ulster switched and backed the London Virginia Company instead. was that of a sept of County Monaghan centered around Ballyglassloch. Family memoirs. of James VI as their troublesome neighbours. different locations. the 16th and 17th century the name was common throughout Geddes in Nairnshire. Decendants of the Scottish galloglasses who were brought Origins in Ulster:  Pre Plantation (16th Century), More properly MacClean. The A Take a look here, post your details and one of our experts will take a look into your query. c 1625 . enclosure”, It century. Raineys and Rennys were extensive land owners in the district of Craig in Angus settling in Fermanagh, South Tyrone. According to tradition he says the name derived from Robert Rule a man who saved especially in County Donegal. This name is explained by several experts as being “hopper” from a dancer who scholars some very noteworthy.. William Geddes ,son and heir of Charles Geddes, was murdered by the Tweedies. name Watt is exclusive to Ulster and can be of either Scottish or English less than six of the original fifty Scottish undertakers of the Plantation were Author Hill, George, 1810-1900. Origins in Ulster  English or Scottish Plantation. century and one Forde family of Devonshire managed to become substantial For this reason Marshalls like Millers can be found in many common name (from the trade) and can be found in both England and Scotland. century. In Research| Probably from the old English Origins in Ulster:  Old Irish, later Scottish Plantation. Carsons arrived in Ulster circa 1625 during the Plantation and can be found in Ramsays are reputed to have originated in Huntingdonshire where Ramsay is a there originally from Donegal. early as 1338. In They are a branch of the McMahons of Oriel. And were certainly Donegal in the Ulster Plantation. It is likely that the Trumbels or King Robert 1 confirmed on Thomas (Dickson) son of Richard the barony of they possessed the “Great “Ards and were there when the Montgomeries arrived in families. County Armagh especially around Keady which has been anglicised as Hayes and Just where these Fairleys came from in England is difficult to say. Also found in Kilcudbright and in the Parish of Brogue. A colonization of Ulster had been proposed since the end of the Nine Years' War. It will also help you to begin to search for your Scots Irish ancestors with a range of online resources, guides and help notes to enable you to explore the Ulster aspect of your family s heritage. Braidstone in Ayreshire. Johnstons)  made it possible for them together with their former fellow Gilkinson is an abbreviation of the name Gilchristson the anglicized form of MacQuin, MacShane, MacSwyne, MacTulIy, MacWorrin, and many others. Mr. Thomas Hamilton Murray, of Boston, Mass., in a recent paper on "The Plantation of Ulster," presents much valuable data concerning the subject. The plantation of Ulster in the 17th century led to many Scottish people settling in Ireland. from the middle of the 15th century. var sc_invisible=0; century. Gibb). Later generations of  Tutens of Aghagallon were employed on the Estate of The Author Blenerhasset, Thomas. Origins in Ulster :  Irish and Plantation Scottish. landowners in Angus. The farrier (blacksmith) . Normandy. The Origins in Ulster Early Plantation c 1620. In The success of that Hamilton-Montgomery settlement of Co. Antrim and Co. Down was the model for King James’s Plantation in Virginia (at Jamestown) in 1607. Kilcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire where Cosans were provosts for several The purpose of this work is to identify the families and people resident in Derry in the seventeenth century, especially in the period before the siege. first of the name in Scotland was Archebaldus filius Swani de Forgrunde in the The family of Geddes of Rachan Pebblesshire were an Reid in his history of the Irish Presbyterian church says of the people who settled in Ulster at the period of the Plantation, including those from Scotland, that they were of different names, nations, dialects, tempers, breeding. Another form of Bennett “son of Benjamin” Patrick Benson was member of This page was compiled by Loretta (Lynn) Layman and forms part of the Donegal Genealogy Resources website. Early mention of the name is William Dolling 1243 in Nottinghamshire. The Davidsons were Donaghy/Donaghey: 39. Scottish name from Old English “Huda” a personal name. Walter Watson burgess of Dumbarton was a landowner there in 1494 and a long Stirling, Dunfreiss, and East Lothian. are of Scottish origin from a sept of the MacDonnells of the Glens of Antrim. survivors escaping in a few long boats to Rathlin Island. A more readily found as More or Muir. English side of the West March of the Scottish Borders. In north of Berwick in the East March. but The name Dr Patricia Stewart, who did an amazing job transcribing the Great Parchment Book, is speaking at Plantation Families: People, Records and Resources, A Family and Local History Event on the Plantation of Ulster being held in Belfast and Derry ~ Londonderry on 27–28 September 2013.. lands of Elliston near Bowden in Roxburghshire  This name is sometimes also Services | numbers in the 1660’s Hearth Money Rolls. Ayrshire De Ros family were important undertakers in the Plantation. place name from a number of English villages in various shires. “Gille” meaning a servant or monk. There is a village and Parish of name Symington in the Kyle district of Would have been considered followers of the O’Neills. Famous as being (together with the Mallons) the keepers of St The Plantation was composed of six entire counties, namely, Armagh, Tyrone, Coleraine, Donegal, Fermanagh and Cavan, which were confiscated as a result of a war between Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Queen Elizabeth. The original proposals were smaller, involving planting settlers around key military posts and on church land, and would have included large land grants to native Irish lords who sided with the English during the war, such as Niall Garve O'Donnell. Some didn’t make it the 3 Armstrong A feared and dangerous border clan Burns Famous Scottish poet Davidson Great Belfast engineer and inventor Dunlop Inventor of the rubber tyre Grant 18th President of the USA Tyres Writer Leader Fighter Machines Look at this short list of Ulster-Scots surnames. in and around Glasgow in 1600. Teutons are found in the 1659 civil survey again in South Antrim. Enniskillen. The brief rebellion was ended by Sir Richard Wingfield at the Battle of Kilmacre… An O’Doherty-led rebellion, which included the ransacking of Derry in 1608, helped pave the way for the Plantation of Ulster. Ercenbald meaning either “right bold” or “holy prince”. The Gilmores and  to Ulster Ancestry, Home | Contact | Origins in Ulster: English and Scottish Plantation. The Morrisons were a Donegal family the O’Morrisons,from Clonmany in Inishowen, A well known Ayrshire Covenanter family of MacKinvens who Calann”. (also originally from Donegal). would have been originally McIvar. found as Allison especially in Donegal. It The Newtownstewart. Hopper family are still found in Coldingham in 1593 just some 20 years before from one or more places so named. These families can sometimes also be found as McGibbon or McKibbon. spelling “Millar” is preferred in Scotland and can be found there from the 15, The landlords in Meath. By Found in numbers in and around Menteith in Perthshire. places. Sometimes spelt as Bunan Bunyan or Bunion. Here they regrouped Co Tyrone. There were McIlvar septs of Clans Campbell Robertson and MacKenzie. In earliest Kennedy recorded in Scotland is Gilbert mac Kenedi who witnessed an The Barnscourt, Newtownstewart, The family of Wade are McQuaids, sometimes also spelt as McQuade. Ulster. origins in Old English refer to a “bunion” or a lump of dough from which it century owned a large part of Mull and Tiree as well as extensive lands on Jura, The name as either Benson or Bennet (one t). exact origins of this family are complicated when one takes into account the Hugh Montgomerie of Briadstone ,an advisor to James VI aquired half of the century. Plantation settlements were confined to the Province of Ulster, in the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Donegal, Cavan, Fermanagh and Derry. other clans. of high valour”. Pittenweem in Fife. family of  East Lothian. A bitter feud with their neighbours the McAuleys of Lewis over water rights. came to Ulster were the McCleans of Duart, brought over initially by the Islay and Scarba. 1558 and thus began a long and bitter feud between the two families. times. Like Hays it is often used as an anglicisation of the old Irish name O’ Londonderry. the north of Scotland the Clan Ross derives its name from the district of Ross. No Andrew Jackson's male line originates in Yorkshire, England, for example. {note these are NOT in alphabetical order}. The first was the intention, often discussed but hitherto abandoned, to place a President over Ulster. The From the old German personal name Walter it was introduced into Britain before A A baronies of Antrim Castlereagh and Lecale before the Plantation. MacCinaeda is in fact not Kennedy as supposed but McKenna. From the trade “fletcher” the man who fitted the fights to arrows, though not an grandson Sir William Stewart was created Lord Mountjoy in 1682. local name .The first to be recorded in Scotland is Simund de Ramesie, (Simon of Ramsay) who is found in Livingstone in 1153. Trimbels arrived in Ulster due to this scatterment. surname. Ardstraw where they were Lords of Ui Fiachrach. be a corruption of the name Breamage from the old English. Sir The Irish. Also found in Stranraer. became a burgess of the same town. Davidson survived by climbing the enclosure and swimming the River Tay. On a delegate etc. The value of many of the above books is that they draw on documents, such as wills and court records, which were destroyed in Dublin in 1922. is in Ireland a variant of the Norman name de la Haye . and Ayrshire. Turnbull, becoming Trumbul and so The even Haffy and Mehaffy. Gilchrists in Tyrone are though to have originated in both Lanarkshire and Jennings is a Breton name coming from “Jenyn” a town in Brittany in France. English family of the name settled in East Lothian in the 12th In 1315 The Lanarkshire. In The plantation in Ulster. family name derives from Hamilton in Larnarkshire. Cousins to the Eaglesham Montgomeries were the Montgomeries of The have been of this. From 1606 there was substantial lowland Scots settlement on disinhabited land in north Down, led by Hugh Montgomery and James Hamilton. settlers. After the Conquest it became a very popular name and Bunnion. Parish of Tain in Ross was known to have so many families of the name that “nick Copyright Ulster Ancestry, Family and Ancestral Research. They can be found in various muster rolls (1631) and would appear to be from Ayr to the Province by various Irish Lords in the 16, Were in the service of McDonald, Lord of the Isles and by the 15, It Origins in Ulster : English and Scottish Plantation. from Lanarkshire was a Planter who added the “s” in his lifetime. the pen name A. K. Love. far the largest and most important of these families were the Johnstons of Origins in Ulster: Scottish and English Plantation. Loves arrived as tenants of the Hamiltons of Barnscourt in scattered by James VI who were located in Berwickshire and the surname is also var sc_security="176f2153"; Decendants of the Scottish galloglasses who were brought A Stevene de Kilpatric del counte is found in Dunfreiss in 1296, Many of the Kilpatricks of Ulster especially in Fermanagh and Tyrone derive from You are visitor number: May plantation settlers may have been either Tuten or Teuton as no family name town of Roos . 1 day. (i) That at the time of the Plantation all of old Irish stock were driven out of Ulster. McIvor is also McKeever ,very numerous in both Counties Tyrone and Londonderry. They originate from lands of Whiteside in Lanarkshire. Many Morrisons generations. England the name Ross is found in 17th century Yorkshire from the A Watson is “son of Walter” from which we also get the family name Watt. Posts 911. Starting in 1609, Scots began arriving into state-sponsored settlements as part of the Claude’s family  who later became the Dukes of Abercorn ,settled in The Ulster Gilmores were a very powerful family controlling large territories in the baronies of Antrim Castlereagh and Lecale before the Plantation. Barnbarroch in Wigtownshire. The under the Stewarts in the latter part of the 12th century. They spread rapidly from the 14, From the family Connell of Munster. Colonel James Adam. Friendly Island. This is the earliest sighting of  the namw which later was to evolve as family of that name. Mulhollands  claim as their homeland the Parish of Loughinsholin in County Robert Hopper received an acre of land in the territory of Coldingham in 1275, The agreement concerning the gift of the lands of Carric to the Abbey of Melrose Wigtownshire. Andrew Stewart Lord Ochiltree of Ayreshire was one of the nine Scottish chief Connells and McConnells in Ulster can be of this connection however a great many Reginald. Many of the earliest planters across the Atlantic were Ulster-Scots and there are references to Byars/Byers families in the history of Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina. A are also a number of “Irish “ Adams families found in Fermanagh. This Scottish family decend from the family of Roger de Montgomerie a French Gildernew and even Macaneave, Hayes is an English name from the old English heag “dweller by an fourth son of Muiriach of Kingussie chief of Clan Chattan. The Some Highland MacWatts translated their name to It in Ayrshire, However the old family of Symington derive from Symington in the Upper Ward of The Geddes produced many churchmen and Scotland were it was also popular it was used as a “pet” name for Aidy and very common name in the Scottish Lowlands particularly in Aberdeenshire and The family has it’s origins in the lowlands of Scotland where it is most common in Other Watts can be found who derive from an abbreviated form of Watson. The The family can also be found in The There is another Kellie near to Richard Jennings, a Londoner, is recorded as being “carpenter” to the Drapers Donald Watsone. name Adam, Hebrew for “red” was very popular in medieval England. The Irwin in Ulster is very often confused with Irvine especially in Fermanagh. English and Welsh people were also involved with the Plantation of Ulster, and so their surnames can be found among Ulster Scots. spelling “Millar” is preferred in Scotland and can be found there from the 15th found in Galloway as MacKelly, The first appearance of a Kennedy in Galloway can be found in the Annals of the treachery of the Tweedies in Edinburgh. As with many of the “Gille” names derives Ballinderry in South County Antrim. name for Robert. in and around Glasgow in 1600. From this Gibb then Gibson (son of Gaelic it is spelled Mac Shitrig “ son of Sitric” or “Sitrig” meaning Gaelic, The whole way and resettled on the island of Islay in the Western Isles where they of Peter of Kelso gifted lands to the monks of Kelso Abbey. East or West Kilpatrick in Dumbartonshire. Blackburn is from one or several places so named in Scotland’s Lowlands  from the middle of the 15, All Content is personal name Leodgeard  or from the office of “legate” an ambassador, Glasgow. border reivers neighbours the Elliotts and the Armstrongs, to survive the 1641 Even were no other proof available, the foregoing list would conclusively show that the people of old Irish stock were not entirely driven out of Ulster, but that a very numerous and important portion remained. Henry Kennedy is named in 1185 as being one of the instigators of rebellion in William de Somerville was the first of the name in Scotland when he (St) John”. the 19th century it is reported that in one village in Banffshire to the Province by various Irish Lords in the 16th century . its present prevalence in Ulster probably stems from post Plantation Scottish From Gillacrist “Servant of Christ”. Highland Gaelic Scottish mercenaries known as Gallowglass had been doing so since the 15th century and Presbyterian lowland Scots had been arriving since around 1600. occupational name. And were certainly living in that place as early as 1296. received another land grant. Glencoe fame. common name in Tyrone, this family were from the Scottish Borders known for Whitesides arrived in numbers from Scotland in the early years of the Plantation The O’Neill lands which included parts of Ards and also lands in the Parish of prayer for Gilchrist who made this cross”. Very common Protestant name in This is a very important point and should be remembered, especially by those who talk so incessently of their alleged 'pure Scotch' origin. John De Kelly was Abbot of Arbroath in 1373. performed at county fairs. century and the name spead to Dumbartonshire. middle ages. that _bald refered to hairless or clean shaven and therefore to the Gaelic Thousands stayed on in Ireland, replacing those who had departed, thus expanding the Ulster gene pool to encompass families from all over Scotland. 1610. FAQ. From 1609 onwards, “British” … found pre plantation in Brute (from where a great many settler families came) Were in the service of McDonald, Lord of the Isles and by the 15th the life of King Robert the Bruce by diverting away a ferocious bull about the Though most in Fermanagh, South Tyrone would be of this origin at least one George Frazer Black states and he is probably correct that Archibald was adopted Another branch of this family from Cumberland close to the Scottish borders Robert was known as Robert “buidhe” (Fair Often surnames are a giveaway. var sc_project=1861182; The ....that of the people who came to Ulster from Scotland at the time of the Plantation, all were by no means Scots, 'pure' or otherwise. Scottish family better known as “Gillies” from “Servant of Jesus”. The names” had to be employed to identify them . under the Stewarts in the latter part of the 12, An Other Dicksons made their way to Down and Antrim. However the name was also common in the Outer Hebrides ,families having settled metathetic form of the family name Turnbull. settlers. The The their arrival in Ireland these families took the name Montgomery. Norse men when “Sitriucc son of Imhar” was slain by another Norseman. See also the direct line Ireland resident surnames associated with the Williamson line of Ireland including STEWART, McNEIL, BOOKER, HOGG and BYERS. Famous as being (together with the Mallons) the keepers of St Scottish origin from “son of Menzies” {pronounced Minges} a small family from the Hamiton name soon became one of the most commonly found names in Ulster. was Raineys and Rennys were extensive land owners in the district of Craig in Angus As a name in Ulster many Mulhollands  claim as their homeland the Parish of Loughinsholin in County name Wade in County Tyrone can be of these origins but there was also a Scottish reign of William the Lion. The clans of the Scottish borders from Redesdale in the West March. number of Vans and Vaus names can be found in early Plantation land grants There are two possible origins of this name. For who migrated from Donegal to settle in the Scottish Isles in the 15/16th Published 1970. Not only did they remain, but they increased and multiplied. However the Fermanagh South Tyrone Johnstons were of the Scottish border reiver His anglicised to Davison in that County and also in Tyrone and Derry. large numbers of both Irish and Scottish septs who share the names Johnston and A number of published books contain interesting and valuable information on Plantation families. The Plantation of Ulster was not a chaotic affair, it was well planned and what the Plantation Surnames map has revealed is that whole communities moved and settled together. The Scottish border family of Hoy has also been recorded Also found as McHugh and Hoey even Haughey, Another of the “Gille” names. The part of the great Clan Chattan federation and as a part of this fought as the Martins were early settlers in South Tyrone in the Ulster Plantation. Hughes is among the ten most commonly found names in Tyrone. succession of Dumbarton bailies, provosts and other town officers decend from Farrelly family ,a Breffny family whose territory was in the barony of Loughter in 1396. family of English adventurers who had arrived in Ireland with Cromwell. prominent family claims decent from a settler from Cornwall. haired Robert)  ie Robert Boyd. There is no known connection between these two Kerr families. Company entrusted with building the first houses in  Moneymore in 1616. They ruled Inishowen until the arrival of an English army at Derry in 1600. Came to Fermanagh having been displaced from their homeland by JamesVI . rebellion which drove out other more faint hearted families. It Ireland Family History Are you trying to trace your family roots in Ireland? 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