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Show Who Are You ? 83 83The The Romance 0/ 0 of 0Your ofYour ofYour / Your NameBy Name NamenyRUBY By ByRUBY ByRUBY nyRUBY RUBY HASKINS ELLISA ELLIS ELLISA A Robertson ? UIIIS THIS TII1S T II1S I K lR ' ! an old , old name n.lme nlme . per per11'11)S perhips perInps all allScoth allScottish allScotti&h allScottih 11'11)S 1111S hips ' ) the most ancient ancknt anclcnt of Scoth Scottish & h surmincs surn'1tnes surn1tnes surninies ' It Is chimell chimed cliimcdth chimellth chimedth th it TIobel Robeitsons Ilobeitsons tsons and Robinsons TIohinsons RObinSOfS RobinsonscieTinnes were wereThanes \ \\cieTinnes cieTinnes \ \ me me'Ih'lnes 'Ih'lnes Ihlnes Thanes ' ' belonging belonglnr ; to the oldest no nobil1ty nobility nobility bil1ty bility of their nath native natlie e country , beIng beIngfirmly beingfirmly beingfirmly firmly established before the com corn comIn cornlug cornIIIR In lug ofSIlligm of " \ AMIliini "illl'1m illl1m \SIlligm SIlligm ' the Conqueior ConquClor In the theLlm theLle theLlovcnth Llm Lle cnth enth centuryHobertsons centuryIlobertsons century centuryRobertsons Robertsons Hobertsons Ilobertsons trace descent to the the'lnelent theancient theindent 'lnelent lnelent ancient ' eirls e'1rls e1rls cirls ' of Athol , . whose "hose hose " house housesprang housesprang housesprang sprang from Duncin Dunc'1n Dunc1n ' king hlng of Scot Scothnd Scotlend Scotlind hnd lend , , eldesst elde.t eldet eldest : . son of Milcolm l\hlcolm l hlcolm M \ ilcolm IIITIobert IIIRobert III IIIRobert Robert TIobert Bluce Bruce Bl uce I " was "as as nos the son of ofIS'1belle ofIsTelie ofIsibelle IS'1belle IS1belle IsTelie ' , greit gre'1t gre1t great ' granddaughter of Di D\- D Dvld Di.vid Divid ' \ - . vld vid I , a Hobcrt Robcrt&on Robcrton Itobertson & on , thus connecting connectingthe connectingthe connectingtlie the family " with "lth lth all the Scottish Scottishhln Scottishkings Scottishkings hln kings s down to James VI'lhe VIthe VI VIIhe ' Ihe 'lhe lhe the Robertson TIobertson cI1 din chn wai Wfi'J WfiJ was ' se'lted selted seated se'ltedIn seatedIn seitedIn ' In the highlands of Perthshire Perthshlre ' Th .rhp rhp .rhpfIrst . ' first to assume the name as a sur surname surname surname name " wis 'lS lS ' Robeit Uobel Itobeit t Reach TIench Pench , noted for forhis forhis forhis his excursions ecurSlOns " { into the lowlan lowlands s of ofScotl ofScott ofScoti Scotl Scott ind md and He is credited as bemg being bemgthe beingthe beingthe the hero \ who ho delivered up to thevengeance the thevengeance \ vengeance engeance of the government go\"ernment go "ernment ernment \ " the thet thetwo thetwo t0 two t\\ t \ 0 sl1 sh3 sliders ers of James I For ror this thishe thishe thislie he " was "as as re\\ar re ar rewarded \ ed with a crown char charter charter charter ter erecting his estites est'1tes est1tes estates ' Into a free freebarony freebarony freebarony barony and gn given giien en a coat of armsLIie arms armsIhe Ihe LIie he motto on the arms shown shown"Vlitutis shownVlitutis . , "Vh Vh "Viitutis Viitutis " tutIs gloria glorla mcrces merces coerces , , " "glory glory " Is Isthe Isthe lathe the rewird rew'lrd rewlrd reward ' of bravery . , " refers to tothis tothis tothis this feat of the first Robertson to toliwm ii iitr tr trT7 T7 4 4V7 V/7 V 7 / - ERCES ERCESis is ORIA liwm w wtike tike t'll.e tll.e tlle ' . the surname The meaning ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the mine n'1Iije n1Iije n'inle ninle ' Is derived derited dern ed from two Sax- Sax Saxon Saxon Sax-on Sax on - on words , 'rod rod ' rod " and 'bert bert ' bert . , " or ' fa- fa famous fa famous - mous In council " There " were "ere ere many dIstinguIshed distinguishedmen men and women by this name In Ine inet inevery e et , ery period of Scottish and Dng Eng DngUsh Engllsh Engllsh Ush llsh history . William Wllliam Ewart IJwart L'wart Lwart ' Glad Glad- Gladstone Gladstone Gladstone - stone was a descendant of the Rob Rob- Robertsons Robertsons Robertsons - ertsons of ot Rossshire Rossshlre RossshireIn RossshlreIn In America there ' , , were dozens ot of otertson ofertson ofertson ertson , , too many to mention mentlon In thIs thIsbrief thisbrief thisbrief brief sketch but they were repre repre- represeated represented . - sented seated In both the Massachusetts MassachusettsBay MassachusettsBay MassachusettsBay Bay colony and In the Virginia col- col colony col colony - . ony . Consequently , there Is a host hostof hostof hostof of descendants in every part of ot the thecountry thecountry thecountry country These descendants are eIl- eIl eli- eli eIlglble eligible eli eligible - gible glble to many patriotic organiza organiza- organizations organizations organizations - - tions because of the conspIcuous conspIcuousservices conspicuousservices conspicuousservices services rendered by these sturdy sturdyTIobertson sturdyRobertson sturdyRobertson TIobertson Robertson pioneers , who constituted constitutedan an Important factor in building a anew anew anew new nation both In Colonial and andRevolutionary andRevolutionary andRevolutionary Revolutionary timesPatrick timesPatrlch times timesPatrick Patrick Patrlch Henry of Virginia was a adescendant adescendant adescendant descendant of William Wl1llnm Robertson Robertsonof of Edinburgh Ddlnburgh EdinburghGen DdlnburghGen Gen James Robertson , also a Vir VIr- VIrgInian Virginian Virginian - ginian of Scottish parentage , ac- ac accompanIed accompanied ac accompanied - - companied Daniel Boone on one ot of othIs ofhis ofhis hIs famous frontier fronUer expeditions be be beyond . yond the Allcghenles Allegbenles Alleghenies General Rob- Rob Robertson Robertson Bob-ertson Bob ertson - ertson explored Tennessee , founded foundedsettlements foundedsettlements foundedsettlements settlements at Matauga Matnuga , and In In1779 1779 founded the city of ot NashvIlle Nashville.His NashvilleHis . . nls His brilliant brllliant campaigns cnmpalgns with the In- In Indians In Indians - . dians won the ran rank } . and title of ot brIg- brIg brIgadIer brig.adier brigadier . - adIer general bestowed upon him by byWashIngton byWashington byWashington WashIngton In 1790 1700 . . iA i * . A Mackay ? T TliE FUE liE HE ancient name of the Clan ClanMackay ClanMackay Clan-L Clan L - Mackay was Morgan , whose whosemembers whosemembers whosemembers members were people of ot the purest purestCeItlc purestCeltic purestCeltic CeItlc Celtic stock . . . Their domain was In Inthe inthe Inthe the extreme edreme : north of Scotland ScotJand nnd and nndthey andthey andthey they bore the onslaught of the early earlyNorse earlyNorse earlyNorse Norse Invaders InvadersA A chieftain chleftnln of the clan was Lord LordTIeay LordReay LordRoay TIeay Reay , a great diplomat , whose an- an ancestors ancestors an ancestors - cestors raised 2 2000 000 men for serv serv- sere servIce sereIce service - ice In the Continental wars In theA theSeventeenth the A ltdusj ltdusjSeventeenth d Seventeenth century . , . He lie tie was m'lde mlde made madegovernor m'ldegovernor midegovernor ' governor of ot Bergen Another le'lder lelder leader leaderwas leiderwas ' was \ as Chamberlain of or Holland IJoIland . The war cry of tho the \ Mackays 1\Iacl"ays 1 Iacl"ays Iaclays " was was"The was"The was"The wasThe "The The " White Banner of ot Mackay Mackay"and Mackayand , " and their ba badge ge 'Bulrush Bulrush ' ulrush " The plaid Is In varying shades ot of otgreen ofgreen ofgreen green with black blnck stripes The shIeld shIeldot shieldof shieldof ot of the family famlJy arms Is shown here . One of the tile first of ot this clan to tocome tocome tocome come to America wna wns was Daniel D'lnIel DlnIel ' , , , who whosettled whosettled whosettled settled In 111 Nen Newton ton . , , Mass MaSSo . . , before before167J before1673 167J 1673 . . . 0 c Public Publlc LtdrT Ledtec ; . D . ! DWNU Ina--wau Ina wau Inc -WNU WNU : - , . - - IT HU ServlO4l 8orsroe S rrlo . . , |
