Show Who Are You The Tile Romance of o Your Name By RUBY HASKINS ELLIS ELLISA A Robertson Tins THIS Is I an nn old ohl old IAn name me per per- papa the most ancient of ot all alt Scottish surnames It Is claimed that hot and Robinsons were Thanes belonging to the Hie oldest nobility no- no nobility of their native e country being firmly established before th the thA com cons lug hll of William the Conqueror In the Eleventh century trace descent to the I ancient earls of ot Athol whose house sprang from Duncan king of Scot Scot- land and eldest son of ot Malcolm III Robert I Ivas vas the son of ot Isabelle great granddaughter of ot Da Oa David vid I a Robertson thus connecting the family with all the Scottish kings down to James VI The clan was seated In n the highlands of ot Perthshire The rh first to assume the name as a surname surname sur sur- name was Robert Hobert Reach Beach noted for tor his ils excursions Into the lowlands of ot Scotland lie Ile Is credited ns as being the tho hero who delivered up to the tho vengeance of ot the government the two slayers of ot James I I. I For this he lie was rewarded with a crown charter charter char char- ter erecting eroding his estates Into a free freo barony and given gl a coat cant of t arms The motto on the arms shown gloria mercer merces glory Is the reward of ot bravery refers reters to this feat teat of ot the first Robertson to toa a MERLES take the surname The meaning of ot the name Is derived from two Saxon Sax on words rod and bert or famous famous famous fa In council There were many distinguished men and women by this name nome In every ery period of ot Scottish and English Eng lish history William Ewart Gladstone Glad stone was a descendant of the Rob nob- of ot In America there were dozens of ot ertson too many to mention In this brief sketch but they were represented represented represented In both the Massachusetts Bay colony and In the Virginia col col- ony any Consequently there Is le a host of ot descendants In every part of ot the country These descendants are Ill ell eligible gible to many patriotic organizations because of ot the conspicuous services rendered render by these sturdy Robertson pioneers who constituted an nn Important factor In building a anew anew anew new nation notion both In Colonial and Revolutionary times Patrick Henry of ot Virginia was a descendant of William Robertson of ot Edinburgh Gen Geo James Robertson also a Virginian Virginian Vir Vir- ginian of ot Scottish parentage accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied Daniel Boone Doone on one of ot his famous frontier exp expeditions beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the Alleghenies General Robertson Rob nob ertson explored Tennessee founded settlements at and In 1770 1779 founded the city of Nashville Ills brilliant campaigns with the Indians In ID won woo the rank and title of ot brigadier brig brig- adler adier general bestowed upon him by Washington In 1700 A Mackay 1 TIlE THE ancient name of ot the Clan Mackay was Morgan whose members were people of ot the purest Celtic stock Their domain was In Inthe Inthe inthe the extreme north of ot Scotland and they bore the tho onslaught of ot the early Norse Invaders A chieftain of ot the clan was Lord Reay a great diplomat whose whoso ancestors ancestors an an- raised 2000 men for secy service ice In the Continental wars In the z y Sarti Seventeenth century lie He was made governor of Bergen Another leader was Chamberlain of ot Rolland Holland The war-cry war of ot the was The White Banner of ot Mackay and their badge Bulrush The plaid Is In varying shades ha es of ot green areen with black stripes The shield of ot the family arms is I. shown here One of ot the first of ot this clan to come to America WAS Daniel who settled In Newton Mass Mau before 1073 O C Ledger IA Inc Boats |