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Does anyone know the History of McLeish Name ?
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Norrie | Report | 26 Jun 2013 14:35 |
“Ancestral Voices - The story of the Mcleish Name” is now available from Amazon |
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Marjorie | Report | 27 Sep 2011 18:40 |
Thank you Anne :) |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 24 Dec 2010 19:47 |
This Scottish surname of McLEISH is a shortened form of Mac Gill Iosa 'the son of the servant of Jesus'. In 1542 the name appears as MAKEIS. Early records of the name mention MALLEIS McCOLLEIS, who was fined in North Perthshire for reset of Clan Gregor. Duncan M'COLEIS in Muyeirnolycht was one of the laird of Glenurquhay's vassals in 1638. Alba, the country which became Scotland, was once shared by four races; the Picts who controlled most of the land north of the Central Belt; the Britons, who had their capital at Dumbarton and held sway over the south west, including modern Cumbria; the Angles, who were Germanic in origin and annexed much of the Eastern Borders in the seventh century, and the Scots. The latter came to Alba from the north of Ireland late in the 5th century to establish a colony in present day Argyll, which they named Dalriada, after their homeland. The Latin name SCOTTI simply means a Gaelic speaker. Later instances of the name mention Margaret McLISS who appears in Fortingall in 1683, and Mary McLISE was recorded in Coustone, Cowal in 1762. Many factors contributed to the establishment of a surname system. For generations after the Norman Conquest of 1066 a very few dynasts and magnates passed on hereditary surnames, but most of the population, with a wide choice of first-names out of Celtic, Old English, Norman and Latin, avoided ambiguity without the need for a second name. As society became more stabilized, there was property to leave in wills, the towns and villages grew and the labels that had served to distinguish a handful of folk in a friendly village were not adequate for a teeming slum where perhaps most of the householders were engaged in the same monotonous trade, so not even their occupations could distinguish them, and some first names were gaining a tiresome popularity, especially Thomas after 1170. The hereditary principle in surnames gained currency first in the South, and the poorer folk were slower to apply it. By the 14th century however, most of the population had acquired a second name. |
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Marjorie | Report | 24 Dec 2010 13:13 |
Thank you for sharing this with me O:) |
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Cindy | Report | 14 Jan 2009 22:53 |
The strength of the clan |
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Marjorie | Report | 17 Jul 2008 12:46 |
nudge |
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Marjorie | Report | 10 Oct 2007 15:11 |
nudge |
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Marjorie | Report | 8 Oct 2007 15:56 |
Joan |
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Marjorie | Report | 8 Oct 2007 13:45 |
Just trying to find out the history of McLeish Surname I am hoping someone can tell me where the McLeish clan came from before they came to Scotland ? |