Duncan Clan

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Welcome to the Duncan Clan Team Page

Goals for this Team

The goal of this team is to offer a focal point for all members interested in the history of the Duncan clan and to develop profiles for family members bearing the surname Duncan, with a proven Scottish origin.

To Do List

This list will be developed by the Family Team members. If you are working on a specific task, please list it here:

• Add [[Category:Duncan Clan]] to profiles bearing the name Duncan on Wikitree, where they can be traced back to Scotland.
• Review Duncan profiles on Wikitree to ensure they are as accurate as possible, correcting mistakes once spotted.
• Add maintenance categories to profiles that are orphaned, need research, need sources, etc. as needed.
• Summarize the History section of our Team page and add any detailed information to a separate: Duncan Clan - History space page. This page needs to be set up with the Scotland Project as a manager.
• encouraging interest in and study of the Duncan Clan.

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Duncan History

Crest: On waves of the sea a demasted ship.

Motto: Disce Pati (Learn to Endure)

Slogan: Savour the Moment

Region: Perthshire, Tayside, Angus, Fife, Aberdeenshire.

Lands: Lundie, Gourdie, Dunbarney, Ardownie, Sketraw

District:

Plant badge: Bracken Fern and Fine Leafed Heath

Pipe music: Teachd Chlann (The Clan Donnachie have arrived)

Gaelic name: Mac Dhonnchaidh; Duncanne; Dunchad/Donchadh/Donachie/Donnchadh

Septs:

Branches

• Duncan Territorial Houses, Lairds and Barons by Clan Duncan Society and Wikipedia

• Duncan of Seaside & Lundie (Camperdown) William Duncan
• Duncan of Jordanstone (Brothers James and David were the sons of James Duncan (1790-1843) manufacturer and merchant at The Brae, Alyth, and Margery Crocket m.1816, daughter of George Crockat.
• Duncan of Ardownie - Andrew Duncan (1744-1828) Surgeon m Elizabeth Knox son of Andrew Duncan and Unknown Vilant^[1]
• Duncan of Sketraw - Laird of Sketraw; John A Duncan married Isobell Fleming (Born 1654 in Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland 1654- died 23 Jan 1748 in Cargill Parish, Perthshire) son of John Duncan, (Laird of Sketraw) and Isabel Broun.
• Duncan of Mott
• Duncan of Parkhill - Alexander Duncan (1805–1889) m Sarah Butler (1806–1888) ^[2]
• Beveridge-Duncan of Damside - James Beveridge Duncan (1757 - 1833) m Isabella Marshall^[3]
• Gomme-Duncan of Dunbarney - Alan Gomme-Duncan (1893-1963) m Mary Bourne ^[4]

Names associated with the clan: Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad/Donchadh/Donachie/Donnchadh and other spelling variants.

See Also: Robertson Donnachie

Information below this line should be reviewed and summarized. Detailed information can be placed on additional team pages.

Clan Duncan vs Sept

Duncan was originally a forename. Duncan as a Clan was from the early part of the 14th century. The term "Clans" included families actually descended, or accepting themselves as descendants of a "common ancestor," Clan, simply means "children"

Duncans were later known as "Septs" to the more dominant clans The Duncan – Donnachaidh – Robertson, Scenario by John Duncan of Sketraw. (Clan vs Sept) Duncan names were included by a happy accident that they lived within control of the dominant family, in specific areas, rising to power as the clan system formed. Septs pledged fealty to their "lords".

The precise descent of the Clan still needs confirmation, but it appears certain that the chiefs were the male heirs to the old Celtic Earls of Atholl and thus have the oldest certifiable ancestry of any family in Scotland. "Duncan" has Long been associated with Clan Donnachaidh, who has prepared an updated version of the origins. at http://www.donnachaidh.com/history.html

Clan Duncan is an Armigerous clan (There is NO present Chief of the name Duncan meeting Clan criteria). At the present time, the "Clan" appears to be led by the armigerous Territorial House of Duncan of Sketraw, Chairman of the Clan Duncan Society. Grant (for Coat of Arms): by Her Majesty's Supreme Officer of Arms of Scotland, The Lord Lyon, King of Arms, 14th December 2007. Register, volume 88, folio 7.

• Note: "Laird" is a descriptive title meaning ‘landowner’. The title ‘Lord’ is a ‘Peerage title’ (or a courtesy title of a Scottish ‘Law Lord’) and although it is true that the word Laird does derive from Lavert, (which is the same root as the word Lord), a genuinely recognized Laird, is a member of the Nobilitas Minora, whereas those who are legally entitled to call themselves Lord, belong to the Nobilitas Majora, or the Peerage. The two terms are not interchangeable. Lord Lyon does not actually recognize anyone as a Laird -- but records coats-of-arms as an agent of the UK Government.

Helpful Links

External Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Duncan
• http://www.clan-duncan.co.uk/
• http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_duncan/history.html
• Medieval Scotland [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm Medieval Scotland by Charles Cawley,© Charles Cawley & Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2015.
• http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/duncan2.html
• https://www.highlandtitles.com/scottish-clans-and-families/#collapse
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dobson/ The Genealogy Bug - Files are set up by State by County; timeframe earliest US Records located to approximately 1850-1860; Mary Ann Duncan Dobson's "Duncan Research Files"
• Redbook of Scotland - Volume 4; by Gordon MacGregor

Duncan of Ardownie . . . . . . pg 16

Duncan of Lundie & Camperdown . . . . pg 18

Internal Links

• Duncan Name Study/DNA
• Additional Links and information re Mary Ann Duncan Dobson Profile Link https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duncan-10636
• This is a link to the "Wiki Tree Free Space Research Pages" for "Additional Duncan Research that begins with the letter D (pg 46) https://www.wikitree.com/indexes/space_D46.html
  • There are several republished MAD generated Newsletters that can also be found under Internet Archives Wayback Machine. (These are No Longer available under Roots website http://www.duncanroots.com/xxx/past%20articles/99/Apr99.htm /dsa