Surname Affleck...

Question

Many of my DNA-matches have an ancestor from Scotland; surname Affleck (Wellam/William). So if there is anyone with the same ancestor I'd like to check if we share some DNA.

Comments

Affleck baronets here

http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/50-affleck-of-dalham-hall-baronets.html

Betham drew a complete blank on their ancestry, but Burke got as far as 5th in descent from Sir John Auchinleck of Auchinleck.  (Which might be factual or purely hypothetical)

https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera00inburk#page/14/

Wikipedia reckons Auchinleck was forfeited in 1504 and granted to a Boswell, from whom it descended to the famous writer of that ilk.

But there were other Auchinleck branches, so the "of Auchinleck" might just be a bit of Burkean decoration.

 

 

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According to this there were Fletts who changed their name to Affleck

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleck-402

 

 

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Just FYI, Affleck is the Scots pronunciation of Auchinleck.

Answer 1

If you go to Find at the top right of the page and scroll down to Surnames, then enter the name William Affleck, there are 16 of them at WikiTree.

Search Results: 16 matches for "william AFFLECK". 
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William Preston Affleck 09 Apr 1800 Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland - 26 Jan 1859  Affleck-76  managed by Andy Campbell 

Comments

Thank you all!

Answer 2

I also have Afflaech/Affleck ancestors through some of my Norwegian lines that wind-up in Denmark, where I was born.

Answer 3

An American with the same surname "Flack" contacted me and asked me if I had done a DNA test. He was looking for the area in Ireland that his ancestors came from and noted mine came from County Cavan. I agreed and the results showed that we both had "Affleck" connections to Ayreshire in Scotland via Northern Ireland within 10 generations! It has been suggested that "Flack" is probably an Irish shortening of "Affleck" - "from the place of the stones" eg "flagstones" etc "flagging", etc. My father believed it came from "flax" and was originally Dutch!