Category: Clan Douglas Septs
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Wikipedia article [1] says …
in the context of Scottish clans, septs are families that followed another family's chief. These smaller septs would then comprise, and be part of, the chief's larger clan. A sept might follow another chief if two families were linked through marriage; or, if a family lived on the land of a powerful laird, they would follow him whether they were related or not. Bonds of manrent were sometimes used to bind lesser chiefs and his followers to more powerful chiefs.
In Scotclan.com’s “What's A Sept?”
These were large and powerful families within a Clan. They did not share the native surname but in some cases their heads could be as powerful as the Chief himself. Smaller Clans could also bond together for protection, forming a larger confederation. The Clan Chattan, made up from several smaller member Clans was an example of this.
See: Septs & Allied Families on the website of the Clan Douglas Society of North America for information on the official Septs of Clan Douglas and the criteria for establishing whether or not a family is a Sept of Clan Douglas. Note that some Septs are Clans in their own right, i.e., Agnew.
Official Septs: Agnew ,Bell ,Blackadder ,Blackett ,Blacklock ,Blackstock ,Blackwood ,Blaylock ,Breckinridge ,Brown ,Brownlee ,Carmichael ,Carruthers ,Cavan ,Cavers ,Cleland ,Clendenon ,Crockett ,Dalyell ,Dalzell ,Deal ,Dick ,Dickson ,Dickey ,Drysdale ,Forest ,|Forrester ,Foster ,Galbraith ,Gilpatric ,Glendinning ,Glenn ,Hamilton ,Harkness ,Home ,Hume ,Inglis ,Kilgore ,Kilpatrick ,Kirkland ,Kirkpatrick ,Lockerby ,Lockery ,Lockhart ,MacGuffey ,MacGuffock ,McKittrick ,Maxwell ,Moffat ,Morton ,Pringle ,Rowell ,Rowle ,Rule ,Rutherford ,Sandilands ,Sandlin ,Simms ,Soule ,Sterrett ,Syme ,Symington ,Troup ,Turnbull ,Weir ,Young
Septs which meet the criteria but are not listed: Noel
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