Clan Logan

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Scotland
Surname/tag: Logan, Lagan, Laggan, Loban, Lobban, Loben, Logane, Logen, Loggan, Loggane, Loggans, Loghane, Loggins, Loghyn, Login, Logyn, Lopan, Lowgan, Loggon, Loughan

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Contents 1 Welcome to Clan Logan 2 Clan Team 2.1 Team Goals 2.2 Team To Do List 2.3 Septs 2.4 Clan History 2.5 Other Notable Logans 3 Other Names Associated with the Clan 3.1 Allied Clans 3.2 Rival Clans 4 Clan Research and Free Space Pages 5 Sources 5.1 Source Material

Welcome to Clan Logan

Clan Logan Team
Team Leader	TBA
Team Members	J Salsbery

Clan Chief: Clan Logan has been without a Chief of Name and Arms since 1802. The last chief was Hugh Logan of that Ilk who died before 29 April 1802, without an heir. After exhausting all resources to locate a rightful heir, the clan members have decided to move forward with a Family Convention supervised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms. It is expected that a commander of the clan will be selected at the Family Convention which is scheduled to occur on the 25th of April 2025 in Dalkeith Scotland. If interested, please visit the Clan Logan Society website [1]

Arms: In 1672, George Logan of that Ilk registered arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon, it read as follows: Mr George Logan of that Ilk Bears Or three passion naills the twa outmost bendwayes & the midlemost paleways all meeting at the points and pearcing through a mans heart placed in the [base] all gules: On ane helmet befitting his degree with a mantle gules doubled argent And [torse] of [his collours] is set for his crest a passion naill pearceing a heart proper The motto in ane escroll Hoc majorum virtus. ^[1]

Badge: See image loaded in 2024

Motto: Hoc marjorum virtus^[2][1] (Latin: This is the valour of my ancestors)

Slogan/War Cry: in the south, Lesterrick low^[3]

Region: The Chiefs of Name and Arms lived in Old Cumnock and Logan in Ayrshire; Highland Clan in Ross and Cromarty.

Historic Seat: Logan and Old Cumnock in Ayrshire in the Lowlands; Druim-a-deur (Drumderfit in Wester Ross in the highlands); Other notable Logans: The Barons of Restalrig

Plant Badge: Conasg (ulex Europaeus) whin or furze

Pipe music:

Gaelic name: lagan

Clan Team

Team Goals

The focus of this team's work is to identify, improve and maintain profiles associated with the Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Logan together with members bearing the name Logan and the related families.

Team To Do List

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

• Promoting the entries of those bearing the name Logan on Wikitree.
• Ensuring entries appearing on Wikitree are as accurate as possible, correcting mistakes once spotted.
• Encouraging interest in and study of Clan Logan.
• Updating this site to reflect the latest information gathered by the Clan Logan Society International.

Septs

No Septs

Clan History

It is believed that historically there were two unrelated Logan Clans. There was a Lowland Clan in the County of Ayrshire and a Highland Clan in county of Ross and Cromarty.

Lowland The first person documented as using the Logan Arms is Walterus Logan (aka Wautier Logyn) in 1296 when King Edward the First summonsed Scottish prelates, lords, and "others of substance" to parliament at Berwick. He compelled them to attach their seals and names to the Ragman Roll.^[4] His seal was described as "on a shield or, 3 piles sable in point between the antlers of a stag's head cabossed".^[5]. The Clan Logan Society continues to research to confirm if Walterus Logan was a Chief in Name and Arms, his relation to future Chiefs and if he is the same Walter Logan who became Sheriff of Lanark.

Our first record of any "Logan of that Ilk" is in 1516 when "Patrick Logane asked from Andrew Logane a copy of (a precept) of the King, raised upon Alexander Logane of that Ilk and Jonet Auchin(lek), (his spouse?)." This was recorded in the Church of Cumnock Ayrshire. ^[6]. The Clan Logan Society continues to research the potential relationship between Alexander Logan of that Ilk and this Patrick Logan. The line of Chiefs is as follows with dates that they were listed as "of that Ilk":

• Alexander Logan of that Ilk- First found in 1516
• Patrick Logan of that Ilk - First found in 1531 ^[7]
• William Logan (see research note below)
• George Logan of that Ilk - Listed in the Privy Council in 1592^[8]
• William Logan of that Ilk - Died in 1647.^[9]
• George Logan of that Ilk - Died 1647.^[10]
• George Logan of that Ilk - 1672, Registered arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon.^[1]
• William Logan of that Ilk - 1704, was one of many signers to the "Act anent supply" ordered during the Scottish Parliament.^[11]
• Allan Logan of that Ilk - In 1727, he inherited title and all "goods, gear, debts, monies" form his brother William Logan of that Ilk^[12]
• Hugh Logan of that Ilk - In 1733 he inherited title from his brother Allan Logan of that Ilk.^[13]
• Hugh Logan of that Ilk - In 1802, died without heir and was the last of the Chiefs of Name and Arms.^[14]

Highland This branch is steeped in mystery, there are three main oral traditions.

1. A clan conflict took place on the Black Isle in the late 1300s when the MacLennans invaded the eastern part of Ross-shire. While camping on the ridge now called Drumderfit, the Frasiers of Inverness counterattacked and all the MacLennans were killed except one who hid under a card or a "Lopan". His decendants occupied the farm of Druim-a-deur (Drumderfit). From this derived the name Loban which over time modernized into Logan.
2. This story is much the same but the invader was Gilliegorm, Chief of the Logan Clan. They were defeated and the MacLennans emerged while a seperate Logan line remained that eventually farmed in Drumderfit.
3. The line of Logan Chiefs ended in an heiress who married Eachan Beirach and carried the Logan estates into his possession. As a result a new head of the clan was selected who settled at Druim-na-clavan.

Other Notable Logans

The early Lowland Logans originated from Galloway. It is documented that two of them were killed in Spain in 1329 on their way to the Holy Land with the heart of King Robert I (the Bruce). Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig (d. 1606) had his bones exhumed and paraded in Parliament so that he could personally be convicted of treason. He was descended from Sir Robert Logan, the 1st Logan Baron of Restalrig

Other Names Associated with the Clan

Logan, Lagan, Laggan, Loban, Lobban, Loben, Logane, Logen, Loggan, Loggane, Loggans, Loghane, Loggins, Loghyn, Login, Logyn, Lopan, Lowgan, Loggon, Loughan

Allied Clans

Rival Clans

Clan Research and Free Space Pages

1. It is possible that Druim-nan-Deaur (Gaelic: The Ridge of Tears) is both a slogan and a war cry, however direct evidence is lacking. There is a reference to this being part of the name of the area where the Highland Logans lived^[15]
2. William Logan was identified as Patrick Logan of that Ilk's son and heir apparent in 1558,^[16] we have yet to find a record of William titled "William Logan of that Ilk".
3. George Logan of that Ilk died the same year as his father William Logan of that Ilk, therefore may have never been Chief in Name and Arms.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Volume 1, Pg 352, Crown Court of the Lord Lyon
2. ↑ Alexander Nisbet, Gent.; "A System of Heraldry, Specultive and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon"; A New Edition; (Edinburgh, 1816), vol. 1, p. 202.
3. ↑ James Logan, "The Scotish Gael or Celtic Manners, As Preserved Among the Highlanders", (Fifth American Edition, Hartford: Andrus and Son, 1831), p. 199.
4. ↑ Electric Scotland, "Ragman Rolls of 1296 and 1291" (https://electricscotland.com/history/articles/ragman_rolls.htm, access date 21 Oct 2024).
5. ↑ Major G.J.N Logan Home, "History of the Logan Family", Edinburgh, George Waterston & Sons LImited, 1934), p. 5.
6. ↑ Scottish Record Society, "Protocol Book of Gavin Ros, N.P. 1512-1532", Edited by the Rev. John Anderson, curator of the Historical Department, H.M. General Register House, and Francis J. Grant, W.S. (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company, 1908) pg. 27, item #166 located on Electric Scotland (https://electricscotland.com/history/records/scottishrecordso29scotuoft.pdf)
7. ↑ Scottish Record Society, "Protocol Book of Gavin Ros, N.P. 1512-1532", Edited by the Rev. John Anderson, curator of the Historical Department, H.M. General Register House, and Francis J. Grant, W.S. (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company, 1908) pgs. 206, 207, item #1147 located on Electric Scotland (https://electricscotland.com/history/records/scottishrecordso29scotuoft.pdf)
8. ↑ David Masson, LLD, "The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland", (Edinburgh, 1882), vol. 1, p. 576
9. ↑ Glasgow Commissary Court Records, Register of Testaments, 28 Jul 1646 - 28 Aug 1650, held at the National Records of Scotland, "Testament Dative of William Logane of that Ilk, 10 Mar 1648, transcribed and translated by John Logan Majoribanks. Available online at Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), Ref: CC9/7/30.
10. ↑ Register of Retours, 28 Jan 1647 - Nov 1649, Held at the National Records of Scotland, onsite only, "Inquisitiones de Tutela" appointing James Logan as guardian of his nephew George, son and heir of the late George Logan of that Ilk, dated 23 Jun 1647, transcribed and translated by Johh Logan Majoribanks, Ref C22/19/00139V
11. ↑ Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, available online at: https://www.rps.ac.uk/static/bottom_frame.html; found under the reign of Queen Anne, 1704, 6 July, Edinburgh Parliament, held in the Parliamentary register of Saturday 5 August, 1704
12. ↑ Glasgow Commissary Court Records, Register of Testaments, 28 Jul 1646 - 28 Aug 1650, held at the National Records of Scotland, "Testament Dative of William Logan of that Ilk, 10 Mar 1648, transcribed and translated by John Logan Majoribanks. Available online at Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), Ref: CC9/7/53.
13. ↑ Dunblane Commissary Court Records, Register of Testaments, held at the National Records of Scotland, "Testament Dative of Allan Logan of that Ilk, Minister at Culross, 1 Dec 1733, transcribed and translated by John Logan Majoribanks. Available online at Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), Ref: CC6/5/24.
14. ↑ Glasgow Commissary Court Records, Register of Testaments Dative and Inventory, held at the National Records of Scotland, "Testament Dative of Hugh Logan of Logan, 28 May 1802, t Available online at Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), Ref: CC9/7/78.
15. ↑ "History of the Frasers of Lovat" by Alexander MacKenzie M.J.I., pg. 40, (Inverness: A. & W. MacKenzie 1896; Accessed via the National Library of Scotland on 16 Oct 2024 (https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/96579912?mode=transcription)
16. ↑ Gifts and Deposits series from the National Records of Scotland, Title, "Service before Robert Craufurd of Clolynane and Robert Campbell of Cragdow, sheriff duputes of Ayr and Robert Clerk"reference: Gifts and deposits, (GD3/1/1/53/5) Bundle 53 from 1498-1604

Source Material

• McIan, R. R. THE CLANS of the Scottish Highlands. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
• Electric Scotland, Clan Logan
• Clan Logan International Society
• Wikipedia, Clan Logan