Robertson of Kindeace

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Surnames/tags: Clans Robertson

Heads of the Kindeace branch of Clan Donnachaidh(Robertson)

patres familias stirpis Kindeas, Robertsonis gentis

The Arms of Charles Robertson, Esq., now [VIII] of Kindeace.

Arms :—Quarterly, 1st and 4th, " Gules, three wolves' heads, erased, Argent, armed and langued, Azure, within a bordure, engrailed, of the First," for Robertson; 2nd and 3rd, "Argent, three boars' heads, couped, Sable, armed and langued, Gules, within a bordure, of the Last," for Cruikshank. On a compartment under the arms, a wild man in chains lying.

Crests :—" A dexter arm holding up an imperial crown, Proper," also " a swan, Proper."

Mottos :—" Virtutis Gloria Merces " and " Vite faciendo nemine timeas."

It is doubtful if the Robertsons of Kindeace should not also quarter the arms of the Robertsons of Shipland, which Mr Robertson of Kindeace gives as—

Arms:—"Gules a water budget, between three wolves' heads, erased, Argent, armed and langued, Azure."

Crest:—"A dexter arm holding up an imperial crown, Proper."

Motto :—" Corde Manuque,"^[1]

There were 2 Kindeaces, one on either side of Nigg Bay. The Eastern settlement appears on older maps; it was at one point (later?) a Ross property. What is now Ankerville was called Easter Kindeace, then Little Kindeace; what was once Wester Kindeace or Muckle/Meikle Kindeace (or just Kindeace) is now Bayfield; once Kindeis Wester is now Balnabruach.^[2]

William Robertson, of Inverness, acquired the estate of Kindeace, in Nigg, in 1629. The Nigg estate was subsequently disposed of, and the family acquired the estate now known as Kindeace, in Kilmuir, of old Inchfure, retaining the style 'of Kindeace'.^[3]

Colin's 1691 retour specifies Easter Kindeace as his. Colin also had lands further west, (north of Alness) and beyond the other Kindeace, which is on maps after 1800, and lies norwest of Delny (and Priesthill), on Kindeace Burn which shares its name. That area is today called Kindeace, whereas Easter Kindeace is no longer carries the name.

It is uncertain how long Wester Kindeace was owned by the Robertsons, but later generations have their births registered in Kilmuir Easter, nearby.

1. ↑ The Genealogy of the Families of Douglas of Mulderg and Robertson of Kindeace with their Descendants, A.M. Ross & Company, Dingwall 1895, p69
2. ↑ http://www.fearnpeninsula.org.uk/niggpdf05.pdf
3. ↑ Watson, WJ. 2013. Place Names of Ross and Cromarty