Farquharson or MacFarquharson?

**Sean Wilson** · 18th March 16, 02:11 PM

On the Macfarlane society site macfarquhar is listed as a sept. If mac="son of" then is that the same as clan Farquhar(son)?

**cessna152towser** · 18th March 16, 02:49 PM

Either Farquharson or MacFarquhar would be correct and would mean son of Farquhar.
Not "MacFarquharson".

**Sean Wilson** · 18th March 16, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Either Farquharson or MacFarquhar would be correct and would mean son of Farquhar.

So how can farquharson be a sept of macfarlane? Unless the website is wrong because I thought Farquharson was a clan in its own right?

**bdkilted** · 18th March 16, 02:56 PM

To answer your first question, they do that so no matter what you are called, you can point to the list and "I belong." You can see in my avatar that I have several spellings for each sept in Clan Keith.

The second question... probably more than one man in ancient Scotland named Farquhar.

**figheadair** · 18th March 16, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Sean Wilson

So how can farquharson be a sept of macfarlane? Unless the website is wrong because I thought Farquharson was a clan in its own right?

It can't and it's not. This just highlights the lack on understanding in some quarters between Sept, dependant and a spelling variation.

**Sean Wilson** · 18th March 16, 03:01 PM

Thanks, I thought it didn't look, right

**cessna152towser** · 18th March 16, 04:35 PM

So how can farquharson be a sept of macfarlane? Unless the website is wrong because I thought Farquharson was a clan in its own right?

Correct, Farquarson is a clan in its own right, indeed it is one of the more active clans here in Scotland, attending games in the north-east, and holding an annual gathering.
http://www.farquharson-clan.co.uk/