Buchanan Morrisons

[georgeetta]

Do any folks have any word on how and when the Morrisons came out as a sept of Clan Buchanan where they lived any details at all ?

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[ctbuchanan]

The Morrisons as a Sept of Clan Buchanan always create some confusion as there is a Clan Morrison as well. I do know that the Buchanan Morrisons are originally from the Perthshire area only. If you give me a bit of time I will dig into my resources and give you the exact origins. Aye.

[georgeetta]

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[ctbuchanan]

Georgeetta -- here you go. Keep in mind that MacMaurice was sometimes said as Morrison.

This comes from Auchmar’s History of the Ancient Surnames of Buchanan

An Account of the Origin of the Macmaurices Macandeoirs Macchruiters and Macgreusichs

THERE are two several septs of these Macmaurices descended off the family of Buchanan at two different junctures of time The ancestor of the first of these Septs for any thing can be found was an illegitimate son of Maurice second of that name laird of Buchanan in the latter part of the reign of King Robert I and beginning of King David II The first of these I find upon record is Arthur Macmaurice being witness in a charter by Eugen McKessan of Garchel in favour of Celestin Mc Lachlan and Arthur Mc Neil of that part of the estate of Garchel Achintroig Gartdach &Cs reign of Ding Robert III Those of this race in the heads of Straithern and Straithallan and of them in the parish of Callender The other of these Macmaurices is descended of one stooping Maurice illegitimate son to Walter fourth of that name Buchanan in the reign of king James III This Maurice is reported to have been of a very huge stature so very course and unhandsome as gave his being little regarded so that in the time of King James IV, the laird of Buchanan with most of his man had gone to the battle of Flowdon left Maurice and other invalids to oversee affairs at home there being at that time some feud or variance betwixt McKenzie laird of Kintail and Buchanan. Kintail thought it time to carry on the same and sending for that effect one Kenneth Mc Kenzie a brother and some other of his own with eighty men to harrass Buchanan's lands these came to a hill betwixt Drymen in sight of the latter and being fatigued lay among the heather to take some little repose while Maurice getting some notice of the advance of this party went to get surer intelligence and passing accidentally near the hill in which the party lay. Kenneth, the captain of the party, observing him went alone to him to get information of the country Maurice seeming to take little notice of him went still on giving no satisfactory answer to any of his demands which at length so exasperated Mc Kenzie that he gave Maurice a stroke with his sword, not taking the trouble of drawing the same. Maurice then gave him a stroke with his battle ax as to cleve his head to the teeth whereupon he returned instantly to Buchanan and alarmed the country. The party in a little time awaking finding their Captain in that bad posture returned with all speed back without doing the least violence. The place where this action was done yet retains the name of Kenneth's plain. A grand child of this Maurice having killed a servant of my Lord Glaincairn who residing in Kilmaronock was obliged to leave his native country of Buchanan and go to the village of Scoon north of Tay. His posterity in these parts are named Morreises or Morrisons. Some of these came thence and settled upon Forth betwixt Stirling and Culross of whom are descended most of the Morrisons of these parts. There are also some of this last Sept in the parish of Buchanan who retain their ancient name of Mucmaurice but very few in number.