Help with Morrison Crest

[georgeetta]

hello and greetings,
ma was a morrison. The old old badge I always saw (I think he gave to her in 50's when she came to USA) was 3 heads ..saracens they were called ..many of the morrison groups on east side of scotland use that badge ..fyi . motto: prudentia prae- prestat ..roughly perks after labor . ..I mind my granda talking to her about it ..we grew up ..just with the blue green taran now called ancient ..'s what i grew with ..so that's that .

the southern (west) morrisons are said to be irish near Harris ..the Lewis ones are norse so they say ..the easterners are said to be ..old stock (pictish/lowland) or some say french ..be nice to see the dna reports they into in the clan project thing ..


have a nice day .
Dave

[McElmurry]

hello and greetings,
ma was a morrison. The old old badge I always saw (I think he gave to her in 50's when she came to USA) was 3 heads ..saracens they were called ..many of the morrison groups on east side of scotland use that badge ..fyi . motto: prudentia prae- prestat ..roughly perks after labor . ..I mind my granda talking to her about it ..we grew up ..just with the blue green taran now called ancient ..'s what i grew with ..so that's that .

the southern (west) morrisons are said to be irish near Harris ..the Lewis ones are norse so they say ..the easterners are said to be ..old stock (pictish/lowland) or some say french ..be nice to see the dna reports they into in the clan project thing ..


have a nice day .
Dave

Yes, when the Lord Lyon recognized the Chief of the name he cast a pretty wide net. I don’t suppose anyone would give a particular branch or family any grief for using the tartan and badge they grew up with. As you say, that is that. In fact in photos I have seen from the last gathering there were more folks in the green than the red tartan.

I enjoyed your anecdotal information regarding the heritage of the Morrison branches. Regarding the DNA project here is a map and desciption of some results.

http://cmsna.x10hosting.com/public_html/dnaproject.htm

http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison

If you want more information you can contact Ed Holcombe. His email is on the contacts page here.

http://cmsna.x10hosting.com/public_html/officers.htm