Clan Duncan

[sydnie7]

Clan Donnachaidh is "children of Duncan" and welcomes Reid, Robertson, Duncan and associated names.

[MacRobert's Reply]

So now you have two options: the Donnachaidh, which is a clan with a chief recognised by the Lord Lion, and the Clan Duncan Society which does not (or not yet) have a recognised chief.

Of course some Scots owned plantations in Jamaica but a much larger proportion were there as indentured labour. Among them, Scots who were transported for their political or religious affiliations (which were often linked), such as Jacobites and Covenantors; or were transported as criminals; or were kidnapped by press gangs in Scotland and found themselves bound for the Caribbean; or, driven by poverty, emigrated seeking a better life; or fled to Jamaica after the failure of the Darien scheme.

There is little evidence that most of them ever returned to Scotland even when their period of indentured service ended.

[creagdhubh]

So now you have two options: the Donnachaidh, which is a clan with a chief recognised by the Lord Lion, and the Clan Duncan Society which does not (or not yet) have a recognised chief.

Of course some Scots owned plantations in Jamaica but a much larger proportion were there as indentured labour. Among them, Scots who were transported for their political or religious affiliations (which were often linked), such as Jacobites and Covenantors; or were transported as criminals; or were kidnapped by press gangs in Scotland and found themselves bound for the Caribbean; or, driven by poverty, emigrated seeking a better life; or fled to Jamaica after the failure of the Darien scheme.

There is little evidence that most of them ever returned to Scotland even when their period of indentured service ended.

Exactly. Well said.

[Bluescelt]

The present Donnachaidh chief's line had lived in Jamaica from the 1800's and when a previous chief died without issue it passed to the present chief's branch of the family. the chief now lives in Kent England. Many towns in Jamaica have Scottish names too.