Quote Originally Posted by macmanjim View Post
I could be wrong, but it's clan cian of ely. I've seen that, but dismissed it because it seems as though it's not really the clan Ely, but Cian of Ely. What I did find was that there were Ely's that lived in an area around Fife, in Scotland. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=Ely

Click on the scotland link.

Not many there. As I said, at least in my case, they went to England.
Hmmm...I found some info in the link below. Ely is the place, and Cian is the clan. I am thinking that somewhere in or around the 1600s, the clan may have split into those keeping Cian of Ely those favoring Ely. Just an assumption, as Scottish geneology is totally new to me. But, in defense of my apparent ignorance, 1, I just found out about this heritage last month, and 2, Cian is a color, and I just assumed the tartan was named 'Blue of Ely'...
...and yes, I know what happens when I assume...

http://carrollgen.org.uk/clancian.htm