Septs and Associated Families

[Bryan]

Everything I've read just says they are a family associated with the clan, so in my mind, that means there's a connection. Then I found this:

"The Butters or Buttars of Gormack (just east of Dunkeld) in Perthshire and later Pitlochry and Kinnaird (and later also Faskally) in Atholl appear as landowners in the area as early as 1331, when Adam Butir is on record, and in 1360 William Butyr and Patrick Butirr are mentioned as collectors of contributions in Gowrie (Perthshire). Their name apparently refers to the practice of archery, which is performed at the butts, that is, at the target range (the crest of the Butter arms is comprised of two hands holding a drawn bow and arrow). Between 1432 and 1444, Finlay and Patrick Butter served on inquests with other local lairds (landowners) such as Sir David Murray of Tullibardine and Malcolm Drummond of Stobhall, Patrick Rattray of that Ilk, Finlay Ramsay of Bamff and Malcolm Moncreiffe of that Ilk. The Butters were followers of the House of Atholl (see Murray)."

This is pertinent because my family are Butters and I'm trying to make a connection to a clan, this being Murray of Atholl.