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Maine's Border Reiver Families

 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:13 am    Post subject: Maine's Border Reiver Families Reply with quote
Many of the Ulster-Scots who came to Maine were descended from the great Border Reiver Clans of Scotland. You might recognize these names:

ARCHBOLD
ARMSTRONG
BEATTIE
BELL
BURNS
CARLETON
CARLISLE
CARNABY
CARRS
CARRUTHERS
CHAMBERLAIN
CHARLTON
COLLINGWOOD
CRISP
CROZIER
CUTHBERT
DACRE
DAVISON
DIXON
DODD
DOUGLAS
DUNNE
ELLIOT
FENWICK
FORSTER
GRAHAM
GRAY
HALL
HEDLEY
HENDERSON
HERON
HETHERINGTON
HUME
IRVINE
IRVING
JOHNSTONE
KERR
LAIDLAW
LITTLE
LOWTHER
MAXWELL
MILBURN
MUSGROVE
NIXON
NOBLE
OGLE
OLIVER
POTTS
PRINGLE
RADCLIFFE
READE
RIDLEY
ROBSON
ROUTLEDGE
RUTHERFORD
SALKELD
SCOTT
SELBY
SHAFTOE
STOREY
SIMPSON
TAIT
TAYLOR
TROTTER
TURNBULL
WAKE
WATSON
WILSON
WOODRINGTON
YOUNG

From Reivers.com: "For almost 400 years, from the early 14th century, the Northumberland and Scottish families fought a seemingly endless series of raids and reprisals. Sheep stealing and burning each others homes became part of everyday life. They were rugged, tough people who lived by their own laws and became known as the Border Reivers. Today their descendants can be found all over the World. If you have one of the names listed above or have ever suspected that your relatives were the villainous type you can probably now have your worst fears confirmed."
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