The Countess ofSutherland has died at 98

The Cor-rrtess of Sutherland has died at the age of 98, the NorthernTimes has been to1.d.

Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, the 24tr' Countess of Sutherland, isunderstood to have passed away on Monday at the London home she

shared with her daughter, Annabel.Her funeral is expected to take place next week at Dunrobin Castle

and she will be buried at the family cemetery there next to her husband Charles Janson, who died in 2006.Her death means her eldest son Alistair, formeriy Lord Strathnaver, is now the Earl of Sutherland

and his son, Alexander, takes the title of Lord Strathnaver. See her Flower of the Forest page 46.

With thanks to friend, Jack Pierce, who was invaluable in me obtaining the Flower of the Forest information.

The St. Andrew'sSociety ofAtlantadecorateda ScottishChristmas Treefor the FernbankNatural HistoryMuseum

See pages 5 - 13

Fanfly /ee Section A January2O2O

A letter from your editor...

Brand NewBeginnings

Opportunities,.too

Wouldn't it be fun to forget all about "Reso-lutions" for this time ofyear! Instead, 1et's have"Brand New Beginnings and Opportunities, too !"

Actually, we have those things all the time ofthe year...itsy bitsy ones and humongous ones too.Look back at your last year and think of all thetimes you have accepted a new position in a groupto which you belong. How many times have youundertaken a big project at home? What have youdone exciting in your kitchen? Have you tried newrecipes for your family? How about your ideas foryour vegetable garden or your flower garden?

It's sort of like miracles. To me, miracles hap-pen almost every day: a wonderful letter from anold and previously lost friend; when you discoverthat your pocket has a hole in it...and nothing fellout! Miracles, like opportunities don't have to begreat or grand things...

The new year is an excellent opportunity tochange things in your life that you wish were dif-ferent. It can be something large like getting a newand more interesting job...or remembering to pol-ish your shoes when they need it.

If you are active in the Scottish community, itis a real opporlunity when you are asked to assumethe responsibility for hosting clan tents at a fewgames here and there.

What fun you can have planning how to makeYOUR tent the most attactive, most creative atan entire games! What fun it would be to figureout ways to make visitors feel welcome and be-friended to the point they would join your groupthat very day!

How about the challenge of becoming the trea-

surel or secretary?Have you ever thought about being a news-

letter editor? Bet you could!If you have an opporturity to travel somwhere

with friends...be it near or far...what a chance tocement friendships, learn new things about anotherplace and even perhaps leam something historicalor uplifting.

Make sure you participate in your groups towhich you belong. There are numerous op,portu-nities for the talents that YOU have.

Our Scottish character is all wrapped up inintegrity and honor. I'll bet your grandmother (Likemine!) instilled in you those things that our Scotsancestors held dear...and still today, hold dear.

Ifyou have some time available, consider call-ing your clan president and asking what it is that heneeds for you to do. Many things you can do athome are needed amongst a group ofclansfolk.

There are so many opportunities right nearhome, if you prefer, Ask at the Humane Society,ask at your children's school, ask at your church.

I'11 bet that no matter where you ca1l, peopleare needed to work helping make good things hap-pen in your clan, in your hometown, in your com-munity.

P1us, you'll make new friends and leam allkinds ofnew things.

With wishes for many j oyful new begimingsand opportturities in 2020.

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Dr. Emily (Darraj) Jern

Members of the St. Andrewslanta (SASA) participated inMuseum's InternationalChdstrnas tree exhibit calledW4nter Wonderland.

The exhibit runs fromNovember through January2020, md feafires Chri stmastrees and displays decoratedby various internationalgroups and consulates in theAtlanta area.

Countries and heritageon display include Mexico,Switzerland, Germany, Israel(with a beautifi.rl Menorah dis-play), Japan, Taiwan, andScotland to name a few.

There are over 30 differ-ent kees in the exhibit. Eachgroup who decorated a treeprovided a distinct write up as

to the theme of the tree set-ting the tone for the ornamentdisplay.

The theme of the Scot-

follows, "Many of Scotland's long-standing tradi-tions and icons can be found in the Scottish High-

Iands. Highlanders dress intartan plaid and warm woolensto keep out the cold.

West Highland White andScottish terriers wear theirwoolen scarves while highlandcows stay warm with theirshaggt hair. Sheep are abun-dant and mind the Border Col-lies who oversee the herds,while red deer thrive in theneighboring forests.

A visit to Loch Ness mayretteal Nessie, the mythicalcleature of Scottish folklore.Can you Jind her on this tree?Or a unicorn, which is the na-tional animal of Scotland?"

The Scottish Christmastree was decorated with won-derful handmade omaments as

well as Scottish themed oma-ments acquired from variousvendors.

Society of At-the Fernbank

tish Christrnas tree, see to the The Fernbank Museumabove right, was Scottish Highlands. had contacted The St. Andrews Society ofAtlanta

The write up provided to the museum read as ,Continued on page 7

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St. Andrews Society of Atlanta, continued from page 5

in late summer to inquire about SASA s participa- decoration. The adorable sheep included highlandtion in decoratins the ffee for the exhibit. tartan scarves, and some sheep wore a Santa's hat

Sinee SASAwas contacted so lato in the year, or red berry sprig.we did not have time to make this a large group While the garland was being constructed, othercoordinated effort. members of our group, both men and women,

We had less than three months (ftom late July) helped prepare all the omaments with wire to ex-to get things ready for a mid-November display. pedite ornaments being placed on tlle tree.

It did not take long to get a plan in action todecide what tlpes of ornaments to create for thisScottish masterpiece.

We met a short time later, putting creativeminds together to formulate how we were going todecorate the tree. With our own funds and time(outside of SASA), we set forth to create some-thing special for this endeavor. Some omamentswere designed freehand, some were taken fromPinterest ideas, and some were created by personalknowledge and understanding of Scottish flora andfauna or of Scottish traditions.

Herding Sheep

1n early November, we met and blought to-gether all the handmade and acquired ornaments.-

One of the projects we had worked on wasthe garland (See above) which would be wrappedaround the Christmas tree. It was comprised offive rolls ofburlap, 107 handmade sheep, and 28handmade felt herding dogs.

The team assembled 75 feet of burlap withsheepdogs and sheep making a gorgeous garland

Loch Ness Ornament

Felt Highland Coos

Continued on page 7

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If you have the name "Buchanan" in your family or any ofthe allied family/sept names below, you are invited to joinyour cousins and Buchanan kin. Just send an email for a

membership form and/or information to

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St. Andrews Society of Atlanta, continued from page 7

Another adorable omament created was thewee Scottish "coos" (cows) (See page 2 bottom)also known as highland cows, or long-haired high-land cattle.

These omaments were made from tan felt witha tuft of hair and long white homs.

We also had a charming knitted Highland cowwhich rested in the bows of the hee. In addition tothe Scottish Coo, we also had some omaments fea-turing Nessie, the famed Loch Nelss Monster (See

page 2 ight top) . The Nessie omament was de-signed with a silhouette ofthe famed creature on awhite background which were endearing.

Thistle OrnamentThe omaments included hand-painted Scot-

tish thistles. The thistle is the national flower ofScotland, so it was a very appropriate design forthe exhibit.

The buibs, (See next column, top) had a singlethistle painted, in acrylics, on each omament onvarious colored omaments from white, to sapphireblue to indigo.

We also leamed the Scottish Thistle Christ-

mas omament was quite unique, gamering atten-tion from those who saw the pictures here in theUnited States. Canada. and Scotland.

Another omament created was a handknittedScottish flag which the artist developed, createdthe pattem and then knitted the flag. The knit Scot-tish flags stood out on the tree nicely.

Hand lvrit Scottish FlagMid November, we met at the Fembalk Mu-

seum and brought the Scottish Tree to life with thesplendid omaments.

First, we placed our homemade tree topper,including a pair ofpaper mdche stag heads, at thetop ofthe tree. The antlers were covered in a Scot-tish tartan

The tree topper was quite stunning and de-picts a wonderful highland tone.

Tartan Rosettes

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Ghief of the PaisleyFamily, Duncan W.

Paisley of Westerlea.

Paisley Family Society USABranch, FaceBook accountcan be found at httDs:/,/www.facebook"com/Paisley-Family€ociety-USA-branch-195070730565352/

'. The Arms of Pabley of Westerlea (above)

The Pa sLeys are a family of considerable antiquity, having been

associated with Lochwinnoch and Paisley (parts of what latel became

Renfrewshire), with Cunnlngham and Kyle (North Ayrshire), InneMidk(East Loth an) and Roxburghshire, s nce the t me of Wil iam King of

Scois, 1165-1214.

For the Paisley DNA Project, visit<dlangsto@yahoo.com>

All Paisleys of the name or blood (and allspellings)are invited to join. Email: <mbrown2205@aol.com>

The guidon of the Chief (below)lr.--trrr,

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of North Carolinaresident: Don Paisley

: paisley4T@aol.comCelebrating

50 years of fellowshiP

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<www paisleyfamilysociety.org. uk>to see what's happening with us this

year. Contact Martha Brown at<m brown2205@aol.com>.

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St. Andrews Society of Atlanta, continued from page 9

Then they took the ribbon of sheep andsheepdogs and placed it on the tree, so it woundaround and around ftom top to bottom.

The ladies then worked on adding the otheromaments to the tree including tartan rosettes (See

page 3) which were hand made from various tar-tans including Clans Stewart and Gordon.

Adorable highland cows were hand craftedfrom felt and wele also added to tree.

Other Scottish themed omaments added in-cluded: ghttefed unicoms, as the unicom is nationalsl,rnbol of Scotland; o1d world glass omaments ofSanta playing the bagpipes; and several miniaturebagpipes.

Approximately 90 minutes later, the Scottishtree was decorated, and it looked fantastic.

A week later, we attended a function at theFembank which allowed all the tree decorators whoconffibuted to the Christmas Tree exhibit to attenda private party and showing of the exhibit. Lightrefre shments \ /ere served.

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The tree topper

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St. AndrewsSociety ofAtlanta,cortinuedfom page I I

There was alsoa Chinese dancetroupe performanceof various folkdances.

A group of ourSASA Tree Commit-tee attended, dressedin kilts (See page 4bottom) toured theexhibit, and enjoyedseeing our ScottishChdstmas tree alongwith the other won-derfully decoratedtrees.

Overall, this wasa wonderfi;I endeavorin \ryhich to take part.The comradery wasdelightfrrl, the creativ-ity was fantastic, andthe Scottish Christ-mas Tree was gor-geous.

Ifyou are in theAtlanta area, pleasestop by the FembankMuseum to see theWinter Wonderlandexhibit from Novem-ber 20 to January 20,2020. It is truly de-lishttu1.

FernbanklnternationalChristmas TreeExhibit nowuntil January 20

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All Border Reiver Families made more thanwelcome at our tower.

We are ooen 10.00 AM until 4.00 PM 7days l"tApril to end October 2019. We areopen '11.00 AM until 3.00 PM daily end Octo-ber 2019 until end March 2020.

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im Carl & DotBailey welcome

brand newGrandson

Carl Bailey writes, "Dot and I welcome a newGraadson bom on October l1th. Tristan MichaelBailey is grandchild number twelve for us.

"We traveled to Reading, Pennsylvania, to wel-come him to the family and enjoyed a visit with ourson Stephan, wife Rene, and their three children.We never expected one of our children would starta second family, so the 86 year difference in myage and Tristan is somewhat unexpected.

"The family will have our Christmas celebra-tion on Friday the 27th of December. It looks as ifeveryone will be at home at least sometime during

the holidays, and I expect Tristan will be welcomedwarmly.

"The Holidays will be here in a few weeks,and Dot and I wish everyone a great Thanksgivingand a Merry Christmas."

Carl Bailey was the very first president oftheClan Ramsav Intemational. Inc.

Two awards for the former presidentsof Clan Ramsay International, Inc.President, Dick McGraw, ofthe Clan Ramsay

Intemational, Inc. , suggested that the Clan Ramsayneeds to recognize those who have given of theirtime, energy, and money to make the Clan as great

as it is.He noted that the Clan has had only five presi-

dents in its 40 years and announced two awa.rds

for the former presidents.The first is a

streamer (see upperright) for each formerpresident and thestreamer is attached tome ctan agpole. rnestreamers have thename and dates servedfor each former presi-dent.

The second is aPresidential Medal

showing the clan crest and motto superimposed onthe Saltire Cross on a medal pendant to be womaround the neck. The pendant is engraved on theback with the former president's name and dates ofservice as president. (See 1eft column.)

With thanks to The Ramsay Report, publica-tion ofthe Clan Ramsay International, Inc.

Contact Dick McCrraw if you would like mem-bership information for Clan Ramsay. His email is:<dick20l6@me.com>

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Are you an Arthur, Carter,

MacArthur, McArthur or similar

name? lf so, you can become a memberof the Clan Arthur Association !

Clan Arthur is worldwide with branches in UK, USA, Canada &

Australia. our leader is Chief John MacArthur of that llk.

We welcome new members who are of "Arthur" decent or those interested in

our clan who are prepared to be loyal to our Chief. Membership includes a

quarterly magazine which is full of stories about the Clan around the world,articles on current events, ancestry & history. Members also receive ongoing

newsletters & updates on local happenings within their community.

For information & how to join, see our website clanarthur.website/

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Bryan L. Mulcahy, MLS

Having a research plan is critical for any long-term success in genealogy. The research process

helps people understand and appreciate their an-cestors' achievements in spite ofmany challenges.Developing a research plan involves setting goalsand objectives.

Creating an effective research plan increases

the likelihood you will be able to solve that long-standing brickwall in your family tree. A genealogy

research plan is much more than a to-do list. Themaj or obj ective in developing a genealogy researchplan is to identiff what you want to know and for-mulate questions which will address your researchgoals. Many professional genealogists create a ge-

nealogy research plan for each research question.The plan can be as simple as a few steps or mul-tiple pages.

The elements of an effective genealogy re-search plan usually include the following points :

1. Setting Objectives: What Do You Want toKnow?

What specific details do you want to leamabout your ancestor? A marriage date? Spouse's

name? Where they lived at a particular time? Whenthey died? Determining a research objective helpskeep your research focused and your plan on hack.

2. Listing A1l Known Facts: What Do I A1-ready Know?

What have you already learned about yourancestors? This should include names, relationships,dates and places that are supported by originalrecords. The best techdques to obtain this docu-mentation include :

a. Search home sources for documents,photos, diaries, and family hee charts.

b. Interview family members and relatives.It is best to begin with the oldest membersfirst. Ifthey pass away beforehand, the stories pass

with them. While someone else in the family mayknow this information, it wili seldom be as accu-rate and detailed.

c. Search repositories in the area where theancestors iived.

3. Develop a Working Hypothesis: What Do IThink the Answer Is?

What are the possible or probable conclusionsthat you hope to prove, or possibly disprove,thiough your genealogy research? Let's say you wantto know when your ancestor died. You might start,for example, with the hlpothesis that they died inthe town or county where they owned land. County

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histories can be a very useful resource, enablingyou to leam about the history of an area and yourancestor's role in it. County histories often are avail-able on Interlibrary Loan, and sometimes online.

4. Identif, Record Sources: Which RecordsMight Hold the Answer ard Where are They Lo-cated?

Some prime examples include:a. Census records; b. Marriage Records and

certificates; c. Wills and probate records;d. Land records such as deeds, mortgages. etc.; e.

Tax recordsCreate a list ofpossible sources, and identiSr

the repositories, including libraries, archives, soci-eties or published Intemet collections where tleserecords can be researched.

5. Research StrategyThe final step ofyour genealogy research plan

is to determine the best means of accomplishingyour research goals, considering the availablerecords and your research needs. Decide whichrecord type is most likely to contain the answeryou need. Then determine the best strategy for ob-taining that record; does the best technique include,for example, a visit to the area where the ancestorslived, or can you obtain the record by searchingmicrofilm online? Do you need to hire a profes-siona.i researcher or will a phone call to the court-house where your ancestor lived, help you deter-mine the location ofthe record you need? The lo-ca1 library, as well as genealogical societies and his-torical societies can be very usefu1 resources inhelping you move forward with your research plan.

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price and every course is expertly paired with wine.

Come join your feilow Scots for an eveningmeant to educate, entertain, amuse, and inspire you,as we continue our joumey exploring Scottish re-gional cuisine.

You will not find anything else like this, cer-tainly, in Tallahassee or anlrvhere else.

This time, we travel to southwest Scotland toenjoy seafood of this region, its produce and itsbeef.

Join us and ourfriends at the Publix Apron'sCooking School for our I Sth Culinary Ceilidh.

Over the past several years the chefs at Publixhave demonstrated to us that Scottish cookins canbe wonderful and msn.

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1sth Century poem stilltops the charts now!

Ernie McNeill, Gatherini o'the ClansSt. Andrew Society of Tallahassee

A fewago abouttime, I gave you an

insight into the Scottish festival of Hogmanay. Twoyears after that, I shared some of the history of asong that many know as Scottish, but most all ofthe world knows it better than the Scots themselves.Now, for more on this an-cient verse and song.

We know rt as AuldLang Syne, but its earliestversion was a 15th Centurypoem called Auld KindnesForyett.

It is essentially the storyof a man in impoverished cir-cumstances, who is reflect-ing on the ingratitude ofthose who claimed to be hisfriends in better days.

Then in 1711, a poem appeared called OldLangsyne attdbuted to an unknown writer. It con-sists of twelve stanzas of eight lines, and writtenthroughout in English, rather than Scots.

The first record ofthe song in the version thatwe know it today is mentioned in Robert Bums'letter to his friend Mrs. Dunlop, dated December17, 1788.

Bums enclosed a copy of the verse saying,

"Here is an old song and tune which has oftenthrilled through my soul". Bums claimed to havetaken it down "...from an old man's singing". Fiveyears later, he sent a copy of the song, with newverses composed by himself, to George Thomson,who was compiling a collection of Scottish songs

withmusic.A few years after Bums' death in 1799, his

yerci,on of Auld Lang Syne was published inThomson's Songs of Scotland - appearing for thefrst time fuifli the melody to which it is sung today.

Burns' song has spread to every comer oftheworld, and is used for many different purposes otherthan the passing ofthe old year and ringing in thenew. In some countries, it is used as a funeral song.

In some, it is used for univer-sity graduation ceremonies.In other counhies it lets cus-tomers know that the storeor the restaurant is closing;and in two other countries itis us.ed as a soccersupporter's anthem.

The song's huge popu-larity in America is often as-

cribed to the band leader GuyLombardo's (surely some of

you remember Guy) use of Auld Lang Syne Io endhis New Year's Eve broadcasts, not only on TVbut starting in the 1920s, on the radio.

So, on New Year's Eve (Hogmanay) and theclock has just struck midnight from Moscow toMadrid, Bombay to Baltimore, and Sydney to Skye,what is everyone singing?

No question about it, with the possible ex-ceptionof Happy Birthday, AULD LANG SYNE ts

the most popular song in the WORLD. Now if wecould just get our Society members to leam thesecond verse...actually, it's the !fth verse ifyou'relooking it up.

WWTW

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Here's the challense: leam the second verse

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Bachelors' Club - Tarbolton, Ayrshire...that Burns' Buchelors' Club was open to

all unmarried men in the parish who were encour-aged "to forget their cares and labour in mirth anddiversion."

Members had to have "a frank, honest, openhearl: be above anl.thing dirty or mean; and mustbe a professed lover ofone or more ofthe femalesex'o - no great barrier for Robert Bums himself.

The Bachelor's Club in Ay,r is open to the pub-lic from April to September, but there is one par-ticular night in the year when it rea11y comes alive.

Every 25 January it plays host to the mostexclusive Bums' supper ofthem all, The fiddle ofWilliam Greig, who taught the poet to dance allthose years ago, is even brought from safekeepingat Culzean and played to mark the occasion.

Auld LangSyne,continued frompage 23

(actually the 5s verse) to Auld Lang Syne by thenext event you attend...and remember its prolnounced "Syre" not " Zy ne" .

" And there s a hand, my trustyJiere ! And gie 3

a hand o'thine! And we'll tak a right gude-willie-waught, For auld lang syne. "

And if you're interested here is the originaltune: https: //www. youtube. c om/watch?v:HR5dxMJLV/o0

DO YE KEN ANY KIN?Clan Blair received a message on the Clan

Blair website from James Boyce,<jboyce41961@gmail.com>, regarding hisgenealogical search. Mr. Boyce writes: "Hello.On my Maternal side I am the GGG grandsonof I believe PETER BLAIR who was a farmerin Nova Scotia. His son, WILLIAM, was bornaround 1841 and married MARGARETO'CONNELL in 1869 in Boston MA. Theirson,WILLIAM, was born in Boston in 1868 andmarried DELIA LEDDY from NY and thenmoved to Philadelphia at which time Grand-fatherTHOMAS BLA|Rwas born in 1903 andmarried MARY JANE GRAY. Unfortunately, I

never knew my Grandfather because hepassed before I was born, and my Motherdidn't have very good records or family his-tory past DELIA LEDDY.

Currently I am trying to conneat the dots ofour family history, and I believe the informa-tion I have is correct. However, I am havingtrouble finding much on PETER BLAIR andwas hoping someone may have somethingthat I could use to continue my efforts. I ap-preciate any help or guidance that you canprovide and look fonrvard to hearing back fromsomeone. PS. I have done DNA testing inAncestry and I do see that many of our rela-tives have come through Canada and are inVirginia, Kentucky, etc. areas today. lf this willhelp, please let me know."

Please, if you have any information for Mr.Boyce about his Blair grandfather, let himknow at the email address provided above.

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drawbridge, carved on a stone arch, was the stag of the Blair crest. The vaulted ceiling, tower,

guard room and large fireplace from the original castle remain to this day. The last Blair to

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Shirley Catherine Kitchener Pierce, age 93, ofErie, residing at the Masonic Village in Sewickley,Pennsylvania, passed away, Srmday, October 27,2019.

She was bom in DuBois, Permsylvania, onSeptember 16, 1926, daughter of the lateMagdalena and George Kitchener.

Shirley worked many j obs through the years,

including B F Goodrich in DuBois, TwinbrookNursing Home, Poft Erie Plastics, and pickinggrapes in North East. She was a former member ofEastem Star, Grottoettes, and Bag Ladies (ErepoGrotto Pipe Band).

Shirley loved donating cookies at her homechurch, Lawrence Park United Methodist Church,and crocheting hats and scarves for the SalvationArmy.

She was a member of the Clan Douglas Soci:ety of North America for many years.

Shirley is survived by a son, Roger Pierce;daughter, Bonny J. (Richard) Banaclough; sixgrandchildren, Roy Pierce, Michael (Amanda)Barraclough, Nicole (Josiah) Stoltzfus, JordanBarraclough, Lt. Christian (Samantha) Barraclough,and Aaron Barraclough; and five great-grandchil-

dren, Landon and Emery Pierce, HarperBanaclough, and Kaylin aad hy Stoltzfus.

In addition to her paxents, Shirley was pre-ceded in death by her husband of 69 years, An-drew, in May of 20 1 8 ; one sister, Margaret Hauck;one brother, George Kitchener; and one grandson,

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uiri] rCr+NrK6 T O €L€cT StcSCOr L/\ND.CO\'t John King Bellassai, JDIntroductionWhen I first came to Washington from Texas

in 1965, it was to attend Georgetown Universityas an undergraduate student. Georgetown Univer-sity was founded in 1789-the same year the USConstitution was ratified-and is located on theheights adj acent to whatwas then the Marylandside of the PotomacRiver-at a fording pointright above where KeyBridge now stands. SoGeorgetown University'shistory has always beenentwined with that ofGeorgetown itself and theearly years of the Ameri-can Republic.

I studied history andgovemment (political sci-ence) at Georgetown University and for a numberofyears lived in Georgetown. Always interested inmy Scottish roots (my matemal grandfather hademigrated to the USA from Stirlingshire in 1910),I soon became keenly aware ofthe Scottish originsofGeorgetown and ofthe remnants of its Scottishfoundations in the form of the many great mansionhouses still standing in Georgetown which had beenbuilt by Scottish merchants in the yearsjust beforeand just after the American Revolution.

Oddly, the Scottish origins of Georgetown,and ofWashington, DC, generally, are little knownin the ranks of our Society-this in contrast to thefact that the Scottish origins ofAlexandria, locatedright across the Potomac River, are well known toall of us. This article has been written in parl toredress this imbalance and to acquaint our general

membership with some very interesting facts con-ceming the Scottish origins of Georgetown and ofWashington City.

The Scottish Origins of the Port ofGeorgetown in the Early to Mid EighteenthCentury

As we all know well, Alexandria was settledby Scottish merchants rn 1749 as a tobacco porttown, originally called "Belle Haven ' (its fust build-

ings located where theBelle Haven Courtry Clubnow stands, on the banksof the Potomac betweenOld Town Alexandria andMount Vemon). But it isNOT well known thatAlexandria's longtimecommercia.l riva.1 (for thepast 260 years called"Georgetown"), iocateddirectly across thePotomac River from Alex-andria , was likewise

settled by Scottish merchants , and at almost ex-actly the same time--in 1745-also as a tobaccoport town. In fact, Scots so predominated inGeorgetown in the 18th century that Georgetown'soriginal name was "Little Scotland."

The first land grant in rvhat is now Georgetownwas made in 1703, on behalf of Queen Anne, byCharles Calvert, "Absolute Lord and Proprietor ofthe Province of Maryland", to a Scottish immigrant,Colonel Ninian Beall. The core ofthis land grant,originaliy called'lhe Rock of Durnbarton", survivestoday as the Dumbarton Oaks Estate, located atWisconsin Avenue and "R" Street, NW in UpperGeorgetown.' Ninian Beall was in many respects a "largerthan 1ife" personality. Bom in Largs, Fifeshire, in1625, he fought as a junior offrcer ("comet") forKing Charles II against Cromwell and the English

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at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, was captured, sold nent Scotsmen who had already settled in Virginiainto indentured servitude, and transporled first to and Maryland (including Robert Fergusson atBarbados, then to Maryland. After completing his Georgetown), Glassford & Co. established a sys-term of indenture, he received a grant of 50 acres tem oftobacco warehouses as well as branch storesfrom the MarylandAssembly for bringing out other along both sides of the Potomac-selling hardware,Scottish immigrants to settle here.

An experienced soldierand legendary Indian fighter,Co1. Beall rose to the rankof Commander of the Mary'land Provincial Militia. Hedied in 1717 , bequeathing allhis extensive Maryland prop-erty, including the Rock ofDumbarton Estate in what isnow Georgetown, to his 12children-six sons and sixdaughters. Thus wasfounded an early Scottish-American dynasty (whosedescendants are still with ustoday), which was to shapemuch of the 18tr' century his-tory of the Province (laterState) of Maryland, the Portof Georgetown, and Washington City.

Large Scottish merchant houses based inGlasgow dominated the tobacco trade on thePotomac and Rappahamock Rivers and along theChesapeake from the early 1740s through to thetime of the American Revolution, 35 years later.These truly "intemational" firms employed "fac-tors" (agents) in both Alexandria ard Georgetownas well as elsewhere (like Bladensburg, MD) andsent apprentices from Scotland to work for themin these locations-both as free laborers and as in-dentured servants.

The most prominent Scottish merchants do.ing business in Georgetown during the colonialperiod was the firm of John Glassford & Com-pany-Glasgow's largest tobacco merchant house.Though Glassford himself never travelled toAmerica, he, his sons and their partners controlleda major portion ofthe Chesapeake tobacco trade.Through his local factors-invariably other promi-

Davidsons. Bowies. and oth-Cof . Ninian Beall ('1625 - 17171 ers, put a clearly Scottish

stamp on Georgetown during

spirits, sugar, salt, and slaves to local settlers andbuying tobaccp directly fromthe local farmers.

A group of prominentScottish merchants and land-owners, a1l residents ofwhatwould later be call edGeorgetown, governed thetown (under a formal and ex-clusive delegation of powerfrom the Maryland Assembly)from the middle of the 18tr'

century until weil after theAmerican Revolution. TheseScottish dynasties-theBealls, Gordons, Peters,Magruders, D unl op s,

the first 50+ years of its existence.Large parcels of land in what was to be-

come Georgeto\&n were already owned in 175 1

by a dozen or more of these wealthy Scottishmerchants-land extending from east to west,the length of what is now "M" Street, NW,down the entire length of the Georgetown wa-terfront, and north up the nearby hil1, on bothsides of what is now Wisconsin Avenue, NWas far north as the Dumbarton Oaks Estate onwhat is now "R" Street, NW

Mary of the mansion houses built by this andthe next generation oflocal Scottish merchants stillstand today in Georgetown residential neighbor-hoods-including, among others, Dumbarton Oaks(originally called simply, "The Oaks"), DumbartonHouse, Evermay, Halcyon House, Pretty Plospect,Tudor Place, etc.

In 1751, the Maryland Provincial AssemblyContinued on page 35

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lf you have genealogicafl tles to the surmanne Keith (lncludlng alternatespellings such as Keeth.) or any of Clan Keitlr's Sept family names, you wereborn into the Clan Keflth!

Associated Family Sunnarnes (Septs) with tMac or Mc prefixes and spellingvariants include: Septs and spellings lnciude: Austin, Cate(s), Dick, Dickie,Dicken, Dickson, Dicson, Dixon, Dixson, Falconer, Faulkner, Harvey, Harvie,Hackston, Haxton, Harvey, Hervey, l-{urrie, Hurry, Keath, Keech, Keeth, Keith,Keitch, Keithan, Keyth, Kite, Lum, Lumgair, lVlarshall, Urie, Urry.

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appointed eight (8) Commissioners to formally lay land colonial Assembly reserved the power to ap-out a town (which subsequently was named point its goveming board--{he so-called "Commis-"George Towne", now Georgetown) artd once laid sioners of Georgetown"-ard each of them to lifeout, to govem it. terms. (Georgetown did not acquire the right to

Of the eight (8) original Commissioners of elected self-govemment until after the AmericanGeorge Towne, at least six (6) were Scots (George Revolution.)Beall, Josiah Beall, Cpt. Henry Wlight Cmbb, The first Mayor of the newly incorporatedGeorge Gordon, and James Perrie). Georgetown in 1790 was Robert Peter, a second

From 1754 until 1785, 11 Successor Commis- generation Scot and a major Georgetown land-sioners were appointed from time to time by the owner and merchant.Maryland Assembly to fill vacancies in the ranks of His !ami1y, builders and original owners ofthe original eight. Tudor Place (a great mansion house in Georgetown

Of these additional1 1, at least seven (7) wereScots (Robeft Peter, JohnMurdoch, Thomas Beall,Benj amin Stodde..t.Samuel Davidson, Joh-"r

Peter, andAdam Steuall\.The Commissionc-s

f George Towne em-ployeo a LlerK ano sur-veyor to assist them in

chartered as a "burgh city" and was not to have

elected aldermen or mayors. Instead, the Mary-

which stil1 stands and isnow open to the public),married in with the Custisfamily, relations of Presi-dent George Washington,and continued to live atTudor Place inGebrgetown until the1960s.

The first Postmasterof the newly incorporated

Many of the Scots-born founders ofContinued on page 37

their oversight responsibilities. Of the five succes- Georgetown in 1790 was William Magrudeq alsosive Clerks of George Towne between 1751 and a second generation Scot and also a major land-1782, the first three were Scots (Alexander Beall owner and merchant. (Magruder's Grocers, still in(1751-57), Josiah Beall (1757-74), and Robert operation in Georgetown, is owned by one of hisFerguson (1774)). direct descendants. These Masruders were

The survey of the town that would come to MacGregors; a number of them wete foundingbe called "George Town" (later Georgetown) was members of the American Clan Gregor Society incompleted in 1752. Portions ofGeorge Beall's land theUnited States (1908). Their Magruder descen-and George Gordon's adjacent land were found dants are numerous in Maryland and Virginia to"most convenient" for the laying out of the new this day. Confederate General James Longstreettown. (Each gentleman was offered two lots plus was a Magruder on his mother's side.)the cost of condemnation, by right of eminent In 1780, a small congregation ofmainly Scotsdenesne). Presbyterians, who had met informally in private

The town was NOT named for the Sovereign houses since 1760, founded a church inof Great Britain, but rather for George Beall and Georgetown, under the leadership ofRev. StephenGeorge Gordon, the two Scotsmen from whose Bloomer Balch, a pupil of Scots-born Johnland tracts the town was created. W.itherspoon, a signer ofthe Declaration of Inde-

Meetings of the Commissioners of George pendence. Subsequently called Georgetown Pres-Towne were held at least once arr-rually (in private byterian Church, it exists to this day and is the old-houses) every year ftom l75I til 1789, when at est continuously operating Christian congregationlast George Torme was incorporated. It was not in Washington, DC.

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Georgetown are buried in the kirkyard of grandson of the Scottish immigrant of the sameGeorgetown Presbyterian. (Though the church has 116111s, 6n which much of ,.official-" Washington wasmoved locations since its founding, many of these to be built. He was the ,,obstinate Mr. Bumes',founders' graves were relocated with it.) Its Pas- ,gdr6 for a long period refused to sell his extensivetor, from the time of his arrival from Scotland in land holdings to President George Washington for1 980 ti1 his retirement in 2002, wasRev. Campbell Gilion. Duringtlese years, Rev. Gillon was alsoChaplain of the St. Andrew's So-ciety of Washington, DC. (Rev.Gillon still lives part-time in theGreater Washington area and isnow Chaplain Emeritus of ourSociety.)

Scottish Influence In theFounding

and Layout of Washing-ton City

When the US Constitution was ratified in 1 790,Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 17 created a federalenclave, the Dishict of Columbia, from land donatedby both Maryland and Virginia. Both the existingport city ofAlex-andria and the ex-isting port city ofGeorgetownwere assimilatedfrom that year on-ward into thenewly createdDistrict of Co-lumbia.

Along withthis creation byCongress of the District of Columbia, WashingtonCity began to be constructed in 1791 on land par-tially purchased from gentleman farmer DavidBumes, grandson of a Scottish immigrant of thesame name (b. 1695.), who at his death in 1760owned 700 acres of prime bottom land in ruralMaryland near Tiber Creek and the Potomac-landthat was later to become prime real estate in Wash-ington, DC.

It was the landholdings of David Bumes II,

the erection of the Federal Cityand the laying out ofPennsylva-nia Avenue. On that land, forwhich Burnes reluctantly ac-cepted $1 million from the newUnited states Govemment, nowsits the south side ofthe US Capi-tol Building, the entire Washing-ton Mall, most of the President'sHouse (thd White House), all ofthe Treasury Department, all ofthe Ellipse behind the WhiteHouse. and all of Pennsylvania

Avenue from tlre Capitol to the White House.Bumes died in 1799 and was survived by a

daughter, Marcia, a very wealthy heiress who in1802 married Senator John Van Ness of NewYork-the first Mayor of Washington City (1830-

34). Theybuiltalarge mansion di-reetly acro ss

from the WhiteHouse on Penn-sylvaniaAvenue,on a smail parcelof land still left tothem after theFederal City waslaid out. (ThisSenator Van

Ness, a staunch anti-Federalist, was Aaron Burr'ssecond in the notorious duel he fought in New YorkCity with Alexander Hamilton in which the latterwas shot and killed. Bun fled the US and Van Nesswas charged with accessory to murder-but that'sanother story for another day.)

Holding extensive propetty adjacent to Bumeswas another prosperous second generation Scot-the merchant and gentleman farmer Samuel

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Origins of Washington , DC, continued frotn page 3 IDavidson. From the sale of an extensive plot tothe new Federal Govemment in 1790 which in-cluded what is now the north side of the WhiteHouse and Lafayette Square, directly across fromLt, in 1792-94 Davidson built another ofthe greathouses ofGeorgetown Evermay,located on whatis now 28th Street, NW (Stiil a private residence tothis day, Evermay was just this year just sold bylongtime owners, the Belin family, for the sum ofalmost $30 million.)

Another famous Scot of importance in earlyWashington, DC was David Steuart (b. 1753, d.circa 1814). Born in Scot-land, Stuart studied medicine and languages at theUniversity of St. Andrews.Emigrating to America, heestablished a practice in A1-exandria, and in 1783 be-came a relative of GeorgeWashington's when he mar-ried Eleanor Calvert Custis,widow of Washington's step-

son, Johl Parker Custis. (Anumber of letters fromWashington to Stuaxt exist, conceming family mat-ters and Virginia politics.)

Stuart served as a representative to the VirginiaHouse of Delegates and also to the Virginia Con-vention of 1788 that ratified the U. S. Constitution.

In 1790 Stuarl was appointed by PresidentWashington as one of the three Commissioners ofthe Federal City to oversee the siting and planningofthe new capital-which was called by the Com-missioners "Washington City." He serued on theCommission until at least 1793,

Yet another very famous Scottish-Americanresident of early Washington City was Colonel Ben-jamin Stoddert-like David Steuart. one ofthe threeCommissioners appointed by President Washing-ton to plan the location ofthe Capitol Building andother key Federal Government buildings. ButStoddert's reputation far exceeded that ofhis twocolleagues on the Commission:

The grandson ofan early Scottish immigrant

to Maryland, Benjamin Stoddert (b. 1751) was amajor figure in the early years ofthe Republic.

Starting life as a merchant in his father's firmin nearby Bladensburg, MD, he saw action as a cav-alry ofFrcer during the American Revolution. Afterbeing seriously wounded in the field, Stoddert wasappointed Secretary to the Continental Board ofWar. A staunch Federalist and close friend of Gen-eral (later President) George Washington, after thewax Stoddert was appointed by Washington as oneofthe three Commissioners to site and plan the keyfederai buildings in the newNation's Capital.

It was Stoddert whoconceived the name for thenew capital city: "Washing-ton City."

In 1783, Stoddeft es-

tablished a tobacco exportbusiness in Georgetown, to-gether with business parhersUriah Forrest and JohnMurdoch; it was an ex-tremely successful ventureand made him a wealthyman.

In 1798, then President JohnAdams appointedStoddert to be the first Secretary of the Nary; heheld that post until 1801-during which time hebuilt up the Nar,y and oversaw action against Francein the Caribbean.

Awealthy man, Stoddert lived and entertainedin Georgetown, where he built Halcyon House (at34th & Prospects Sheets, NW), still standing. (Thegardens at Halcyon House were designed by PieneL'Enfant, the main architect ofthe new federal city.

Among its more famous owners, in recentyears, was Kathryn Graham, longtime owner of The

Washington Post.) Stoddert's tobacco business, likemost commercial activity in the Port ofGeorgetown, suffered a severe decline because ofthe War of 1812 and the consequent British Em-bargo onAmerican exports. Stoddert died in 1 8 1 3

and is buried in nearby Seat Pleasant, MD.

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General James MacCubbin Lingan was an-other prominent Scottish-American who played amajor role in post-Revolution Georgetown and thenew Washington City.

Bom in 1752 in Frederick County, MD, Gen-eral Lingan was of Scottish anceshy on his mother'sside-hence his middle name-and also related tothe wealthy Carroll family of colonial Maryland.

A tobacco merchantin Georgetown before theAmerican Revolution, atits outbreak he was com-missioned a lieutenantand saw combat in a

Maryland regiment at theBattle of Long island(largest battle ofthe war).

Suffering a seriousbayonet wound, he wascaptured by the British inlate 1776 at Fort Wash-ington and he spent therest ofthe war in a prisonship, refusing offers offreedom and a commission in the BritishAmy fromAdmiral Sir Samuel Hood, a distant relation, whovisited him in confinement.

After the war, Lingan was released and re-tumed to Georgetown, where he farmed an estate

called Harlem, after the famous battle in which hefought-sometimes called Harlem Heights notLong Island. He was a founding member of theSociety of the Cincinnati.

After the Constitution was ratifted,Lingan wasappointed Ta,r Collector for the Port of Georgetownby President Washington and relocated to a househe built for himself at 17'h and "M" Streets, NW(no long standing).

A staunch Federalist, for a time he publishedThe Federal Republican out of a print shop inGeorgetown, which in its editorials opposed a sec-

ond war with Britain.On the eve of the War of 1812, an anti-British

mob stormed the print shop in Georgetown. In theviolent riot which followed, General Lingan wasbeaten to death amid cries of "Torv! Torv"--de-

spite him exposing to the mob the evidence ofthebayonet wound in his chest from many years be-fore.

Yet another famous Scottish-American ofearly Washington City was Colonel WashingtonBowie, b. 1776 to Allen Bowie, a major property-owner in Frederick County, MD. Allen Bowie washimself the grandson of Scottish immigrant John

Bowie, who arrived inMaryland in 1706. (TheBowies were a leadingfamily in colonial Mary-land and afterwards;Ogden Bowie was Gov-emor of Maryland in thelate 1800s and the townof Bowie (in PrinceGeorge's County, thethird largest town inMaryland) was named af-ter him.)

Washington Bowiewas the god-son ofPresi-dent George Washington,

who was present at his christening.The famous frontiersman Colonel James

("Jim") Bowie, who died at the Alamo, was a dis-tant cousin. By 1810, Washington Bowie hadgrown up to be a prosperous tobacco merchant inGeorgetown, a colonel in the Maryland Militia, andone of the wealthiest men in the newly built Wash-ington City. He was also one of the foundingvestrymen ofSt. John's Episcopal Church, built in1797 in Georgetown and in continuous operation(at its original "O" Street, NW location) to this day.

Two of the Founding Fathers of our Nationwho were ofScottish descent played major roles inWashington after the Constitution was ratified andthe Federal Government moved to the new Wash-ington City from New York. These were AlexanderHamilton and James Monroe.

Bom in the British West Indies on the Islandof Nevis in 1757, Alexander Hamilton emigratedto New York City in 1772,wherehe attended King's

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College (now Columbia University).Commissioned a Captain of Arti1lery in the

Continental Army at the outbreak of the war withBritain, Hamilton served throughout the war withGeneral Washington, becoming his aide-de-camp.Hamilton endured the winter at Valley Forge andcommanded the American ar1il1ery battery at theBattle of Trenton, Christmas Bve,1776-amajortuming point in the war.

He served on active duty until 178 1 and com-manded the artillery at the siege of Yorktown.Retuming to New York City to practice 1aw at theend of the war, Hamilton was one of the authors ofThe Federalist Pa-pers, served in theNew York Assem-b1y and was a

member of theNew York StateCommittee toratiff the US Con-stitution in 1788.

Called toWashington Cityby his mentorPresident Washing-ton, Hamilton be-came the first Secretary ofthe Treasury and servedin that capacity from 1789 to 1795-during whichtime he lived in Washington and founded the USMint, the US Coast Guard, the National Bant (pre-decessor ofthe Federal Reserve) modeled on theBark of England-and the Federalist Party.

Remaining close to President Washingtonthroughout his term in office, Hamilton actuallywrote Washington's famous Farewell Address.

Remembered as Jefferson's great rival and an-

tagonist, Hamilton was throughout his life veryproud ofhis Scottish heritage, and as a young man,was a devout Presblterian. His comespondence,late in life, with the Duke of Hamilton, head of hisc1an, survives; one ofthe Duke's younger sons cameto America under Hamilton's sponsorship. AndHamilton ascribed his lifelons abolitionist views to

his Presbl.terian upbringing.As every schoolboy knows, Hamilton was

killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Bur inWeehawken, NJ--directly across the Hudson Riverfrom NYC, in 1804. (At the time, duelling wasillegal in NY but not in NJ.)

Hamilton never built a house in WashingtonCity but instead retumed to New York in 1795 tobuild his estate, The Grange, which still survives.

Though we declare ourselves to be a nationbuilt on Jeffersonian principles, in fact we haveevolved much more closelv to Hamilton's vision

for America-amilitarily and eco-nomically strong,industrialized na-tion made upmainly oflarge cit-ies, not of smalltowns and yeomgnfarmers.

The FederalGovemment as weknow it is alsolargely the creationof Hamilton's vi-sion.

Strangely, there exists only one monument inDC to Alexander Hamilton: A bronze statue of himstands on the south side ofthe Treasury Building.

James Monroe was a very different man fromAlexander Hamilton-but like him. nroud of hisScottish heritage.

Bom in Westmoreland County, VA, Monroe'spatemal great grandfather had emigrated there fromScotland circa 1660.

The son ofaprosperous planter, Monroe stud-ied at CampbelltownAcademy rmder Rev. ArchibaldCampbell of Washington Parish, VA, going on toattend the College of William & Mary. InI77 5,hedropped out ofcollege tojoin the 3rd Virginia Regi-ment of the Continental Army. Betvr'een 1 780 and

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1783, he studied law under Thomas Jefferson,whose prot6g6 he was. An anti-federalist, Monroeserved as Govemor of Virginia and later, AmericanAmbassador to France, where he helped to negoti-ate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Elected Presi-dent ofthe United States in 1816 with 80 percentofthe popularvote, he was easily reelected in 1820.

While living in Washington, Monroe occupieda Federai style house which still stands; located di-agonally across Pennsylvania Avenue from theWorld Bank, the Monroe House is on the nationalhistoric register and is nowthe home of the Arts Club ofWashington.

The City of Alexandriaand Arlington County wereparl of Washington, DC forL"lf " ^^.r,,*,

From 1790 until its ret-rocession to Virginia in 1846,the City of Alexandria, pluswhat was formerly called Al-exandria County, (now Ar-lington County, VA) werepart of the newly created Dis-trict of Columbia. This was akey period of half a century,during the formative years ofour National Govemment.

James Monroe

ReportedlyAlexandrians soured on being parlofthe District of Columbia when both the US Capi-to1 Building and the President's House (i.e. theWhite Houser), plus all other Federal Govemmentbuildings ended up being erected on the Marylandside of the Potomac, in what was to become Wash-inglon City. (An early plan advanced to build theUS Capitol Building on the high point of Alexan-dria that is now home to the Masonic Temple, wherePresident George Washinglon had served as Mas-ter Mason, was rejected to the first Congress.)

In addition, it was perceived by Virginians thatthe Poft of Georgetown was receiving favorablecommercial treatment over that given to the PortofAlexandria, right across the river-even thoughboth pre-existing towns had been incorporated into

the new District of Columbia.The Old St. Andrew's Society of Alexandria

in the District of ColumbiaAlso during this period, the St. Andrew's So-

ciety of Alexandria fl ourished.Foundedjust a few shorl years before the cre-

ation of the District of Columbia and defunct withina decade after retrocession ofAlexandria and Ar-lington County to Virginia, for almost of its re-corded history the St. An&evv's Society of Alex-andria-the predecessor organization to our cur-

rent Society-operated withinthe tenitorial confines of theDistrict of Columbia.

According to survivingnewspaper local accounts, theSt. Andrew's Society of Alex-andria was founded in 1787.Its first President was RobertHunter, a Scottish merchantwho waS later Mayor ofAlex-andria and a confidant ofPresi-dent George Washington. (Heis buried in the graveyard oftheO1d Presbyterian MeetingHouse in Old Town, Alexan-dria.)

The last mention of a

meeting of the old St.Aldrew's Society ofAlexandria occuned in 1851.During 56 ofthe 64 years ofits recorded existence(1787-1851), the St. Andrew's Society ofAlexan-dria operated in a town which was part of the Dis-trict of Columbia.

This clearly qualifies it to be called the "pre-decessor society" of our current St. Andrew's So-ciety of Washington, DC.

A new St. Andrew's Society of Washington,DC, was founded shortly before the Civil War

A new Sr. Andrew's Society of Washington.DC was founded in 1855 in the District of Colum-bia by Scottish immigrant William Robefison Smith(b. 1828), and five other Scottish-Americaas.

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Smith served for decades as President of theSociety. For 60 years he also served as the well-known Superintendent ofthe Botanic Gardens, lo-cated at the foot of Capitol Hi1l, which is where theSociety always met (In his offrces).

Smith was a vocal opponent of the Civil Warin the years leading up to it and from his wdtingsappears to have been a Southern sympathizer,though not a secessionist.

After the war, he fervently opposed placingthe monument to GeneralUlysses Grant on land that v/aspreviously part oFhis Gardens.

In the end he lost, whichdeeply embittered him towardthe Congress, his employer.Smith was a close friend of Arr-drew Camegie and a Mason. Athis death he donated his exten'sive collection of first editionworks of Robert Burns to theScottish Rite Masonic Temple onI 6s Street in Washington, DC-where it resides to this day.

In thefu dat both of thesesocieties operated exclusivelywithin the District of Columbia.There is no record ofANY over-lap in time between the o1d St. Andrew's SocietyofAlexandria and the new St. Andrew's Society ofWashington, DC. In fact there is a four-year gap

between the last recorded meeting of the formerand the first-recorded meeting ofthe latter.

We know the names of the six founding mem-bers ofthe new DC Society in 1 855, though we donot kno\tr the names of any of the last'remainingmembers of the older Society in 1851 . Could therehave been overlap?

It has been asserled by some that none ofthefounding members ofthe new Society belonged tothe older Society, which may well be true. Butapart from the President, William Robertson Smith,who was a recent immigrant from Scotland, thishas not been proven, And absence of evidence isnot evidence of absence.

The Current St. Andrew's Society of Wash-ington, DC - Created by Law in 1908 as A Dishictof Columbia Nonprofit Corporation

Yet another '?e-foundation" of our Society oc-curred in 1908, when, FOR THE VERY FIRSTTIME, the St. Andrew's Society ofWashington, DCwas incorporated. A1l the features andpractices of our Society-such as our current Codeof Bylaws, the requirement of regular meetings, abroad-based membership, annual election of offi cers,

-etc.--date back only to this 1908 re-fouding. Though the five Society in-corporators in 1908 included WilliamRobertson Smith (then an elderlyman), the others (William FraserSmall, William Ramsay, JohnMcGregor, J.H. Small, Jr., andArchibald Mckchlen) were differentpersons from those who, with Smith,founded the 1855 Society.

As a matter of corporate law,all corporations are "persons," andtheir legal life span is "in perpetu-ity" from the date of their incorpo-ration onward, unless later formallydissolved. That means that all cor-porations have a birth day. So, bylaw. the offrcial birthdav ofour "cur-

rent" Society is May 18, 1908 (the date of its in-corporation), at Noon-NOT 1855, as has beenasserted by some.

Concluding ThoughtsUnlike Alexandria, its one-time commercial

rival directly across the Potomac, Georgetown re-mains a part of the District of Columbia to this day(1790 - 20II). It lost its status as a separate townwithin DC in 1 87 1 and was administratively mergedwith Washington City into what, after that date,came to be called "Washington, DC."

Whether there ever existed a St. Andrew'sSociety of Old George Towne, as existed rightacross the river in neighboring Olde Towne Alex-andria, is a matter that requires original research.But with some diligent effort, the answer to this

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question can probably be anived at.

Many primary source documents relating tothe Scottish origins of Georgetown and Washing-ton City still exist in public archives in Georgetownand elsewhere in Washington, DC, (at the newlyrestored and reopened Georgetown Library, at theWashington Historical Society, at the Library ofCongress, at the Georgetown Presby'terian Church,etc.) and should be reviewed by members of ourSociety to answer this question about whether anearly St. Andrew's Societl ever existed inGeorgetown in the 18th century,

Given the clear Scottish origins of the townof Georgetown (originally calied 'New Scotland"

), its complete economic and political dominationfor the first 50+ years of its existence by a wealthygroup offirst and second generation Scottish mer-chants and landowners, and the fact that Scotstended to establish St. Andrew's societies wher-ever they settled in significant numbers, the exist-ence ofan early (18th century) St. Andrew's Soci-ety in Georgetown is extremely 1ike1y.

Because Scottish immigrants tended to estab-lish such societies wherever they settled, is it un-likely that so many Scots gathered in Georgetownfor so many generations failed to follow this pat-tern, too? No, it is not likely. So if the usualpattern were followed in the 1750s * 1780s inGeorgetown, it would have been the FIRST St.

Andrew's Society of Washington, DC.To date, it appears that this research has

NEVER been attempted by anyone on behalf ofour Society-despite the existence of many booksabout the Scottish origins of Georgetown and ofWashington City, and the relatively easy access to

many primary source records right here in our ournation's capital. Why not? Regardless, it is hightime for our Society to undertake this research chal-lenge !

Johr King Bellassai, JDChairman, Community Relations CommitteeSt. Andrew's Society of Washington, DC

BIBLIOGRAPHYAmbeck, Robert, Through afiery Trial: Build-

ing Washington, 1790-1800 (Chapter 1, The Gen-eral and ifis Plan)(Madison Books, 1991).

Ecker, Grace Dunlop, A Portrait of OldGeorgetown (Dietz Press, Richmond, VA, 1951).

Georgetown Presbyterian Chwch, A BriefHistory of the Presbyterian Congregation inGeorge Town (2005). Manuscript available throughthe Church's Website and also online at http://\pww. gtownpres. org,&istory.asp.

Green, Constance Maclaughlin, I4llage andCapital, 1800 - I 879 (Princeton University Press,1962).

Hackett, John F., Hary G Reiss, and Mary4,. Lacy (eds.), Johr Glassford & Company - IRegister of its Records in the Library of Congress(Manuscript Division, LOC, Washington, DC,2000).

MacMaster, RichardK., Georgetown and theTbbacco Trade, 1751 - l7B3 in Records of theColumbia Historical Society, Washington, DC, Vol.3'7138,(1966/ 1968), atpp. 1-33 (Historical Soci-ety of Washington, DC,2010)

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Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, Countess ofSutherland was bom in London on 30 March 1921

and died there on 9th December 2019 aged 98.Like H.M. Queen Eiizabeth who was almost

an exact contemporary, at the time ofher birth itwas never contemplated that one day the Countesswould become head of her family, Chief of ClanSutherland and 24th holder of the Earldom ofSutherland, recognised by many as the premier earl-dom in the Peerage of Scotland dating ftom i235.

Lady Sutherland was the only child of MajorLord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower and hiswife. Her father died in Rhodesia on 28 Aoril 1921.aged 31. Her mother remarriedin 1931, but died three monthslater. Lady Sutherland beingthen still a child became a wardof her uncle George, 5d' Dukeof Sutherland and his first wifeand of her father's cousin theMarquess of Londonderry andhis wife.

The 5th Duke of Sutherland married twice butleft no heir and therefore upon his death in 1963,Lady Sutherlard qucceeded in her own right as theCountess of Sutherland and Lady Strathnaver.

These are the original Scottish titles held byher ancestors.

The Dukedom of Sutherland. created in 1833.and the other titles held by her late uncle, the 5ftDuke, passed to a distant male cousin, the Earl ofEllesmere, another descendant ofthe l't Duke un-der the law of succession which applied to them.

Lady Sutherland also inherited the land-hold-ings in Scotland associated with the Earldom, in-

cluding Dunrobin Castle.On her marriage Lady

Sutherland was known as MrsElizabeth Janson.

In order to become Chiefof Clan Sutherland she re-verted to the origina.l familysumame Sutherland as did herimmediate heir, her eldest son,

Lord Strathnaver.Her other children re-

tained their father's sumame,

n Sutherland

Janson, in accordance with the normal practice.Lady Sutherland is survived by her three el-

dest children and their families to whom we extendour deepest s)'mpathies.

Her eldest son Alistair Sutherland, knownsince 1963 by his mother's second title of LordStrathnaver becomes the 25thEarl of Sutherland insuccession to his mother. His only son AlexanderSutherlald succeeds his father as Lord Strathnaver.

Lady Sutherland's firneral takes place later thisweek at Domoch Cathedral followed by a privatelamily burial at Duffobin.

Flag ofizabeth Sutherland,

Lady Sutherland spentmuch of her time at the homesof her uncle George and hiswife and that of her widowed srandmotherMillicent.

As a young adult, Lady Sutherland experi-enced WWII and serued her country first trainingas a Land Girl and then as a Laboratory techniciar.

Shortly after the end ofthe war on 5th Janu-ary 1946, Lady Sutherland married joumalist Ma-jor Charles Noel Janson (1917-2006).

Their marriage was a very happy one lasting60 years and produced four children, twin sons

Alistair and Martin, daughter Annabel and young-est son Matthew.

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