Careful!!!
If your family tree includes Septs, does that make you a Septugenerian?
As many of you know, septs and clans are both a family group, but clans are
larger. Some septs affiliated with a clan because they were "blood"
relatives; others because they lived nearby, or desired proction from a
strong clan chieftan. Keep in mind that if one of these names appears in
your family tree, it may not necessarily be from the particular sept that
was alligned with clan Campbell - all 'Johnsons' are not descended from a
single 'John'; nor are all Smiths, Coopers, or Weavers descended from the
same tradesman.
Here's the "official" list of Campbell septs (with some alternate
spellings)
of septs affiliated with Clan Campbell according to clan historian, Alastair
Campbell (more in a minute on how to order his "must have" books):
ARTHUR
BANNATYNE, BURNES, BURNESS, BURNETT, BURNS
CADDELL, CADELL, CALDER, CATTELL, CONNOCHIE, CONOCHIE
DENOON, DENUNE,
GIBBON, GIBSON
HARRES, HARRIS, HASTINGS, HAWES, HAWS, HAWSON
ISAAC, ISAACS, IVERSON
KELLAR, KELLER, KISSACK, KISSOCK
LORNE, LOUDEN, LOUDON, LOUDOUN, LOWDEN, LOWDON
MACARTAIR, MACARTHUR, MACCARTER, MACCOLM, MACCOLMBE, MACCONACHIE,
MACCONCHIE, MACCONNECHY, MACCONOCHIE, MACDERMID, MACDERMOTT, MACDIARMID,
MACELLER, MACELVIE, MACEVER, MACGIBBON, MACGLASRICH, MACGUBBIN, MACGURE,
MACISAAC, MACIVER, MACIVOR, MACKELLAR, MACKELVIE, MACKERLIE, MACKESSACK,
MACKESSOCK, MACKISSOCK, MACLAWS, MACLEHOUSE, MACNICHOL, MACNOCAIRD,
MACONACHIE, MACORAN, MACOWEN, MACPHEDRAN, MACPHUN, MACTAUSE, MACTAVISH,
MACTHOMAS, MACURE, MOORE, MUIR
OCHILTREE, ORR
PINKERTON
TAWESON, TAWESSON, THOMAS, THOMASON, THOMPSON, THOMSON, TORRIE, TORRY
URE
Other authors may give different lists. The above list also appears in the
Journal of The Clan Campbell Society (North America).
My Thompsons came from London and had no Scottish roots that I am aware of.
Back to Alastair Campbell. The first two voulmes of his three volume set, A
History of Clan Campbell, have been published. This list of septs came from
Volume I, From Origins to Flodden, which I bought at Inveraray Castle, a
wonderful book. Volume II, is on my family X-mas wish list. You may want
to put them on yours. They may be ordered from the Clan Campbell Society
(North America),
www.ccsna.org. There is also a 3 tape video version, The
Growth of a Clan: The Campbell Phenomenon, which I haven't seen. If someone
buys them, I'll bring a VCR to our next reunion to play them and a great
video I bought of Scottish scenery.
CCSNA has a genealogy service. I've been sending them the family tree
(Family Group Sheets) for all the descendants of our Campbell cousins that I
know of (excluding living persons). It takes a few months for their
database to get updated, so if you check their website, be patient if your
ancestors are not yet included.
Finally, your last question -- are we Campbells of Argyll? The family
members from 1893 on (the grandchildren of the immigrants) certainly
believed they belonged to the Campbells of Argyll. Other alternatives
include: Campbell of Loudoun, Campbell of Glenorchy/Breadalbane, or Campbell
of Cawdor. It's unlikely that our immigrant ancestors lived in Argyll.
It's much more likely that the came from Ayrshire (which is Campbell of
Loudon territory). But they could have been part of the Campbell of Argyll
Clan regardless of where they lived. Perhaps they had a grandfather who
lived in Argyll and came to southern Scotland for work --- we may never
know. Besides, Campbells apparently didn't originate in Argyll, they are
thought to have lived in Ayrshire much earlier. Our ancestors may have
"come back" to Aryshire from Argyll for a few generations before
emmigrating.
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From: MSA440(a)aol.com
To: CAMPBELL-PA-NELSON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: CAMPBELL OF ?????
Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2002, 11:09 PM
Well, I have just re-read pages from my clan book....and I think some of our
names are considered SEPTS!!...ok-ok--they would have been.......
and at one point the staff of the Dewar (clan whose name never changed by
"son of" etc) was transferred to our Clan Campbell... (I think we are
Campbell of Argyll...) what say ye? Marylyn