Clan Anderson

Clan Anderson Crest badge Crest: An oak tree Proper Motto: Stand sure Profile Region unknown

Chief Clan Anderson haes nae chief, an is an armigerous clan Airms o the last Chief o Clan Anderson Last Chief: Anderson of that Ilk

Anderson o Ardbrake	Anderson o Erbury
Anderson o Bruntstane	Anderson o Bishopmill
Anderson o Candacraig	Anderson o Kinneddar

Clan Anderson is a Scots clan. The clan can be considered an armigerous clan acause it does no a hae a clan chief recognised bi the Lord Lyon King of Arms.

Origins an heestory

Anderson is an Inglis an Scots patronymic surname, meanin 'son o Andrew'. In this form, it is mair common in the Lawlands, but it is widespread in Scotland in different forms. In the Hielands, it wis rendered as MacAndrew, o medieval Scots origin. Baith names share the same Scots Gaelic derivation o 'Gilleaindreas' - literally a servant o St. Andra, Scotland's patron saunt.

Though it is said there is nae exact place o oreegin, it is importany no tae confuse the contents o the Kinrara manuscript which contains details o a claim that the Clan MacGilleandrish came tae Badenoch frae Moidart c.1400. This family (son o Leandrish) is no connectit tae ony kent Andersons an no evidence haes been foond to support the idea that their name became Anderson. The tales o the vengeance o Iain beg MacAindrea on cattle lifters who raidit Badenoch mey point tae a connection wi a MacAndrews family. Housomeivver, there is nae disputin the intellectual pedigree that his kinfolk subsequently established.

The tradition o scholarly erudition haes significant roots in Anderson clan history throughoot aw the disciplines. This tradition wis first established bi Alexander Anderson who published wirks on geometry an algebra in Paris atween 1612 an 1619. His cousin, David Anderson o Finshaugh, shared a similar skill in mechanics an mathematics that he applied tae removin a lairge rock that haed obstructit the entrance tae Aiberdeen harbour. This achievement earned him the nickname 'Davie-Do-a'-Things.'

As abuin, the claim that the lands o Clan Andrew ar in Badenoch is no supportit bi the extensive researches made intae the kent pedigrees o the family. It is the Clan Leandrish that is recordit in the Kinrara manuscript as comin tae the lands o Badenoch, in the hert o the Chattan Confederation territory, frae Moidart aroond 1400, but this is no the Andersons. The lairgest groupin o Andersons lie in a swathe o lands through Aiberdeen, Banff & Moray an wi mony intermarriages wi ladies o the Clan Gordon, bringin mony lands an properties, they ar as hivily tied intae the Gordons as ony ither Clan.

Clan profile

• Motto: "Stand sure"
• Crest: An Oak Tree
• Gaelic Name: Mac Ghille Aindrais
• Badge: An Oak Tree Proper
• Lands: Badenoch
• Origin o Name: "Son o Andrew"
• Tartan: First seen in 1815 when collected bi the "Hieland Society o Lunnon." It haes an azure field an it is ane o several Scots tartans woven wi seiven colours.

Septs

Anderson, Andrews, Gillanders, MacAndrew.

External links

• Anderson Association
• Clan Anderson Society
• Template:Sv icon Matrikel öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel ... (1754) (Alexander Anderson of Dowhill - noble family in Sweden)