CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (INTERNATIONAL) Founded on a Royal Charter to Holmains, 1755.
The Official Home of the Border Clan and Family of Carruthers
CARRUTHERS; A proud Scottish Reiver family, from Annandale in the ancient West March of the Scottish Borders. This we already know, but what makes ‘us’ as a Society claim to represent our worldwide Scottish family and clan and the right to call ourselves the 'official home’ of Carruthers. Further, are you wishing to keep the… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The official home of Carruthers, but can we really make that claim?
As a Scottish clan and family with a confirmed chief, CARRUTHERS is now recognised in Scots law as a noble incorporation. The right to bear Scottish arms, both for a clan chief or a clan armiger is controlled and regulated through the office of the Lord Lyon on behalf of the British Monarchy. Evidence supporting… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: the Letters Patent for the Arms of Gary John Carruthers, FSA Scot.
Most Carruthers will be aware of the family tome; 'The Records of the Carruthers Family' written by A Stanley Carruthers FSA Scot and R. C. Reid and although other books have been published relating to the family this still remains the go to reference for Carruthers history to this day. Rev Arthur Stanley Carruthers FSA… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: R.C. Reid, co-author of the ‘Records of the Carruthers Family’, but who was he?
Attempting to help our family move genealogically from the darkness into the light. Reproduced here by permission of bespokegenealogy We have to appreciate that as humans we are all interconnected, but as we travel back in time the threads connecting us become much more tenuous and therefore open to abuse, especially with regards Scottish historical… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: a Scottish Genealogy Research Guide.
Lady Janet Douglas As is the way of genealogical research, the Carruthers family are interwoven through our history and marriage with many other border families, These include the Douglas’s, the Irving’s, Bells, Glendinnings and many others. However, in the norm the way the world worked until of late and supported by robust research, was that… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Lady Janet Douglas, was she really a Carruthers?
The lands belonging to the Carruthers of Wormanbie, a caset branch of Holmains, sat north of Annan on the eastern bank of the river Annan itself. These lands were infelt to Thomas Carruthers of Flemingraw in 1492 but he alsio recieved the lands of Corry from James II, as his share in the Battle of… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Carruthers of Wormanbie, cadet line of Carruthers of Holmains.
General idea of the Feudal System In Feudal Scotland, as in any other part of Europe where feudalism was the dominant social system, the Scottish Monarch owned all the lands of the country in which he reigned. Nobility and Lairds, and included the 'Feudal Barony' of which Carruthers of Mouswald and Holmains were included, held… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Surnames living on the feudal lands of John Maxwell, the Earl of Morton (1587).
The Kings and Queens od Scotland by Timothy Venning As a society, we are always intrigued by the claims made about our Carruthers ancestry especially our claimed relationship to Scottish Royalty, and beyond that to Irish and Norse royalty. It seems that there is no one of substance that isnt a Carruthers these days. Firstly… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: My Carruthers DNA says I’m Scottish royalty?
Charteris It is with both embarrassment great sadness that we once again have to address the silly claims being made to suggest that everyone and their uncle is a Carruthers. This seems to include the surnames Carruth, Carrick and Charteris and most famous people in history. One can therefore only put it down to bad… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Is Charteris a variation of Carruthers?
CARRUTHERS POPULATION IN DUMFRIESSHIRE IN THE 18TH - 19TH CENTURIES The population of Scotland was affected by both the Highland and Lowland clearances, as well as the Ulster plantations. But, according to the John Gray Centre in Scotland, historians have commented on the ‘high quality’ of early Scottish emigrants, particularly in the late 18th and… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Howard Mathison, Geographer and the Carruthers Maps.
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